The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-29
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This Monday morning finds Middlchury,
and the country about,in the hands of Jack
Frost who. We suppose. has authority
to 'Shut ~" all the rivers and ponds and
brooks and springs in this region. Old
Jack is surly old fellow, and it seems TO
vcX him to see the little brooks that start
from their fountains in some quiet little
nook at the foot Of the mountain or large
hill, and 20 laughing along in its onward
course. lie is too much like many indi-
viduals who are never happy until they
are miserable. That is, they seem to be
unhappy when their ncighhcrs are prosper
that this prosperity will not last long-that
they know things that nobody else is in
possession of--that soon there will be de-
vclopments such as will astonsh every
body Such men may be generally found
among the comparatively wealthy, who
have, by some unexpected turn of fortune,
come into possession of wealth. The war
was great manufacturer of this class OF
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the government with their shoddy goods of
various kinds whose heads are as dcsti-
tute of brains as an empty egg shell. This
class appears upon the surface, and thrust
themselves into the society of men who
have by long life of honest industry and
cartfulness amasscd a fortune which no
right minded man, rich or poor, will envy.
This mushroom aristocrat frequently puts
himself, by his audacity and self-cs:eem
into position where massive watch chains,
and glitteIing rings make n sorry substitute
for good common sense. To all such per-
sons we would recommend the cultivation
of that delicate and tender plant modesty,
which is always proper to be used by rich
and poor They should he As modest as
one of the representatives, of the town of
Weybridge was when elected. He was
loudly called upon for Il speech and being
possessed of good common sense as well
as money, he arose and, in his quaint ard
curious way, said to the voters and waiting
crowd II pity Wcyhridgc, and took his
seat.
There is .inothcr c'ass, who, by their
proligality and desire to ape others who
are more fortunate in worldly matters than
they are, who are constantly making them
selves miserable because some one that
started in life with them has 10y industry
| and economy shot ahead of them in wealth.
| They are constantly cullivating jealous
disposition, Which. like the celebrated
/ l'pas trc-, spreads misery and disaster all
| about them. Instead of rejoicing at the
success of their former friend, aud asso-
cia,cs as they should do, they whine about
their own ''bad luck, and are cnyious he
cause their friends eat the bread of careful
| ness and are successful in life.
We have mentioned two classes, who,
perhaps, are the most inoifcnsiyc of the
three which we shall mention The classes
a owe mentioned cause more trouble to
themselves thaa anybody else. They are
constantly being sighted, omitted, left out
or snubbcd and as constantly slandcring
the town they live in and looking away to
some far-oir clySian spot where all are
equally appreciated and honorcd. whether
rich or poor
The last class We shall consider is made
up of narrow-mndcd men, who have
emerged from their low estate by leaving
the place where they were born for "A sea
son, and locating in some far OF state
where, by their gas and self-estcem, they
are made to appear what they are not.
This class may be dcnominatcd sharpcrs
men that if you trade with them you will
he sure to be cheated men that improve
the main chance Always grumbling be-
cause their goods or prices or skill is not
properly appreciated and patronized, and
Jealous because their neighbors are success
full. They are constantly on the alert
watching and surmising that somebody, is
going to Ego up, smash, discontinue.
Their highest aspiration seem TO be to find
out, first, who is ''hard up so that they
may be the first to impart il to the public.
OF this class we would say. IN the language
of the ritual, Good Lord deliver us ! They
embrace the class illustrated by the follow
ing anecdote 1t is said that one neighbor
met another ana accosted him thus /:
Neighbor n, do You know that you and
know everything No, said neighbor n.
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