The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1881-12-13
PATHETIC

C''f''s Ms',tt' tall and slender.
! With hiH SIDE burns soft and teadsr.
sits him in hi, chair 10 think upor,
| Which way OF life he beet should l.n.
Nos there are but Two ways msy choose.
| As sure as Pm six feet In my shoes,
One to be marri'ni. thr other NOT to
| Rut Onn ur the oihrr tho Jsa I've got to.
NV III narr W4tt.t .yill say,
This is iiuo Ia ~ sorh ofa way
You've got Of leaving II fellow to spend.
His nights and his days, with hia clothes
mend.
With no sort Of companion but poker nm
shovel,
Or perhaps some fossil printers devil.
Then he nrapped tcnr forhis pa tler .!cjecte
And forthwith an nlher idre pr jircted
lie dreamed he stood under marriage bell,
il,c ling the words when the pa.sUa shOul
tell,
The mo nen, their twos,nls should bs
Joipen for tine and eternity.
BY hls site stoCd the fairest and loveies
That ever blashed on earth or was washed b.
shower.
or silyrrv dew '-om the mantle ofuight.
That e'er dan!ed mans vison or Angels ,'Rh,
Then years ,,ip,'ed by, .gha pauss in al
dream
And thc once fair maid comes again on tn
There G'+tss' lies In a corner tumble,l,
With books do sncHst and vlnge humble,
Wh!le she hollis the floor anu With arm
nkinbo
Swear b, heaven, by jpvc and by jinEc,
That she u be the boss Of" this ere hJuse,'
That she'll have no such "a loose Jolnted
go1sc,"
omeriuE her about. telling hTr what to lo,
A ifshe'd be kicke,i AMI cu1ed by his shoe
Aud tho whOiu vision OF rage and broom
sticks,
And numerous other matrimonial tricks,
We RAPIDLY huHtiug along tlr uSh his mind
He suddenly woke. ana as suddenly finds
Himself in his chair still reclining.
30 he calls to his nari, with mind satisfied
That TO no such vifH6o he'll ever be- tied
Ana says W'Fttt myboy, give me your hand.
Together We will live, togrihrr we win stand
Alike unmoved by Cupi,'s ,arts,
ny wonan's looks, an i''wOman arts"
CLOUDS.
We have all seen the clouds. Did
ycu ever stop To think that il has NJ
ways been the ambition of man TO
reach the clouds? All along the ages
from the tower oi Babel to the disas-
irous attempt of Darius Green with
his flying machine. this propensity in
man has been cropping out. And not
content TO profit by the experience
these two gigantic failures shouId
give us, young America is 10 day
this pot am 5iiion by wearing
hats As much as to say !:
Though we may fail TO reach This
fleecy nothingners. this airy play
ground OF the moon beams, yet we
may ,how forth our desire by the
length OF our hats"
The gods of the ancients lived in
the clouds, and II was by the hardest
that Socrates and Aristotle held
vaultiug humanity 10 the ground.
But even q el Old Plato found this
mundane sphere too rough for his
learning, 80 he established his head
quarters on the outside Of the crystal.
line limits Of the ernpJ re0n. So il
was in the days of old. so il Is now.
The only difference is, our clouds
are the limits We set ION what We
would like to be-" We all want to
he little above our surroundings.
There waa some fear. in Apo-t, lie
days that men would get their lights
under bushcl. But now every man
has his light OH top of his bushel aud
his bushel on top of his house, and
those unforlunates, who have no
lighis, hang out the bushel anyhow
living in the hope that they may play
the role OF the moon, and reflect some
body el,e's light. 1t is wise too that
tho machinery of the human mind
should have this over.reachihg prin-
ciple as ills driving wheel. For the
world wonld die OF stagnation If this
desire 10 excel was not in every
breast. Stop and consider, what men
are thinking OF doing. In the veal
1900, IA somebody has said, man
may put OH his inflated overcoat and
with pair of light steering wings
fastened to his tr is, go 10 New York
and back in one day. A boy can Z,
to Louisville or Cincinnati in The
family air carriage. 10 see his girl ant
the next day his father viii chasier
him with a ma gnetic rebukrr. for no
coming home before midnight.
Highway robberies may occur
hundreds OF feet from tho earth, even
lug concerts be held in The air, ant
Pcdo bapIists 20 TO tho clouds to d,
their bapiizing. So wa of the Lotu
Society havo essay ed to initiate tn
example OF you, aud the bslsnce o
mankind in this little world Of on
own by starting the Lotus Journal
| We are on our way TO the clouds
Ii we don't 20 high, remember tha
our horizon ia close drawn; tina
our clouds are not as high as those o
tho world, that if We appear low I
you. it may seem high TO us. Re
member that wo arc now like bee
sucking the sweets Of youth from th
cups of the white lilies of school Iii
and with this our Journal smiles Il
self behind the curtains, for anolhc
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