Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-08-21

utfier than sentimental stdnopolnb tne
subjects Of my present address afford but
msegre material for eulogy. The fact Is
hare Is a great deal OF cant about
heavens last, best gift to man and
cur better angels which We have
.dotted from the jargon Of a fan
.sstic chivalry-a chivalry which existed In
emi-barbaric, bygone ages, when man felt
allied upon to 60 around and carve all his
fellowmen who refused TO acknowledge
the superiority of his particular divinity.
And this divinity was frequently no better
aud no more beautiful than she should have
been As a matter of fact, women are not
goddesses-they are as clayey as we are
their faults are equally as numerous; and
any man who has gone through the world
with his eyes open knows they are number
less II their failings are somewhat more
frivolcus and less grave than ours, it is be-
cause they lack both opportunity and capac-
ity b. become great offenders, Any man
who thinks will readily admit-aye, and
Illustrate it by his own experience-that a
boy of 10 or IS years OF age is nothing more
| or less than a raw, unframed, mentally
and physically mdeveloped Ego, who
spends ten years of his after life
| in wo ldering how he could have been
|
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shr,,rrhtf,',aas, a,d boa, ,,o,, Anows ,ybot inn
.;,er -, ,,;,.t,,o, =, 1,;r,s ,.ao orc no ,y;sor
I'd 10 ,osS abs,,,d +bsr bs uas NJ tbe;r ago
,.;th ti,;s add;t;n,.i dro ,vhocL that r,any of
tha,,, ,,a,,a, srat ~, II Is an ,,nouastio,a
blo fact that tbara oro ,narv more g,,oxyr-un
,chi,d,.o,, am,ona ,gon,en than men nrinci-
noIIv haco,,so ,,o,,or,s foeIinos oeneraIIy
port,,o, ;,,s+oad ~ hov i,,dor,ont II sba bors
a,r sott;urr oil tL;s 80 con COW Wifi,
n,oro s;rcor;ty hut los eJeoanca than o,,r
host that 7 cons;dor ,yo,oan nc a comnanion
,vhosa yo,.;o,,s ;,,,,orfoct;ons ~ mimi and
hod,, ,,ai,a bar :. 81 haIrn,oot for mon And
10 al, Of rs lootod Of tbsr, in tb;s I;obt tbare
would ho fo,yo,. n, a r,;o,-os ,erbons hut oe,-
tainlv fewer d;sannointments in ma,riaoe-
with this th,. He,mit takes his scat and on
the snot all the ladies xoentallv condemn him
&C a disogroe,b,o stun;d man NOT neorlv so
nice as the deor old commodore. and how
could ba Ga " such bo,,-id tbingsa
Tbaro 10 The exca,,tion to tb;s oa,era, die
foyor for u;tb st,.anoa nervers;ty ,,ur
brown ewes dwell on the hermit with some.
thing lie annroval and she evan venturos
m nod and sm;le whep he plances curimslv
Of her
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tho conv;v;al;tv ho,yeyer and tbo rar4v
soo,, h,aoLs M, ,y;+l tho o1co,,t;or ~ tow
oho;oo s,,;r;ts h.adad hy a. co,,r,odoro
who is ! thrae- hottJe man and proud of n
Ct,.oI,;,rr oro,,nd +ha dool, +ho I,o,,,,;.
oo,,os ,non bis colo .,,,,ro,tor in bis lot, NV,
o,>,,I,, IL, c. 4, Io,,,;,,,. o;,,'t
po,,s+a,, and lco,,;,,cr ,,,+ o,,o, +ho 6o1r
noIaE EAro ,,o, =, tho contemn,.t;vo moo,
which h,oots NO ;,,torr,,rt;ou M;ss Owe, ~
On, not tha ;nta,,,,ato,. ,o,, would ,,,,of. >,
In other caso can tate INV c;car to fao
otbor s;ds
AnnaI;,. IT. H., f,.o,,l, ,vos +,,;n,,;,,. of
,,o, and +.,,;n, =, fo+ho,,, vow, a-+reo,
5;narv sreacb ;nst now Are you a rnlativa
or ,,a,,,i,y a co,nact;o,, of Mr. Mo1onro,,,
Dale--Neitber hone The fact is 7
GROW oa,rulons wban or INV net tbemes
Hos+ mon who bave bohb;eS r;de thorn nm
avery occasion wbetber onnortune or not
Anool;no 10 b,,,rtlyl Hnu old orc avo,,a
Doie lampsed,FJns 90 And vo,,5
Anoolina~Old eno,oh 70 krory thot ,,o,n,,
,,on,s p,;cJo,,, ,,,,ct he tbao,,ot;col s;,,c, +
can not be the result of experience. and that.
therefore. thew expose Themselves To ridiculc
when thew assume to be wiseacres Peni-
tently)--Forgive me! was rude in asking.
and am more so in nv reply, lam only 20.
and deserve all the disarreeable adiectiyes
YOU applied to extremely Young women
Dale-If Won think so. Won probablv do not
deserve them To know the tr1,tb is pener.
ally to be made free.
4 Angelina[Does II never occur to Won that
{ by keeping up this superior moralizinp vein
you expose yourself to the charge of conceit
and offend people? Nothing makes one SO
many enemies as to assume that his thoughts
run in higher grooves than theirs: that. being
SUPERIOR to them. he can amuse himsslf by
obseryino their failures
Dale-That is an observation which an
criticism it contains You are right, how
ever, and am not only unpopular but am
held conceited I dare say you thought SO
when we met, and think so stille
Angelina (coloring)-I must confess that I
thought so, and think so still; but with this
saving exception: think you know it, and
the conceit which acknowledges itself is half
humility.
Dale-I see YOU, also, are a would-be
philosopher. Then you have no right to re-
proach me with precocity, for compared to
your tender years / am old Parr himself.
Hark! the band is beginning They play
every night, and even at sea when the
weather permits. Do you know, think
music never sounds so well any.
where as OH the waters The crash is
mellowed and softened; there are nc
harsh reverberations, while the music seems
to peal out and die away over the waves
Sometimes when the sun is setting in mid.