The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-06-21
r Which You May Possibly
See Your Own.
PEOPLE WHOM WE ALL KNOW
some we would Very Gladly
Al" Dfspense with For All
Time.
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der as many heads as an old-fash-
-, sermon. We have to run the
anflet of them as we do Of infant
,isesses but there are few marked
trnes that everybody recognizes at first
sight
There IS the fdgetty, suspicious man,
who brings a rash ont on your mental
complexion by his restless, suspicious
nature. He makes you as nervous as
himself At times, and you make blund-
ers that confirm his suspicion though
yoa are actually trying to avoid them,
and him. He Isl always setting traps
for his employees. and shaking your
faith IN the front door lock, and raising
the most unwarrantable suspicious
about house-breakers, midnight mar
auders. and even bis shouId-be-trusty
friends. He is, evidently, a dishonest
man himself. You are i'll perpetual
dread Of his shooting the gardener by
mistake. only you know he is an arrant
coward. or YOU fear he will catch the
baby f1pene of his mantraps.
IN contrast TO him we have the man
entirely devoid of caution, who is taken
care of and saved from all manner of
fatal accidents, heaven only knows
how. It is enough to throw one into Il
nervous fever to have him for a travel
ing companion, even on short trip.
AZ every station be gets out and moves
around the platform, evidently for the
sole purpose of making a dive at The
car after it has got under way You
crane your neck out of the window to
be2kon to him in an agony of dread
One. two. sharp shrelks of the engine,
and yOa are moving away, wholly
ignorant as to whether he has been left
hehlnd. or has been crushed in the
effort to get on board. This painful ex-
element lasts, as he does not make his
appearance until you are nearing the
next station, when he generally turns
up Just in time to repeat the expert
ment and reset the edge of your nerV-
Gus system. This typo of being has.so
many and divers ways of making him.
self thoroughly uncomfortable to others.
His bump of order seems to have been
forgotten or overlooked in his physical
makeup. He manages his affairs by
species of mental arithmetic that can
not lie impaired to another. and so lax
IS he in many matters that a cold
Shiver runs over you every time he
wants thing, for no living creature can.
thoroughly understand the condition of
his affairs Every now and then a breeze
Is raised in his jurisdiction to know
what has become of this or that thing;
and dozen OF times year ne imagines
he mas been ruined by his own careless
ness, but still he does not mend.
It's this man, or his brother, who in
yiteS company to dinner on washday
without knowing whether his wife has
scrap of ANYTHING cooked in the house.
he is sublimely idiotic about domestic
matters, and to his comprehension a
dinner IS cooked and served up by
kind OF happy accident.
There IS an aggravated female species
OF the genus uncomfortable person
easily distinguished. She never meets
you without informing you are looking
badly, are thin. overworked. used up.
Aside from wounded vanity, this
species awakens unpleasant emotions. |
II may be possible that you are going
INTO decline so subtle in its progress
That II has escaped the criticism OF your
own eyes. You go home and look in
the glass, examine your tongue, and
ieel your pulse until you are ready to
pronounce yourself i'll. A person of
ms class Is always cheerful sick-room
VISITOR. she has not any malice in her
neart, Out 1t slips out sooner or later
mat 'he patient looks just as her poor,
Gear SISTER Jane did before she died of
uiopsy. A consolatory old lady once
ilet young friend not remarkable for
her beauty; Dear Helen.T She said.
looking at her with sigh, Won were q
aGEei! enIld once, but how YOU have
changed !" Helen went on her wav
DeamiRg, Of counsel
o,d neLe Is certain kind of bru tality,
Gnu i certain kind OF boorishness which
T1,e 1iilds It very hard to put up with.
80; go y Ihe husband who is always saw
.ia5 siiarp, cutting things to his wife un-
Is, uGs tne cover OF polite smile; and the
f mme VINO Snubs her husband unmerci-
III ~! before company and people whose
IdDits are noticeable at the table-these
are AKIN to the monster, who when alone
WIN ms vile would threaten to kill her
anu whose cruelty ends at last in ex-
posufe' arrest and conviction. In man
hers a great deal is claimed for early adj
fdAVages and excuses Tor the want of
e,iein put there are few considerations
Inat should excuse a man for picking
ms teeth with his fork. or indulginp in p
species OF piggishness calculated to in
sp1re oiSgustin his neighbors.
Feople WHO emphasize very strongly
'he difference between their position
ana your own, whether thew hapnen 10
De f!cher or poorer than YOU are gen
orally make themselves uncomfortable
55ohlpaAhons, There are certain re-
luced folks of the poor but honest
species, who will never let YOU forget
Tor an instant THAI they have known
Delle5 days.and are now down in the
world Purse-proud arrogance is al
Ways good broad mark for scorn. but
"a us way, this kind of humble-pie-eat-
llg, wnleh really covers bitter discon-
able 4''''e % ueSpic-
There are Others. especially in small
owns or villages. who set themselves m
40 ihooeiS OF propuety in all the minor
.1dtlers OF appearance. and attemnt 10
.uFuss their standard upon vo,, for
4aopuon. They are the superior oao-
lie who are quoted i'll little commnni-
sles, and generally belong to the a6rsr
lamihes. If they had their wav they
',oi Feduce society to Hat waste n
T rL level OF mediocrity and dullness
aley are even trying to get Won 10
iiuopt their weights and measures NJ
: uo5e So-and-So has ielly cake tor tsa'