The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1877-10-02

''oLD FOGY.
That is a great advantage which a
man possesses whose morning Of life is
over, whose reason is not taken prison
er by any kind of Establishments, and
who knows and feels that he is Fogy.
After he has abdicated all pretentions
as a conqueror and enslaver Of females,
he comes for the first time to duly ap-
preciate the society of women. He has
delightful entree into the female
world; he is free 10 listen, to joke, to
sympathize, TO talk with mama about
her troubles, and get the little secrets
that gush from the pure wells Of
younger hearts.
III the society of one woman is de-
lightful is the society OF a thousand?
When the old fogy gets on his best
coat, and has dandy shirt and tie ar
ranged, he can enjoy without suspicion
the good offices Of well bred people.
Time the consoler-Time the ano-
dyne--has given his life quiet, neu.
tral tinge, out OF which calm and re-
poseful condition the honest"old fogy"
seems to say, ''Look, o man, at the
vanity Of the objects you pursue, and
OF yourself who pursue theml"
PRETTY WOMEN.
The best takers / know are some
pretty women meet from time TO time.
Pleasant, airy, complimentary, the lit
tie flakes OF hattery glimmering in
their talk. the accents flowing on in o
soft ripple-never a wave and never a
calm; they turn air into syllables so
gracefully that we find the meaning as
we find faces in the Goals and fairy
palaces in the clouds.
You have sometimes been in n rail
road train when the engine was detach-
ed long way from the station, but
still the cars moved on quietly and
rapidly? Upon my conscience, l be-
lieye some OF these pretty women de-
their minds entirely from their talk,
and, what is more, We never know the
difference.
II you could find an uninhabited,
coral-reef island. with plenty of cocoa
palms and bread fruit on it, and put
handsome young fellow ashore there,
If you touched there year afterwards,
you would find him walking under the
palm trees arm-in-arm with a pretty
womanl
LETTER FROM JEAN PAUL RICHTER.
A venerable friend having written an
anonymous letter to Jean Paul Richter
inclosing a present Of fifty dollars. re-
ceived the following answer:
TOO good Septimus / entreat
the earnestly write me thy true name;
for here, on the open sea OF the world,
amid hundred ships, cannot scream
TO thee through the speaking trumpet
Of the press, what had much rather
whisper TO thy face
Thy real name, assure you, will not
disturb our relation. The mantle of
love hides all faults, but must il re-
maiu itself hidden like fault2 Write
me at least in thine own handwriting
some address under which / may bring
before thee some words Of my soul. IL
thou shouldst forever be yelled in mys-
terry, then take here my thanks for all
Indications nT-fhy beautiful spirit.
May thy life turn round like a world
in gentle alternstiods, now 10 the sun
light Of reality, now to the moonlight
Of poesy, and in all thy clouds may
there be only evening redness, or n
rainbow. but no tempest, and when
thou art happy, NAV thy genius remind
thee Of the 23d Of May. and when thou
art sed. may some good man send thee
a letter full OF love such as thou hast
written TO me. Yes, may he even write
under il his real name
July 3, 1896. j. p. Z. RICHTER.
CHILD FAITH.
All beautiful tales trust. are true,
But here u grave IN the moss.
And there's The sky. aud the shadows are blue.
And butterfly blows across
Yes, here is the grave, and there is ths sky;
To the one or the other We 90,
And between them waves the butterfly,
Like q soul that does not know.
Come here. say. little child Of mine.
Come with your bloom and your breath.
CIf be should belive in the life divine.
viii not believe In DEATH
Where ls your brotherir question low,
Aud walt for his wise reply
Does lac say Down there s. the gravef"Ah no.
He says with a smile, In the skyl"
HAPPINESS.
Happiness is not a blue rose; il is
not diamond of unusual size; il is a
mosaic OF little stones, each one of
which has no separate value OF its own.
We con think Of many who ought to
have it not; OF some who seem 10 have
few grounds for il and yet aae happy,
aud OF one or two ought to be misera-
bic, and yet are the happiest people we
know 1t is kind OF Free Masonry,
and the initiated cannot impart it to
outsiders
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