The Yazoo Democrat., 1854-10-11
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employ themselves industriousIya at some use
full labor. Beneath them to work. Why,
work is the great motto Of life; and he who
accomplshes the most by his industry, is the
most truly great man among his fellows, too.
And the man who forgets his duty to him
self, his fellow creatures and his God-who
SO far forgets the blessings Of life as to allsw
his energies to stagnate in activity and use
lessness, had better die; for says Holy Writ,
g He that will not work, neither sIlal eat. 7.
An idler is a cunberer of the ground "a wea-
ry. curse to himself, as we'll as to thos8 around
him.
Beneath human beings to works by
what but the continual history that Bs1gs
forth the improvement that never allows hnn
TO be contented with an attainment he may
have effected what but this raises man above
Che brutI1creation, and under Providence,
surrounded, him with comforts, luxuries and
refnements physical, moral and intellectual
blessings The great orator, the great poet
and the great scholar are great working men.
The vocation infinitely more laborious than
that Of handy y-craftsmen, and the students
life has more anxiety than that of any other
men. And all without the perseverance,
the attention to real industry. can never sue
ceed, hence the number of mere pretentions
to scholarship.
Beneath human beings to work Look in
to the artists studio, the poets garret where
the genius of immortality stands ready to sell
his work with an uneffaceable signet, and
then you will only see industry standing by
her side.
Beneath human beings to work why
/ had rather child of mine should labor
regularly at the lowest, meanest employment
than to waste its time, body mind and soul, in
folly, idleness and uselessness. Better to
wear out in a year than to rust out in cen
tury.
Beneath human beings to work What
but work has titled our fields, clothed our
bodies, built our houses, raised our church
es, cultivated our minds and souls I-"Work
out our own salvation, says the inspired
Apostle to the Gentiles.
The CONDITIONAL There are some.
men who are never known to give an uncon-
ditional assent to any proposition, however
self-evident.
We have in mind a person of this charac-
ter, to whom, for the sake of convenience,
we shall give the name of White.
/" a beautiful morning, Mr.. White" we
remarked on one occasion.
eyes, said he, doubtingly, @butI should
n'twonder if it rained before night"
''Your piazza is great improvement to
your house, we continued.
Eyes, sir, but it's little too narrow. If
it was, say, a foot wider, it would be just the
thing
''In that case, you must like Mr.. Smiths,
for, if am not mistaken, his is precisely
that width,
every true, but then it's too high"
aHow do you like our new ministers He
is generally POPULAR good preacher, q
good pastor, and good man."
''NNhy, yes, admit all that, but didn't
you notice how askew his neckcloth was last
Sundays"
mo, but admitting that to be the case, it
was no objection to him in his official char
acter'
"Why, no, but then we expect minister
to pay as much attention to dress as other
folks
4You have a fine field Of potatoes yOnder
Mr.. White.
"Yes, they look weIlenOugh above ground,
but there's no knowing butwhat they may
lie al. rotten before they are gathered
The new railroad will be great thing for
the town, and do very much to buildsit up,
don't you think so ~
sWell / don't know but It may, but then
twill be very noisy, SO that body can't
have a quiet moment to himself
1--WE must be content to submit % a little
lin6onvenience for the sake Of obtaining a
great good. That is the true philosophy Of
life
aPerhaps it is, but then, them railroads
are confounded noisy"
Almost despairing of obtaining straight
forward, unconditional answer to our inqui-
ries, we, as last resort, pointed out a boy
who was passing by and remarked,
That boy has very dirty hands,
ssYes,D said Mr. White, Eyes, Eut-but-
but y he was evidently seekipv y some -..,, i,