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Some Things It Is Hard To Understand

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Parent Issue
Day
30
Month
July
Year
1880
Copyright
Public Domain
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Wby an endless procession of drinkers froui a public dipper will, without exception, diink close to the handlc. Why half' of the human race was not born without hearing and the otUer half without speech. Then the talkers might talk on in uninterrupted fiow, and the hearera exercise their especial gift without their present prurience to speak. Why people will go into society to get bored when tuey can get bored just as well at home. Why the young lady who will eagerly chew boardiug-housu miüoe pie will ehoorfuljy cochew boardiugbouse minee meat. i-. ..„"i, . j i..i."r";r_i.v' ""_"_."".;_ eating house display fUith like a grain of tnustard seed. Wby a wouian will uiake excuses f'or her bread when she knows it is the best she ever made, and knows her "company" knows it. Why a "young gentleman" swears so uiuch loudur aud more copiously wheu strauge ladies are withiu earshot; or, iu other words, Whv we are so mnch angrier against him who shows us our error tlian hiui who leads us therein. Why everybody is so prompt to anwer, "How do you do?" when you ask that inevitable quebtion. And Why you seeui to be perfectly satisfied with the inl'oi matiun contaiiied iu tliis answer. Why one's piety slrengthem as his health weakens. Why people will get warriod when courtshin is so sweet. Why a man who claims to have found marriage a delusion will again embrace that delusiou at the first favorable opportunity. Why cold weather cornos duiing the senson when it is least agroeable. ¦Viiy lt lo ou luuufa i.i-iui lu lio pulUu io people whom we slnll probably ticver sce again than to those whosc good upiuions we have evcry rcason to cultivatj. Why boys should run the girls when there is a whole houseful at home. Why Jane finds Sarah's hateful brother so attractive, and why the batei'ul brother of Jane finds favor with Sumh. Why a man should court the good opinión of anotber, when he can never hope to secure his own self-respect. Why it is so ujucIi casier to close a door iu sumuier tban in winter, considcriug that exercite is generally considered distaste ful in warm weather and plezant in cold. Why one feels bad when appearing in oompany in fhabby garb, knowing thut oue's shabbine.-s gives more pleasure to others than one's rich clothing.

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Ann Arbor Courier
Old News