The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-01-01
HATING MORAL OURfG T..

HI TING MORAL URGE.
Moral courage is a big thing. All the
good papers advise every body to have
moral courage. AL the almanacs wind up
with a word about moral courage. The
Rev. Murray, and the Rev. Collyer, and
the Rev. Spurgeon, and lots Of other rever-
ends tell their congregations 10 exhibit
moral courage in daily life. Moral cour-
| age does mt cost cent everybody c-.n iii
up with it till he can't eat half dinner
after going without breakfast.
| "Have the courage to discharge a debt
/ while you have the money in your pocket
| is one Of the moral paragraphs
| Mr.. Mower read this once, and deter
mined to act upon it. One day his wife
handed him five dollars, which she had
been two years saving, and asked him TO
bring her up a parasol and pair of gal
ters. On the way down he met creditor
aud had the courage to pay him. Return
ing home his wife called him 151, 900 pet
names, such as fool ''idiot,'' etc, and
| then struck him four times in the pit of
the stomach with a flat-iron. After that
| he did mt have as much moral courage as
would make leaning post fol a sick grass
| hopper, and his wife did Mt forgive him
for thirteen years.
''Iave the courage to tell man Why
you refuse to credit him is another para
/ graph. That means if you keep store
and old Nj. Putty comes III and wants
pound of tea charged you must promptly
respond
'Mr. Putty, your credit at this store IS
Mt worth the powder TO blow mosquito
| over tow-string. You are a fraud of the
first water, Mr.. Putty, and L would Mt
trust you for a behring's head If herring
were selling at a cent a box
Mr. Putty VIII never ask you for credit
again, and you will have the consciousness
of having performed your duty.
TN providing an entertainment have
.he courage not to 80 beyond your means
is another paragraph. If your daughter
wants party and you are short do mt be
lavish. Belfcw some chairs make q bench
Of a beard and two pals, and sOEle mOlas-
ses and watermelon, and tel. the crowd to
gather around the festive board aud par
courage if not your banquet.
"Have courage to show your respect for
honesty is another. That Is, if you heai
of anybody who picked up a five dollar
bill and restored it to its owner, take him
by the hand and say ''Air. Rambo, let me
compliment you on being an honest man.
did mt think it of you and / am agIeea~
bly, disappointed. l always believed you
were liar rascal and thief, and | am
glad to think..tha you aIe neither-shake-' >
''lIave the courage 10 speak the Truth
is Il paragraph always III use. once knew
boy named Peter. One day when he was
loafing around lie heard some men talking
about old Nj. HanGmoney. Their talk
made deep impression on Peter and he
| spoke the truth. He said
Mr.. Hangmoney, when l was up town
to-,lay ! heard Baker 81: you were a regu-
lar old hedgehog with tin ear
"What - roarcd the old gent.
''And Clcris said that you were meaner
than dead dog rolled in tanbaIk." cUn-
tinued the truthful lad.
You imp-you villain ~ roared tie old
man.
And Kingston said that you were a
! bald headed, cross-eycd, cheating, lying
stealing old skunk under the hen-cUop -
added the boy.
Then old Mr.. Hapgmoney fe!l upon the
tr,,thful Peter, and he mopped the floor
with him, knocked his heels against the
wall, tore his collar oil, and pat his shoui-
der sut of joint, all because that boy had
| tire moral courage to tell the truth.
Aud there was young Towboy-it was
the same way with him. lie had the NOR
: al courage TO go over 80 an old maid and
say:
| Miss Fapsair, father says he never saw
such withered up old Hubbard squash
as you are around trying to trap a man -
''He did, ell ?' unused the old maid,
rising Up from her chair.
eyes, and mother says It's burning
shame that you call yourself twenty-four
when you are forty-sexen, 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 sho
/ had such big mouth, snch 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 aud
! dragged out until it was n hospital. Then
/ Towboy's father mauied him, bis mother
pounded, him, and his sister donuded him
cf hair-ail because he had moral courage
! in his daily life Come Monthly.