Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-06-20
Thursalg. Juas 'N,
HAPPINESS OF -a- CD


g~rrnait.u t-wA-
TIL 0lH unu uHrrunu. ..,ur in
iudguuT.t ,..U though I..s GDrns
may ha ~.aI NII,f Sin argunlc
as 10 ,.l 40 Iuusrul,i l.u ,....ff +,
"a nIGu ry,. l0uua i.rlut -rus Tile
longevity au4 the H..rm O.. uDr
mon e.l sIunr0.Ig ..vEnTa D.. 30 cun
viIs..g ia-,.uUuy Ia lHg l.ggal ~
uusgu>s ut la.lr position
BuL ,rnng u.a Uu Ha- lng ut.
the r~ugIa0nWv ai large l..ta IuaGs
towHri 600, CRIMINALS i-'rH year
broau.US uls Uuy.l.M rN,.r|, tI,
pleasyn and his Ias,iUa ~vlH1.lia
was q maWE immensely 10 De- rurjnd
What yaUDU lore, what au rui.rss
series OF graduated pictures ho must
have stored within him, rs the cen
turics PASSED and left linn high and
dry among Als plGmy fellow men.
Nothing Is easier. il may be said,
than to cast together the evils which
commonly wait uI>n old age and
thereby to prove that il is absurd to
suppose that happiness can exist IN
the midst OF them Ofcoursc nothing
is easier than TO catalogue these posi-.
IDLE Affections. but, OF the other
hand, ] contend with my Oetters that
happiness, conlcutmenL or what you
please To call the "summum bonum"
we all strive for, Is quite independent
OF most OF these Affections. The pru-
dent person. when old, expects TO be
tried in this way.
he Is prepared and that is half the
battle Nor must it be forgotten that
even rs hls energies have waucd with
his increase Of years 50 also his body
has changed into a condition well
suited 10 Lear physical TRIALS. which,
in his youth. would have been insult
terablc, As ID STRIPPING he grumbled
without cuaslug when a toOthacLe or
a spraimCd ankle kept him within
doors rs Ia o~ctogenarian the chair
to which be Is confined for Il good
many huurs Of the day Is 10 him by
far the most con urtaJlc place IN all
the world, nor wCuld lie exchange il
for the popes throne. II the throne
were only TO be won by IA jydruey TO
Rome.
But to rccur 10 tie moral aspect Of
the matter lsit not a fact that a good
mans goodness increases as he grows
olderi There Is nothing in the world
more venerable and lOvable than a
good old man or Soman. Surely that
is much, for are not respect and af-
lection just the two things for which
we fight hardest during the fighting
part OF our careeri Aud they may be
acquired by the aged without effort.
1t Is only older people, l ter all,
who are quite unscliish, and icel the
greatest pleasure IN witnessing the
happincss IL others" Miss Thackcray
was very ug!lt when she wrote this.
II constitutes the kecnest Joy Of rev.
ercnd ola i-g a JOY to which the wild
intoxiguuto, which in youth we call
pleasures. are rs nothing at all. Ii is
almost Impossible, made as we arc. for
the young lv be di~sintcrcstcdly happy
in the happIncs, OF others. Envy and
JEALOUSY are ever on the alert to mar
such a dlyIue possibility. But the old
are doublt g~lJdGcnud by the visible
JOY Of Others. They are generous
enough 10 ruJOlcc because others are
protited. And tiis is not cyuicism-
they often also lind cause to congralu.
late Themselves that their own snug
tranquility Is not in peril Of Dcingdls.
turbed rs Tho like b~oistcrous agents OF
felicity.
1t D. Tor their peace and resignation
that / most admire the old They
havQ attained Nlryaua. The worlds
game, cuAGa.gdiy not an unamazlug
one, Is known 20 them. They are ON
the heights Of Fisgah, whereas we are
warning IN tho plain or gToauing in
the valleys about The tcGium Of our
days,-AA tAc Year Round.