The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-08-29
The Law of Compensation.
BY JEAN CHIFFON.
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BY JEAN CHIFFON, -. - 8
! "A perfectly satisfied man or iWomal
is one of those !, rare birds that fen
persons have ever found, Every bod
4 wants something that he has not. Th
| school-boyI thinks that if he only hat
| ten, dollars of his own, to spend, b.
4 would be perfectly happy. The youn,
girl, Just beginning to look out TO
/ admiring glances from, the young mel
thinks if she only had diamond rims
| her happiness would be supreme
The widow, struggling with narrow
\ income, feels sure that if she only haC
. few hundred a year more, she would
desire nothing else in this world Ths
+ young merchant, doing q safe an6
fairly profitable business, would Bt
all right If some one would put Ii
twenty thousand more capital, so that
he could take a larger store, and ex.
would ask nothing else if he could
Tom Smith, with a rich old father
| and his chief is quite sure that, it his
prudent tfather-in-law would only put
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| partner, he could SO operate in stocks
as to make them both rich in q year.
z Now everybody knows that his
neighbor is mistaken about ithis.a II
he had w hat he wants he wouldn't be
satisfied, but would go gOn coVefing
something else. You and .d.alyou
know, soUNld be satisfied, if we had
what we want, but the rest are mista-
ken.e 91s5 - 9I0sssdo fis 1yoTq 1dgf
& IgdknoWathat Tom Smith wanted
nothing in the world hut q fast horse.
and now that he has it he wants two.
4 Well, this is human cnature3 The
philosophers preach with
our lot, and tell us that this is the way
to find true peace and happiness, and
we believe them in the abstract and
GO on wishing for something which
we -haven't.ag ~ e8 euLaIs343bt
There are two or three ways, how
ever of looking atleYerything, at aud "a
few common-sense thoughts about the
law of compensation will, perhaps,
make us better satisfied with 0uro lot,
than any amount of preaching about
conteHtment. "a hea3G Tug ,Gol5a8vHl
4 Don't be frightened byWhat sounds
rather large and difficult The law of
compensation is as simple as addition.
z We want something which We7have
not; but after all, Providence makes
up the want to us in other ways. q In
other words, He makes up to us for
the lack of something which our
neighbor has, and we haven't, by
giving us something else. asifl0a
;, Your wife is not pretty. Her face
is decidedly plain, and it must be COM
fessed, her nose inclines unmistakablyi
to the pug order. But she is always
good-tempereda and neat as new pin.
Your house is in good orders your
meals punctual and well cooked land,
in spite of her plain face, YOU love her
dearly. ht5 aoig.Litiss II SIS lsqsfo. nfi
ia Look at Seaton's wife, across the
way. She sits at the window half the
day, wondering W neither people dona
admire her glossy curls; while Bob,
poor fellow !has taken to dining down
town, five days in the week, because
he says he can't bear to spend his eves
nings witha woman who is always
poHfing or'whining because they are
not Tich.iils.a 536iE bns RlE HeIHsssI
Z Your little wife looks across, some
times, and wishes she had thatlpretty,
face, for then you would be sure to-
love her better than you do. She does
not know that you have said to your
selfea hundred times g / would not
exchange my little wife for that DOLL
baby across the way, if every curl
were strung with diamonds i"a Tell
her, then. that the divine law of COM.
pensation has made up for her lack of
beauty by giving her a sweet temper
and loving heart and put a stop to one
longing at least. iHt 3ni 20 fBo illos
I, My old friend, Joe Collins, the Car I
penter, is over fifty, and has to work
as hard as he did twenty-five years
ago, and onlyilast year succeeded in
paying off the mortgage on the little
house he lives in. He sometimes
wonders why James Geld, Esq, who
lives around the corner on the avenue
should be millionaire at his age,
while he must still work with hammer
and saw. size baa iif''3r s9nMH- III
.. But only look how the Lord has
made it up to him, by the divine law
of compensation Young Geld, the
only son is going to the dogs as fast
as he can, and breaking his fathersi
heart, and old Geld, as he is called,
though not over fifty, with his gray
head. is a martyr; TO dyspepsia, and
does not know what IL IS to enjoy
meal or'anight's rest. .fiaI r1tiW 2
Joe hasn't an ache or pain. He
doesn't trouble himself to inquire
whether or not he has stomach and
his oldest boy, just married to q real
nice girl, has decided to GO in with
the old man, and next month, they
start on their own hook as builders.
Don't spend your life, then In long.
ing. for what on haven't IftemptedH
to repine. at. your lot, think of the law
of compensation. Look at what you
have that your neighbor has not. and
learn that contentment which is the
surest recipeifor peace and happinessJ
oil .----ft.- .4-+4- a3tf rs
A contemporary thinks the much,
nsed phrase, .sBoys will be boys" is
all nonsense, because boys will be
men if they live long enough.
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