Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-01-16

NEIGHBoRs. is one of the nee.
essities of life in these modern times
that people shall not live alone. It ;s
well, therefore, to accept the ineYita.
BILE and be amiable even under TRYING
circumstances. No doubt, ones inn.
mediate neighbors are not ALWAYS CIV.
actly what one would like them TO he.
but it is certain that if they are treated
properly, rather than aggravated
they are not nearly so bad as first an
pearances indicate. The truth an
pears to be that large proportion of
those whose homes stand side nv side
seem to have an unfortunate talent for
misunderstanding each other and 30
are led to adopt offensive attitudes.
Thus it happens that while everybody
who knows Robinson and lis family
Intimately are fond of sounding their
praises, Smith, who resides next
door to Robinson, has nothing but
condemnation to bestow upon the
much. beiaaded individual aud his be,
longings. Smith, too, may be the re.
clpient Of many fiattering encomiums
from his associates. yet il is certain
that Robinson can find nothing to say
in his favor. The truth may be that
both Robinson and Smith are thor.
oughly well meaning fellows at bot
tom, and that their little tribes are up
to a fair degree of excellence but il
is certain that, in nine cases out of
ten, Robinson has no cause to think
well OF Smith, nor Smith to become
devotedly attached to Robinson. The
chances are that the pair, though they
meet on an average at least once a
day and can at times hear the bum of
voices through the walls which III
vide their respective tenements, fail
to display any mark Of recognition
when they are brought face to face
with each other. Robinson evidently
feels that he is bound in justice to
himself, to ignore Smith, while Smith
is assured that he would desolsedly
forfeit his self respect if ne were to
show that he is alive to the fact that
the world is graced by the presence
of Robinson, the opinion OF Robinson
being that he is inconparably supe
rior to Smith, while it is he unaltera.
BILE conviction of the latter individual
that he is OF immeasurably more impor-
lance than Robinson. Naturally the
families OF the two houses become i'm
bued with the same views as those
which are possessed by their respect
I've heads, and thus there is presented
the singular spectacle of one set of
human beings apparently falling to
realize the existence of another set of
human beings, albeit that the Two sets
are constantly Haunting and parading
before each other. At the same time.
though the houses of Robinson and
Smith act in this remarkable fashion
though when Smith is not trying to
"cut" Robinson, Robinson is on the
alert to administer a sEub to Smith
there are times when they become
profoundly agitated and show that
such is the case. 1t may be that Rob-
inson keeps hens, and that these hens
trespass on the land of Smith. Then
is there terrible outcry, which is not
decreased when, one day, Robinson
discovers that some of bis much-prized
fowls have been ruthlessly slain. Or
it may be that Smith is the owner of
a cat, which is demolished by savage
dog belonging to Robinson, In the
event of such catastrophe as this
occurring. war to the knife 10 invaria-
bly, the inevitable result. During the
course OF the hostiIities the dog has,
naturally very hard time, and Smith
and Robinson ale perhaps persuaded
to enter into conversation with each
other. Whether, however. much
profit results from the Intercourse
which is thus brought about it 10 not
our purpose to consider; but we wish
to admonish all that it is necessary to
be on good terms with your neigh
hors. -Loeral Repie,e,