Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-01-25

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tho u:tiring efforts of untiring friends,
or the favor Of tickle fortune keeps
them all upon the crest Of the wave :;
but time cxhausts the money drawer,
coo!s the ardor Of friendship, and gives
the wheel CT fortune time to turn
Only few can adjust themselves to
the necessities Of sudden change, and
the evolution carries the great mass to
the bottom, while few, only, trishtcn-
cd and shivcring, but self confident and
active, stride up the descending scs-
mc"ts until they reach point at which
their own wei sht controls the vacilla-
tions Of the wheel, and thereafter, for
IL time, these draw the capita! prizes in
the lottery Of life, a la jim Fisk. Not
all COM to so sudden, or to so tragic a
taking off. Neither do all become
either prod GIGS or monstrositics, but
by far the greater number of them
comes to somc ignominious or some ig-
noble end. Such is the inevitable fate
Of all who seek to cocrcc destiny
They may manipulate fortune, for it is
without foundation or support, but the
DEGREES Of justice arc inexorablc, be-
cause they are based upon eternal truth.
Such are the results of that folly
which drives the young Of either sex
out from the legitimate protection Of q
true ard happy home, into the gaud
and splendor Of a metropolitan life.
To move properly in such a sphere
requires different type Of character
from that which rules in the country.
But few Of the young men succeed in
honorable business here who were not
bred to city life.
Upon majority Of those who 60 to
the metropolis to begin for themselves,
the pleasures falsely, so-called-exert
a potential influence j.; and speedily as.
sumo entire control, and ultimately
drive them to inevitable ruin. It is not
alone, the poison Of the serpent's fang
that kills the victim; it is the subtle
charm by which the instinct Of self
preservation is destroyed that docs the
fatal work. 1t was not the nails and
the spear, and the crop, but the kiss Of
Judas, the betraysr, that killed the
"Prince Of Peace ~ Its not the gaming
table, nor the saloon, nor the brottel,
nor all Of these combined which is de-
stroying body and soul Of thu youn@
men Of the age! 1t is the social game
Of cards, and the family side-board, with
its domestic cordials, under the ;nfu.
encc Of which lasciviou: passions are
excited and voluptuous embraces made
possible and easy. It is because these
damuing evils are divorced from thei.
own proper companionship, and given
IA place in the home sanctuaries, and
clad in the robes Of purity that they
are so dangerous. Let a young man
encounter either Of them in their hid
eousness and he will fee as from q
deadly pestilence.
The point is this. Compared with
the simple frankncss and truthfulnes:
Of rural life, that Of tho city is a stu
pendous falsehood. The truth is never
seen upon the surface. The first i'm
preston is no reliable index TO the fac
which it pre-supposes, aud if suffered
to control, is sure to disappoint. Ap
pearanccs are everything; facts moth
ing. Impudencc is quite as essential
to SUCCESS as merit is, and its achieve.
ments are quite as highly applauded
I do not assume that there is no gcnu.
inc purity or merit in city society.
know that there is, but that the proper
ton which it bears TO that which exists
in the country is exceedingly unequal
none can reasonably doubt; and so il
must ever remain. If this view is
plausible. l may indulge the rope those
BY whom these sentences may be pc
rused will feel deeper love for home
as they may make it in the groves, 0.
the prairies, and beside the streams
aud that they will exert their energie
there and thus generate influence
which will neutralizc the evil which
might otherwise become domiuan
throughout the land.