Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1870-11-11

mems ov the handy work ov God; elegant
nortraits in the vestibule ov heaven, but
thew would not hav developed reazon, the
only God-like attribute in man.
When a man liz thoroly kontented, he IL
either too lazy to want ennything, or too
big phool tew enjoy it.
hay lived in naberhoods WHARF every
boldly seemed to be kontented, but IT the
itch had ever broke out in them naber-
hoods, the people would have scratched to
this day.
/ am in favour of al the vanitys, and
petty ambishuns, all the jealousys, and
bakbittings in the world, not bekause
think they am handsome, but bekause l
think they stir up men, and wimmin, get
them onto their muscle, cultivating their
venom, and recon at the same time, and
proving what brilliant cuss man may be,
at the same time that it proves what
miserable cuss he liz.
/ had rather see two wimmin pull hair,
than tew see them set down, thoroughly
satisfied with an aimless life, and never
suffer emmy excitement, greater than bleed
ing tears together, through their nose, Tor
a parcel of shirtless heather, on the coast
ov Madagascar, or, once in While, open
their eyes, from dream of young Tyson
kontentment tea to search the allmlnak,
for the next change in the moon.
Kontentment in this age of the world,
either means death, or decay; in the days
ov Abraham kontentment was simply lg-
norance.
The world liz now full ov farming, the
arts, and sciences, and all the thousand
appliances ov reaZon, these things make
ignorance the exception, and no man haz a
right tew cultivate kontentment, emmy
more than he haz tew cut oph hiz thum,
and set quietly down and nuss the stub.
Show meS thoroughly kontented per-
son, and will show yu an useless one.
What we want il folks who won't be
kontented, who kant be kontented, who
git up in the morning, not simply to hav
their bed made, but for the sake Ov Citing
tired; not for the sake ov nourishing kon-
tentment but for the sake ov putting tur-
pentine in sum ded place, and stirring up
the animals.
Kontentment was born with Adam, and
died when Adam ceased tew be an angel
and bekum man.
| don't say that man couldn't be
Matched out, and, like a young owl, set on
dri limb, awl hiz days, with hiz branes
az fast asleep az mudturkles, and at last
sneak into heaven, under the guize of kon-
tentment, but do say, that 10 generashuns
ov SIGH men would run most of the human
race into the ground, and leave the bal
ance, az lifeless, and az base, as currency
made out ov puter ten cent pieces. ~
/ would like, jist az well az the next
man, to crawl into hole, that jist fitted
me, he'd fust, and thus shutting out all the
! light, be kontented, for | know how awful
ly unsootheing the aims, and the ambish-
uns ov life are, but this. would only be
burying mi few talents, and sacrificing ON
the ded altar ov kontentment, what was
given me, to make a fire or smudge with.
Thare amt no SIGH thing as kontent-
ment and reazon existing together, thoze
who slip out ov the crowd into sum alley,
and pretend they are chawing the cud ov
sweet kontentment, the very best speci-
mems ov them, are no better than pin
cushions, stuck full.
Thay have jist as menny longings az
enntbody, thay have jist as menny vices,
their virtews are tew often simply mix
tur ov jealousy and cowardice.
Kontentment is not designed, as stiddy
Dizziness, for the sons ov man, while on
this arth.
A yeller dogg, with tin kittle tew his
tail, climbing hill, at three-minit gate,
IL more reasonable spektakle for me,
than Shiny snail, kontented and happy