Smyrna times., 1878-04-03
Hunbugs.

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some love wine, some good dinners hI,t
ufciltediy' all love humbugs. All denv f.
VI course nevertheless, from childhood to
MANHOOD and old age, the human family
SUes out alter humbugs as a daily food
We nunoug our stOmachs until they cry
OUT IN pain, and in purchasing ease with
pills and patent nostrumes, of balsams and
Pectorais, we erect monuments in the
marble fronts for the inventors, whose hot.
Ties are all marked certain cure" We
"rihN our WINE, and halloo with gout: we
uflnk native whisky until our livers are
nNe tne TAT OF Southdown sheep. We
Su%]le peer until the stomach is distended
IKE balloon, and threatens TO occupv the
entire space, and would, if it were not for
the oulge at the waistcoat. And while we
40 all these things, we humbug ourselves
Ihat IL Is seeing life, having fun and grand
Sood time. We look out upon men and
read their history, read it in their shattered
fortunes and blasted hopes, and humbug
ourselves that we can wear their mantIeS
and tread in their footsteps, walking TO
glorious success. We declaim against gam.
rlhg ana It's vices, and humbug ourselves
that our duty to society is ended we 90
on Change and put our margins on stocks
ior tomorrow, or bet on Gods sunshine and
de"dropS and rain for the thirsty earth
next spring We give literally to works
| OF 0enevolence, attend church (possibIv)
on Sunday, and humbug ourselves thai
such acts are a kind of holy priesthood
aoSoIvlng us from responsibility the rest of
me week, as we take advantage of orr
leIlows IN sharp trades. and make oppres-
SIe SiVe demands upon those in our mower. |
IN, Inc young man sowing his wild oats, and |
the oiu man harvesting his, alike are hum |
plugged IN the value of their crop. But |
they love to reap, and they love to sow.
and we suppose it will continue thus untii |
the ideal man shall arrive upon the earth.
We might hope with reason that some of
the many humbugs and the love thereof
would give way in this grand era of pro
eFeSs but the mechanism Of man seems
10 want balance-wheel. He has achieved
wonders IN the arts, in science and philoso
Phy, ana made long strides toward higher
cWlllzatlon and yet, when he comes down
10 ruling himself, so as to make the most
of life for himself and his fellows. his heod
seems to fail We should be glad to in.
troduce woman, the created helpmeet of
man, to aid in this deliverance from hum.
ouggery, but we find her as hopelessly
CENTRALIZED as her Adamic cOmpanion.
lhere are multitudes of good women. as
lnere are OF men-but we are treating of
the great masses that move in society, and
we ma her cultivating white hands. an
laiot cut for the hair dropping square over
the forehead, trailing silk and velvet upon
the pubic highway, wearing shoes of bron. ,
chltlS uppers and consumption soles. all :
most plainly indicating that woman. too
loves humbugs, and cannot be deUended /;
upon as a reiormer. While she accents :
the thraldom of fashion. and worships at p.
the altars modern society has erected.
grand results need not be expected of her, :
with such an ancestry we will continue to 1
raise fair-handed girls, ornaments for the
parlor, and weak-handed Young men. 1
Sharp at trade, who run mostly to shirt
collars and plug hats. 1t is thus we per.
petuate the race Of humbugs. /
The world Just now don't need this class
d people. We do not expect perfection .
We do not expect to get wholly from under =
ne rule OF King Humbug. We can afford !
quarter occasionally to see a woolly horse :
,r the Cardiff Giant, and take in the side !
hows; but the daily offerings of life should :.
'e made up of something more substantial :
VIII hurt none of us to examine honestly !
nd see whether we are humbugging our -
elves into any false conceptions of the =,
esponslbllity and duty we owe to society. ~
Amld all the shams there is large reality y
n the world, which can be summed IN in q
ne words duty, pleasure and happiness. .,
IS we reap the golden grain Others have -
own, so should we SOW that the genera. a.
on following may gather in plenty. VI ~
Inc man who does not learn how to live ~
nd enjoy life until he is ready to die has
cen sadly humbugged. d.-Chicaqo Inter.
'cean.