The Van Buren press., 1873-02-04
MISCELLANY.
About Adam.

We have always believed in Adam W.
have looked upon him as one 10 whom
mankind have been under peculiar obi.
gatons Standing by the side Of Eve as
the first married man, dressed in q sump.
tu,us bear skin, hs appears to us, as we
look backward through the dim vista OF
the ccntariss upon him, ~ 4 person in
dispensble to the future OF his race.
Certain philosophers would try to make
us believe that that majestic figure is a
monkey; and sometimes the result Of hu
man svonts-slections, for instance
seem unaecountable except on the Dar-
viaian hypothesis. But We hold that
the man who would reflect upon the dear
departed in such AZ ungratsful way does
net deserve the sympsthies OF his kind
AZ for ourselves. W. intend to nail our
fig leaf to the mast, and cling to the o'd
served him in good stead in the hour Of
his disappointment, and, though over
mueh giving to lying in the shade and
muuching apples, we know that when he
found himself one morning en- the wrong
side Of . certain garden gate he indulged
in nc unmanly repinings; he neither
whmpsred over his fate nor made faces
and shook his fist at the guardian Of the
forfeited premises, but diligently set him
self to work to develo the ordinary crab
into the luscious pippin
There are times when We like to with
draw our minds from the turmoil Of the
present age, and dwell upon tho charac-
ter Of this grand cid patriarch. Ssms'
.imss, even when eur desk may be COW
cred with hat accounts lost Oh the cleo
ton, we get 10 thinking on Adam, snd
don't care how big tho Liberal majority
10 in New York. Adam was never trou-
bled about election bets, or anything
else, except the gratis in his orchsrd. he
had no msther. nj law, and his wife never
bothered him with her millinsr's bills
He had . natural antipa,hy 10 snakes,
but he was never worried over missing
shirt buttons.
He never supported an unsuccessful
candidate for President, and saw bis
hopes Of seat in the Cabinet grow dim
msr and DINNER as the reports cauo in,
Nor were his cars deafoaed, and his feel.
ings hurt, by the booming of the cannon
Of the Radical party over at New Albany,
Neither did he receive the ironical ard
malicious congratulations Of his nsigh'
bora tho mornng after the election ON
the fortitude with which he bore up un'
dor adverse news His eyes were never
offended by the growing roos.ers ano
1auating banners Of his opponents; for
barring his one unfortunate speculation
in fruit-uudcrtaken st the instance o
his sleeping partner-when the devi
made a corner in applss,his life was emf
nsntly a success.
To be sure, he never had the prou'
consciousness Of having established
princip Piles that he knew would ultimatel.
win in spite OF = hostile administration
that for while proaght inevitable dc
feat upon him; nsr did he have the plea
sure Of seeing the old party lines Of ig
norancs and prejudice broken into frsy
nents and disappearing before his vigor
ous assaults; but, as he sat upon th
hills, facing the sunset, In the happy tim
before his eldest boy began to bs fas,
and to run around With strange woms
frsm the land Of Nod, he could watc
his shooting scions without care. no
trouble himself with The future efhis Of
springs.
He stands for us as the grand sxeu
!, plar Of success As ws hear the noise {
I. unsympathstic thousands shouting eve
empty victories. and smell tho fumes c
: powder burned In honor Of fitful an
ephsmeral triumph, our thoughts 60 bsc
six thousand years or more to grand sl
Adam, and then
mot . wave Of trouble rolls across the pcaeef
breast. "
-Louisri{ls Courier j JourndI.