The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-10-15
MORAL COURAGE.
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"a. Quad Says 1t Is a Braud aud a De-
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Moral courage is big thing. All the
good papers advise everybody to have
moral courage. All the almanacs wind
up with q word about moral courage.
The Rev. Murray, and the Rev. Collier,
and the Rev. Spurgeon, and lots of other
reverends tell their congregations to ex-
hibit moral courage in daily life. Moral
courage doesn't cost a cent every body
can FIJI up with it until he can't eat
half dinner after going without break
fast.
"Have the courage to discharge q
debt while you have the money IN your
pocket" is one of the "moral courage"
paragraphs.
Mr.. Mower read this once, and he de-
termined to act upon it. One day his
wife han5ed him Ave dollars, which she
had been two years saving, and asked
him to bring her up q parasol and
pair of CATERS. On the way down he
met a creditor, and had the moral cour-
age to pay him. Returning home, his
wife called him 157, 600 names, such as
4" fool" ''idiot," etc., and then struck
him four times IN the pit of the stom-
aoh with a fat-iron. After that he
didn't have as much moral courage as
would make a leaning-post for sick
grasshopper, and his wife didn't forgive
him for thirteen years.
''Have the courage to tell man why
you refuse to credit him. is another
paragraph. That means if you keep q
store, and old Mr.. Putty comes in and
wants a pound of tea charged, you
must promptly respond
g MIR. Putty, your credit at this store
isn't worth the powder to blow a mos
quito over tow string. You are a
fraud of the first water, Mr.. Putty, and
/ wouldn't trust youfor a behring's head
if behring's were selling at a cent box"
MIR. Putty will never ask you for
credit again, and you will have the con-
sciOusness of having performed your
honest duty.
"In providing an entertainment for
your friends, have the courage not to go
beyond your means" is another para
graph. II your daughter wants party,
and you are short, don't be lavish.
Borrow some chairs, make bench of a
board and two pals, and set out some
moIasses and watermelon, and tell the
crowd to gather around the festive board
and partake. They will appreciate your
moral courage, if not the banquet.
Have the courage to show your re-
spect for honesty, is another. That is.
if you hear of anybody who picked up
a So bill and restored it to its owner,
take him by the hand and say: "Mr.
Rambo, let me compliment you on be-
ing an honest man. 1 didn't think it of
you, and I am agreeably disappointed.
l always believed you were a liar, a
rascal and a thief, and am glad to find
that you are neither-shake."
Have the courage to speak the
truth, is q paragraph always in use. I
once knew a boy named Peter. One
day when he was loafng around he
heard some men talking about old Mr.
Hangmoney. Thier talk made q deep
impression on Peter, and he went to the
old man and spoke the truth. He said:
Mr.. HaDgmoney, when I was up
town to-day l heard. Baker say you were
regular old hedgehog with tin ear"
What roared The old gent.
"And Clevis said that you were
meaner than a dog rolled in tan-bark, 3"
continued the truthful lad.
You imp-you villain /! " roared the
old man.
"And Kingston said that you were a
bald-headed, cross-eyed, cheating, lying
stealing old skunk under the hen-coop!"
added the boy.
linen old Mr.. HangmOney fell upon
the truthful Peter, and he mopped the
floor with him, knocked his heels
against the wall, tore his collar off and
put his shoulder out of joint, all be.
cause that boy had moral courage to
tell the truth.
And there was young Towboy-it was
the same with him. He had the moral
courage to go over to an old maid and
say:
"Miss Fallsair, father says he never
saw such a withered up old Hubbard
squash as you are around trying to trap
a man
"He did, eh?" unused the old maid,
rising up from her chair.
50 Yes, and mother says it's a burning
shame that you call yourself twenty
four when your are forty-seven, and she
says your -hair-dye costs more than our
wood /"
"She said that, did she ?" murmured
the female.
Yes, and sister Jane says that if she
had such big mouth, such freckles,
such big feet and such silly ways she'd
want the lightning to strike her -
And then the old maid picked up the
rolling pin and sought the house in
which Towboy resided, and she knocked
down and dragged out until it was a
hospital. Then Towboy's father mauled
him, his mother pounded him, and his
sister denuded him of hair all because
he had moral courage in his daily life.