_Fishermen Disappointed._
Some _Fishermen_ that had been out a whole Day with a Drag-Net, and
Caught Nothing, had a Draught toward the Evening, that came home very
heavy, which put ’em in hope of a Sturgeon at least, but upon bringing
the Net ashore, it prov’d to be Only One Great Stone, and a few Little
Fishes. Upon this Disappointment they were Down in the Mouth again; but
says One of the Company that was a Little Graver then the Rest, You are
to Consider, my Masters, that Joy and Sorrow are Two Sisters that follow
One Another by Turns.
The MORAL.
_All Our Purchases in This World are but the_ Catching of a Tartar, _as
we say, but it is some Comfort yet to Consider, that when Things are at
the Worst they’ll Mend_.