The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1875-06-03
PEBBLES.

Here IS scrap which we appropriate,
and fully indorse:
How few of US realize the privilege of
association with children! They come
and go. They claim our aid and defer to
our judgment, yet we forget their roval
natures. their splendid kingdom of guile
less love and imp ocence into which it is
permitted as to enter and hold festival
After you go to bed, and the lights are
put out, and just before you fall asleep,
do you ever begin to reflect that you are
one day nearer death? You then realize
the absolute certainty of death You
wonder how you will die, where, and
when. How you desire to look into the
future. But Alexander Pope was correct
when he claimed that the greatest of
blessings is our ignorance of the time
and manner of our death.
'Heav'n from all creatures hides the book of
All but the page prescrib'd, their present state;
from brutes what men, from men what spirits
Or who could suffer being here belowq
The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day,
Had he thy reason would he skip and play?
And licks the hand just rais'd to shed his blood.
% blindness to the future! kindly given,
Who sees with With equal m ale eye, as d GOD ofai II e' ell
A hero perish, or sparrow fall,
Atoms or systems into ruin hurl'd,
And now a bubble burst, and now a world.
Hope hunbly them; with trembling pinions
soar;
Wait the great teacher, Death and God adore !;
Mnat future bliss, ne gives not thee to know,
Hope springs eternal in the human breast;
Man never Is, but always TO BE blest;
The soul, uneasy, and confined from home,
Rests and expatiates life to Gomez
Much has been said about taverns, tav-
ern keepers, landlords, clerks, guests,
etc. We believe injustice has been done
all around, and we will give little ad-
vice to all par ties, free gratis for nothing
We have not much to say to the land
lords. They are too hefty for u.s. Only
this: have plenty of victuals, but have
them cooked so that they cannot be eat
en-. Thus you can truthfully say that
you furnish plenty, and yet you can save
it all. The guest can make himself par
ticularly useful and agreeable, by observ-
ing the following rules: When you come
into the dining room, the first thing you
do, cough; but do not spit upon the
floor; that would be impolite; swallow
what you raise from your lungs. Then
blow your nose with your fingers, MAX
ing it give the sound of small trumpet
or bugle. When you eat. convince the
people present that you intend to pay
your quarter Of a dollar, and are deter
mineo to have the worth of your money
Drink six cups Of coffee and try to have
your cup empty every time the servants
are particularly busy. Then hold up
your cup and saucer at arms length and
rattle them vigorously. Keep the SER
wants all the time engaged for you,
whether any one else be waited upon or
not. That is their look out When
done eating, pick your teeth with the
fork. If you have decayed teeth, the
food in them may cause them to ache.
Do not lose any thing but what you take
from your hollow teeth, take from the
fork and swallow. If you are clerk in
the Office, you must preserve the dignity
of your position. You must have your
hair parted in the middle behind, and
then sit with your feet upon the counter,
much higher than your head. Be always
smoking a cigar, but never hurry at it.
There will be a number of small bells
against the wall back of you, hung on
spiral wires, with wires reaching to the
several rooms, and the number of each
room in figures back of each bell. If
guest in a room wants anything he will
pull the wire and ring the bell indicating
the number of his room. Now when a
bell rings it will never do for you to COM
promise your dignity by looking around
until the bell has ceased to vibrate.
Then you may slowly turn around and
gaze at the bells, as if trying to guess
which one it was. Now smoke again,
and let it ring about three times. the last
time it will be jerked rather violently.
Then you may guess which one it is, and
clap your hand on your little counter
bell, and give it one tap. When the boy
comes, say number 81" Then smoke
and be happy again.
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