Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-01-06

cftppi0--tO the WinuoW, 10 ENJOY TIE
sights and scenes passing before me.
The other evening the thought came
to me to count the horses passing my
window up and Down in one hour.
So laid my head on my chair-back
and began my task. One thousand
and eighty-seven was the number !
reached at the close of the sixty
minutes. All but two were attach
ed to wheeled vehicles. At least
one half OF the wheels were attached
to handsome carriages, private and
public, many of them very beautiful,
their occupants cleaning in purple
and gold, silks, and velvets. Gay
plumes and costly furs are brought
into juxtaposition with the p!ainest
ways and wares Of toll and honest
industry. One needs but q little
knowledge of the worlds ways and
doings to decide which class OF these
wayfarers reap the largest yield Of
true happiness ss time rolls on.
John Jacob Astor once said that
"after man has enough to secure
all the real com forts of life he is just
as well off with hundred thousand
as if he WAS rich" Never spoke
John Jacob Aston truer word; but
he had better said "the man or wo-
man who can by industry and careful
economy of means secure all the
necessary comforts Of life. and he
content without its luxuries, that
man or woman may be far more
blessed than a Rothschild, nm Astor
or Stewart, who, with the heavy
cares and responsibilities ofmiliions,
havo trials which the richest cannot
escape and The poorest can never
know.
HARD TIMES.
Yes times are hard for the indie
pendent workers who would rather
earn thebread they eat than take 1T
at the hand OF charity. But for the
very poor never before was such
ample charity dealt out rs now.
One stands amazed ut the labors of
love and the generous gifts of men
to their less prosperous fellows.
But while ignorance, and false ideas
leading to vice, crime and shame,
overwhelm the good there Is in man
the wicked must suffer.
Aye! Men Of this Christian and
enlightened age, while the licensed
and lawful liquor shop stands at ev-
cry corner, what can you ask for
with hope? On Christmas Day, the
day set apart to proclaim "Peace on
earth, good will to men," one man
went home drunk, poured Kerosene
over his sick wife and burned her to
death. Another, mad with lawful
whiskey, broke in his wife's skull by
repeated blows with a hammer.
Two drunken men shot each other
on the street. How many OF the
Ministers of Christ, who yesterday
preached Jesus love to man, pro-
claimed the doctrine of Temperance
to those who came to learn OF them
the truth on Christmas Day?
CURRENT TALK.
Wise ones say we have touched
the hard pan" OF financial distress,
and that as spring opens there will
be all easier money market; that
the great Centennial will stir up the
people at home, and the influx Of
strangers from abroad, bringing
their gold with them, will put gold
in circulation. Men and women
who have been rushing to England
to spend their surplus will in 1876
eat aud drink American products,
and pay their bills in America in
stead Of draining their own country
of gold and reducing the value Of all
labor by their search for happiness
in foreign lands. May it be SO, and
more.
No more OF Fifth Avenue.
Au RecoT.