The Hartford herald., 1879-06-25
Thoughts Rs They Occur on the
Corners.
BY DHGENES.
No. VII.

ANO. v IL
A Spartan who had been defeated at
an election, went home rejoicing that
there We're nineteen better men in Sparta
than he. In the early days of our gov
ernment such patriotic incidents might
have occurred with us, and it is not now
80 much from a want of patriotism, as
it IL from sensitive feeling of honor
and self-respect, that prevents many Of
our wisest and best men from entering
the political arena, which has become
the mere slaughter-house of private
character and reputation.
"If mortals could thunder
As Great love thunders,
Heaven would ne'er have quiet
For every pelting petty officer,
Would have thunder, thunder,
Nothing but thunder."-Shakespeare.
Had old Shakespeare been cotempo-
rary Of our times he would have been
accused Of alluding to some of our SEN
sational orators.
1t seems rather paradoxical that de-
cency requires that ladies should wear
their dresses so long that even the toes
of their shoes are concealed-whilst girls
and little misses, who should be nothing
but blushing modesty its SELF have to
wear their dresses up to their knees.
Quarrelling and going in debt are quite
similar. 1t is easy in each to get in, but
frequently hard to get out, Tho-ti'
debtor finds 1t very hard to pay out, and
the man in a quarrel some times gets
paid out with hard knocks.
Pure, refined wit and humOr is easily
defeated, or driven from the field, by
loud horse laughs, and repeated shower
baths from the sess pools of the low and
vulgar.
Our language consists mainly of the
following groups or classes of words: lst,
names of things; 2nd, actions; 3rd, quail
ity; 4th, manner of action; and 9Th,
places or position. Why could not some
man of plain, practical sense write a
grammar, showing the government and
relation of these classes of words toward
each other, i'm a few simple rules that
the child could learn, and remember,
and not bealways in doubt as to whether
it is violating some vague rules, or ex-
ception to the rules in his grammar of
the present day.
Wealth and position make coxcombs
and dandies of many whom nature only
intended for clowns and fools.
You may always look out for harsh
and cruel treatment when the coward
wins victory over you, for cOwardice
and cruelty are twin brothers.
Conceit and self-confidence always
act in a reverse ratio to good sense.
Hence, the bigger the fool, the greater
conceit and self confidence.
Curiosity, when like the honey bee,
busy i'm gathering sweets from all the
flowers in creation, is very commend
able virtue; but, when it becomesa house
fly, buzzing round and bespotting all the
recesses of private families, it becomes
one of the most contemplate vices
known to human nature. H
"The OK knOweth his owner and the
ass his masters crib, but my people dc
not cOnsider"-Our official asses of the
present times have full possession OF
masters crib, but "my people do not
consider" their character or numbers
else they would not be so previously
tax-ridden. ~ ss
Availability, is now the shiboiith that
passes the candidate over the jordOn o
/, the polls to the land of fees and fat pick
ing. Is he honest?-is he capable? art
now obsolete questions, never asked by
his own party, and always answered in
the negative by the party to whom ht
Ia OnpOsed