American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-11-16

And can but observe once more
Where NewDort's rnmparts rise,
Istrolled by moonlight on the shore,
And met my butchers eyes:
40 $1,000 49, taiak - stiAA--4-s----
had not paid my butchers hill
EsgSssF u 80 ts-Trey Pne's.
A MODERN PHILOSOPHER.
Nh. SrorswooD Of our town was a phi
osoPher-a modern philosopher, please t
understand; which means, take it,
nn whose blood has circulated through
the refrigerator which does duty for hi
heart until it runs in an icy curren
through all his system a man who, neve
having experienced an emotion in. his owl
ehned soul. finds it easy to sneer at al
sensational demonstrations on the part O
others; man possessed Of all things
therefore prominently qualified to preacl
content; a man of redundant health, wht
stoutly advocates throwing physic to tn,
dogs.
Hrs. Spotswood, the wife of this CRANE
man, was not a philosopher. She wa:
AL genuine specimens Of her sex, thai
philosophy was but another name fol
heartlessness. But, though not of a phil.
osophical turn in her own person. Mrs. S
looked upon It in her lord as something
rather awe-inspiring and truly to be adj.
liar. It elevated a man above the com
mon herd. It gave majesty to his APP
pearance, weight to his words. It must
be a delightful thing to be philosopher;
and II one couldn't be one ones self, the
next best thing was to be philosophers
osophy, and she would do the heart for
the family. They were splenlfdly bal
anced-he all head, she all heart. And
little Mrs. s. possessed her soul in peace,
humbly grateful to Providence for having
sent such superior man upon this infe-
rior globe, and to Mr.. Spotswood for hav-
ing married her.
She was winsome little woman-lithe
Of form, pretty Of feature, as quick in her
motions as a humming-bird. In fact,
her prettiness and winsomeness had
proved too much for Mr.. Spotswood's
nineteenth-century philosophy, and his
wooing and wedding her had been a sig
made on leaving college, to have nothing
to do with Heavens last best gift to man.
There had been Mrs. Spotswood but a
week or two when MIR. S. discovered the
little woman shedding foolish, unavailing,
unphilosophical tears over a dead pet !!
nothing but bird-a canary that she'd
nursed and petted and talked love to when
she had been = lonely little music teacher,
and had nothing else to talk love to. But
she was Mrs. SpotswoOd now, and she
ought to have known better.
''Crying over a dead canary! Why,
Margery, am ashamed of you'll My
wife should possess more dignity of char
PhiIosonhv ia the tr,,e w,isdnn IF life ;,
1t behooved the wife Of such a man to
be very dignified and philosophical. So
abe wiped her shining eyes, looking pref
lily ashamed of her weakness, and seated
herself meekly at the feet Of her Gamaliel
- H.. IL l. % l.
fslre in nhiIosonhv hv shsorntion hei;e ~
mo IN he s;Tni;c;ry ~ he, i"u;,,r De sn,,,
thai her lord was nm honest i;sc2nIe Of
Zeno. a genuine Stoic. a man without mas
sion, unmoved by ioy or grief. ready to
submit without complaint to the unavoid-
governed.
How Mrs. Spotswood gradually came
to know that she had married. man. and
not a phiIosopher- is the story / am ooin1
to tell Won.
ssMy dear. I believe told YOU that I
should bring home three or four gentle
men tn dinner did 7 NOT -, Mr. Snot.
Wood,s voice was calmly Indifferent as
he stood IN The dcorWev pnlI;n~ m his
riilino cloves nrenarst0rv To drive into
town.
ssIndeed Won did not. william. and I
assure YOU 1 fear ir win be culinary i'm
Dossihifitv tn 0et mn . regular cot dinner
On this sSort neetice or Noe II, you'd oriv
spoken last niehti''
ssI am Of the imnression that did sreaL
Last nioht Mrs. Snotswood. bowaver
that is Of small imnortance, Imnossihil,
itv ia n Iaroo -c,3 and v,isah;ovo,,s
one ler me advise Won to strike r. from
vour vrrshnS.rv t eynect Nv the fine
/ arrive At horne vii, the Gsptian,en
have alluded tn Won will have convinced
vourself az the nossihiIiev of nrovifiin~ =
1ittin0 entertainment for NV friends
,ero;,' INV dear y,
ssIe fails and acts IA II we WAR. n, tho
han,.v snee-heilnm davs wher n ho,se1
keerer fhonchf M rnore ~ hau;1r . hit
dozen fr;ords syaS =, ~ T;,,ra- "a . shn
did 81 nonr;no ont IN .,,n ~ coff.n "i' VIII VII
liam q vnree S H. 1osos s;,rht ~
the chance IN ON To.,,o.t;c sfss;-s na,,o,
snre Of = cook from me meal tn snother
and thaf SIfso,,atS,,I littI., ,v-otcS, ,S .-o;t
orr n Wt5iiern rr.s c,'Sv I;stIa = 10 70
nhilosonher' ard more ~ an nhsarn ns ~ he
To,,Id fhinf ~ these tt;rs =, b;n,sa,S nJ
mar me- tiesa ,,nnro,"ntss ,,;n;ns,; al"
Mrs Snctswoo1i vas aa nrsriv in
had hu,nar a. her smnsb;nv d;sn9s;tion
sijmittes1 Of when she faif,eI mn hon
sewing for the dav. anJ nrenared to de.
vote ali bar fine onJ orarc.las ~ ~, ~, 70
.rootaht. r-.a-w.t;s,, - = 60 ~ IN
81 hn"saree,,e- H. u s-1t st Ia. ~
;nsorv;o,r tho hn.,s.,,-Id n.h;,ot was "
19rJv;e W si,e csIIa'li 10 wo;o. ,f do
ce;tfiil cbe..rfninesa Eorft fro,n III,
Iitcher w;ndnw q face nrotru1aJ ;tsoIf
hiocL sh;r;n~ sn,Ia,, tt,;s ,.h',s;ooi a.
tinn pmy s.1a s,,T
Gent that the summons had he..n hear - II
seSvivie Tos,. ,aastar I. 10 eo;uS, -. ~
horno so,,,o o,ar+1o,no,,