Southern Pioneer, And Carroll, Choctaw And Tallahatchie Counties Advertiser

"Better Laugh than Cry."—So say we.—There's no use in rubbing one's eyes and blubbering over all "the ills that flesh is heir to."

Red eyes, caused by any thing but brandy, or its kindred, are scandalous looking affairs:—The best way is to "stand up to the rack," and take the good things and the evil as they come along-without repining-always cheering yourself with that philosophical ejaculation, "better luck next time."

Is dame fortune as shy as the weasel? Tell her to go to thunder, and laugh her in the face.

The happiest fellow that ever we saw, slept upon a plank, and hadn't a shilling in his pocket, nor a coat on his back.

Do you find disappointment lurking in many a prize? Then throw it away, and laugh at your own folly for so pursuing it.

Does fame elude your grasp? Then laugh at the fools that are often her votaries. She's of no consequence any how, and never buttered a piece of bread, nor furnished a man a clean dickey.

Take our advice in all circumstances, to laugh "dull care away!" Don't be in a hurry to get out of the world. It is a good world considering the people who inhabit it, and is just about as full of fun as it well can be.—You never saw a man cut his throat with a broad grin upon his face; it is a grand preventive of suicide. There is philosophy and religion, too, in laughing--it shows a clear conscience and sincere gratitude for the good things of life, and elevates him above the brute creation.