The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-11-17
Mole Mills

s.Bobus's blindness is singular"
writes sydney Smith to his daughter
lie can see 4 mote, but not a beam f;
the smaller anything i. :hc better b.
sees it. He couid see DAVID, but would
run against Goliath The Bobdses Of
society are legion. l. is their han;t
and iutirmitv 10 see minatest mole hills
If diss4tisfaction, while the heights Of
jpy often remain invisible. People
who make existence I bore and 4 bur
den sit opposite Us At the table, jostie
Us on the sidewalk, aud sometimes
aI4s. carry our latch-kcy.
Not that this defect i Away. obyi-
ouo to spectators. \ WOMAN my be
80 sweet and gracious, 81 sensitive 10
hcroism. SO la~rge-minded an warm
hearted, that She seems to deserve that
Exquisite praise Won by Lacy Elizabeth
Hastings. But the intimate who spends
4 week in her house knows that the
annoyance Of life dispel this golden
She could mould the policy OF Il state
perhaps, bare her brow serene 10 tie
great storms Of fate. or stani smiling
at the stake for the faith that IL q her.
But she can not endure with patience
the mlsfit of a gown, the witty gIbe OF
~ acquaintance, the misrepresentation
whici all people Of character must \
poet, the upsetting OF her plans OF use
fuine-s or pleasure, the stupidity Of
servants, or the omission OF Ter uaMe
{ ON Mis-. tIathtrum list oflnvItalIOns
She maj not lose her temper, but She
makes these mole hills so mountainous
that they shut out the light OF day from
her household.
4 mau whose whole life has been
passed in the service oil Il cause WHO
mas really made the burden 81 the op
pressed lighter and the signing Of thr
prisoner 10 Cease, Is at home 50 eXas
pcrateG by the short comin9oOla NoIk
man. tie racketing Of the chii,tleE.
the mIslaying OF his gloves, n ialiaIe
of d~lttter, OF the non election OF his
candidate, hat his poor wife might
well lie tempted to the commission OF
crime as the only means Of interesting
him i'm the amrlIoratiOn ot her comb
ton.
We all know the people who speak
of d rainy day which intertercS With
their plans. or Of ~exhausting heat, @
bitter cold, 81 unexpected frost is Al u
we're Il deliberate atfsont To them OIL
The part of low bred Mature. Not tia
they mean to Ue so understood. But
the habit of ~eXsg9eruting trit1lng trou-
blcs. of measuring every circumstance.
event, or action Of Lille as il affects
their personal comfort, breeds tn
spirit of q~uerulousness and criticism.
There are. indced. many Iovabl,
people who make mountains II O.
molc-hills. And these do not SO much
arraign their tribulatious, or groan bc
meath them. as look upon them viii
mild-eyed wonder, and oppose To them
Il sweet inccm petencc. Ali thci! friend,
come to the rescue OF these grown-up
children, who are necessarily stumb
lingo er mole hills. and mutely asking
to he sct again Gn taelr feet. They
smile the sweetest thanks, they neTsi
lesc their temper, but lot the less Il"
they waste better lives than their owH.
and ~tyrannize with dense unconscious
ness.
Young Marie | people are apt to fine
their tlOwery pathway leading through
Il perfect savanna OF mole hits. They
have learned from the poets and the
traditions Of time that love is enough.
Probably more than half the unhap
pincss of marriage grown out of this
habit Of cxaggerating %trities which a
healthy vision would refuse tt see, or "a
healthy nature to brood over. No love
can stand the perpetual ~magnifying of
ofienSes the perpetual aspersion of mo-
IxeS thu narnat1al 9nniIUotIpn of fate
which ~thoughtless married people, net
base, and really atfcctionate and loyal,
permit themselves toward each other.
And if love flee from the heart stone,
what is left. -Uapn'.