Rensselaer Union, Volume 2, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 June 1870 — A Gem. [ARTICLE]

A Gem.

The following little paragraph contains a whole volume of truth and suggestion, and it well studied and acted,upon, would prevent much and prove a most effectual remedy for much that now exists: “It is the easiest thing in the world to be happy, if men and women would only think so. Happiness is only another name, for Jove; Jqc. where love exists .in a household there happiness must also exist, even though it has poverty fora close companion. Where love exists not, even though it be in a pallace, happiness can never come. He was a cold and selfish being who originated the saying that ‘ when poverty comes in at the door, love flies out at the window and his assertion proves conclusively that he had no knowledge of love; for, unquestionably, the reverse of the axiom quoted is nearer the truth. When poverty comes in at the door, Jove, true love, is more than ever inclined to tarry and do battle with the enemy. Let those who imagine themselves miserable, before tjiey find fault with their surroundings, search in their own hearts fbr the true cause. A lew kind words, or a little forbearance, will often open the way for a flood of sunshine in a house darkened by the clouds of discord and unamiability.”.