The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-09-19
UNPLEASANT PEOPLE.

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ferceness with which he hurled his column
on the lines Of bis enemies, and the prompt
ness with which no crossed the Rubicor
when We contemplate the miseries no wa
subjected to when tho sour, ill'tempered
cross'grained, growing, grumblng, sneernl
members of his command gathered arounC
him to our out their plants, tounfold the
grievances, to give vent TO their spleen and
il.natured criticisms. The turmoil and peri
and excitement Of battle must have beer
surcease from multitude of woes to BIZ
soul. And il must have been an exquisite
pleasure to him to sec these insuferable
bores and destroyer3 of peace hewed and
hacked to pieces in the deadly breach and the
horrible shock Of tho charge. 1t Is gres'
satisfaction not TO know everybody, and there
is so much deliciousncss in avoid
ing the acquaintance Of disagreeobl'
people when VIC can do it. When we think
about the uneyenness Of this life, tho many
trials, ups and downs, hills Of trouble anc
sloughs of despond that are on every hand
and that cannot be summed and put to the
right or the left of us, is it not wonderful the
number ofp ople we meet WITH in society, or
come across in the course of business or the
adventures of travel, the conspicuous traits Of
whose characters impress us unfayorably and
unpleasantly? Approaching this fact, ought
we not to beimbued with an undying graft.
tudc that We escape tho acquaintance of so
many people who are uncongcnial and UNI
pleasant in their manners? The English
people are proyerbial for their huainess and
distance and seeming selllshness, especially
when they are travelling. They seem to be
invested in an impenotrable shell Of reserve,
surrounded with an air Of frigidlty that is ro-
pelant in the extreme and we are prone to
think hardly Of them for it. Yet, in their
homes, in their social circles they are the souls
Of hospitality, the representations of good
feeling, kindness and sociabilitv. The
reason Ia that they have solved the
problem of being happy. They will
give mono but happy, genial people the entrce
of their homes, they pruue out the disagree.
ables from their social circles. Once break
the crust of an Englishman's reserve and
GOODNESS and you find as warm q heart, as
glowing, generous soul as ever made you
glad with genuine gentleness, sweet gen
crosby, u tender kindness. They avoid disa-
greeable people, shun the unpleasant MS they
would leper and buildup impossible barriers
between them and the lault.llnders, the SUI
percilious, tho hypercritcal of this world
1t is n lamentable fact that now and then you
find man so hateful that even his vito don't
love him. Strive ever so hard to retain that
wsrm, ardent affection no first inspired in her
young and conading heart, and she can't do
it. He won't let her. His soul and nature is
negative pole in the magnetic economy of
life, repellant t. everything. But kind,
patient, conscientious soul that she ia, she
struggles on through life with him, bearing u
grievous burthen, toiling ever IN tho shadow
when she should sport in the sunshine. Such
q man never lives in peace with his neigh
bors, no never has business transactions
that do not end in lawsuits.
Now you do not happen 10 know that man
you are fortunate indeed you have missed
some rough and stony spots in your pathway
leading TO the other side Of the river, where
thapk God, ell souls are made bright and
congenial and happiest in making others
happy. And sad TO state there are some
women, women made when natural, but little
less than the angels, and that who, when
lovable and gentle and radiant with smiles
give to man foretaste on earth of heaven,
there are women whom not to know makes
no man poorer. There is no evil without
iS remedy, and that Of uppleasautnoss in
manner djsagrcablcness of habitit it cannot
be radically cured, can at least DO greatly
overcome. Let us all look at the bright
side of life, let Va al study that golden rulo
OF doing unto others as We would be done by
and make it the rule of life; lot us all study
tho happiness of our fellows and those about
us; let US all consider of that divine example
given by the Saviour Of the world who died
for the happiness and salvation OF others, and
we will all be happier ourselves and mako
others happy. Why walk over sharp cutting
stones when there are smooth. nowery paths
we can follow? Why bring the tears of
sorrow TO tho eyes Of those
who love us or who i,urney
with us through time, when we can with an
effort, an effort too, that will be such a
pleasure to us, fill their hearts with glalness
and win smiles from them? 1t is true that
we may all think at times that our bur,hens
are more than we can bear; that we have an
unusual and an unequal share of the ills of
life to our portions, and we may be soured
by the thought, but let us remember that
there is no cloud that has not behind il A
warm and brilliant sur; that there is no night
without its stars Of tender radiance; no
stream however turbid, however restless ia
waves TINT does not lead to sunny, peaceful!
ocean. God created man and gave him this
beautiful earth with its woods and streams
its seas and lakes, its blue skies and deeav