Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-12-24

Does education produce genteel Va.
grants? Those opposed to our common
schools are constantly warning people
Of the danger Of educating people above
their station in life, and are always ready
to point to the swinllers and forgers as
the product of public school education.
To say the least, it is monstrous AFRO.
gance in anybody in this country to try
to confine child to any one station in
life, or to determine what his station shall
be. 1t is false, too, to assume that the
danger Gus classes are educated to any
considerable degree; and much falser is
it to call them graduates Of the public
school. Disinclination to study drives
many boys out of school. How much
this disinclinatlon is the result of our en-
cmies' teachings, of the contempt in
which they hold the policy Of educating
the masses, and consequent contempt in
which education is held; how much IT,
norance and vagrancy grow out of such
doctrines, we dare not say, lest we appear
to usurp the Office of Deity in fixing the
measures of mems iniquity In mon-
archical countries, where the people are
held to force, and trainea to labor no!ens
volens, there may be produced the phe-
nomenon of an ignorant, industrious pop
ulace. But in this land of liberty and lat
itudc, it is only by considerable amount
Of mental cultivation that habits of indus
try and consequent eonesty are formed
The industrious student mekes the indus.
trious merchant or mechanic; the truant
is apt to be the stuff of which the scamp
is manufactured. How much Of the
crime of the present is owing to the class
| OF men who have systematically cried
down during the last quarter century the
value of education 10 the poor, the day oi
judgment may eventually reveal.
DRESS PLA1NLY.-Some one has given
following reasons why people should
dress plainly on Sunday. These reasons
are as valid any other day in the week
1t would lessen the burden Of many who
now find it hard to maintain their place
in society. 1t would lessen the force o1
temptations which often lead men to OAR
ter honesty and honor for display L
there was less strife in dress at church
people in moderate circumstances woulG
be more inclined to attend. Universal
moderation in dress at church would i'm
prove the worship by the removal of ma
ny wandering thoughts. 1t would ena
bile all classes Of people to attend churcl
in untavorable weather. 1t would lesser
on the part of the rich, the temptation tt
vanity. 1t would lessen, on the part O.
the poor, the temptation to be enviou.
and malicious. It would save valuabl.
time on the Sabboth. 1t would relieve
our means from serious pressure an(
thus enable US to do more for goou enter
prises.-Mothcr's Magazine.
Very good; now for the other side
When demonstrated with for extravaganc,
in dressing for church, lady replied
Can we dress too we'll for the house q
God? Arc we not in duty bound to bring
our richest attire to Him whom We wor
ship: Do not godly men rear the grand
est temples in His honor? Do we no
owe all to Him? Thus il will be seer
that there may be two sides to every que
tion. We believe those who dress mos
health fully and most becomingly will b.
most acceptable to Him who requires u
to observe his physical, no less than hi
mental al. spiritual laws. Let US drcs
suitably.-Phrenological Journal.