New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1880-04-07
Crying Over Split MILK.

There arc some people SO unfortu-
nately constituted that they can not rs
easily appreciate the blessings that be-
long to them as those which they have
missed; who are perpetually grooming
over something lost, or denied. or
wasted, to the disparagcmcnt of the
goods the gods have provided. If a
dish is broken or a garment rent, in
stead Of quietly making the best of it,
since no amount of chatting or crying
will restore any injured article to its
pristine glory, they recur again and
again to the disaster, till one nj ght sup
pose nothing less than a CONFUSION of
nature would demand such hue and
cry. A stolen purse is q text on which
infinite changes may be run among this
class; and one might believe that the
loss OF nights sleep could be readily
repaired by weeping and crashing Of
teeth, while the lamentations of .jcre-
miah are weak compared to the bewail-
ing they make over a ruined enterprise
or tickle lover. With all their howl
ing, they only succeed in publishing
their misfortunes to world that thinks
no better of them for suffering. failures,
and in annoying their friends, without
mendlng their estate or recovering the
lover.
We have gains for all our losses,n
says the verse, but surely the gain is
not to be secured by making ourselves
and everybody about us miserable on
account of our mishaps; the one who
bears with fortitude calamities which,
great or small, are beyond her control,
wins whatever advantage there is to be
derived from them, and makes ADVERSE
ties, no less than prosperity, minister to
her development. If our friends dis
appoint us, bemoaning will not recon-
pense us; if youth, the dream, de-
parts, = deploring it will only hasten the
ravages of time; if moths corrupt our
furs, fretting will not act as an exter-
minator; though the early frost kills
our fav0rite roots, for violets dead,
the sweetest showers can meier make
grow again. .
Although we are well aware that cry
ing over split milk is but so much
wasted time and energy, yet many Of
Us practice it with = total disregard of
consequences, which would be heroic il
used in a more unselfish cause. In the
meanwhile there is q sort Of hopeless
pleasure in sorrowing over the split
milk, which, however blue or sour It
may have seemed when ours, becomes
all that milk should be the instant It
leaves our grasp. s Blessings brighten
g they take their fight, = and some
times It IS only when we have lost =
thing that we grow capable Of estimat-
ing It's value, and discover how neces-
sary II was 10 our well-being. It Il
cold comfort, perhaps, but one which
we are apt to hug, TO reflect with Bit
terness upon what different aspect
the world would wear for us IL certain
pals Of milk We wot Of had NOT mis-
carried; il Angelina had married old
Goldpill, instead of : country parson; Il
Aunt Goodenough had remembered -
IL her win, instead of the Feeiee Island
sers; i the lover q onr youth had pro-
posed il person, instead 81 trusting
tender avoyvals 10 the mercies of the
postmain. Ha,pe,'. Rasa, &
GENERAL hdnnas's widow Who
lives ina Albany. refused 70 20 % Wash
ingtOn % sec his statue unveiled, say-
ing that the sight would Overcome her.
She intends q g quiet this winter