The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-02-11

heart of all vanity, and impart a
wholesome lesson of humble faith n
tadeless things.
Many there are who enter gay
scenes, bearing solemn thoughts, and
sad hearts, that smiling lips conceal.
The realities and solemnities of Two
worlds are ever present to those who
have for years looked upon the ever
changing panorama of life and par
ticipated in its joys and sorrows.
Think not because the lip doth smile
The heart is cold and light; l-sta -. q
L Think not because the world sees naught
No te ar-drops fall at night.
Many form moves in the dance ..
TO music's merry sound,
With heart brimful of unshed tears u
While giving smiles around. 4
There is a closet in the soul
No stranger enters there; LAW t
lis hung with pictures old and new.
Some fresh and pure and rare.
We cannot know what others feel,
Each hath secret spot,
Der which to keep Jealous guard,
Where strangers meddle not.
We sometimes think that the dow.
er OF sorrow is not equally assigned
to the sons and daughters Of Adam.
That wise preacher, the son of David
king of Jerusalem, hath said land we
are shown he had great experience)
all the pleasures of the earth were
vanity and vexation of spirit, and
again, ITO everything there Is sea.
son; time to weep and a. time to
laugh, time to mourn and time to
dance We know that smiling lips
do not always bear the insignia OF
true and happy hearts, nor can we
penetrate the masks worn by the
I children of time, almost universally
and OF necessity, oftimes, and without
desire, or thought of duplicity. We
pardon our associates if they do not
admit us into the secret chambers of
their hearts, provided they ignore
affectation and pandarism.
Now, as we have been taught the
propriety of rejoicing with the joy
GUS, we propose TO leave the stand,
and Join the select crowd whose
faces are turned toward that tavorite
place, the Palmetto House. Strains
Of music greet us in the moonlight
and laughing voices are heard within
and we mingle and count among the
figures as the panorama moves on.
The spirit of fun and merriment
reign here, each person endeavoring
to represent something, or somebody
they are not. Gentlemen in court
costumes, ladies in nondescript gar
ments. One little lass as "TOpsy"
was perfect nonpareil, and despite
the oiled ebony we wanted to give
her a hug There was bride, lovely
in drapery of lace and green vines,
all grace in every movement. Had
a certain gentleman been present he
would have been tempted to urge his
suit on the spot and there en0oao her
with right and title to the real char
acter she simulated so beautifully.
A gentleman from the st. Johns
river, always welcome in these parts,
or wherever he may go, proved him.
self true knight and "hetlteam,"
for he both danced and played the
pretty, graceful quadrille recently
produced by the accomplished Mrs.
Davidson, of Daytona, called "At-
lantlc" which promises to be a favor
ite. '"
There was Mother Goose with her
worn melodies, her red apron tr,ll of
those domestic birds, and not a chick
in the world. Little Bopeep looked
pretty and cunning in cap, and crook
in hand hunting for her lam'os. We
noticed two beautiful white ambs skip.
ping about in innocent play, that
seemed oblivious of Bop,eep and in
different to her loss. Presently we
noticed them delightesdly submitting
to the caresses of S .weet minstrel as
they were of her own flesh, when
one might fancy they belonged to
the flock the sher herds watched on
the eventful nj Sht when the angel,
directed by the great Father, as the
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