Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-05-03

bh, who cAn desprlhe him There is
no language WHICH eau do justice TO him
no supernatural foresight which can
predict where his next thrust will fall,
from what unsupported corner he will
send bis next arrow. Like death, he has
all seasons for his own his ingenuity is
Internal. Whoever tries to furestall or
appease him might better be at work in
Augean stables because, after all, we
must admit that the facts of life are on
his side. " Is not intended that we shall
be very comfortable. There is terrible
amount Of total depravity In animate ana
lnanlmste things. From morning I'LL
night there IL not an hour without It's
cross to carry. The weather lhwarts us
servants, landlords, drivers, washer.
women and bosom friends mispehave
clothes don't fit teeth ache stomaehf
get out OF order newspapers are stupid
and children make too much noise, II
there are not big troubles thore are little
ones. II they are not III sight, thry Aie
hiding. ! have wondered whether the
happiest mortal could point 10 Que single
moment and say, ~ that moment there
was nothing Ia my life which would
have had changed" think not. In
argument, therefore, the grumblsr has
the best Of IL.
It Is more than probable that things
are as he says, But why Say lei WHY
MAKO four mlserits out OF three II the
three be already unbearable, 20 much the
worse. II he Is uncomfortable, IL Is a
pity we are sorry, but We can't change
the couise Of nature. We shall soon
have nur own little turn Of torments, and
we DO not want 10 be worn out before II
comes BY having llstened 10 his prob.
ably, too, the very things OF which be
complains ara prhsslug just As heavily on
us as on him-are Just AZ unpleasant TO
everybody as TO him. Suppose ever, body
| did 40 be does. Imagine, for Instance, 4
chorus Of grumble from ten people at a
breakfast table, all saying At once, or
Immediately after each other, t" This
cohes 10 not NJ 10 drlnk.n 4" Really, the
attendance 10 this hDuse IL ihsutF rably
poor" have eometimes wished Il trt
this homeopathic treatment IN q bad case
Of Rfumble. II sounds az n Il might
work cure. II you lose your temper
with the grumber, and turn upon him
suddenly, saying, "Oh, do not spoil ali
our pleasure, Do maxi the best Of things /,
or, at least, keep quleth then how az.
griesed le 70 how unjust be thinks tou
are 70 SNAKE Personal matter Of IT.
'Tou do not surely, auppoee think
you are responsible for II, d. you ~ be
says With lofty cir Of establishment at
your Unreasonable Bensltiveness, OF
course, We do not suppose he thinks We
are 10 blame we do not take him to be a
fool as wall as a grumbler. But he
speaks to W, at us, before us, about the
cause Of bis discomfort, whatever II may
be, precisely Ne be would II we were 70
a a. a - A. a
his grumhing go insuff rable. But this
he can never be made 10 see. And the
worst Of II 10 that grumbllng Is contagious,
II We live with him, we shall, sooner or
later, In spte of our dislike Of his ways,
fall Into them. There ls no help for
this have seen II again and again.
have caught il myself One grumbler 10
family lie as pestllent a thing as a
diseased animal in herd II he be not
sbut up or killed, the herd ls lost.-From
"Ras Of Talk" BY FL. N.