Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-02-21
sUCCOTASM.
APoIOaETIcAL.

AFOLOaETICAL.
am mi going 'o r'rke any excuse-ss
leNst not now When I was younger npol-
gies we're IN orler whenever ! failed 10
come to time, and got 20 that IL was a.
easy TO apologize as 10 "iall OF Z log"
Fall of logl Can anything under the
sun be easier than thnI2 Whoever origi-
mated that comparison understood the
meaning Of words. wonder who he wss
SIT YouR HOUSE IN ORDER.
Yes, I have learned to let laggsrdnes
excuse itaell. This ia world of broken
promises made to Others and 10 ourselves
as we'll. Anybody that will notice his
fnilurcs to keep his agreements with eth.
era, will need no better evidence Of human
depravily and when he notes his constap,
deception Of himself he will conclude
that human dsprsvily is about as nearly
total M may be. Don't anybody deny the
proposition, for that only argues deprnvity
beyond hope. Another discouraging fes-
turo in apologies IL, they take time that
can be better employed. Life il short I'M
less 1t be spent in hopeless distress; and
just now the threatened approach Of n
nameless, mysterious, resistles-, appalling
repnlsive death from TIE old world, righ,
on the heels Of the yellow scourgc in the
west, admonishss all of us to "set" our
"house in ORDER" for we shall likely mol
escape. And judging by the acrimonious
CrOss.6ring in our favorile JOURNAL,
fear there il much Of the work OF concilia.
tion and reconciliation to be done before
that dcgree Of Christian harmony and VI.
lection can be reached, that will enable
each aud NIL to go TO his final account
I" like one that wraps the drapery oi bis
couch about him and lies down to pleasant
dreams"
NEW ToPIC.
1t is often n very puLIling matter Ia
choose N topic on which to write. / nm
inclined to think that neighborhood cor.
respondents have the least trouble, and
next to them home reporters, l should
say. But one who acts himself the task oI
contributing live articles on amy topics bu'
news, takes contract, to perform which
he will need all possible aid Having
reached breathing spell in the despernt,
struggle with the gaunt wolf Of want, and
remembering my obligations to frient
TIMMoNs, was vninly studying up an ac
ceptable subject, when the arrival OF copy
Of the Fremont Journal, placed the desired
topic in easy reach. That paper gives nc
credit for the article, and therefore per
haps ought not to mention the sourc,
whence derived IL; because too mucl
wisdom is boiled down in the homily-it i
n sermon Of the most solemn sort, the read
er will see--to have eminated from the
brain. Indeed in laying the article befort
my cheerful readers, my knowledge o
human nature impels me to dilute il will
about three parts Of nonsense-an eas,
thing for Inc to do-lest they all die Will
the blues. No apology is intended in whn
have said-l have risen only "to ex
plain" The article to which ] have a)
luded is headed
| TABLE RULES.
II, when l have done, my readers hav
not learned something Gnd meanwhile
been considerably amused, / shall conclud
that have mistaken my calling, withuu
doubt, and try something else. Coming n
once to the subject, i remark that thes
Table rules are not carpenters instruments
nor those well known penal helps whicI
are so effective in the hands Of rigid peda
gogueS, but maxims to be observed wheI
seated at the domestic board, or in plail
words, when we sit down to eat.
Now it may be promised that one OF on
most vulgar performances in public, is til
act of satisfying the natural appetite 70
food with which perhaps unfortunately "
have been endowed and anything tendin
to diminish the vulgarity ought to b
hniled with unaffected Joy. StrenuOu
and persistent attempts have long bee
made to render the unfortunately some
what necessary process of eating and drink
ing HS ref ned and elevating az playing o.
the piano or tripping the light fantasti
tOe"-you see | approve Of dancing-bu
though much ground has been gained, til
said in this direction have in part com
down to us from the musty ages OF III
past, and the field yet to be traversed
boundless to the keenest view. l dout
not that some OF these rules for eating OF
iginated in the primitive, delicate taste
the waiter in the ark, and know that til
profound subject will not have been e,
hausted when Gabriel blows his la
trump.
There 10 no time in this article to di
cuss these sage rules, but il we all live fu
opportunity will be afforded; and il "
don't live, the discussion will probably M
be needed, as different code of table Law
is in use beyond the grave. At all even
my continued contribution will have to
given with less extended intervals, al
the reader will hear from me oftener thu