Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1869-02-06
TALES AND SIX KETCHES.
TER gsz1sa.asyaiRS ROVER.


We may boast of understanding. human
nature, and value much our estimate OF hu.
man character, but how often do We find
ourselves at fault. There is often so much
where we expect to find so little, so little
where we had hoped to find great volumes :;
! So much r"n4hness under an outward po
lish; so much gentleuess sometimes Ind by
mIhld,irI. aapcc'; such q grent current Of
genial "Hrml II flowing snImrtiu.rS nader ~
icy surface, that anndrous wise is he, who
half the time is right in his estimate Of char
aClrr.
Any man who has arrived at the age of
forty can look back and SEE such iumhle
of estimates as must convince him that even
his most cherished rules of weighing or rs.
timating human character will not stand the
test of years. The first rl.nuihny friend
the one who met him first on the play
ground he remembers only Us the selfish
hOohy, VINO, on the thiId day of their nc
quaiutanre, stole half his marbles. while
another boy, with whom he had scarcely ex.
changed word during the FIST quarter,
has been. for twenty wears, his confidential
adviser and tirmrst friend. He Remembers
how bright the world looked At twenty one:
of how high he placed then the character 0t
those who were associated with him; hnt
The inches are filled with other images now.
ana the idols of the past, after "a series of
changes, alteration of estimate figures, re-
pairing ot broken features, strengthening nt
weak points, lie now as worthless rubbish
in the most family lighted of those much
talked of halls nf memory.
We look upon face into nn eye; listen
to mans voice and laugh watch the
play ~ his features; the movements
| of his person, and commence at once the
{ process of figuring his worth. We do not
wait for facts. Like pupil anxious to sue
cted without the aid et teacher, we hasten
/ to solve tie problem in advance of Time
who is solving it for US, and proud of our
work, tlhunt the estimate in the face of all
! the world.
The next day we alter a figure here and a
. Fl cure thrIc in ~ week erase " hole line: IN
n month rrasnn on II different basis, and Ar.
rive at different conclusions, 50 that whrn
Time. the uI'silinu rrcknnrr, comes round Ia
look over our shoulders to compare results.
he finds us willing pupils and hnmiliatrd,
rather ;han proud that the blurred slate. af
ter II hundred changes, rescnts the same as
il narLr, unnn his rernrG in nne hnId clear
dash Th. old are us ready tn make mis-
takes as the ,onnv. thouoh they deem them
s,.lyrs very wi,r frnm tbrir VAST eyppriepce
The smnnih. .,un,ru.d scnpndreI whnimnusp4
unnn th. schnuI oirI a Iu,h,nt d.scrin,ion
ni .trr,Iiny events thnt never occurrrd and
If yc.na. ,h.t dn rnt cxi., win ,,jk law r.
th, ,Id ir,un and m.L;,ine IN the nld doc
mr. AMI IA ,rsrS IN Fink ,nd Lu,,tr npL
cre,,,n ami ,n,nd dinners ~ The housrwilr
,,n,I ,h,,y viII ,II I,. Ills Inns ,ll IA. mad
snnetim. to pIpy the fnol,, uart in some drn
M, nf which IA. il Ih. here and yill,ip.
Eyperi,nre makes ms more charitable -
II rn,,rs ms IN see l,ss uositiye wrong in
r,nrv n,rs"n. M md more possihls good. /,
every P''e"'' ""' MY f''S- r;,',, -.