Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-07-22
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TIRE WoRID OWES Me- A LivrNe.v-Un-
Ger the ABOVE caption the Cayetqa Chief holds
the following talk. Every loafer should read
it attentively:
" that's false, sir 1t DOESN'T owe YOU
tarihng Hoa owe the world for the liehs Of
its days, the warmth of its sunshine the
beauty OF its earth and sky, and for its love.
affections, and friendships, which have from
your childhood, young man, clustered around
and chung to your worthless trunk.
For all these, and other blessings of count
less numbers, you are a debtor. You have
never even thanked God for health aud life.
You never made the world better for your
AVlhg' You owe for the breath you breathe,
and Tor the strength you enjoy. You haven't
ahy9ning to your credit on the day book or
ledger OF Iife-not cent. You have ever
taken dollars stock in heaven. Were YOU
today to sink to oblivion, YOU would not
leave single bubble.
The world owes you livingl Where is
there manly thought uttered, or a noble
deed pertormed-wher ereShere evidences of
your labor Nowhere. You drink. gamble,
and chew tobacco, but never earned your
board You have degraded our common
manhood, instead of ennobling and elevating
1t, and in nothing but the form and VULGAR
speech are you above the brutes that perish.
ana because you are too lazy'to work, YOU
CLAIM that the world owes you living
Don tell me that lie again, you sluggard
Inc world or society would not suffer loss
were lightning to strike you, or the cholera
10 take you oil. There are TOO many Of such.
You are q sponge swollen with what YOU
nave absorbed from society. You d varied
me intellect given you, and neglected the en-
oo|ments 1t would nave brought you. The
TOBACCO you have chewed has only dehed
everything around you, and the liquor you
nave drank has only been adulterated by YOUR
miserable nature. and been turned into row.
dyism and profanity. You contaminate eve
rytmng you touch, ard even those like YOU.
SllI keep their children from the leprosy Of
your teaching and example, osC sar
No' sir, you owe the world better life.
70 ana say something noble and manly; la.
oor Ior some honorable purpose, and not in
! hale God pure air for nothing"
I SNrTH.-Smith, the razor strop man, is
aboutagain. He is not ashamed of his patro-
dymie--he rather glories in it. In the course
OF a harangue in one of our neighborine
cities, Smith administered the following COM
solation to the great family to which he has
: the honor to belong.
, Gentemen, my name is Smith, and L am
proud toisay, / am not ashamed Of it. 1t may
De that no pefson.in this crowd owns that
4 very uncommon name. If however there
be one such, let him hold up his head. ,,ull
up MS dickey, turn out his toes, take courage,
and thank his stars that there are few more
LETT OF the same sort,
smith, geptlsmen, is 81 iIuatriousname. &C. NJ
And stands ever high 10 the annals Of fame
L7t White, Brown, aad Jones increase as they will
Believe me, that Smith viii ouliambar them still
Gentlemen, am proud Of beng an origi-
mai o7ssth; not SMITHE, nor SMYTH, but
regular natural SMITH, Smith Putting
7 In the middle, or an & at the end won't do
gentlemen. Who ever heard Of great man
OF the name OF Snayth or SmSth-e? Echo
answers acho and everybody saws nobody.
Bot as for Smith, plain SMITH, smith. WIN
the pillars OF fame are covered with that hon
oEed and reverend name.
Who were the most racy, witty. and popu-
lar authors of their country Horace and
Albert Smith.
W no the most original pithy and humor-
Gus Preacher Rev. Sidney smith.
10 go further back, who was the SraSest
ana boldest soldier in Sumpter 8 Army, in
the revolution A Smith. ahaH
Who palayered with Powhattan, GALVANIZED,
with Pocahontas, and became the ancestor Of
the first families in Virginia a smith,
again.
And who, ashland ask the question
most seriously and soberly--who, / say, is
that man, and what is his name, who has
fought the most battles, made the most
speeches, preached the most sermons, held the
most Offices, sung the most songs. written the
most poems, courted the most women, kissed
the most girls, run away with the most wives.
rF1d fhu ,rsf. H.
1 sag, yoa say, and Everybody says, John
Smith. - =
A Coon RsAsoN.-A grand jury out South