Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 March 1894 — ACME OF CONTENTMENT. [ARTICLE]

ACME OF CONTENTMENT.

Dificovery of ithe Facial impression otthat Condition of. thq ,Mipd. —' ' ' ’ * j fri, * I have finally discovered thefociaL expression'whith typified Win acme ' Ofpbdtetitamntj • • By 'good,iright? it should belong to it doesn’t. , Man, with - his chlin!,' sdperiotr .wqy of appropriating all the nite, gbdd thipg?, has stowed, thk away in his vest pocket also; ad if you .wish to see the 1 fide rCflf'ctioti' of f pristine joy wiith the dew of perfection upon it just observe the fleeting ipomcnt of crystalized satisfaction which follows the lighting of a good cigar by one of creation’s self appointed lords. It does not last, but vanishes with the first puff and red glow of fire. There is an anxiety connected with the lighting of it, and a Common, everyday solace in the smoking of it, but that trifling second of time during which the smoker tosses away the match and leans back in his chair is apparently so deeply fraught with a heavenly —otherwise unattainable —state of beatitude that it is perfectly, excusable for the respectfully watching woman to long to be a man. ‘' * i It looks to be the combined essence .of his first love, his last big haul on the Exchange, that memorable bottle of an ancient i wine sent to him, and an acrepf CalifrtrniS roses with the thorns stripped off. And what more could any reasonable man want? . .There is nothing like ft for us. The nearest we corny to it is whqo we don our very newest gown., but 1 Hill that contentment is nevef perfect, for. some one) is sufe to.tel pa.tjiere’s a wrinkly irp, ttfe [back pf the color turns us into frights."* 1