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

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C''t'.s M,s.'s' tall and slender.
With his side burns ,oft aud teader.
sits him IN hi, chair 10 think upor,
Which way OF life he beet should TN.
| N0a there are but Two ways may choose.
| As sure rs Pm six feet In my shoes,
One TO he marrii. thr other nor to
Rut N" or the oihrr choose I've got to.
NV I l MARI Wtattf will say,
This lie n ino Ia 5e sort Ottawa
You've got Of leaving fellow to spend.
His nlghie anh his days, with his clothes +
mend.
With no sort Of companion but poker an,
shovel.
Or perhaps some fossil printers devil.
Thou he cropped tcnr forhis pa tlsr icjecte,
And forthwith Au olher idea pr ljcctcd.
lie dreamed he stool undcrh marriage hell,
lI,-o ling the words when thr pa:sOa shoult
tell,
The mo ncnt their two ,us should bs
JOlne,i for tine and eternity.
BY hi. side stood the fairest aad lovelles
flower
That ever blashed on earth or was washed b,
shaver.
% silverv dew rom the mantle N night.
That e'er dag1!ed mans vison or Angels tight
Then years ,'ipped By, CHA pause in ali
And the oncc fair maid comes again on III,
scene
There e'..,'. lies In corner tunble,l,
" iRh bf'fho wv NtuoN huNi hlrhkt nNuDirs
While she holds the floor and with arms
akiu.bo
Swear b, heaven, by jDvc and by jinEr,
That sne u be the boss OF this ere house"
That she'll have no such "a loose jointed
goose"
Ordering her shout, telling hrr what to do,
A ifshr'd be Kicked AMI cu1rd By his shoe,
Aud tho whoiu vision OF rage and broom
sticks,
And numerous other matrimonial tricks,
IA H. a ~
He suddenly woke. anu as suddenly finds
Himself in his chair still reclining.
30 he calls to his panl, with mind satisfied
That to no such yifnSo he'll ever be tied
Ana says W*f't' my boy, give me your hand.
Together We will live, togrihrr we will sand /;
Alike unmoyed by Cupiu's iarts.
BY wUman's looks, au i''wOman arts"
CLOUDS.
We have all seen the clouds. Did
ycu ever stop 10 think that ii has NJ
ways been the ambition of man TO
reach the clouds? All along the ages
from the tower OF Babel to The disas-
irous attempt of DaIius Green with
his flying machine. this propensity in
man has been cropping out. And not
content TO prof, by the experience
these two gigantic failures shouid
give VA, young America Is 10 day
this pet am 5ition by wearing
hats As much as to say /:
Though we may iai 10 reach this
feecy nolhingners. this airy play
ground of the moon beams, yet we
may rhow forth our desire by the
length OF our hats"
The gods Of the ancients lived in
the clouds, aud it was by the hardest
that Socrates aud Aristotle held
vmutiug humanity 10 the ground.
But even q CT Old Plato found this
sphere too rough for his
80 he established his head
quarters on the outside Of the crystal.
line limits of the empyre0n. So II
was IN the days of old. SO it 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 was some fear. in Apo-ts lie
days that men would get their lights
under bushcl. But now every mai,
has his light OH top of his bushel aud
his bushel on top of his house, and
those unforiunates, who have 10
lights, hang out tho bushel anyhow,
living in the hope that they may play
the role OF the moon. and reflect some
body el,e's light. II is wise too tina,
the machinery Of the human mind
should have this over. reaching prin-
ciple as its driving wheel. Fer the
world would die OF stagnalion il this
desire 10 excel was not in every
breast. Stop and consider, what men
are thinking OF doing, In the veal
1900, as somebody has said, mau
may put oil his inflated oyercoat and
with pair of light steering wings
fastened to his tr ns, go 10 New Yorl
and back in one day. A boy can z,
to Louisville or Cincinnati in The
family air carriage. 10 see his Rirl AM
the next day his father will chasier
him with q ma gnetlc 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 the clouds TO d,
their baplizing. So we of the Lotu
Society have essay cd to initiate tn,
example of you, aud the bslancc o
mankind in this little world of on
own by starting the Lotus Journal
We are on our way 10 the clouds
Ii we don't 90 high, remember tina
our horizon ia close drawn; tina
our clouds are not as high as those o
tho world, that if We appear low 1
you. 1t may seem high to us. Re
member that wo arc now like bee
sucking the sweets of youth from III
cups of the white lilies of school Iii
and with this our Journal smiles II
self behind the curtains, for anothe
season of rest.