Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 June 1887 — To Forget Misery. [ARTICLE]

To Forget Misery.

Some great writer has written, “Ths way to forget our miseries is to remember our mercies.” That is splendid in theory, but it is the hardest thing in the worldly practice. When a person is pfiß’oc'lv m s-?rable, it is impossible to io’’get .t, and to go to work and try to thin); of some mercy that has been enjoye<; it another time, is simply im-po'-ible. Tim misery of the present knot-Ks ai! thoughts of the mercy of the past oat ol - the mind of the miserable per on, and in sery gets in its work. It is 'veil to try and cultivate that idea of for,jetting miseries, by remembering mere es, and mar be it will work a little, but most people w-bo try it will score a failure, and be more miserable than ever. The best way to forget miseries is to go fishing. If you get a bite you can forget the misery till you land the fish, and if you don’t get a bite you can’t be my more miserable unless ;on fall out •>f the boat. If you get lots of bitesit will be nip and tuck net-’-een' misery and fua.— Geonae Peck.