The Morning herald., 1877-12-06

ners but, unitedly, all love humbugs. Al
deny it, of course; nevertheless, from
childhood to manhood and old age, tn
human family goes out after humbugs as
daily food. We humbug our stomach
until they cry out in pain, and in purchas
ing ease wi h pills and patent nostrums, o
hslsams aud pecorials, We erect nonu,
ments in the marble fronts for the inven,
tors, whose bottles are all marked "certsir
cure" We drink our wine, and hallHt
with gout We drink native whisky until
our livers are like the ia: of Southdown
sheep. We guZzle beer until the stomach
is distended like balloon, and threatens
,n occupy the entire space, and would, il
it were not for the bulge at the waistcoat.
And. while We do all these things, we
humbug ourselves tina, it is seeing life
having fun, and grand, good time. We
look ont upon men and resd their history,
al it in their shattered fortunes and
blasted hopes, and humtug ourselves thst
We can wear their msntles and tread in
their footsteps walking to glorious success,
We declsim against gambling and its
vices. and bsn,hug ourselves that our duty
to society is ended we 60 on Change and
put up our margins on stocks for to-mor-
row, or bet on Gods sunshine and dew
drops and rain for the Thirsty earth next
spring. We give literally TO works Of
Of benevolence, attend church possibly
on Sunday, and humbus ourselves that
such acts are kind of holy priesthood
shsolving US from responsibility the rest Of
the week, as We take advantage of our fel-
lows in sharp trades, snd make oppressive
demands upon those in our power. The
young man sowing his wild oats, and the
old man harvesting his, alike are hum.
b1gged in the value of their crop. Bu,
they love to reap, and they love to SOW,
and We suppose it will continue thus until
the ideal man shall arrive upon the earth
We might hope with reason that soma OF
the many hunbHgs and the love thereof
would give way in this grand era Of pro
gress bu, the mechanism of man seems to
want balsnce-wheel. He has achieved
wonders in the arts, in sciences aud philos-
ophy, and nsde long strides toward "a
Ligher civilization and yet, when he
oones down to ruling himself so as 10
make the NOS. Of life for himself and bis
fellows, his head seems 10 fail. We shoull
Re glad to introduce women, the created
helpma,e OF man, to aid in this deliver
snce from humbugsery but We find ber
3; hopelessly enthralled as her Adamic
companion. There are mutitudes OF good
women, as there are of men-but We are
treating Of the great masses that move in
society aud We find her cultivating white
hands, an idiot cut for the hair dropping
square over The forehead, trailing silk and
velvet upon the public highway wearing
shoe: Of bronchitis uppers and consump-
tiou soles, almost plainly indicating that
woman, too, loves bumbugs, and cannot be
depended upon as reformer. While she
accepts the thraldom of fashion, and wor-
ships at the alters modern society has
erected, grand results need not be expect
ed Of her. With such an ancestry we will
continue to raise fair-handed girls, orna.
ments for the parlor, and weak headed
young men, sharp at trade, who rur
mostly to shirt collars aud plug hats. 1t is
thus We perpetuate the race Of humbugs.
The world just now don't need this clas>
Of people. We do not expect perfection :
we do not expect to get wholly from under
the rule of King Hamburg We can
afford a quarter occasionally to see a
woolly horse or the Cardiff giant, and take
in the side shows; hut the daily offerings
of life should be made up of something
more substantial. It will hurt meme Of
us TO examine honestly and see whether
We are humbugging ourselves into any
false conceptions Of the responsibility and
duty we owe to society. Amid all the
shams there is large reality in the world
which Gao be summed up in the words
duty, pleasure and happiness. As We
reap the golden grain others have sown
so should we SOW, tba, the generation fol-
lowing may gather in plenty.
The man who does not learn how to live
and enjoy life until be is ready to die has
been sadly humbngged.
Mr.. George Fawcett Rowe's success In