The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-03-06


ing for him. As she walked through the
wards Of the hospital, with a smile on
her face, the sick straightened up the
bed covers and coughed to make her
look that way. She wrote letters fol
men who had shattered arm, to anoth'
er she smoothed his pillow, offering up
a silent PRAYER, "God, do so to me and
my soldier boy that is missing" As she
passed down the ward soldier showed
up the bandage covering his eyes that
had been powder blasted and says, God
bless her may she get back the soldier
boy that is missing" A great, tall New
Hampshire Captain, wounded In the
foot, remarks to a Wisconsin soldier
wounded in the head, "Therei Is no sham
about that she is lady" That even
ing the Western soldier dreams OF hif
Western home beyond the prairies; the
cattle coming down the lane, the cherry
trees nod their green foliage as in wei
come; arms of affection are around hif
neck; the children bring out the toys fol
him to look at all the household work
stopped to hear his adventures. And
they shall meet again in heaven.
Now compare such kind lady in the
hospital with the woman | saw in the
sreet car in Philadelphia, A soldier
came in and sat where she was. In great
indignation she got up and went to the
other side of the car, remarking that she
did not want to sit by the dirty fellow.
thought perhaps that there was more
nobility in the smallest patch that man
had on his clothes than there was in heI
entire person; she was never lady, and
never will be; you can't make them out
of such stuff. You know them when
you see them in the street, at the lecture,
concert, the church, at home. Amy.
where you can tell the lady,
So you can detect the gentleman. |
was in car passing from Philadelphia
10 New York, and man had a window
up, and there was sick lady in the car;
so went over to him, and took on all
possible suavity, my best friends would
not have known me | said, my dear sir,
will you be kind enough to lower that
window on account Of sick lady? He
said mo" l don't know who the man
WAS, who made his patent leather or who
imported his clothes. know this in re
gard to him, he was not a gentleman and
never will be; you can't make them out
of such stuff.
Then there is one of those mean kind
of men mean all the way down, all the
way up, all the way throug, forward and
back ward utterly mear such man as
is az ked by his friend if he would not
take drink, he said no, he never drank,
he would take a cigar and three CENTS
That man lived down East. The msn of
manners ia pleasant always, and makes
you feel good when he comes in your
store some day when business is dull,
and is so pleasant, and 80 generous; he
asks after your business, inquiries after
the health of your wife and family. AL
though there bnt half a minute you feel
its pleasant influence, Then you haye
met with the opposite Getting up with
the sun, sang at the breakfast table, and
went whistliDg to business; when the
i'll hammered man comes in. Says he,
"Are you al all embarrassed in bust
ness?" You say: No, no; what do
Won ask that for?" Nothing nothing"
You say: "There must have been some
reason for asking such question, or you
would not ask it," Then he says: If
you will have it, they say on the street
you are going to burst up" You 90
down the street thinking of this mat.
ter until you are worked up into fever
He has not stolen your pocket-book, but
stolen your good humor. Sometimes
you find man in the community with |
out any wit or humor, looking on the |
bright side of things, as in theAprng you |
90 in the garden and you say where is
that hDwer2 Oh, here, here, inst little
violet, making no fuss at all, filing the
whole air with fragrance. There are
people who come to see you who are
not in your house five minutes before
they have said something to bring up
a disagreeable association. There are
some people who are miserable them.
selves, and make every body else
in fact, there are some peO.
pie who seem to have kind of lniser
able happiness or happiness that is
was going one spring morn.
ing through the market, and | heard a
voice saying, Joe, you will lose on them
green peas" says, "How do you knoT
that he is going to lose on the green
peas? From the looks of the boy | do
not believe that he is going to lose on
them peas,' Now, my friends, if the boy
was going to lose on them green peas,
would he rot find it out soon enough?-
But there are so manV people miserable
a 80. l went to New York to attend an
the cars breaking down, ]
arrived there late, and l almost broke
my engagement. felt impressed with
The importance of being there, so l went
Immediately up, had my sacheI in
my hand. | came up to the door and
said to the janitor: Where shall put
hat sachel.', Says he, II don't care
where you put it," "Well, said to him,
if put it in this side room do you
5hink it will be safer" "Yes," said he
if those ministers don't steal it," Mis-.
srable tintef he wanted to make me
There are some men who
nave a faculty Of watching to see What is
going to happen to their neighbors; if
hey find half dozen people enjoying
pleasant chat, they are sure to break in
~ t'iTh WlbLi SUI iltCl :
f your father was 80 unfor' unate as to
lave been hung, they will persist in dis. |
npOn capital punishment. a
Sometimes it is not 30 much in man.
,ers as in their way of doing things Z
Cor hearty, natural eccentriCity we
rave no dislike; our peculsrites are our
but how important that c
'arents bring their children up to good
manners, and how much shame they z
7ill have saved themselves and their {
Mildred Good manners has no connec. $
ion with weakness man may be cour. !
eous and yet be strong :
To go back to our gallery of disagreea-
lie people. There is the lounger the +
nan who comes in at the wrong time ;
nd stays until you are annoyed. Idon't ,
now whether there IS any in this part
t the country there is lots where live. '
'hey are persons who have nothing to Z