Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1878-02-21

II there lives a man with a philosophy 50
broad and deep as to recognize moral good In
boils. and. especially, at time when he has
fair-sized one. in good running order. on his
own person. l should like TO be informed OF his
name and post-office address. II he don't live
too far of. and the route isn't an unusually hard
one TO travel, l should hasten. uninyited, to pay
him visit. At the very least should write
him one OF my best letters, and enclose q two
dollar bill and four three-cent stamps for re-
ply.
Boils don't develope a fellows moral and re-
ligious growth much. so far As can find any
history Of them. Job had 'em bad. and he ours
ed the day and services OF his birth, and want
ed 20 die. l never blamed him any Tor wanting
to die. Who wouldn't, covered all over with
"sore bos" from head TO foot. and bored half
To death with long-winded homilies. from his
oificious friends and neixhbors, on the moral
beauty of boils AZ chastisement for spiritual
sins. One boil alta time is more than | can
stand and cherish any Of those ennobling feel
ing. which elevate mankind. The homiles in
addition wouldn't do at all.
\ fellow suffers terribly, but he get, no pity
for he ha, got nothing but boil Nothing
but a boil" indeed, | have seen the time when
the utteraneo OF those contemplate words was,
from my standpoint. An onen.e worthy OF a
choking.
1t is strange how Gckle-mindcd boil will
make fellow. don't mean any of your little
plebcian cat boils but full-grown, well deyel-
opod hoil. with powerful physique. rhe mar
tyr ait, down in a stuffed rocking chair with a
pillow behind his head; but he don't lit there
five minutes, before he makes up his mind that
he would feel better walking the floor; and at
once the easy chair is abandoned. TO ride up
and down the room on "shsnk's mare" He
takes few turns, and very suddenly concludes
tina, the proper thin. TO do IS to lie down on the
sofa; but that position proves Just a unsati--
factory all the rest. and he abandons 1t 10 try
something else. II Is no use, though. entire
Is agree with Bro. Watt, in the sentiment: Of
the following lines:
'''Tis poor relief We gain.
To change the place, but kc- y the pain =
Til, chapter on boils i an inspired onc-in-
own facr. from which suffered all LIST week
Th- ugly anthrax has, however. afforded me
Que little con,oation. 1t has revealed to ne
the delightful fact that atm better looking than
/ have hitherto supposed myself 20 b.; for
ever body who saw me in my trouble. cxriAim-
el with 4 prolonged. half-w hisiled, half spoken
"w-h-c-w, How terribly that boil maze, you
look. - some people couldn't get any comfort
out OF that Kind Of talk, but dil. No man
thought /, /. really homeiy whose usual face
can b. di.dsured by boil. At least | have
seen people - honcly that any change what
ever In their facial lincamenis would be An i'm
proYemcni in their looks. To such a man a boil
on the face must b. "a thing Of besg'!." II not
- 10y forever" Webster gives three defni-
ton. o: homely I should ike to AID another A.
follows. =. OF FEATURE. uncomeiy 4. % Be
improved in appearance by boil
Measuring my sclf by thi. standard. ! SIN hap
py TO lay that have been weighed Ia the bal
ance, and nj found wanting.
SEMAJ.