The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-01-11

sincere in our wish to see Winchester anC
Franklin county prosper. We are homes
in the delight we feel in seeing every evi
dencc Of prosperity. and we have tried tx
do our part in bringing about such q STATE
of affairs. That we have not been prop
crly sustained is a cause we regret. bu'
sour withers are unwrung." We do no
propose now to go into a jeremiade ovel
the shortcomings of our people in politica
economy, &C.. albeit this is the season o
the year for amendments of the past and
GOOD resolutions tor the future. What
Edmund Burke said as a statesman is al
ways true: at is not enough that men
mean well; it becomes them to do WE'LL
Now, do you all want Winchester and
Franklin county to prosper? Then,
don't hold a penny so close to the retina OF
your eye that you cannot see a shilling.
These close-fisted people never become
rich, They may, after a life of hard toll,
gather enough of wealth to insure them a
decent burial, and, perchance, leave Il few
thousands for purse-proud, lazyS children,
without a trade, to quarrel over and divide
with lawyers, but beyond this they obtain
nothing. Acommunity is never benefited
by such. short-sighted economy. The men
who build up a community are liberal in
all they do. They encourage all kinds OF
public improvements. and when the COM
munity prospers they prosper with it. A
poor mai in a prosperous community
must of necessity be a lazy man, and if he
be a lazy man he deserves to be starved,
and the sooner such an incubus upon So
ciety dies the better. His carcass is worth
more as manure thar he Is worth to the
community.
But, to be brief: Support your county
paper! If you support lis by doing so, We
in turn help to support you, and favors are
reciprocal. Encourage immigration =
and in what manner can you better en-
courage it than by supporting at a trihing
cost your only county paper? Also, sup
port your mechanics at home. A case
presents itself: Mr.. Andrew Fassnaclt
advertises in our paper to make wagons.
You can see daily wagons, traverSlng our
streets, which he made. And they are the
very best. Suppose we ha ! fifty such men
as A. Fassnacht, what a help they would
be to our county. They would employ
workmen, and these workmen would spend
money, and the money they spend would
keep up merchants and their families.
God bless the mechanic. And farmcrs--
God bless them, toO--they would find q
market for what they raise if we had ia
habitants. Is the whole plan not palpa-
BILE? And to bring about this state OF at
fairs the Home Journal is earnestly labor
Ing. In supporting others we support
ourselves, just as one brick in the arch
supports its %neighbor. Selisllness will
depopulat0 and keel poor any community,
and what we need in Winchester is alittle
more public spirit. And then, the idle
boys who are now a disgrace to us, would
60 to work. Men love society, and when
loafers see the vast majority of the people
ut work. they will become ashamed and
either leave or 60 to something more laud-
able than Longing about, doing nothing.
An idle man in an industrious community
would be as miserable as a hog in a pallOr.
ora t%hiefwhere there was nothing he could
steal. Hence, let us get up Il little more
public spirit. Let us spend our liardearn-
Ell pennies that shillings may come pour
ingin. Let us all di%scountenance laziness,
and false economy, and unite for purposes
OF public improvement in every respect
Tome up literally to the support Of your
county paper, and we will guarantee that
you will see we are actuated by personal
motives because we believe public good
will be the result.