The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-07-18

successful; still less will have a chanc
: OF an appeal to feeling, humanity, gra,
itude. OF gratitude, indeed, he has n
more knowledge than he has of the orr
gin OF life or the cause of Capitalization
for ingratitude is his characteristic. a
with some kinds-insolence is tn
method. Like the brute which turn
and rends the hand that has fed him
TINS kind OF creature, this human mos
quito, turns against you, when vou
nave done all for him that he de
SIRED and when he has no more
nope OF Your help. Then you learn tho
true quality of his nature, and find ont
TOR yourself of what base material it i,
made. 1t is only after repeated trials,
however, that he is convinced of youI
hnality in the way of help; for he is OF
the same gems as the daughter of the
horseleech, and cries ever "Give. giyer'
When you have once allowed a man or
woman of this kind to prove that Won
are puncturable, that you are so much
nufrIment for bold suckers, YOU are
done for; and nothing short of a LAWYER
VIII Tree you from attacks which, made
at first insidiously-may be with
natterles, mute appeals, humble repre-
sensations, gentle prayers-grow by
time and success into bold and BURGLAR
ious assaults, accompanied with threats
ana enforced by moral bludgeons. Then
you must address yourself to the law.
winch is to the human mosquito of de-
termlned attack what petroleum is said
20 De to his winged prototype. the only
effectual defense known. To do GOOD
to man or woman of this kind IS to
illustrate the truth of the hard old
Cornish saying: Save a man from the
sea, and he becomes your enemy"
10 SOW golden grain on the barren
neids OF such one is to reap sorrow
Tor yourself; and to give your coat is
put the preface to the demand for your
CLOAK. Your inch ever becomes his ell:
ana when you do not concede all that Is
demanded, then are you stung. as a |
KIND OF waymark between what Won
nave done and what you have not.
AT home the human MOSQUITO is rest |
less and exacting. He interferes in
everything adoat, and always adds
drop OF bitterness to such honey as the
family may have garnered in its hive.
is there fete-day on hand? He takes
out The sweetness. rubs off the gloss. bv
restrictions if he be in the place of com,
mand; by temper if he be a subordinate
VINO can only damage and not DESTROY.
as cne former, he harnesses his wife by
nnuing fault with her arrangements.
substituting his own; he annoys the
servants by contradictory commands: ,
rritates the goyerness by doubling her
Tor taking care of her CHARGE. ,
ma causes the children to weep or to | /,
uik, according to their natures. bv .
coiding them impartially all round. !
With reason or without Then. when /,
e has made every one thorouob1v
miserable or uncomfortable, and more
nciined to perform penancc than to i
ndertake pleasure, he puts on a q
Various manner, and when this il not },
eSPonded to, rates the wretched little 3
ock for their gloominess on a holiday
no says, it this is to be the manner in +
hich they thank him for the treat ba !. q
as gwen Them, he will take good care e
ow he allows them to have another. -
Ss subordinate, he is just as WORRY .,
z II not so domineering. As the m
rVant whose functions are vital to the III
ing ON hand-say the cook on the l.
" OF a dinner party-the human .
osqu'to makes every one suffer For .,
st as "England's extremity il Ire n
nds opportunity" so is the dav Of Oh
cal consideration in the household wi
al wherein the cook, who is aIso ~,
osqulto, is most troublesome and n
ost annoying. To believe her. there wv.
II not be dish fit to eat. and there ;s y. W.
enough OF anything. Something I'll,
gone wrong with the stock for SCUM. sm
hshmonger has skimped the weight RI,
zen was already too closely calcu. wa
ed; and the butcher has not sent tho FL.
per JOINT for the roast; the chickens nm
SKINNY and the "birds' are r
en- the cream is deficient and Or
mix Is turned; and the yeoet- inc
es are not fresh nor is the fruit rine &c,
maps she shams the sullenpess of roI,
pair, and will not give an answer. or arc '
only OF pessimistic forebodinos nov
IN her mistress tries to put the best ho or
on the matter; or she may assume tha
iseiy neartsOme air, and after She oh;,
plunged her poor lady into the NO
tbs OF despair and nervous annre. ta aS
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'medy the long tale of disasters re- roo
tied, but the dinner will not be mn and
ne mark, let her do the best she can a. " y
! depends on the proportion of her f n y ,
ity to her love of annovino hn i
Their she sends up a dinner reaIfy G ro,o
aged, or one in her best STYLE and o u.m
'ct throughout. In either case She d dtta,
sinnle teaS;n serious hurt fund
a noad War
7 need not go through the whole in o,
I domestic mosquitoes. From the save
s-maid who pulls her mistress from
wnen brushing it. and lets her ~o Gran
state ball with a string unfastened savir
tape showing below her train. to Fred
age,boy who breaks in a month Kr,e
ORTIZ OF his years wages, thew ali the Il
Their service the cause of annov- Gran
10 their employers; and some add Wha,
annoyance, graver disaster. Rut baan
can You do with them? Accidents less =
appen, you know, and an unfor pSJs