The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-07-02

could ill this entire column with such :
but II would not b very live. &
Il reading. A few specimens viii sui. .
Ace, taken from the conversation Of nv
friend over the way, who Il Ia the habit |
Of dropping in Of an evening, and never
fails to have some forty or fifty things
10 ask about: "How do you account
for Il that Mr.. A Is willing 70 have Mr..
r live with him in his house? With his
peculiarly offensive ways Il must be
terrible infection To have the man al.
ways hanging round and prying into
everything that Il going on. I should
think he would rather pay his board at
A hotel or send him To the almshouse."
Again: elbow do You suppose that Mr..
c can bear to live where he does, and
In such IN old rattlc.trap Of . house,
away from everybody, without even
tree near him, and with that dreadful
bog right in the rear Of his house? I
should think they would all die in six
months, and that, at any rate, lie would
not be worth living in such Q hole Is
that" Again: "liow do You imagine |
Mr.. ID can manage to support his family |
on such small income? And how can
he endure to earn his living In such
disagreeable bnsinessp" To oil which,
and sundry other questions. all that
could say was that he.had got used toit.
There Is an astonishing power In hu.
man nature to conform itself TO circum.
stances. We can become habituated to
almost any sort OF diet, and after .
while begin to thrive on the strangest
kind of food. A man who has lost one
Of his limbs, or his sight, or his hearing,
soon gets accustomed to il, and man.
ages in some way to supply the deiicien.
CT. Chronic inva!ids get used to lying
in bed and doing nothing, and even
come to be more or less unconscious Of
pain, II II Is Of . steady, persistent M
ture and does not rack the body.
People get used 10 doing the most ex.
traordinary things, and 70 exposures,
which seem To give them no concern.
They will scale precipices, traverse lofty
ridge. poles and steep roofs, climb church
spires. swing out on the yard.arm In
midnight storm when everything ID
cased In Ice, shoot rapids and cataracts,
ride lip-toe on the back Of galloping
horse, walk on their heads, leap sbOI,
among flying trspezes. thrust naked
swords down their threats, breathe fire
and smoke out Of their mouths, and per
form hundred other inscrutable trick!
before our eyes, simply because they an
used to it. A tired workman will Ii,
down and 20 to sleep in the inside Of ,
copper boiler while forty brawny arm
are riveting bolts on the surface, be
cause he Is used 10 1t. II the nOis
should stop he would wake up. A ca
conductor will tell who has paid, ant
Who has not, let the hustle and crowd b
ever 20 great. because be IL used to Il
A porter will swing trunk upon hi
shoulder which others could not pOssibl
lift, because he is used to it. A bin
man will tread his way through tn
streets, turning the corners and allow
ing for the curbstOnes with marvclOu
facility. because he Is used to it. A def
man will find out what Is said BY watcl
ing the lips OF the speaker and studyin
his expression, because he is used to !
Other creatures besides man have II
came gift of adapting themselves to ci
cumstances, in limited degree. Ho
F.. isit that the dog, who is second cOusi
10 the wolf, can be willing to becOn
tho seryitOr of man, and run and fets
Tor him, take his food from him, folio
his footsteps, and, IL need be, even d
for his master? How is 1t that the d
scsndant Of the wild steed Of the desc
could ever be reduced TO the mental p
sition Of poor omnibus horse, stul
bling over rough cobblestOnes and q
ters. with Q whip over his head, and
heavy load Of human beings draggi
behindp How u It that the hangh
elephant does mot break his heart VII
10 Ands himself marched about ~
show, subject to tho tyranny Of keep
whom 10 could wipe out OF existence
blow-iorced 70 bow and snort .
wave bic trunk about, and make . 4
q himself In general, and oil for
amusement Of such . pigmy race - ou
How y II that the bird, whose home
among The clouds, can b content 70 o
ina little cage OF wire, and even
aside his wildwood notes, 70 copy
Hnkling melody Of . piano OF vi
They est used 10 it. that y Oh you
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extent bends to the power Of circs
stances. A tree, trsnsplantsd from
c)oee profession OF the wood 10 the o.
lava. whsre tho sun beats upon It
checied and the winds toss y about
their pleasure, gradually conforms Il
changed condition and strikes IT. n
istkSr and deeper Into the soil,
braces itself 70 bear the now strail
which Il d subjected - best It may.
willow, that Graves the water coul
nMis taken away from the stream
placed in some other region ssar'
about under ground for the springs
tAe rivulsts, and % manages IN .
way 10 thrive. It b true that the
cannot accommodate itself to . 40
pot, neither could . very great
adapt himself 70 the condition ofa \
hlsck. There y . limit b both VI
be and animal endurance, and Their
oome things 70 which neither . tre.
8 beast, OF . man can get used. \
Ing can got used 10 being sb.ssd.
uoS believe that any one, unless b
the skin oe . rhinoceros, cad eves
come % habltuated to calumny ~ Z
81 sufler under Il. l wonder Il Certatl
nuent deh.mers Of their fellow.msn,
Rurl their ARROWS, tipped with steel
yatnrated with venom, q alm0es
distinguished citizen q tho Rep'
eyer think d this.
Itiseasier 70 accept To Inevitable
Ills to submit patiently 70 . CAV
which might have been avoided.
xrOw old IN tho oourse Of nAfnre
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