The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-02-08
SURVIVED THE COLD sNAP.
One Peach Bud That Was Not Killed by
Recent Zero Weather.

One Peach Bud That Was Not Killed by
Recent Zero Weather.
ESTEEMED III. l.. G. FRIENDs-Feeling
that it is time that make my appearance
among you once more. and as ! do not
feel capable Of discussing any Of tho given
subjects. 1 will try and interest CD you
with a sketch taken from n book which /
have, AMI which TO me proves very inter
esting. The sketch is called Happiness"
and reads as follows:
All who enter on the world are In pursuit Of
happiness. each one questions OF ano Their where
10 IS; fRncies he peTceives from afar; but very
few confess that they have found il. The young,
starting into life with sangline hopes aud
spirits gay, expect it every where, the more ex.
Derienced, having sought it long aud found il
not. decide that 1t is nowhere. The morAlist
tells us there 10 such thing. and the historian
almost proves u by the mseries he details.
Poverty says 1T is not with me-" and wealth
says mot with me-" SplendOr dAshes by the
cottage door. heaves a sigh, and says that the
dweliers there are happier than she Is (;
penury looks out upon her as she passes
loaths her own position and silently envies
what she must not share. Ignorance with daE-
zled and misjupSing eye AimITes the learned
aud esteems them happy. Learning decides
that Ignorance is bliss" and beWails the en-
largemeut of capacity il cannot find enough to
hil. Whenever we ask the answer il still,
Seek farther" Is IL 50 then that there is no
happiness earth? Or il Il does exist. 10 IL a
thing Oi circumstance confined TO certain states,
! dependent on rank aud station, here today and
gone tomorrow. 10 miserable dependence on
the casualties of life? We are often asked the
question by those 10y whom the world Is yet un-
trled, who even in the sprinRtime of their mirth
are used to hear the complaints OF all around
them, and we'll may wonder what
they mean; We Affect not TO answer
questions which never yet were answered
out We can tell story, something that our
ear has heard aud our eye has seen aud that
many besides can testify to be the truth. Dis.
taAt something more than a mile from the viii
lage OF DeGfoTd, IN LeioesteTshiTe, at the lower
extremity OF a deep and rugged lane, was seen
an obscure and melancholy howell. The door
| stood not wide to invite observation. The
cheerful fire cleaned not through the case
meut to excite the attention OF the passenger.
| The low roof aud outer wall were Just per-
oeiyed through the branches OF . hedgerow,
uncultured aud untrImmed, that ran
! between il and the road. As II
there were NOTHING there that anyone might
seek, no way Of access presented itself. aud the
step of curiosity that would persist In finding
entrance must pass over mud and briers TO OBJ
tain II. Having reached the door with diff
Guilty q sight presented itself such as the eye OF
| delicacy is not used TO look upon.
twas not the gay oonten .edness of pleasant
| life that poets tell OF aud prosperity some
times stoops 70 envy. Il was not the laborer
/ resting from his toll. the rudy child exulting
| IN Is hard scant meGl, the housewife singing
| blithely At her whee., the reDOse OF health and
fearlessness-Dictures that so often persuade
us happiness has ter dwelling IN the cabins OF
/ the poor. The room WAS dark and dirty. There
was nothing OF the walls but the
bare beams too i'll joined to exclude the
weather with orevces in vain attempted 10 BE-
stopped with torn ana moideo paper. lew
broken utensils hung about the room; a table
aud some broken chairs were all the furniture
except what seemed intended for bed yet
promised li,tle repose. The close and smoky
atmosp here gave 70 il the last coloring OF dis
| comfort aud disease. Within there sat figure
such as the penc we'll might choose for the
portrait OF wTetcnedness.
For fear | am taking too much space |
will finish this story again if the editor IL
willing and the club will be entertained
| by it. Good-by for the present
"PEACH Blossom"
Box 4S5, y. Vernon, Ind, Feb. 3.