The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1859-09-03
Tim sthy Titcum b OH Watering Places.

The fire buras bri4hte< IN ones own
! hearth"
A tr'e often transr.anted neither
grows nor thrives."
/" lie who is far from home is near to
harm"
Wind and water wander ro"nd the
world and grow freshcr for the journey
The lost diamond knows no difference be-
tween the dust where it lies and the be-
som from which it fell, but everything tina,
has vitality requires q home. Everything
that lives seeks to establish permanent
relations with that upon which it must
depend for supplies. Every plant and
every animal has its country, aud In that
country tavorlte location, where it finds
that Ehica will give it the healthiest dc.
veiopcment and the most iuxurant life
Maize will not grow in England, and or
anees are not gathered in Lapland. The
white bear pines and dies under the cqua-
tor, and tie lion refuses to live ia polar
attitudes The elm of century may
not be transplaated with safety, unless Il
large portion Of its home be taken with
It, .a.==#zaa=z.4.
What is true Of al organic material
life, is equally true Of all mental aud spir
tual life 1t is no, because the soul is
she tenant Of body which must have
home. that it, too. Is subject to like ne
cessi,y. The soul is alive, aud that it
may thrive, it takes root in material
thiscs, or in the stiritnl facts that invest
and permeate them, no less than in soci-
ty, through multiplied filaments Of rela-
ton and its roots may never be violent
ly dislocated withou. serious damage to
its life. Let man be removed from his
accustomed place in the world, and from
the society Of wife and children aud
neighbors, and twenty four hours will
suffice to make him weaker man, and to
institute in him either general or spec
isl process Of decentralization. The home
sickness of the Swiss soldier is genuine
disease, with natural cause which ope-
rates independently Of his will, and be-
yond his control.
The influence Of vacation and summer
travel has been felt BY lnultitudas. Some
of our mest exemplary men, who have
never been known to kick over the traces
of propriety at home, break in the dasher
and run away with the vehicle, at asea
side hotel The glass of wine which
never meets their lips at home is INDUCED
in without alarm among strangers. Bow
ling alleys and visit tables billiard rooms,
which are considered very bad things
when among acquaintances, are transform
ed into excellent institutions 10 more dis
taut locations Dignitied gea'lcmen-o'
Gcers Of the church and officers OF the
state---heeome boyish and hilarioss--not
anfreqnently upsoarions-'n an unfam'i,
ior prcsencc. TIE cords of the moral
nature kept taut in the presence OF fan'l-
lar associations, adapt themselves with
narye!oas readiness TO the prevalent zee,
bleucss of tension found IN the huinid
atmosphere Of watering places.
The young men who ieaEs christian
h.mes in the country, 20 to the city, and
finding the restraints OF home removes We
nlunoe int, various forms OF sin Inc
ronng women who gather in boarding
houses which are SO far without nome
character, that they arc regarded oniy %
places to eat aud sleep in, rarely fail oil
receiving sesious moral injury \ con.
stan, traveller who is constantly devout
may possibly exist, but | have never s. &c
seen him. The itinerant professions have
never, | believe, been noted for exhioi
,;ons Of intellectual growth, or profound,
pie,y Gold hunters in California aaa,; and and
Australia become in few moths semi saw
aoes No genuine observer can decide
| Otherwise than that the homes Of nat'on
are tie bulwarks Of personal and national
/ safety and thrift A curse on aii 'nssc
fantastic methods Of living, dreamed OF
by socialism and communism, when
- Of Great establishments, where
humanity is fed in stalls like cattle