Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1889-03-23
PEOPLE W! u WtiIMs.


Those WHO Fancy AL sorts Of Thin0s,
More or Less Complimentary se SELF
Beware of the man who thinks he
has none. for he is the man most
likely 20 bc pcr;nca:e.:i. :....crated with
whinlsicalitics.
Our whin,s bccInc n part of our
character, just rs our virtues or our
vices; indeed. with some OF us they
become so prominent that they over
shadow everything else in our natures
and we would not be recognized by
our friends II. like Christian at the
Beautiful Gate, We should suddenly
losc the burden and appear before
them.
l know a woman-a noble, gcner-
Gus hearted woman in most things
who tips the scales at 200 pounds,
whose principal whim is that she is
not so large as she looks. Wherever
she goes. she becomes the terror Of the
modistc. Her first remark always, TO
a new one, is To bc sure to remember
that she is not so large rs she seems ut
first sight. She is continually chang
ing, because, us she says. they don't
understand her figure and always
make her look larger tlan she is.
| l have known IA man who fancics
that his carly teachers spotted "a first
class artist by not encouraging his
school day caricatucs. lie never
speaks Of art aud artists without bring
ing up the thought that many an en-.
byro Raphael has been killed by the
frosts Of disapprovab AS lie always
eunnlo,nont, ti;, o.soH H;.,, ,,.;,i H.;
own personal experience. il is quite pa
tent TO his friends that when hc says
many a one" hc means particularly
the ono who wears his shoes.
know another man SO giUtcsquc in
feature that his face would make u
good illustration for comic almanac
or u copy Of Dickens, whose favorite
whim is that lie bears great rcsem-
blancc TO the illustrious Benjamin
Franklin. Never having crossed the
path of any Of the old statcsnan's s
heirs and acquainted them with ms
belief, hc has lived TO good old ago.
He derives great comfort from the
statement Of the mental scientist who
aifirms that il two people look alike il
betokcns similarity Of mind. Dif.
ference in surroundings and circum-
stances only has prevented his attain.
ing the learning and cmincncc oi
Franklin.
In the suburbs OF distant city lives
a childlcss old couple who, when past
middle life. suddenly became very
rich through the legacy Of a relative.
Their previous life had been very sim.
ple and narrow, as far as any knowl.
edge Of the world outside the sim
pie village life was concerned, bu,
they Immediately set 10 work To live
as other moneyed people do. The old
lady took up the study Of the diction.
AIRY TO improve her conversational
powers. The old gentleman went to
Europe, TO Rome. and proved good
angel to the struggling students, many
OF whom found an unques,ioring pur.
chaser Of their productions. He came
home with the most wonderful collcc.
tions OF statuary and pictures, the
most incongruOus mass one could i'm.
agine. lie made his house one vast
picture gallery from basement 10 at.
tic. Tho large grounds about the
house he dotted with statuary till a
stranger would imagine he was com.
ing toa cemetery when he first caugh,
sight of the cleaning marble through
the foliage. Some Of the results ot
the old ladys dictionary study have
become old landmarks in the stock ol
local funnyisms Of tho community.
For instance, II ncighbor calls: Good
morning, Mrs. b, is Mr.. b nj
homcf Eyes, he is out on the me.
is,ndum pursuing Shakespeare" An
othcrtimc, in answer To the same query
Yes. he went out OH the lawm-to-
10 olcandcr among the scrubbery."-
Chicago Journal.