, 1877-01-13
The AnniHble Nlan,

He did as he was bid he believed rs hc
was told. When you sat him down any
where he was there, and you knew where
to find him. He never went nosinr
around into dark corners, to find ont
what was going on. lie never bothered
any one by asking questions; or if he so
far forgot himself ns to ask thrm he wns
satisfied with the answers that were
given him. When he went to school, he
took things ms they were given him. lie
never said "Why9" When the teacher
told him that tough spelled tut, and
h Dug Ii hoch, and plough l,lor. and
THROUGH thru, he didn't say word;
he didn't even wink his eye he iust
took it all down. When he learned in
geography that "the earth is the plane.
or ball on which we dwell" and TINT
"thc equator is an imaginary line on the
earth's surface" he didn't ask, "What is
a planet 2" he didn't ask, "IIow broad is
the line, and what color is it2" When
he learned in grammar that all nouns
form their plural by adding to the
singular, and then learned man, men:
woman, women child, children; he did
not argue the point; he did not see any
incongruity.
Time passed on. He became man:
an amiabe man. He never made any
body any trouble; he never trod un any
hody's tees; he never stuck out his
elbows; he had no convictions that in.
terfered with any body on any subject
he had, so to speak, no bones in his
moral framework; he was good deal
like moral feather.bed. He never got
into dispute; he agreed with every
one. II Mr. A said to him, "BlaGk is
black don't YOU think so" he replied.
"Oh, certainly; as black as mid night"
If Mr.. B said to him, "Black is white, in
my opinion; and what is your viewl 2"
he never tailed to say, "Oh, yes, driven
snow could not he whittier" And both
Mr. A and Mr.. b went away saying.
"What very amiable man Mr. Cold
Molasses is! And how excellent his
judgment !"
The amiable man has spent "a portion
of his life in the editorial chair, and
portion in the ministry, As an editor,
he never lost subscriber through the
utterances of some unpopular or unex-
pected truth. AS a preacher, he never
repclled any one. No one was ever
known to get up and go out, or even to
sit uncomfortably under his words. l
have heard, though, that once he used,
that is borrowed, the sermon of an emf.
nent preacher. While he was preaching
it. some OF the people were in tears and
ut the close of the service rumseller
came up, bathed in tears, and exclaimed
SIR, what must I do to be saved I
feel that | AN lost and guilty sinner"
The amiable preacher cried in dismay
and nmazement, "Why, my dear sir, I
beg your pardon; would not hurt your
ceilings and make you feel badly for the
world. assure you it was all mis-
Jake"
While the great war convulsed the
and, he went through it without turn.
ng hair. He never differed from any
,ne; he never expressed an opinion
which could possibly arouse antagonisr,.
He took safe ground, urged the blessed
ness Of peace, the wickedness OF strife,
he horrors Of bloOdshed. He always
prayed In public "for the sailor and the
'oldier, and for all classes and conditions
If mcn"
The amiable man is much sought after
It union meetings and conventions. He d,
,evpr says any thing or these occasions
hat IS likely to hurt any body's feelings,
md he never takes offence at what any
,ody ever says.
In course Of time, 1t chances that the
.miabie man marries the sweet woman.
,he, too, has passed life unstained by
. conviction or an opinion. In youth
he adopted the views OF her father; at
marriage, those Of her husband She
links it unwomanly, masculine, strong
minded, to have an opinion or 10 assert
Ierself. She holds that weakness, de-
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