National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1869-11-12
Spirit Of discomfort.

Spirit Of discomfort.
How universal it is! We never
saw the man who would say, j alI
Go where YOU will,
among the rich or poor, the man OF
,or the man who earns h>
daily bread by the sweat OF hi,
brow, YOU hear sounds of mutterlnG,
the voice of complaint.
The other day we stood beside .
cooper who was playing Il meiiy
tune, with his ADJ around a cask.
An said he, mine is an unhappy
lot, forever trotting like dog div
ing hoop
'Heigho,' said u blacksmith, on a
hot summer day, as he wiped thn
perSpiration off his brow, while the
red iron glowed at the anvil, this il
life with vcngnace, melting aud
frying ones self over fire.
'Oh, that | were carpenter, -
calculated u poor shoemaker,--aS
he bent over his jackstone. Here
am, day after day, wearing my soul
away making soles for others, ,coopcd
up III this little seven by nine room
lie, ho, hum!
4 am sick of this outdoor wor!, "
exclaimed the carpenter, 'broillna
under a sWeltcrng Sun,or exposed to
the inclcmency of the weather.!
wish that | were a tailor
This is too bad perpetually cries
the tailor, to be compelled 10 bo
pcrched up here plying the needle
all the time. Would that mine wcrv
a more active lite.' ~
Last days Of grace banks WON'T
discount, customers won'tpay what
shall | doP grumbles the merchant.
i had rather I've truck horsr, %
dog or anything else
Happy fellows9 groans the law
yer, as he scratches his head over -
dry and musty record, happy fcl
lows. had rather hammer stone
all day than puzzle my head on this
/ tedious, veXati0uS question:
And through all the ramiiicatons
of their conditional finding fault with
| their particular calling.
If it were only this, or that or the
other, | should be content is the
universal cry-anytling but what |
ann So wagS the world, SO has ii
waggcd, and so will it wag.
Four Railroads to RUM have
been opened in different theatres ia
Chicago, and it is thought that they
will need a Union depot.
Sammy, run TO the store and get
some sugar. Excuse me, ma. rm
indiSposed, this morning. Send Il,
ther, and tell him to bring Il papov
of tobacco
MY dear asked John, seeing ucw
striped hose on his only heir, 'WlY
have YOU made BARRIERS poles Of
Erncst'S legsP 2 because he is d
little shaver was the reply.
Josh Billings says "thcrc is no
more real satisfaction III laying np
in yure bu2znm an injury, thart
thcre is in stull'ng II dead hornet
who hez Stnngyou, and keeping him
to look at"
A merchant from the southwest
says, "Louislana is aching with su.
gar, aud Mississippi is white VITA
cotton He might have added,
"and Kentucky is boozy with rye
"licre, Tommy, is some nice cas-.
ter oil, with orange peel in it,
"Don't give it all to Tommy, leave
some for me- said the doctor. Tom.
my replied, "Doctor is nice man,
ma; give it all to the doctor"
a Boston philauthlopisf, visi,in.,
the State Prison, remarked to pris.
Uner, Most Of your friends think
your sentence was excessive; no.
, thing like it was ever known "Ycs,
suppose so,' was the prisoners re-
ply; but then, YOU know, every
thing has gone up since the war;
q In Africa, if any one comes before
king without full dress costume,
, i. e. n straw hat, aud ring in the
| nose, bis head goes into the waste
, basket before hc can wink twice.
, There will be six cclipsos next
5 year. bat none of them will be visi.
blc in the United States.
Blessed are they that expect no.
= thing, for they always get it.
Some cruel wag says ladies wear
coIscts from instinct-a natural love
, for being squeezed. u
IN the chief court of law in Grrn.
r ada there used to be a picture oi u
: naked man with u large bundle OF
I papers under his arm, and certain
words proceeding out of his mouth.
of which these are u translation +; ~
who won my suit am now stripped
3. to the skin; what then must bc the
3 fate of him that lost it " Spanish
{ litigation would seem to be as cXpcu.
/. sive u luxury as our own.
II is said that Gen. Banks learned
: the printing trade, when young
4, man, IN the office of the Boston
). Trdreiler. Mrs. Banks, vixen u girl
also worked in the same office. Thcy
loft the Traveller office to start u
a weekly paper IN Waltham, Mass,
# which was carried on successfully
:. fnr some timr. with the aid uI Onc