Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-07-09
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"Oh. you're green How often
have l heard the appellation and how
oftener revo!ted to hear il. Not that
| 1t should hurt the soul TO be compared
to the loveliest, most refreshing. most
| delightful hue that's born-Nsture's
| own ground work shade-but il Is like
ly to wound when delivered with the
impress of sarcasm that stamps the
word indicative of contempt
| Passing along one of the city's streets
where busy industry of various and Of
\ ten impossible types are pursued 1
CHANGED 10 cross the path of boy
shouldering two rather suggestively
dusty looking sacks. / said l chanced
to run across his path-perhaps he
CHANGED across mine. Be that as II
may that affinity known as cohesion
found a very easy method of expert
,menting when the boy, weighted by his
| burden, came unconsciously In contact
with nv garments. Well, that was
all well and good. If people III general
and women In particular will meander
| into busy quarters they must look after
themselves. But for the progress of
events L was wholly unprepared- To
my astonishment the sacks were imme-
diately deposited upon the pavement
and the unconscious perpetrator of the
uStO Tile nero Ol lUe u
''Dust sticks TO black, ma'am. he said
as he proceeded to action in the shape
of giving me a very vigorous brushing
down Strange is it not, but it would
| never have occurred TO me to call
that boy green" had not some one
passing happened TO See enough of the
incident TO so single him out from his
fellows But now i call him ''green"
oh yes he WAS decidedly rustic de-
spite the fact that the hands he used
for brushes were about as dusty as his
| unfortunate sacks.
lis not an uncommon thing for street
passengers to get affrighted at a busy
icrossing. lis still more common
| thing for horses and conveyances of
varied kinds to think they have first
right to make headwsy. In all such
cases / advise you TO wait on the corner,
If 1t be for half day until your chance
comes, unless you happen to encounter
fit to let you go ahead.
l saw a still more distinct case of the
"emeraldic,'' or shall We Latinize 1t
and call the disease. ''emeraldia." This
time 1t came to my notice in that much
abused mode of conveyance-the street
car. As per usual twas well patroniZed
with few exceptions by well-dressed and
well-oplnloned people till at one stop
an old woman with bundle WAS hust-
| led aboard OF course You know II is
bad enough to be an old woman, don't
] mean an old lady, but an old woman but
to be the carter of such apreposterous-
| ly large bundle passed double sentence
on her. But she was not es ecially
lovely to look upon, you know. A girl
rather under sixteen perhaps, sturdy,
| plain of rustic appearance, was sud
denly smitten with ''emeraldia-" A
meek smile and nod for the seat was
rendered Both actions were regarded
with establishment. You see both giver
| and recipient were green"
We set sail from Liverpool in the
evening and the following morning met
with the loveliest sight that ever greet
ed human eyes, ears or scent; for did
you ever notice how the hearing and
smelling help the seeing. Twas the
| shores of Queenstown We had in view
| and that l have Just now IN mind From
the tenderest spring hue to the rich
| grandeur of the pine twas all green.
Bank upon bank of level verdant swsrd
rolled up from the water edge. What
other natural color can suggest 20 many
phases? Tender, bright, delicate,
mossy, repOseful, beautiful, quaint and
| grand. From the grey embellishments
pn the beach to the white cottages nest
| ling in the far meadows was but one
idea conveyed, that of rich, vast, swell
ing green enhanced by the breath of
| great fires that were waited across.
From one of the cottages on the hill a
| handkerchief Is waving. The little ten
der nears Us and bears the precious
freight whose loss that white cottage Is
feeling. She is a clear-compleNioned,
,grey-eyed Irish girl bound for New
World destiny From the deck she
| sights the monentarily growing agita-
tion of the handkerchief which would
| ,fain convey what words or deeds were
forgotten in the anguish of parting.
lis a very sad grey eve that watches
and answers the signal on the shore.
The humble dress, the modest retiring
manner all but hide her lovellness. Per
.haps because her shores are beautiful,
perhaps because she herself, is not de-
void of charm, my heart can, or thinks
pit can, follow hers. The picture l draw
lis pretty, but pathetic The attention
II pay tender, but sincere. 1t would
take 'green" propensities to see it.
1t is the heart and the soul we are
trying to stihe for business and sharp
dealing when We avoid green subjects.
rAbou Ben-Ahdem in that fine eastern
poem too modest to name himselt
among those who loved their Maker
best, but said: Write me, as one who
loves his fellowmen." And as with him
such are still numbered among those
whom God loves best.
Mothers teach your boys and your
girls to cultivate kindly dispositions,
kindly hearts. lis from the heart al
tender. humane, thoughtful actions
spring. To do it keep your own hear
green, even unto old age YOnlan,