Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1857-05-21
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Tho Danyille Hendricks Coz Bulletin

''Buii ROM fniiosop lca'iY Cohsiucfeu'
The Danville Hendricks Co. Bulletin
says that the people of that thriving vii
lagc, finding business slack, have devoted
themselves to the noble game OF bull pcn,'
and the Court House bell is r2gularly rung
every day to call out tbS heroes to the
strife. We can't say that there is much
conforming to the driving spirit OF Ameri-
cans in this return to the innocent diver
sions of 5oyhood, and very probably most
people will say that the Danvillians arc
great fools. But we must confess to
keen appreciation of the good sense OF the
practice, in spite of the sneers of business
men," 1t is wholesome, cheerful and SEN
sible, and if every village, and city too,
had the place and means of allowing their
busting money getters, and cadaverouS
clerks, to enjoy the same sport, and the
good sense to insist that it should be fash
ionable, there would be a real good work
done, for morals as well as health. Men
tied fast to dollar al day, need to be
loosed at night, or some time before sleep
comes to exagerate in dreams the anxieties
of the day, and good game OF" bull pen. "
OF LOW II Ouli, Va Ld>Cs VI SAASN~et 40
worth hundred theaters, for diversion,
and all the drug stores in the country, for
health. An hour taken right out of the
heart of busy day, and habitually given
to such an amusement, would be worth in
two years more than twice the profits that
could be made in that hour during the same
period 1t is pernicious iallacy that
teaches men to give all their time to bust
ness. even if the amassing of money is the
chief object. There can't be a healthy tone
of mind, and clear view of circumstances,
in man who shuts his soul up in his
shop, blinds the windows with day-books
and ledgers, and uses no light but the bis
tering glare of self-interest which he kin
dies himself. lie can't see the world as it
really is. He can't estimate motives or
acts by any just standard. And he is as
liable to be misled by a false judgement of
men and acts, as others by an indifference
to both. The business man. who is
nothing else, is no more a whole man, than
a vine that has sproutcd in cellar, color
less, weak and fruitless, is the hardy pro-
life vine that shoots in the full sunlight,
and catches every breeze and shower that
God sends. And the whole history of bust
ness proves that such men are not the
richest, nor the quickest to become rich
They need the breadth Of view and health
mess OF feeling, without which even bust
ness cannot be pursued with the highest
success. Money is a good thing, but if it
be borrowed with the terrible interest of
ten per cent, of LIFE, as it too often is, it is
a bad bargain. A broken old age that
comes when healthy men are yet young is
a bitterer usury than 3 per cent. month
Besides the creditor is one who will take
no extension" and allows no "relief. -
Altogether the Danvilians have the best
OF the case, and if they get tired Of bill
pen, we trust they'll find something else
till the old Court House bell breaks with
old age in calling the players together
Ind. Journal.