The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1878-06-11
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istics of the American populace, is theil
extreme unquietncss--ther ncapacity tc
remain in any one place for any reason
able time. An uninterrupted desire fol
change causes them to wander from one
place to another, their tarrying-plact
never certainly settled upon. Such 9
condition of feeling and action can only
beget in the mind that meanest of all
the mental-worriers, discomfort. This in
turn, is the mother Of grumbling, peev.
shness, ill-nature, and every other disa.
greeable i'll to which human nature is
the unhappy heir.
While we do not feel at liberty to say
that there is anything particularly culpa-
bic in this migratory disposition of our
people, we are compelled to admit
that the state of affairs produced by it
is exceedingly disastrous. Discomfort
with the circumstances by which we are
surrounded, because they do not at all
times echo back result commensurate
with our castle in the-air expectations, is
onl y an evidence Of the presence in our
mind Of an unstableness that will pre-
vent our rising superior to the adverse
surrounding.
In at least ninety nine cases out of a
hundred, the men who, through an I'M
justifable discomfort, pull up stakes and
seek new homes, leaving ones whore
they ,oere making a living, for ones whore
there is merely an uncertainty, are apt
to be disappointed. Therefore we claim
that in only one case out of hundred
are persons making change in their To-
cation, benefited by it.
We are really panied, at times, when
we notice people who have lived here
long time, and who have made good,
comfortable livelihood, breaking up and
removing to some new point, to start out
afrcsh in the roadway Of life, that they
had, in their now forsalen old home,
advanced over half the journey.
Let us never be discouraged let US
ever bar the doorway Of our minds
against that demon OF discomfort that so
thoroughly darkens every ray-light of
JOY that otherwise would enshroud our
hearts. Let us strive to be content with
our lot in life, and put forth every exer-
ton to ovcrpower the adversities which
must sometimes haunt us. Success, i'm
mediately upon the commencement of
any pursuit cannot and must not be ex-
pected. Persistent, answering, and
unremitting determination, spite of all
seeming y-insurmountable obstacles, are
the characteristics that wear the victor's
wreath.
Finally, if we are comfortably sur
rounded ; if we can make living if
we are happy beneath our own vine and
fig tree, let us all strive maniully and he
roically with the little adversities that
may beset us, and no matter in what To-
calities our lots may be cast we shall, in
the majority of cases, meet with an ado-
quate success.
Don't HINT a now hnnaa, W hon you al
ready have good one. Don't be dis
satisfied with your condition, because
the reward Of your labors is not what
you thought it should be. Don't grum-
bic because your neighbor has been q
little more fortunate than yourself in his
Understandings. Strive rather to be
grateful and content, patient and deter
inmate, and then adversity's shadow will
not long linger in your pathway. just
so sure as the coming morning sunlight
chases away the fogs with which night
has enrolled the earth by the power OF
its burning rays, just so will the golden
gleamings Of content as they flash into
the soul, chase away the fogs of adver
sity with which life's sombrous night
has enveloped it, and make life's high
way brighter, because of the momenta
ry gloom.