The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-03-18
Having Moral Courage.

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Moral courage is big thing. All the
good papers advise every body to have
moral courage. All the almanacs wind
up with word abOnt moral courage.
The Rev. Murray, and the Rev. Coll yer,
and the Rev. SpurgeOn, and lots of other
reverends tell their congregations to ex-
hibit moral courage in their daily life.
Moral courage doesn't cost cent; every
body can fill up with it till he can't eat
half dinner alter going without break
fast.
Have the moral courage to discharge
debt while you have the money in your
pocket" is one of the moral paragraphs.
Mr.. Mower read this once, and deter
handed him five dollars, which she had
been two years saving, and asked him to
bring her up a parasol and a pair of
CATERS. On the way down he met a
creditor and had the courage to pay
him. Returning home his wife called
him 1900 pet names, as fool" T"
IDIOT" ETC., and then struck him four
times in the pit of the stomach with a
flat-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 para
graph. That if you keep "A store and
old Mr.. Putty comes in and wants a
pound of tea charged, you must promptly
respond:
"Mr. Putty, your credit at this store
isn't worth the powder to blow a mos
quito over a tow-string. You are a
fraud of the first water, Mr.. Putty, and
l wouldn't trust you for herring's
head if herring were selling at cent a
box"
Mr.. Putty will never ask you for credit
again, and you have the consciousness of
having performed your duty.
In providing an entertainment have
the courage not to go beyond your
means" is another paragraph. If your
daughter wants party and you are
short, don't be lavish. Borrow some
chairs, make bench of a board and two
pals, and some molasses and water
melon, and tell the crowd to gather
around the festive board and partake.
They will appreciate your moral courage
if not your banquet.
"Have courage to show your respect
for honesty" is another. That is, if
you hear of anybody who picked up a
fve-dollar bill and restored it to its
owner take him by the hand and say:
"Mr. Rambo, let me compliment you on
being an honest man. didn't think it
of you, and l am agreeably disappointed.
/ always believed you were liar, ras-
cal and thief, and l am glad to think
that you are neither-shake."
Have the courage to speak the
truth" is paragraph always in use.
! once knew boy named Peter. One
day when he was loafng around he
heard some man talking about old Mr..
Hangmoney. Their talk made deep
impression on Peter and he spoke the
truth. He said:
"Mr. HangmOney, when / was up
town to-day l heard Baker say you were
regular old hedgehog with tin ear"
"Whatw roared the old gent.
"And Clevis said that you were
meaner than dead dog rolled in tan
bark" continued the truthful lad.
"You imp-you little 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.
Then old Mr.. Hangmoney fell upon
the truthful Peter, and he mopped the
floor with him, knocked his heels
against the wall, tore his collar of, and
put his shoulder out of joint, all because
the boy had the moral courage to tell
the truth
And there was young Towboy-it was
the same way with him. He had the
moral courage to go over to an old maid
and say:
"Miss Fallsair, father says he never
saw such withered-up old Hubbard
squash as you are, around trying to trap
a mani"
"He did, eh ~ unused the old maid,
rising up from her chair.
Yes, and mother says it's n burning
shame that you call yourself twenty
four when you are forty-seven, and she
says your hair-dye costs more than our
wood Y'
"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 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
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