The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1858-05-13

My HEARERS: While being driven by neces.
sltous employment, like stage-horses from one
end OF the day TO the other, you probably think
how pleasant ii would be to have nothing to do
aye, have nothing to do but to lay Oft, like al
lgatOrs upon sunny bank, aud indulge in stu
pid ohimtras That may all do very well 10
think about occasionally but when you come
to harness your ideas to heavy Practice, you
will find it thr hardest work in the world TO do
nothing, ani nary tool in order, Its very nice
and cat-like TO sit and sun ones self for a briel
hour, in the warm, g"nial rays OF fancy; bul
when letha,gic oaterpiIlars begin to build cob
webs i'll your brains, and yon feel yourselves
turning into leaden statues its tn0 10 bs scratch
ing.
During long and severe task of iIleness, my
brethcren, Time. instead of fitting past with
silken wings, goes moping along like broken
down dray horse with the heaves and a hogs
head OF molasses. The hours dout dance to
merry music Us they pass, but pod slowly, sol.
| emnly on, like funeral procession on a drizsly
day, an minutes craw along like snal s in darh
places, where the sun never shines, or like So
many flies, just escaped from moassse cup.
1t takes buIa short time. my friends. for lusi-
ness to becom, chronic. 1t freezes onto u fel
low, like bull dog onto SOW ear aud when
il does, it is great deal harder to shake off than
'possnn, from a perSimmon tree. In fact, il
you don't Gre about troubling tit feels rather
good than otherwise. You teel as if you were
laying of at the Halfway House, on the road
to h uven with your legs stretched upon three
chairs and sucking sherry cobler through n
rye straw Yes, you are like to sit aud stretch
aud yawn, and mold, and mldew-with the
happy flies dancing quadrilIs beneath the CELL
ing-mark the sunshine as it craws, inch by
inch, along the window cill-listen to the clio Cl
as it mournIully tells how lazily the hours roll
| round, and no wonder it isn't any latcr-drea m
OF makingu fortune, by.ond-by, just as easy as
| going TO church after dinner LAYING the
corner stone to some mighty undertaking tha
shull result, perhaps,in large pyramid ofwealth
honor, rcnown, happiness and other similar lux
| uries.
But. my very lightly beloved do.nothngs al
the while you are thus half dreaming, your had,
are mighty apt to be planning no gool while
your peace deserted hearts are gradually chang
my into so many DEVILS d-n. You sit am
grumblr al your lll-iorlune--lor your path neve
leads to lucky locaity-to ''rich strike rs,
| you fall to contrlving how you can b'st " m ak,
ID raise without ex rting yourself to honest in
dnstry, First, perchance, you pitca upon gamb
ling, pity theveing. AMI living upon three cor
n'led meals at the drinking houses; then turr
poitician-get an office where you can have th'
| lingering OF some Of my money-speculate anC
get booted out. There bains no chance for farth
er success in the political line, you try YOU
hand at highway robbery, live for tim. in con
tinual fear Of your own shadows, till finally dec
ora ted with hemp you suddenly find yourselve
| elevated to O. Posltlon-noL one OF your owl
choosing--but one .owhich you are a5uniaatI,
entitled, as a reward for conspicuous deeds an,
daring exploits. don't "holer" on such a
you. Thr only merit | could ever discover il
snper'atively lazy folks is, that they sometima
run down hill-being too lazy to prevent it.
Lazy-bones! why sit ye there, all she da'
dreaming or listening to lyon dull seeplei
drowsy chimeH Awake, arouse !--swallow
| glass of sweat oil and turpantns to remove al
the rust from inside and pitch in = keep pitch
ing in from ths rising Of ths sun eveh to tn
going down Of the same--and the hours vii
whir like the wheels OF a sulky on a>trottlns
course, aud gisen like the newly varnsheo
spokes in the same. Verify, yom own business
shall b. your cloc,s, aud tn am 1uni OF worl
time oday to tie mngse; holIer on that
So mote it be - Ge1deh Era.