New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1884-01-30
Peter Ooopers FaYorite Poems.

Peter Ooopers Fayorite Poems.
Writing Of Peter Cooper, in the De-.
cember Century, Mrs. Susan N. Carter,
says: ellis opinions were positive,
and he stated them definitely; and his
Illustrations were often simple and even
homely. It would be difficult to tell
the occasions, so numerous were they,
which drew from him the poems and
little rhymes which were his solace
and delight. He told them to strang-
ers in their visits to the school, or often
he repeated to the pupils verses Of
which he was specially fond. Among
those he particularly liked were lines
from 'Pope's Essay on Man, which APP
pealed strongly to him by its common
sense and the knowledge it showed of
human nature. I believe he knew the
whole Of the poem, but the parts he
| oftenest quoted were those that are
nearly as familiar as proverbs.
"'Look round our world; behold the cnain of
Combining all below and all above
And there is hardly any one familiar
with Mr.. Cooper who has not heard
more times than once:
80 happiness! our beings end and aim!
Good, pleasure, ease content! whate'er thy
That something still which prompts tn eter.
nal sigh,
For which we bear to live or dare to die
''Remember man, ''the universal cause
Acts not by partial but by general laws. y
And makes what happiness we justly cal
| SuDsst not in the good OF one but ALL.
"'Health consists with temperance alone,
n W rf1V to e1l 81,
s. Honor and shame from no condition rise;
Act well your part there all the honor lies
"'Know then this truth enough for man to
know,
Virtue alone is happiness below
"'Our own bright prospect to be b!est,
Our strongest motive TO assist the rest
OF all others parts of this poem, the
last was the one, perhaps, about which
he cared most, and which most closely
harmonized with his own theory of
life:
GOD loves from whole to parts, but human
Must rise from Individual to the whole.
Self-love but serves the virtuOus mind to
wake,
AS the small pebble stirs the peaceful lake:
The center mov'd, circle STRAIGHT succeeds
Another still, and still another spret lis
Friend, parent, neighbor, first it viii en-
His country next, and next all human race;
Wide ana more vide, tn Borrowings of the
! Take every creature in of every-kind;
Earth smiles around, with boundiess Bounty
b est,
And heaven beholds it's image in his breast
The Elevator Boy.
To be sure, the pilot of an elevator
, does not appear to offer much oppor-
tunity for the study of character, and
yet there are variety Of types of ele-.
vator runners that are quite interesting
to consider.
! There is the precocious yOungster
who generally manages to hang the
elevator between the fifth and sixth
floors Of the family hotel, in order that
he may enjoy the perusal of Dagger
Tooth Dan, the Tearer of the TuHsSca-
roras,' undisturbed. And when sig
nal comes from the second floor ne lets
the machine meander unwillingly to
the place, because he has had to stop
in the middle of sentence that was
describing Dagger Tooth Dan just on
the point Of jumping off precipice 800
feet high.
Then there is the elevator boy who
likes to run at high rate of speed, and
always brings the machine to stand
still with a terrible jerk.
Nor must the youngster be forgotten
who never by any chance stops at the
right floor, OF, if he does, it is always
two or three feet above or below where
it ought to be.
Another kind Of hotel elevator manip-
ulator is the fresh youth who tries to
fiirt with the young ladies in the build
ing. He sometimes offers to carry
packages to their rooms Or fiat, and in
the meantime leaves the machine to
take care of itself. An individual Of
this sort does not usually remain long
in one situation.
Yet another species Of the animal is
he who is always surly, and looks upon
every newcomer as an interloper, with
a MISUNDERSTANDING ou-anyway
neutrality-suspicious.? sort of glare. This
is the same boy who takes you up to
the fifth floor when you wish to 60 to
the third, and will swear that you said
that was your destination.
1t is the same fiend who will slam
the door right in your face as you are
about to step into the elevator and
burst into a hooking laugh just as it is
about disappearing from view. If he
feels in the .humor to be especially dis
agreeable he will, when you imagine
he is going down, pick you up and then
turn back and ascend just for the fun
of the thing.
In large edifices, where there are
many rooms and offices, the elevator
boy will sit calmly reading the morn
ing paper and wait until dozen more
people than the machine will hold have
gathered, SO that the thing will be
packed sardine fashion.
This young fellow is always willing
to take great risks. He ntver dreams
of closing the sliding door until his
vehicle is almost out of reach of it.
He would think it unprofessional if he
did otherwise He feels that he can
afford to be reckless. Damages for
broken limbs will not have to come out
Of bis pocket.
A Powdered Locomotive
A Buffalo locomotive entered the