West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-03-26

iooNeu ior the greatest financial wis
"om we hnd the greatest folly.
The legal counsel who influences HE
clients go N'-' orc;tHo1ghl ANA rr.
caution S qJitc aS likely a, The mo>t
stupid one among them To neglect
proper provision Tor the future and
leave his own affairs in the most hope
less Involvement. We wonder far morr
ri the sage counsellor than at his stupid
client. In the case of the la,tct II Wa.
to Toe "okri Tor no more than nigh,
have been expected I'm that of the
former, IT is surprise and disappoint-
ment
We are fully prepared 10 find the
silly girl leaving OH the warm V-,ap.
per To which she has bern artuslo,pcI
IN order In appear nj a party IA y low.
nevked dress. We are sininly ron-
temptuous not surprised when she
wets her feet aid ruins her boot, be.
cou-c rubbcrN hide the pretty shoes and
make the feet look larger. But when
woman famous for her common
sense IN most of the affairs of Hfr dos
precisely the same thing, and perhap,
WIN even less temptations ii sccm, a
Stiffness surpas sing all comprehcns
lhr boy who after a oYmc
oil ball drinks great draught,
OF ice water to cool his heated
blood, or goes into the river for the
same purpose, is checked Nhpne, ,i.
possible aud severely rcprimandcd AZ
hlI times. When the wise physician
show some equally >tupendou, stu
pldlly concerning the commonest
hNgienic laws, rcmon>trancc j. para
lyzed upon our lips by an uycrwhcm-
ing amazemcnt II i tho same sort ~
nmalemcnt which We feel when we see
person whose name il n SYNONYM for
prudence i'm most matters deliberately
eat something which he knows a&avs
INJURIES him. or trust To n tradrsmWn
who has habitually deceived him, or
lchd money To man who never paS Z
him' or narrt woman who can never
please him
mere ~ no greater proof of the stu
Pldliy oi sensible people than the mar
rlagcs that some of them make. II love
be, aN - sometimes asserted, a matter
wholly of the heart, matrimonv AN AZ
fair entirely Independent of the head.
then some of the matches made by some
gifted Individuals may in measure
De accounted for. 4 man with strong
domestic taste and aversion to society
marricS fashionable flint. and the
quiet lireside for which he most ardent.
" longed il the one thing hc can never
hope TO have. The sensitive. consciau-
upu> woman marries u man who runs in
debt for the very ring he place, on her
linger and her life with him means one
long modification and misery.
As frequent as foolishncss in mar
rlage i foolshness i'm the management
OF children, such stupidity a. would
brand the parents as IDIOTS. were II not
for their sense i'm all other matters
The Slillful. thrifty housekceper. care
fullv trained herself, and appreciativc
Of all household eNcellences. allows her
daughter TO dawdle through the days
ignorant OF every thing that can max =
her useful. or can make home com
Portable. The hard-headed. honest. in
dustrlOu> tarmerlctS his son slip away
from the farm 10 the city, and sends
after him supplies of money which he
Is fully aware support him i'm idleness
ana prOfi2acy. The ilnbecilitv of see
ond childhood seems TO bc reached and
surpassed i'm the dealings Of some Of
these sensible people with their own
children.
Who will dare TO define common
sense, That least common, as we some
times think. of all human endowment.
and yet the quality most essential To
every hour of existenceq Our almost
unconscious definition of a sensible Der
son Is: ''One who thinks and acts as I
do. But this becomes a ludicroiis
one when we reflect that according TO
such definition there would be as
many standards OF sense a there are
individuals i'm the community. OR
thodoNy Il my doXy, and beterOdONv is
every thing that differs from itm il a
statement quito as often made concern
ing our social as our religious notions
~ Tor fear Of offending We do not say
Ut aloud. We nevertheless live under lis
convection, and assume that those who
dIher from us are in the wrong. OF
course II wedid not think so We should
agree with them.
IT Is, however. fair 10 cOncedc that
the sensible person is the one who in
social life Is loved by his family and
friends, and respected by his neighbors;
IN commercial life, one who is honest
and successful, securing the largest re-
turns from the least Investment of the
money and labor in professional life.
one punctlllOus IN all engagements
true TO all trusts and obligations. clear
sighted and reliable In all cases the
sensible person is the one who most
perfectly adapts himself 10 his circum-
stances and surroundings. who submits
uncomplaininglv 10 the inevitable. who
strives at all times 20 do unto others az
he would have others do unto him. and
IN short. in the words Of one of our
latter-day scientists. "harmonizes with
his environments.
IN every community there is alwavs
q class which illustrates these virtues
~ an uncommon degree. who attract
admtring attention for their remark a
BILE Judgment. tact and success. the out
growth Of the most fully dcvcloped
common sense. II is 10 these person.
that We naturally look for ali that il
more satisfactory. We feel defrauded
when IL fails W.. and argue that if such
q lack OF sense can be shown bv per-
sons possessing 20 much. there Is little
TO hope for from the less gifted mass Of
mOrtals
u IS possible that We ourselves arc
Illogical and consequently unrcason-
able. IL does not necessarily follow
that because e man possesses nine