The Mesilla Valley independent. [volume] (Mesilla, N.M.) 1877-1879, 1878-07-20

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q IL will be all the same hundred years
hence No consolation b more irritating;
foT nGae Is more false. The sufferer does
nnl care one pm for the effect thmt his pge-
teat ineonvenienee viii haEe on men and
khiaRa hundred yeass hence. May, he
N0uld rnfheg be pleased to know that his
RFiisf ur anguish naIR6t 20 work that ShinRs
should not BE the same. at Il no comfort
To have 10 bear what Is dissgreeable because
the endurance Is to have nOeiEeck The mar
tyr On his pile Is Supported By de belief
that hnnsiFed years hence, thInGA will not
Be tlse same as they would hare been hsd
ne not been tOfinented On the nflaeg band,
thu ms may be said to promise rszt end fnr-
gatfailneas. In . hundred years ik will be
al Tie same TO ns, aBd our tired nerves will
ache NO lnngeF. But what we compiain Of
ia tAat they aclle at present, and tlIAt tleswe
sAart hnurs which We still hase, before that
peace which npprnaches more swiftly dian
W. like, are racked snd haTzssed.
In mNments Of disappointment with tire
coB.luck of olhers, IL moments when ingrati-
knsaa and dishonesty rnake themselves felt,
he saee a5Ffses q tllnt the dishonest and
nnaFnfegal only acted aecngsiing % their nws
tnge They. tnn. ere pagts oE The sehems e.
ne HnivaFse. like the Faftiesnake and m0s
qnisa; and Il II impiouA 20 e0mp mpiafn of theiF
dplnR wh1f they wegc harn 30 DE- The popu.
lnF senslesingo Of this th0agha is tise apGl0rtse.
:. It fakea III s0gts 10 make : world Hzn-s
gloss could nat have improved on tha1 hap
py optimism With6ue pastniaiigk thaf
This II the best 0f Ill possible worlds the
n0paiar piliineepilee takes Il 50 tie auly
/ eype ~ ~ actual sysaeIa We - thak
pcasnps and scpandFeis aud ssnscs mAke part
oF II nnd casnfSFt cugselyes ~ alse lhaugif
thA6 ahsg mss sso mrw mecAapaxy To alae sesAesas
and patch-wngk of things. Anasher consD-
lAsOry idea. more popular, peThapas than
srientifie, Il that If : the possible w0rse.
sTheFp ase few positions % hmd baE shas a
pasitira still moro eFil can he imagined.
| Ihna. Il you break ynuF sslliar-hnne. ron
are told E1 iae cnntented hccause Is mighk IN
worse son might have broken your Eeck.
| Tha sA0ngAk ID IamiliAF t0 the CalvinistiE
] fancy ~ the fl00E Ia Scntland. They al
ways have what they think Tho veFy prahaDle
/ worst kalnfe their minas, cOnditIln CON.
pared w1th which mere mortal MISERY Vi d
/ SFiile ~ ueFth gfaaAhling ahnat. a indy
wA0 Coz pgained tlla3 sllel Sad missed traiM
mss nstsniahsd. and pzEaal,a plfanded, at hp-
lt# tlf@Efs 444tA1s# - - 4-e44#
| hell. XaaAs "a tho naxiSmaRy m6nka1 a&tf&Hde
EseiR 2sas1a8. Nv aenauanla@y. hAAsm a6M
Is lenat y endnFe withapk = mnFaaf tie
/ FimpF CE ghc nakiomAl cginRs&e. The Nerf 0p-
slse aad saually leanl,le paint ok rev wAa
flnk II slse lsar wlia efNs Asrldenealiy nd
aen ayex b. squa<arnn uf hrsasa, md W.
Wsa ncsalAa tii1 wpfge. 60 tlaun 90 TonE
/ kaeea am1 thank heavan Tor roar eseape sssn
lnngsnteful scoundregr = cried plOaa bystan.
deF. Ard what ma I tn ba gRateful faR n
asksd lase heggag: u it lng having lseen rid
den 0ves Nh aregiment uf dragquns r 0pe
n1nn i pleased sud satisfed aa Inag p he
escapes the worst III fates. and smother sscs
an reason 70 Sejnce because ill-Eastnne haS
/ foF u1ce passed. hy without scafhing bin.
/ The latter generally Fsjects the cans0latinna
oF philosophy aad isopen tathose nf alcohol.
The c0naoIassons to ha derived from the
| contemplation of = r0ssibIc w0rse are uatnRs
l ally laEd great ssseas on by Petrarch, In that
t pgeniisray fatifn uaanami Of stgieIsm witch
4 fhe old Erersh Translator calls E,e Saas ressls
cea9rs fMae a ramsm Fbrsaae tI3ruasels:
1 Fanpens. mpcfxl. Probably 20 one eyer
/ wsve mufe Irritating Mdsice than Petrarch
does II fhis curious treatise. He approaches
/ hia fsfonda when they arS In MI manner of
] misfogtunes. and tenders the mnst madasn-
| ins condolences. He seems 70 s&y, ID i tnns
/ cf extra0fdinakx end Eafnnna snpssiofsty. #
I y0a were net rather f0al you wouid eais1y
/ Old ans, Ma possession ef q faithleas wifu,
low birth, iIaegitmacy. The less of ell yOuF
ua0ney, hatred and the public envy, dlsgFace,
bereavement, blindness battle. murder, and
suddea sloAs PetEaFch has good word
foe al these accidents All might heys been
worse, or aaf0ht be made worse. Take the
Iease AZ slsez sYon have escaped the flames
da1 vi yOa complain becxuss zen we're n