The Blues

1 1 hen you have got the blues? Foolish man. What is it that troubles you so?' '1 shall come to want.' 'No you never will, so long as you have industrioushabits.' 'My friend has greatly prospered in his business.' 'Whatofit? Don't envy his situation, but be content with your lot.' 'But I feel dull and stupid.' 'Rise early, and drink the fresh air.' 'We have so much foggy weather.' 'Keep at work, and you won't think of the fog, but enjoy the sun a deal more;' 'You don't know how bad it is to be afflicted with the headache, and frequentlyÍ have a pain in my side.' 'So do I, bui keep at work, and it passes away. None are free from pain.' 'I have a large family to support.' 'Fiddlestick! who has not that has been a father these dozen years! So much more reason thatyou should be more diligent.' 'I have no friends.' 'And you never will have,till you leave offwhining, and look up and exert yourself. You do not deserve to haveany friends while you pay so little attention to them. You appear like a shadow in the graveyard, more than a human being,living in the light and sunshine of heaven. Talk, laugh, act, and you will have friends enough.' 'Mr. M , spoke against me, and his neighbor slandered me.' 'A snap for the talking and siandering. Ifwe attend to all that is said of us, we shall have nothing else to do. Live down their lies, ff lies they be; and if truth, go and do better in future. This is the only way:''I don't think I shall live long.' 'I don't think you will either, if you eternally repine; for you are now but a little better than a living corpse.' Thousands are wasting the dream of life in sorrow and doubt; full of fearful apprehensions and melancholy forebodings. Shame on them, when by studying the philosophy of life, they might become useful citizens, ornaments to society, and blessings to the world. A drop of sorrow completely unnerves him. A reproof, a world of trouble. Shake off the blues all yeof little faith; be men; active, persevering, and the shadows that overhang you will disperse, and the glorious sunshine of prosperity, life, and light will shine upon you. A Tennessee editor pertinently remarki íhat n libera! iiBe of the rod is the only way to make boys smart.