The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-11-29
Living too Fast.

the earth "Give us greenbacks, and
happiness will brood in every house,
hold" The cry goes up on every hand,
1--WE want money-plenty of money"
We have never doubted that money was
good thing to have, beside being re-
markably convenient; but we have fire.
quently been impressed with the fact
that often we had better wish for our
daddies' cool heads than their dollars,
and little more of their back-bones,
rather than a profusion of riches. To
be honest with ourselves, are we not
just little fast in these modern times?
We don't mean to insinuate anything
against "That Wife of Nine" or
"That Awful Boy" but you, my dear
sir, with your gold-rimmed glasses, and
latest style of broadcloth clothes; and
you, my dear madam, in your palatial
home, in silks and velvets, don't you
think we are rather going it with a
rushp How our grandfathers, the old
,daddies themselves, would open their
eyes, and how our good old grand
mothers would sigh ever the extrava-
gance and luxury of their sons and
daughters. Hundreds of men in Chi
cago, who feel poor with hundred
thousand dollars, had fathers that went
twenty miles to mill, and felt rich with
enough silver in their pockets to rattle;
and when their grists were ground
drove whistling home, happy as men
could be. There are thousands of
ladies in Chicago whose mothers
blessed be the sacred nancy were not
ashamed of honest household cares,
MIXED the cows, churned the butter,
spun the yarn, and manufactured the
cloth, and yet, as society exists to-day,
these daughters of honored parentage
are nearer lovely ornaments than true
helpmeets. A generation has not
passed since our mothers, in simple
dress, on horseback or on foot, went
miles to make their calls or to worship;
now the daughters 60 in the latest styles
of bonnets, with silks trailing in the
rear and fingers uncovered to display
the jewels; and if the call is devotional,
the liveried coachman sits upon his
elevated seat in front of the church
without an invitation to enter its sacred
portals. We are not even limiting that
these are not good people. Perhaps
they are charitable. generous, give
literally to every benevolence, and
mourn because they have not more to
give.
We are not wise in our day and gem
GRAFTON, and rich and poor are living
too fast, and "that's what's the mat
ter" The mechanic and laborer can
be just as happy now, and as prosper
GUS as their fathers before them, if they
had the same desires and wise heads.
The rich could not be. perhaps, for few
rich men are happy. But few of our
fathers were rich, and therein was their
happiness promoted.
A man seldom gathers wealth with
out getting love of it, and the Bible
doctrine of love of money is as GER
tainly true as that man exists. What
is the remedyp Plainly, greater SIM
plicity Of living. less costly dressing,
less specializing, less stock and ex-
change gambling, and more producing.
Set your children an example of work,
with head or with the hands. and then
see to it that they are fitted for the
duties of honest livelihood. Educate
sons and daughters alike substantially,
and then see to it that they spoil the
lily-white hands in actual labor in the
workshop, on the farm and in the
kitchen. 1t does not matter whether
we resume or not, increase the issue of
greenbacks or not, get the dollar of the
daddies or not; unless we can get out
of the modern manner of fast living we
will pitch out of the windows faster
than we can bring in at the doors. The
kind of Civil-Service reform we most
need is one which begins at home, in
the marble front, in the home of the
tradesman, in the home of the mechan-
ic, yes, in the church, as well as in Of
fetal position. Let us be honest with
ourselves. We have received glori-
Gus heritage from those daddies. We
are our own care-takers. and make our
own rulers. We have at our call bless
ings such as are enjoyed by no other
people The cry Of Dugaine. that
millions Of hands want acres" is an
swered from the great prairies, and
echoed along fertile valleys, Millions
Of acres want handsr' Lat Us moderate
our growing about the times, and man
fully put our shoulders to the wheel.
with the spirit and industry worthy of
men living in the nineteenth century.
Chicago Inter 0cs17s. ~
RHODE ISLAND JoHlmY-CAKE.-A
quart Of Indian meal If unbolted, sift
into . six-quart bowl. Have kettle of
boiling water ready and pour on to the
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