The Huntington argus. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1872-1905, 1873-10-03
HAPPINESS.
ny BENUCHANP cLAIE.

siderable time In what does il consist
In what does IL not consist On what is
1t foundedY Ay, there's the rub. Let
me see Were YOU ever hsppy2 Oh,yesl
When1 o many a time-once when |
had been to spend an evening in a Ger
man beer garden, aud had sailed direct
into paradise on Fiat Lager SPLENDID
day, that What karnoni .us, gutteraI
dscord they madel What sweet n,us,cl
JOY ioreverl But in going home, some
how, could not keepin the narro,o street
iound tue gutter occasion ally, however.
What allied me2 Not drunk, eh? Not by
great deal | Was lar too genteel for
that Next morning my brain ached, my
eyes were blood -hotten, my stomach
qualmish, my hat lost, boots muddy, era
vat awry. Something had surely gone
wrong. What could it bc2 ANY way, tina,
was the end Of my brief happiness.
les, | remember another time; my an
gel smiled benignantly upon me was in
perfect fever OF ecstacy, up in the sew
enth heavens' couldn't sleep wink Tor
thinking OF tha. smile The next time |
met her on the street she saw somethin.
very attractive on the opposite side, aud
never smiled a bit Then she never an
-wered any OF my billet-doux, gotten up
at great sacrifice OF mental and physical
energy, gilt paper, scenting stuff, and other
things, etc, etc. OH ! was in the slough
OF despond' that night The next had
ch'll--none OF your dumb chills, either-a
real buck ager." Not dumb by any
means. No, stree it frnze my heart aud
CONCEALED my very vitals
When ! donned my first cloth suit. I
was in anoderate glow of unearthly Diss
And theH that first "stovcpipel' lncfrablel
But Emma Jane accidentally emptied the
slop bucket on that Goa; and those unmel,-
tionahles, while some unsophsticated wight
sat down upon my beautiful "beegum."
%a- the most oejectrd aud wretched crea-
tnre IN the world, Oh Goroo Gorooi
What does all this teacb1 1t yerifies
the old, old maxim that has a-sumed IN
the lapse of time, many dilerent shapes;
A. Zach rose has i's thorn There will
he 6riars where berries grow, " There il
some ciomd in every lie etc. 1t teaches
That there Is no pure and unallOyrd happi.
ness to be found. Do these lew and dis
Jolnted facts prove that? Oh, no. Only
look aronud and complete the induction,
make 1t Infinite, comprehending every
thing aud every body, from the kIng in his
purple and fine linen upon his glittcring
throne, to the s4ualid besgar in his filthy
rags nP"a the highway and the same un-
n,uiiable but Unpleasant conolusion will
le firmly and forever established by an
array OF facts that no sans man will ques-
iicn or denv
Goldsmith says that happiness il ,cithia
~. and not Ia the circumstances 10y which
We are surrounded. In proof Of which he
very pertinently speaks as tolows
remember once to have seen. in
Flanders q slave, who appeared in no
way touched with h's situation. IIe was
manned, d,iOrmct. and eDa,ned. sbli,ed
to iol from the appearauce ~ ,iAs TIA
highuaIl. and condemned 10 thia to- lite
yet with ali these circumstances Of appsr-
ent wfeichedurs-, be- -tug. wnuli Lay.
danced hut thst he wantei a lef, and a.,
peared tie merrie-t, hapmc-t man Of all
the garrison. What q practical pbilo.o
phri was here 4 h,,ppy constitution
supplied p'ilosophy aud, though seem
ns'y dr-ttuts Of wisdom. he was really
wl-e No reading or Study had contributed
To dlseuchant the fairy laud around him
Everything iurni-hed him with az oupor.
nny NJ mirth and though some fboi,bt
BIN, from hi- in-ru-irfIty. "a tool. Ls wa.
"ch IN IDIOT a. philosopher. shou'd wiaL
20 imita,r
This paragraph from one Of the mos,
iacefiou-, a- we'll as uafortunaie. p,.,. vI..
ever wrote iu the English lan,uar.. would
appear To bolster uptbc rbilo.ophy which
r. summed up .u one line
"if ignorance 81. bliss, 'u. folly To- b. pisa."
Perhaps th.- may be true. br, who
would not he wise nevertheless lt may
be. however. thst even this galiy..ave had
some cire- conunualiy corrojius boz. her
which joe snie,vofei Co .ncet. from the
'rgw-iusr gaze o. an uuirienIi, worli
uhd'r tue veil o. excessive outs-ri hilar- .
ii,, '"i which c-,spci even ~ acute an
ol-er'er Re- u',.r 9o.i.ua,i u..ioub.rii.
o.-
Hg th'' ~ tmoy, 0oc ,b.a. IS c,r.4.a.,
true--the4r Hle trtf.-. drr,- ot tni-.r, 90.