Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-01-05
Is It Right

Inere are some things in every COM
munity which, if permitted to run on in
their accustomed channel, notonly prove
accuse of Inconvenience. buta DOWNRIGHT
nuisance. We can not saw with anv De-
gree of propriety that any circumstance
over which we have no control is a nui-
sance, but that that IS which we NAV con-
trol Du allow to go IN in neglect, until
We ieel Its burden, as well as the annoy
ance It causes, that might nave been pre-
vented by prompt measures at its outset.
How very often we go TO church, and af-
Ter having taken our seats, and at the
same time trying to bring our minds into
a suitable frame for divine worship. are
we started by some one close bvi who
commences conversation with his near
EST nelghDor, lin a suppressed, heavy
bass tone first about the health of his or
her family, then the weather, then the
crops, then, eUe7ythiaQ. The contagion
spreads until the house is in a buZz-not
unlike an immense beehive. We have
often thought should a person who had
not paid very close attention to his caleu-
dar, but still had a faint idea that il was
the Sabbath DAY. drop in the house at
such a time, he would certainly think he
was mistaken in the day. and that he had
come TO some place where there was 10
be q lecture, or they were holding a
Farmers Club or something of the
kind.
/ We are sorry to say that We have no.
dced those who bear the name of church.
members and christians too often, very
much too often, engage in this general
and promiScuous style of conversation,
both before IN after divine service Now
is this compatible with the profession of |
christianity Is it setting an example
worthy of limitation? In other words, is
it right?
Tbara l. o,otho- 4
some indulge in, in gathering in kDots
about the doors of a chnrch, subiecting
every female that passes TO a searching
and not unfrequently to the rude
jest. Lift be muddy, or windy, so much
the better dOe it suit the fancy of these
inspectors, and often you hear such re-
marks as the following: "How's that
for aneatankle!' by Georgel amt she
pretty "Whew! what a bust! I'll bet
cheapr' And so thew continne
to pass remarks till all have passed in.
only to repeat the same thing after SER
vice; drawing themselves up in q semi
circle fifteen or twenty abreast and from
one TO four deep. In most places those
who do this are looked upon as lacking
in mental capacity, and are suspected OF
being of decidedly doubtful moral cha
racoer; be 1t enough TO say, that any vir-
nous woman dislikes, very much, to be
nus Obliged to pass before those who
club around church doors. nor does any
man wish his wife or daughter To he tba
of the leWd Jest that is almost GER
tam 10 be given OF in such companies.
Some spend the evening in the railway
station, grocery, or store, where every
-rlhing story is liStenedtO with pleasure.
every scandalous tale told with de-
light to a parcel OF thoughtless men and
boys who hurt the merchants trade by
preventing those who would come to buy
4 they were not there TO watch every I
movement Of the purchaser.
In some, We say, ii is the result of
.houghtlessness they do not think Oft
obligations they are under to the feelings
II others in regard TO these matters. s
we nave now come to the most grave !
u all IN this article, namely, a serious :
nismansgement in our village post-of- !
ice. We had always supposed that I'M '
|erson who was not on his oath would c
lot be permitted TO have much TODD with !
he u. S. mails but in this place it ap- q
to be almost UfterEy d~isre0Qrdcd. 2
my person who may happen to take the S
lotion can carry the mail from the station 7
o the ~pOSt-ofhee, and very frequently as :
many as choose may change and distrib- d
lite II, commenting as they think 1T upon v
he matter passing through their hands, &
sometimes making themselves, or a
{ least trying to, quite sure to whom the .
etters are directed, and from what point h
hey came; at the same time assuring C
themselves, and giving a knowing wink q
0 their associates, that they knew some .
hing about this or that letter and what =
; going on. Yes, if any one wishes to u
now with whOmA young man is CORES 81
onding, why. let him go and help dis n
'IbVte % the mail, and the desired in n \
)rma1on1s his. How easy could some I,
calawag slip away a registered letter, or ie
0mething of the kind, and it not be no. o.
ced IN the crowd. Thus the sonctity of
ublic trust is betrayed, giving to others
knowledge that only the postmaster
1ould be in possession OF. The writer s.
as heard some complain most bitterly =
this outrage carried on in our village y
ost-ofice. Now, Mr.. P. NJ, ifyou VIII h,
all but your proper assistants il
ON behind You boxes, you viii re- sc
i've the earnest and heartfelt thanks of 10
many in this place. We, as a peo- q,
lie, love you as a gentleman, but in this 81
latter you are too kind. Will YOU pro- &C
ct us? Have we not the right to ex- al
act If, TO demand it? c. 9
Burp Hill Dec 40 1880 -