Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-04-24
ReeCher Oh 4 nlusements.
From the Philadelpbia Times.

/ crowded mouse. Following are some
of the pithiest Of the sentences that
formed the pivots of his paragraphs ::
Pain seems to be rather the squirting
OF nature, to tell man that he has gone
off the track of happiness and to bring
him back again.
Enjoyment below man is almost IN
obstructed. In the great underrealms
there is no foresight that breeds care.
What does the gauzy insect suffer that
flies out in the morning, enjoys six
hours of sunshine, and is snapped up
in the afternoon
! In this world there is a thousard
times more pleasure than pain, and ten
thousand times more happiness than
trouble
Man is made-tier upon tier-of
faculties, the nature of every one of
which points toward happiness
1t is not always raining, and life is
not always a storm. The whole fam
inc, pestilence, and war taken into
account, the result is a tendency to
happiness.
No man while unhappy can show
forth true, notable manhood Every
thing short of cheer is medicinal, and
medicine was not made fer daily use.
No man can be thoroughly manly
nor carry the blossom, bloom, and fruit
unless he has in a large measure what
belongs to a good body and a we'll reg
ulated mind. l do not believe that
asceticism ever N ade good man
If you're not happy it is somebody 5
fault-most likely yours. [ define
amusements to be methods Of seeking
necessary happiness, especially in cases
where mans normal pursuits do not
produce the conditions Of happiness.
The indispensable elements of bappi-
ness are Food, warmth, social en-
/ joyment and occupation. Where eth
er of these is wanting happiness does
not ring its bells
Every man should reap from his
occupation as much pleasure as he can,
and men in congsnial occupations have
little need to seek beyond them for
amusement. A man can learn to like
things that he doesn't like, and he can
learn to dislike what he really does
like. If man can train himself to
love tobacco, he can learn to love any,
thing in the world. Men can paint
pictures without palette or a brush.
They can work out Of their own souls
light for every occupation.
A man without imagination or wit is
like wagon without springs. Every
rut gives him a disagreeable iostle.
He who makes man laugh twice
where he would only laugh once, is
benefactor than be who makes two
blades of grass grow where there was
but one before. 1t won't do, however,
to tell an undertaken that he should
find in his daily duty and something
to make life cheerful and happy
ADJUSTMENTS are resuscitations-th
polishing of the blade that is to cut
They are moral, and the man who new
er allows himself tie be amused is, so
far, immoral. A mans amusoments
should be the opposite of his daily oc-
cupation. When the lawyer has
drained himself dry of nervous force,
it would not be recreation for his braiu
to engage in game of chess nor
would it be sensible advice to tell
letter carrier, after his days work, to
take five mile walk for his health.
| am not ashamed to be amused by
little things. Blessed is the man who
knows how to caper and enjoy non
sense; woe to the man that parted
early with boyhood, and blessed be
the man that carries his boyhood down
latest into life. IF the DarwinIan road
were the way in which the human race
was to go, would regard it as a mis-
take that, when we got up to the
birds, We dropped our wings. Men
love the sail rather than the oar, be-
cause men are largely, by nature, lazy
Not only would they decline to fly, but
they are almost forgetting the use of
their limbs.
If dogs don't have another life and
a better one, woe be to two-thirds of
the men. 1t can be as pleasant for
power to exercise power, and for speed
to develop speed, as it is to rest when
rest is needed. A man sensitive to
everything that is beautiful in nature
can have more enjoyment III looking
up into the sky than witnessing the
best of plays on the mimic stage.
had rather teach my child to be
happy with the things of nature than
to leave to him the wealth of an Asto".
He who can enjoy nature has an mex
haustlble gallery Of the best pictures
and theater for the most agreeable
amusement and ennobIing instruction.
l like nature in springtime, every
body should once in while have
freshet that will go through him and
clean him cut. | think that the Yam
kee never appears at SO little advantage
as when he is at festival. A New
Highlander when he has a holiday and
nothing SO do, is monument of des-
pair.
No man has a right to call that an
amusement which, instead of recreat-
ing, uses him.up more than his occu-
patton did. No man that amuses him
self to-day but that should be the
better next day. Whatever sets you
forward tomorrow, no matter what
press or pulpit or all the rest of the
world but yourself may say. that's the
true amusement for you. That which
would be an amusement for cathedral
organ, would not be an amusement for