The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-12-06
ABOUT ADAlI.

sOlTE REFLECTIONS 0N T--z MAN wITHCC-
a oTHER-IN-LAw-HIs MARRIAGE, AP-
PIE TREES, ELECTION B.Is. ETC.
We have always believed in Adam We
have looked upon him as one tu whom
mankind has been under peculiar obliga-
tiOns. Standing 10y the side Of Eve as the
first married man, dressed ia sumptuous
bear-skin. he appears to Us, rs we look
backward through the dim vista of the cen
turtles upon him, as person. indispensable
TO the future of his race. Certain philosO-
unPrS would try to make us believe that
that majestic figure is a monkey and
sometimes the results Of human events
elections. foriustanCe. seem naccOuntable,
except on the DaTwinian hypothesis But
we hold that the man who would reflect
upon the dear departed in such an migrate
full way does not deserve the sympathies of
his kind as for ourselves, we intend to
nail our tig-leaf to the mast, and cling TO
the old Adam. What nc knew about farm
ing served him i'll good stead in the hour
of his disappointment, and, though over
much given to lying i'll the shade and
munching apples, we know that, when he
found himself one morning on the wrong
side of certain garden gate, he INDUCED
in no unmanly repinipgS-he neither whln-
pered over his fate nor made faces and
shook his fist at the guardian of the for
feited premises. but diligently set himself
10 work to develop the ordinary crab into
the New York pipPin-
There are certain times when we like to
withdraw our minds from the turmoil of
tI.o iysSs5IIo stirSt OWEN upon the chaIac-
ter of this grand old patriarch. Sometimes.
even when our desk may be covered wijh
hat accounts lost on the election. we get
to thinking on Adam and don't care how
big the Liberal majority IS IL New ork.
Adam was never troubled about election
bets, or anything else, except the gratis in
his orchard. He had no muther-in- law,
and his wife never bothered him with her
milliner's bills. He had a natural antipa-
thy to snakes, but he was never worried
over missing shirt buttons.
He never supported an unsuccessful can
didate for President and saw his hopes Of
a seat in the Cabinet grow DINNER and
DINNER as the reports came in. Nor We're
his cars deafencd and mis- feelings hurt by
the booming of the cannon Of the Radical
party over at New Albany. Neither did
he receive the irOnical and malicious con-
gratulations of his neighborS the morning
after the election on the f0rtitude with
which he bore up under adverse news
His ewes were never offended by the crow
ing roosters and faInting banners OF his
opponents; for, barring his one unfortunate
speculation in fruit-IIndertaken at the in
stance of his sleeping partncr-Uhen the
was eminently a success.
To be sure. he had never the proud con
sciousness Of having established principles
that he knew would ultimately win in spite
of the influence of hostile administration
that for while brought inevitable defeat
upon him i: nor did he have the pleasure of
seeing the old party linss ofiguorance and
prejudice broken into fragments and dis
appearing before his vigorous assaults; but
as ne sat upon the hills facing the sunset,
in the happy time before his eldest boy be-
gan to be fast and to run around with
strange women from the land of Nod, he
could watch his shooting scions without
care, nor trouble himself with the future
of his offspring.
He stands for us the grand exemplar of
success. As we hear the noise of unsym-
pathetic thousands shouting over empty
victories. and smell the fumes of powder
burnt in honor of fitful and ephemeial
triumph, our thoughts go back siN tnous,
and years or more to grand old Ad@nl' ana
then
Not a wave of trouble rolls across the peace
ful breast"
-LoufsrilLe C0urteT-Jo1rnaE.
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