Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-09-11
Cn Bores.

thing Is, and bores give us the opportu-
nifty of acquiring the virtue of patience
If we have it not already. Very few of
us, unless We live in absolute solitude,
but are acquainted with someone whom,
as We look critically round, we dub with
this appropriate but uneuphonious
name. And a bore has something to do
with our own temperament and mental
constitution, for he Is like our familiar,
belonging to US and boring us, and not
necessarily others. As it has been
said, everybody Is lovely to somebody -
81, II We like To take Illuminating view
of ourselves, We might. as We reflect on
bores IN general, speculate rather I'M
pleasantly rs 10 whether, If the ..giftie'
We're to let Us ''see ourselves as others
see us, We might not discover that, as
everybody is probably bore To some
one else, We have perhaps small chance
of not beng one.
There are bores of various degrees
and classes. The very accurate person
l. generally a great bore. Let US dis
claim at once any desire to undervalue
truth or depreciate accuracy; in the
main, and IN necessary details, truth
being of Importance. of course IL Is.
But the bore We are thinking Of wor-
riys u, by his desire for accuracy where
II would he better dispensed with. He
begins to tell Us n story which interests
ms for It's own sake. and the value Of
which would be IN no way enhanced TO
us Oy the local colouring in the way Of
names, which the relater Is determined
We aIe to have. We know nothing of
the people he Is telling US about, and
We resent his pause consequent upou
some slip of memory. II cannot re-
member If IL was Mary or Jane who
went with me on that journey. Could
It have been Jane? No, Jane was at
Brighton then-it was IN 1866. Then
d; must have been Mary 1t was one or
other, Of that | am certain" We de
ynutly wish his certainty would result
lu he story being told, and We say po-
utyly, hoping 10 hurry HIM ON, s.Neyer
mind troubling about the name"
But | must SAYS our accurate
friend, "aud II YOU VIII wait l viii look
up my diary tho accurate person gen
rgslly keeps oue-''aud tell Won eNnct-
ly.' BY the time the book Is found and
1t Is discovered that it was Mary after
all, We have begun 20 wish the uuecdutc
further, and when We get 1t ultimately
II has lost its spring, or we our zest to
hear IT.
These hores are usually very careful
about pedigree, and remember with
more or less accuracy the marriages,
and deaths, and dates, and all the rest
90 II, concerning people We do not care
70 straw about. We refer To some per
sons IN the course of conversation, and
uur friend stops rs with an enquiry as
O. who the uucie's grandmother of that
person WAS. We cannot say, and he Is
sure uv knows and has forgotten: and
there We sit, a. he racks his memory
and tries our patience till he remembers
who that maternal rraudpareut of the /
uncle of 50 and So WAS.
II Le remembers An, perhaps he /
does not; and apparently unwilling To I.
keep Us amy longer from what We had I
90 say concerning that individual. he I
let, uS See that. as he cannot remember. .
we mHy progress. But though We are
talklus, our best. and conscious that our
conversation Il going on very smooth /
wheels, We are equally conscious that
our bore Is not half listening 10 US. \
Yes or mo put IN with apparent
r1geruvSS but real absence of mind
shows Us that his thoughts are wander
ing. We feel rutiiyd. for who does not
like being ii~tgn nrd to-
suddenly We have moment Of pleas
ure. for We think ne l. Interested IN our
talk, us light IllumIuss his face and an
eager look u'er~Frrlds II. For "a mo-
mrut only, for quickly We discover the
reason as he SAYS, 4 have Just remem-
hyred-hIs uucic's grandmother was
Jane Sa-and-su.
Newly-married people are often great
oores- They are everything to one an
other, and NO one else Isof auv account.
They have the kuucl of mrSiug You
feel out IN the cold ultogetLrr. and the
whole time You are thinking wlut bares
thy are, You have the pleasing retiec-
tluu that YOU are considered NuL~ieur .
or Madame de Trop. ]
Their conversation Is generally be
tween themselves, and partukrs of the
nature OF "reminiscences of DAYS We. know
nothing about Wrcauuot IuIu. for tho.
retroSI ect Is one connected us lulIy with
themselves and no one else Bored We.
are. and II needs all uur uab.tuul self
cuutrol 10 hide 1t.
Children are often great bures. and
We leel all the more sorry for them. the
fault lying generally with their parents.
Who does not know the child who IS
allowed TO be Troublesome, al fibifJfyi.-
or Who Is made T. recItr poetry 10 Won 1
or play her newest piece when, perhaps.
You are wishing to speak to her mother.
In travelling, We all know the iuIivid-
ual Who "lu not he silent, and who Will.
va W.. 'ASa4At To ltttll or ]
case Uu. 20 uuk-persIst D ing us
with questions, or giving o.. ltlcula1s
OF his own journey. This Is not tn.
kind ot person We like t. have as our
neighbour M a tUbts d'hOts We ar.
not mnr, -ttf than the generality Of our
country people, and a little converse
t"u m travelling Is pleasant; but your
persistent neighbour u not agreeable:
II he were, we should not need to call
him bore
though 10y no means assuming that
We are eNHIustIng the list of this class.
We must ruumerute one more. That is.
the individual who lends YOU, in spite
OF your protesting plea that you ar,
busy, books aud pamphlets ON his own
pet subject, and who puts YOU through
your EtclugS after "A lille To- see wueth-
er You have read them thoroughly. !
The Lost Tribes remains impressed
ON our memory very strongly from the
tHtt of "a lady, whose beloved subject OF
interest II was, pursuing us with litcra-
ture on the subject.
4 payer chimney fifty feet high has I
lately been pat up at BrrSlau. Com
pressed paper pulp O., said To ue one of
tn least iutlgumGhle Of substances.
aut tu make an eNcrlleut material for
d r-prOof do r..