The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-06-29
So The Rainbow In the Bubble. ,,

CHEERFULNEss is to the mind what
sunshine is to the earth-its rejuvenating
force. The cheerful people are ALWAYS
young, however gray their locks, dim their
vision, or wrinkled their faces. Nav.
cheerfulness will keep gray hairs and
wrinkles at bay more efectually than any
cosmetic or magic wash 1t is talisman
which attracts affection and regard to
those who wear it The cheerful person
is every where welcome, and nowhere ont
Of place. She lights up the darkest dav,
and has the same genial AID stimulating
effect as the sunbeam; she makes the best
OF every thlng--eseN misfortune seen
through her speetacles does not look 50
ugiyi sac anticipates happiness ahead
and is sure that trouble will get detainnd
on The way she sees the silver lining Of
every cloud, and the first rift; where an
other murmurs and doubts, she is full of
thanksgiving and hope. The small dis
comforts Of life do not fret her as MANY
another. She is the best traveller the
world over-heeds the ioIts on the road
only to laugh at them; breakdowns and
de'entions are only so many novel ex.
periences to her; and we doubt if even a
Mghwayman could rob her of the habit
OF looking at the bright side of every
thing. She does not make faces over
poor dinner or q hard bed, but resigns
hefself TO Inconveniences SO complacent.
~ that one might Dc deceived into think.
ing her accustomed to them. That she is
most companiopable parsonage. the
comfort OF her presence attests. Her ex
aMple Is infectious, and we find ourselves
sfopiug our way out of the slough of
despond by the light Of her countenance.
III good nature is stronger than toma.
hawks" as the sage tells us, then cheer
lulness is its twin sister. With many OF
us, perhaps, cbeerfulness is no more a
virtue Tor which we are responsible than
a quick ear for music would be, than
Grecian profile, or fine head of hair IT
IS bred in the bone with few of us, lust
as talent for carpentry, for sculpturing,
or versiiylng, is; and as it is reckoned a
disgrace to spell badly, but no virtue to
spell we'll, so the talent for cheerfulness, |
being our birthright, is not so much set |
down to our credit, but so much sub |
stracted therefrom if we do not develop it |
into genius. But it is none the less a !
sweetener OF existence, and such charm !
ing thing to meet with, in man or woman,
That we are apt to treat the owner as if it |
were plant of his own selecting |
and sowing, since we do not stop to in- |
quire how much is indigenous or how
much exotic; for though the effect is the |
same upon the spectator, yet the mead be- |
longs TO those who, having no natural in !
ciinatiCn toward cheerfulness, have vet
succeeded in grating it upon the barren |
stock Of respondent disposition, who |
have been obliged to fl ght bravely for the |
sunshine they spend lavishly We do not !
question but it is more certain recipe !
against the Entertainments Of disease than |
the specifics of medical science. BY ex- !
animation We should doubtless find that
the few who reach the nineties are those
who cultivate sanguine temper; who |
wear life like a garland rather than a
yoke; who do not wiring their hands |
when their stocks depreciate, but are GER
tain they will rise tomorrow; who, when !
the ship is leaking, are on the outlook for |
sail; who, when their case is desperate.
DO not make it worse by desperation
people who can say,
fife an empty bubble oe.
How sad are those y, no never see
The rainbow IN the bubbIe."
-Hd1per's Buz0r