The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-12-05

There is no one in the world go un
comfortable as the person who has q
bad temper, and who INDUCES it. OF
course we know there are all sorts Of
bad tempers. There is the irritable
one that springs from excita6le or dig
ordered nerves, and that keeps it's pos
SCISSOR, as we'll as every one else, in q
state to be likened to nothing else but
q constant singing Of hornets. And
there ia the suIlen temper, which
makes life q burden TO all in contact
with it. And there is the hot and
furious one that bursts in q decorating
stroke now and then for an instant,
and directly after wards is as mild as q
moonbssm, and expects every one else
to be also.
It is q physical necessity that the
possessors OF these tempers should i
the moment of anger and in the reac-
ton be very unhappy; the excited or
depressed condition Of the epigas tric
gangIion of nerves, which has q great
deal to do with such anger, creates a
deprayed condition Of the system and
that in itself produces low spirits,
even without the intervention Of re
gret or remorse, and nothing sets this
ganglion so out of tune and order as a
burst Of temper does.
Recent experiments have proved
that the Precipitation Of an angry per
SON. is full Of a subtle poison, that, gath
cred and mi acted into innocent veine,
is noXious. How much more noxIous
must be the possession OF the labora-
tory evolving such poisons and retain
ing q goodly amount TO work woe in
the body as we'll as IN the soull
Besides this viewless but perfectly
palpRble injury that the INDUCED bad
temper creates, and the ruinous effect
it has upon the whole nervous system,
bad temper is very ini lrious to the
personal appearance. Ii engraves
grim and irrevocable lines upon the
forehead, which grow deeper and
deeper; it draws down the corners Of
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nose as read as indigestion does; it
distends the nostrils; it makes the
eyes bloodshot; it wrinkles the skin
around the eyes with q more unpleas-
ant effect than that Of undue laugh
ter; it thickens and blotches the com.
pieXion; and it maxi es a person old and
ugly long before there is any reason
for a change from the smooth lowell
ness Of youth.
Thos3 with irritable and explosive
tempers may have their way in tri6es;
they " do in the serious affairs of
life, The Eeet- tempered woman al
ways makes q better match" than
the other sort does, and she is also the
most successful in the management Of
affairs AMI Of resources. Having no
tempestuous tendencies to look out for,
a person is better able to look out for
interests and rights, and is even able
to get them through the mastery the
sweet temper allows and helps.
Without any doubt, the yielding to
q bad temper, TO An inclination to let
1t have its way, works through one
yielding after another, a vast deal Of
Reorganization to the mental powers,
and Weakens all the nature as it goes
on. And equally without doubt, as is
the origin of a long train Of d~yspeptic
and OF ervou ills that make like q
deplorable calamity to both the sub
festive and the objective sufferers. It
e small consideration to urge, but q
woman with this temper loses every
chance Of marriage that she other wise
might have, 1t that ia of any Coz
sequence TO her; and a man with il
makes for himself a house hold OF
timorous people who deceive him at