Middletown transcript., 1873-03-22

me that once upon a time. attending q
sitting Of the lIsuse Of Peers in Mesopo.
tamia in America, he heard q man make
q speech, every sentence Of which cried
aloud that the speaker was an inexprcssi-
Bile fool At first. Jones was indignant
nt the speakers manifest self. satisfaction
But gradually Jones bccnmc reconcilsd to
the state Of the facts as this consideration
presented itself to his reflective under
standing: That If the unhappy orator
had thought Of himself aud his appearance
as Jones thought of both, he would have
Acd to the remote wilderness aud never
been seen more
How are yon to manage u cautanker-
ons fool :? lfpossiblo. you will Of course
avoid such But how are you TO deal
with those whom you cannot avoid :?
Well. know il does not sound magnani-
nous. but fear you can govern the can.
tankcrous fool only by careful consider
alton Of his nature. and adaptation Of your
means to that. ] mean. you will not
suggest TO him reasons Of conduct which
would have weight only with men Of
sense II you want to melt piece Of
wax you bring il in contact with fire.
But If you do the like with piece Of
cis; the clay is hardened, not sof,cncd
In like manner. there are arguments and
considerations which would make a man
Of good sense and temper 70 10 the right.
which would make the cantankcrous fool
60 TO the lcf, What profit. then, in
suggesting to the fool motives which his
nature incaracitn,cs him for understand.
ing: You must deal With the animal y,
you find him. move him By the things
that will make him move. The whip
cord. which makes the donkey 90, has ~
effect when applied to tho locomotive Gu
gine vet the whipcori serves it, end
when i, make. the donkey g. And the
reason which, being suggested to the
sensible man, would make him a,k YOU it
you thought him foil, will often avail
To move the fool IN the direction III which
you would have him proceed
can see plninly tha, in thus managing
The cau'ankerous fool you run the risk Of
filling to the use Of means 'aroglng Of
the base. But 10 rule eau be laid down
which NAV not be carried To an extreme
And wc can bu, say, never say Or do that
which is sncakug OF dishonest. even
lhnugh by so doing you could Get the fool
,n lrhay. like a nlau Of sense for many
hours. or at the most critical juncture |
do no, believe that honesty is the beet
policy have seen many cases in which
il was plainly the worst. Yet honesty i.
nuqueslionahly the thing fer au honest
man And le, the advice, to govern the
fool by regarding his nature. he UNDER
stood as cpunscling YOU 10 du 50, as far
a. M honest mau may.
The truth Is, yon govern by obeying
You get material natnrc to do what you
want. by finding out its laws, aud CON
forming to them II you desire to otder
water to boil, you command 1t 80 10 do by
obcying the law which says that water
shall boil. being placed upon fire II
you would require field 10 supply You in
September with a crop Of wheat. you DO
So Ly obeyng the fields nature II many
ways: ,loughiug the field (Which it de-
mauds II you sowing IT. aud ihnt ia the
due season 10 short, you hunor that
field in its likngs; and in return for
humorine il. liklhgs, you get the field 70
F
in truth. with the wise Man tso. Al this
/. fair and atovcboari Bu, when you
come to manage the foul by mcaas uualo-
eous To ths, Of him, who. knowing hi,
pig would advance only in the opposite
direction from that he desired, affected
the desire tha, the pig should 20 north
when the deep craving 5f h' heart was
that the pig should indeed 90 south you
are going OF tuck whose honesty is
questionable.
There is process. sinFGlaly offensive
to the writer. nt which one sometimes
hears mention 1t is that OF keeping
pcopie srcct, such is the idiomatle phrase.
II j. process not nccdlul in the case OF
sensible people, who have no tendency to
iarn sour; il IL n mode of operation cs-
pccially applicable in the case Of the can.
iankcrous fool 1t consists in paying
special Difference TO the person % be kept
sweet, in goiug frequently aud asking HI.
advice on matters rs 10 which you have
already made up your mind, aud ns Il
which you know well his opinion is u no
possible value; in trying to smooth him
down when BE- iake- the pet, as hc often
does in making many calls upon him
in conveying by many 'acit signs that yot
esteem him as very wise. very handsome
very influential | have used the mnscu
line gender through tho ia.t scntense
though the peculiar usage described i
much employed in the case Of old womci
Of pccuninry means Sometimes, indeed
old women Of no wealth uor influence wisl
people 10 take pains to keep them swce,
|. bu, in these instances tho old womsn ar
generally permitted jus, to remain in
condition Of unnlle, lated aodity
. julicious reader, wise and amahle
and not unniluen,ial. receive it as hiri
. testimony to your sense aud temper, il u
r human being tries to keep you sweet
For, in all ordinory cases. the fact tina
. you try to keep any mortal sweet, tcs,i
ies to your firm conviction that the NOR
, tai in question is n silly If not n cantan