Warren telegraph. [volume] (Warren, R.I.) 1857-1861, 1860-07-07
The Coat of Arms of Warren.

The Coat Of Arms Of Warren.
Il has been suggested to us by witty and
esteemed friend that the Warren coat OF arms
should be One man at work : sixteen men do
ing nothing" joking aside, there is moro Of
truth than poetry in this remark, for is it not in
! modified form an accurate description Of the
state Of matters in our town?
In this connection we will take occasion to
refer to growing evil, to which our attention
has becn frequently called. There is class OF
young men amongst us Gnstcrspersed, too, with
few grey hcads) who, having no employment
wherewith to occupy their idle hands, spend
their days and nights in loafirg around tavorns
and grocery stores. They neither seek for nor
desire employment. but are content to sacrifice
their hopes Of the future to rum, tobacco and
idlcness. At any hour Of the day after 10 or II
o'clock in the forenoon-for they have not suf-
ficient activity to rise before those hours-thcy
may be found tenanting the corners Of our prin-
sipal streets, of which indeed they seem to have
taken life leases. Here they post themselves,
smoking, chewing, and ogling the young ladies
who are obliged to pass in review before them,
and manifesting strong signs Of life only when
the dinner hour approaches. If these young
gentlemen are not selling themselves by retail
to the Prince of Evil, we most assuredly misin-
terpret the old saw, I" An idle brain is the dew
lis workshop"
Perhaps these gentry may ask us what
concern their conduct is to US! In their
individual capacity, none whatcver-ex-
cept the human sympathy we feel for fellow
mortals who are burying their Heaven-bestowcd
talents "deepsr than ever plummet sounded"
But viewed in the light Of the effect their course
of life has upon the town, we have deep inter
est, and as . careful guardian Of the public
good, right to condemn. The time in most
cases has been when these young men have
earned their two and even three dollars per
tradssmen, and they abused its privileges by
covering themselves with perfect network of
debts, destined afterwards to prove IN incubus
on their prospects The money which they
were earning, instead Of being appropriated to
the liquidation of these liabilities, was wasted
in pleasure seeking and riotous living il othor
places $50 that when their business became
slack and creditors sought for settlement,
their brief drsam was rudely dispclled, and they
found themselves saddlcd with load of debts
they were wholly unable to discharge. They
have thus taken 80 much,m6ncy from the town,
and carrying it to other places, brought back
nothing to represent its value, and at the same
time consumed so much Of the business capital
of the place without rendering an equivalent.
Consumers, they have not been producers in
SO much, therefore, they have destroyed the
prosperity of Warren.
And II such is the fact as to the effect Of their
past career, does not the parallel hold good Of
their present lives! Are they not daily consul
ming . portion Of our productive industry |?
Are they rendering any equivalent? Do they
produce anything? Are they not dead weights
upon our business prosperity?
We say nothing Of tho depressing effects they
must exercise upon the social sentiments and
the morality Of the town. An analysis Of their
lives in that respect belongs rather to tho pulpit
than the public journal
10IcncBS - dDuOTIchs ih oNcIy COuulliOu VI
life. Young Men, il you value not the interests
Of your neighbors at least for your own sakes
do something! Do you say you cannot find
employment at your own trader Try some
thing else. If you fell overheard at sea you
would not refuse the saving help of rope, be-
cause life-boat was not at your command
Seek some other business. Work on the rail-
road dig clans-do anything rather than suck
your thumbs in inglorious idleness. No man
without unbseoming pride and with an earnest
purpose ever sought for an honest chance to
earn his living but what his Industrious perse-
verance met its due reward. But he who sloth-
fully lies down and with gaping mouth waits
for tho heavenly mamma to drop into il, is pretty
sure to starve before the expected morsel is
forthcoming
A DOUBLE MuRDER IN New YoRK-John
Walton. q wealthy distiller, was shot on Satur-