The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1869-07-15
CONTRADICTION.
THE THREE SOURCES OF LIGHT.

THE THREE SOURCES Ot Ll'rfE.
The heathen, ancient and modern, adored
the sun, because it is the fountain of light
Temples were built to the sun, and the first
act of the heathen devotee, each morning,
was to fall upon his knees, with his face to-
ward the east, and offer up an OrtSon to the
great sourcs of light.
Are we as good as the heather Do we
adore the fountains of light2 Let us see
The three chief sources of light, in modern
DAYS, are: the SchO0I, the book aud the aecS
paper. Now there are not any employ
ments as meanly and niggardly paid as that
Of teachiag, acjiting and printing. We cay
this without fear Of successful contradiction.
GIen seem 10 gradge every cent that goes to
pay the teacher, the writer, or the printer.
Teachers are kept on half allowance, authors
have star Yed, and printers dare not ask what
is honestly due to them without being al
most insulted. while the gambling table,
the lottery, the gift enterprise, and the
drinking saloon prosper and grow fat.
1t is not difficult to show that the world
would know nothing without the author,
the printer, and the teacher. Without these
the people would retrograde and recede into
their primitive savage condition. What
could the people know without these engines
/! of knowledge Simply nothing but what
! tradition might impart. The history of the
world, the geography OF The world, the phil
! osopby Of the world, and the nelcs of the
world, come to the minds of mortals through
these media, and without these men would
know nothing worth knowing. Look what
Il mass of intelligence is spread before the
people daily and weekly by the press, or its
managers. They purchase the blank paper,
! Fay for 1T in advance, impress upon its sur
| face millions Of thoughts, and then cffer
| it for sale at little more than the cost of
! the paper, trust it out for one, two, ard
| three years-thus robbing themselves to in
| form the people, and then when they merely
! suggest that somebody ought to pay up,
somebody stops his paper.
! Mr.. Editor, have had some experience
in all these employments. l have been an
| auti or, teacher and printer, and l am
rapidly coming to their end-that is, star
walton. These are called honorable employ
ments, and yet if | wanted to get rich the
! facts and the data would impe me to leave
off these honorable employments and take
! to keeping card table. Why is this? Are
| the people more wicked than the heather
| They worshiped the source Of light-tke
| present generation seem to execrate it. They
| do SO practically, whether or not they do it
| theoretically.
! The author writes a valuable scientific
| book, but he cannot sell the manuscript
! The teacher engages a school at forty dol
| lars per month, teaches two months and
| then the school is closed for two months va
| cation The printer publishes paper. pays
! for paper, ink, type and labor in advance,
| sends it out to subscribers and advortises for
years-then tries to collect, but fails, aud fl
naliy breaks up. | tried to collect q few
| printers bills the other day. and / know
! what a terrible duty it is. l would as leave
face the cannon's mouth and the devil both.
| Yet no man would be willing to dispense
with the city, county or State nea0S. They
must thiuk that because editors often write
golden opinions they are made of gold.
But, Mr. Editor, | am wearied with my
| subject and if l write much more | will in
! voluntarily become au author, and thus
doubly effect myself 1t l should die of star
walton. my dying advice is for all men to
| pay the author, teacher, and the printer
well, for really they do more good in the
! world than al men besides. Ii you owe the
| printer one cent, send it right Oh, for he
may have two or three thousand dollars
! scattered over two or three thousand square
miles. all in cents, and unless every cent is
| paid up he will be ''broken merchant"
And. finally pay, your teacher, who ever
| he or she may be--pay the teacher we'll
! Nobody does your children and yourself such
a good service as the teacher, who worries
from day to day with pampered human na-
! ture to get some intelligence infused and
some good people taught.
| ?. TRoLKUM.