Middletown transcript., 1873-03-22

thought ON the one impraciicable. stupid.
wrong g-headed and cantsukerously foolish
person Of the twelve. than upon all III
other eleven. But this is just because
you trent that imprscticable and caninn.
kerous person n you would treat = baby.
or M idiot. or n bulldog. or jackass
The apparen, Difference you pay the can
tankerons man. is simply an inferior de-
gree Of the same thing ,hn. makes you
confess yourself teapot IL raving mad
man has you ut an opeu window, and
says he viii throw you over unless you
forthwith confess yourself ieapot. Pig
headed folly is 30 dissgreeablc thing
iha, you would do good deal to keep /,
from iutruding itself upon your reluctant
gaze aud the caniankerous fool. pcited.
sn'oo,hed dowr. complimcnted, deferred
to, is truly in the mo,t degraded position
a rational being can easily reach. "Oh
let US humor him he is only Saooks the
cantankcrous fool" Give in to him
little. he will make no end Of a row IL
you DON'T such are the reflections Of the
people who yield to him. lfhc had any
measure Of sense. he would see how de-
graded is his position; what u humiliai.
ing thing il is to be deferred to on the
terms on which he is deferred to. Blu,
the notion Of the presence Of sense is ex
cluded by the very terms Of his definition.
For how can there be sense ia can,an-
kcrous foul
All this, the thoughtful reader sees.
leads us up 10 the wide and importan,
subject Of the Treatment Of lncapaci,y
That varies, in the most striking way. as
the position Of the incapable person varies
II servant, lately come home. proves
quite unfit for his work, you frs, sccld
h,n, aud il that avail nothing. then you
send him away IL the grocer who ,up-
pile. ynu with tea aud sugar. persists ia
supplying you with exccrnhly bad tea aud
sugar, you resign your position as bis
customer; you enter his shop no more
Bat If the incapable person is in a sul:
cicn'ly imp"rtsnt place. aud cannot be-
turn d out of il. the treatment is entirely
different You stand up for the man
iou rutf bin. You deny that he is in
capable You lay he is "a very gooi
nppain,ncu'. however abon,inably bad
YOU know him 10 be The useless Judge
ynu declare to be- sound lawyer. whose
mudc.,y hin Ter, the general recognition
'f hi. merits Tho clcrgyman who neg.
lcr,s his duty >haucfully. and whose ser-
men, IL mau can listen to, you declare Ia
be u good sensible preacher. with 10 clap.
trap about hin none of your new brooms
that sweep far too clean The blackleg
peer, drunk, rrofigate u moral nuisance
and curse. is described as a pattern Of sll
the proprictics As for the hardly con.
ceiyable munsrrh, such A. Georgius " of
Brrniord. who never did brave or good
deed in all his life. he takes his rank ~
the FIRST gentleman in Europe Yes. th"
peculiar treatment Of the wrong man IN
the wrong place (by cautious and safe
people. is loudly 10 declare that he is the
righ, mnu IN the right place The higher
the place he dsgracts, the louder and
irmcr the a.scycraiion. And il any man
>ppakes out the fact Of the incapacit,
which all men see. then you bully that
man Yen iy ut him You abuse him
You tell him his conduct is indccoruus.
is indecent You declare that il is not
10 be supposed iha, wha, he SAYS is ,rne.
i being all the while well aware that i, is
4 true.
II . poor curn,c be idle aud stupid. so
stupid iha, he could not do his work If he
( rfird. aud so idle tha, he will not try that
poor enrate is sent away, Bu, il the in
/ cn,nhen, Of u rather important parish be
all that, ynu 90 on diiicrcn, tack. Yol
say his health is not good His church
Is uot empty, on the contrary. it is very
respectfully attended II strikes sirang-
cr indeed as empty; but those who nj.
tend i, regularly especially the incomrc.
tent incumbent himself) think it very
fairly filed. aud Of course they arc the
hes, Judges This crucial case will help
the ingenious reader to the great priuci-
pie which leeidcs the ,rea,men, Of inca-
paeiiy. Il is ihis. An Evil you can ra.
move, yon look in the face You see
how bad i, is You even exaggera'e its
badness. But an Evil you cannot get rid
of, You try not TO see. You seek to dis
cover rcdeem,rg points about il II you
have crooked stick TO walk with, and
cannot get another. you make the best OF
the crooked stick, you persuade yourself
II is nearly siraght. But il u handsome
stick i. offered you in its place. you pitch
the wrc,cicd old thing away. Your eyes
are opened 10 full sense Of its crooked.
ness. In brief. the great rule is, tha,
you make the best Of n bad bargain
Many married people have to do so.
They are well aware that in marrying
they made an unhappy mistake. But they
jus, try 10 struggle on, though the bite,
bluudcr i. felt every day One great evi
of the increased facility Of divorce in thcs,
hitter days. is, 'ha, it tends TO make mcr
and women hastily conclude thu, sist,
Of things is in,olersblc. which while
deemed inevitable was borne with deccn
rcsisnution. You try to put a good fac,
On the trouble which cannc, be rciresscd
You make believe very much;" as a.
human beings have at some period of liz
in regard to their worldly position; ,h'