Part 77 (1/2)

1066

I have also seen the world, and after long experience have discovered that ennui is our greatest ene friend

--_Moser_

1067

LABOR

Soree; the head that thinks, and the hand that labors, must have some little time to recruit their diminished powers

--_Gilpin_

1068

None so little enjoy life, and are such burdens to the to do The active only have the true relish of life He who knows not what it is to labor, knows not what it is to enjoy It is exertion that renders rest delightful, and sleep sweet, and undisturbed

1069

A LABORING SCARECROW

Two old far up a road near Dunfer his eyes from the sun, pointed to a distant field and said:

”I wonder if that figure over there is a scarecrow”

He paused and considered the matter for a while, and then, in a satisfied tone, concluded:

”Yes, it ”

But the other Scot had a sharper pair of eyes, and perhaps a better understanding of human nature

”No,” he said, dryly, ”it's not a scarecrow; it's only aby the day”

1070

ADVICE TO A YOUNG LADY

The Rev Mr Berridge being once visited by a loquacious young lady, who, forgetting the ed divine, engrossed all the conversation of the intervieith s herself When she rose to retire, he said, ”Madaive you; and that is, when you go into coain, after you have talked _half an hour_ without intermission, I recommend it to you to stop awhile, and see if any other of the coazine_