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Two Ways Of Looking At Things

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Parent Issue
Day
17
Month
December
Year
1880
Copyright
Public Domain
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Two boys went to hunt grapes. OtM ¦ was happy because they lbund grapeHj Ht, Tlie other was unhappy because they h;HJ H seeds ia iliein. H Two men being convalescent were askM H liow tliey were. üno i-aid, "I am bettHJ ¦ to-day." Tlie other said, "1 was worH H yesterday." H When it rains ono man says, "Tlii.s wH ¦ make mud." Anotlier, ''Tilia will Uy tHJ H dust." Two children looking through colorS ¦ glasses: one said, "the world ia blucH And the other, "It is bright." H Two boys eating their dinner : one saiH "1 would rathcr have sometbing other thH H this." Tlie other said, "Tliis is betM ¦ than aothing." I A8ervant thinks a man's house La prfl ¦ cipally kitchen. A guest t liat it i.-, priaM ¦ pally parlor. ¦ "I atn sorry that I live," says one uil ¦ "I .uu sorry that I must die," says aH H other. H "I am glad," says one, "that it II I ¦ worse." "I nm sorry," nya anothH I a "that it is no botter." I Hof' One man counts everything that he lfl ¦ a gain. Another cuunts everytlinii; ¦ Bis than he receives a loss. H Ooe man spoils a pol rcpast by thiiflj ¦ ing oi' a bcttor repast of another. AnotlB H enjoya a poor reput by eontrasUog it wiB ¦ none at all. I ¦ One man ia tliankl'nl for hi.s blussinfl ¦ another is moróse tbr his misfortunes. I ¦ Ooe man thinks he is eDtitled to a bflj ¦ ter world, and is dissatisfied because I hasn't got it. Another thinks he a 'H justly cutitled to any, and is satisfied wiHj HL tliis. I ¦ One man makes up his accounts fnH H his wants, anotlier f'rom his asvi.-. H It maltes a mother'a heart revert to iH H palmy daya when she comes ioto the pHJ Krlor the next morning at'ter her daughteH W beau has been around, and (inds only H H chair in front of' the fire-place, aud flj others all sitting aloDg by the wall, asHJ I they hadn'l been touched lor three yearH H

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Ann Arbor Courier
Old News