The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1875-05-14
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From = A. M. until A Il. M.
And from : 10 y Saturday Evenings.
WHAT'S A sPEKDTHRIFT.

'HabituaI sIoth and indulgence is not
| Immediately felt on every occasion ot
neglect. but shows itself In the general
result. "-DEMOsTHENEs.
Reader! Have you friend whom you
love! Has he some great fault you'd
give the world to cOrrectl Have you
wondered how you could approach the
task2 Have you, again and again, shrunk
back from iti Have you wearied and
puzzled your brain how properly to tell
him his fault? And when you tried to
tell him, has fear held you hack, time al
ter timel Finally have you given it over
in despairl
If you have, then you know how deli,
cate is the task. You know your own
intention perfectly. You know it seeks
the welfare of your friend. You kROlC
you desire to make him more psCfect
| talom gOg already saee .tDr ms otltues.
But yon fear to hurt or offend him. You
think you may turn his affections from
you, and do no good, whatever, to your
| friend
Aud this Is thf peasCn 50 lew viii try
| to make US better than We are. 1t Is a
thauklsss task generally a hopeless one.
! | ask Your sympathy, reader, for this
is my position now am an American.
love my countrymen. Their virtue:
are many-their faults few ! know What
thv grrai iault Of Americans +. / believe
as n nation, they are sPemdIhiiits. | il'inh
they do not realize IT, seek TO tell them
aud 70 slInW iiirrl iiiat ihrT "ff ~.
would have then c"r,efi tl.es fanHlt. An'
approach the task with reluctance, vel
knowing how difficult it is. BE patient
therefor. rrader, nnd hcaar ne lpF the
same plead.
une of the mort wonderful problems
to "A thoughtful mind, is how man o
sense can ever be- n sprudllirift, in any
light whatever. II is II sort of phenom
eram la Lpman arairs. Net - i seem
tn he. aa think We all will admit, wher
y.. ,,,,t,. Ia define the term fairly. Lee
us Ia the tab then. Aud lei flmY-eye'
pr, Iudiss l.r lHIH.ii ,a,iaidr tie door.
We Iind tn. term defined thus &ptnd
ihrttr r-.'onr who spends laviSily or pro
fu,,..ly: an impr"vidrnt person. ia 9th
er words. u person who forsris hugallty
and lays uy na ri"l, t"i Inipr" n'''-h-
Now. reader. that We mny broaden an'
enlarge oar views Tint W. may clea
away the fogs and mists of customar.
thought, rnd let ia the sunlight ol rea
son on iII- subject suppose all ilos
ui,o ..pe nriiher inisers or frugal men b
sub divided iuto three classes, thus:
Isl !g94iqgts-
Yd SpsHders.
81. Non -!SaBeIH.
You see TINT the outsprradimg arms o
the SpenIthrift will rnbrace them all
tlruagh ia different degrees Let us en
,is.avur 10 define these three:
First. The Prodigal, or the man ,rh
ypenqs al. ke eqH S5g, tPrfytn 2r steal
This word prodig,L is derived from Tia
Latin prodiga, meaning, in English, T.
sduander. to waste, 10 lavish, to spem
prufusely, n throw away prodigally
Such men are NEARLY iururable. Thei
pathway leads to devastation, ravage
desolatlon. ruin. They are corrupteI
of the body social. Aud, like rotten al
pics in a harr-l, they taint all they touch
have little 10 say to them. For the
will not hearken. They have no time {
rt.ad--no ears TO listen with.
ktaopg early rerollections ofboyhopd
remember my good father relating til
old fable OF The Thief and his Mother.
This sad story made a deep impression q
my mind. Perhaps it had no little Unfit
ence in fillins ME with dread aud terrt
of everything hooking like idleness {
prodigality. The story runs somethin
like this: ~ schoolbay stole ~ boo
from one Of his :fhoOlmateS, All
: brought ii home to his mother. lnstea
of punisling him, she rather encourage
llllll III Ailt Aiti u Aah NN'aNiFf VI AihhNs
his mothers indulgence, the boy grew L
To be an idle and prndiyal man. He b
gan to steal things IF greater value, ii
at length, being causht in the act,
w. bound aud led 10 e&rcption. Pc
ceiviug his mother following among ii
crowd, wniling aud beating her breas
lac hrgged the officer. IN " gllowai
/ speak one word in her ear. Nhen 81
drew near, aud appli-d her eIr to d
sons mouth, he seiEed the lobe of
tightly between his teeth, aud iii it %
Upon this size cried nut with pain, al
the crowd iuined with her ia upbraidiI
the unnatural son, as if his formal e'
ways had not been enough, but that |
last act must be deed of impieiy again
!. his mother But he replied; 1t is s
sSi who is the cause Of al my ruin for
4 when FIRST stole my schoolfellow's boo
- and brought it to her, she had given l
u good ilogging, ! should never have
= grown in wiekeduess as to come to Il
st untimely end"
D Fourth PhiIIipie