The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-03-21


job committed to him. and often
ruins the material GA which he
works. Ny watch is out of fix, and
fails to keep time. place it in the
hands of hunSler and it is re
turned To me in a worse condition
than it was when | gave 1t to him
to repair. An ignorant tailor spoils
my coat, and an unskilful carpenter
makes a miserable botch of the
house which he was to build. So
it is in every department of life. 1t
requires skill to manage a farm, to
buy and sell goods, to keep books,
to roll pills, to mix drugs and com
pound medicines, to cut and fit and
make wearing apparel, and to give
legal advice, or conduct a law suit.
Without it the physician loss his
patients or has none either to cure
or lose; the lawyer has no clients;
the merchant breaks; the mechanic
starves, and the farmer goes to ruin.
Destitute of intelligence. converse
ton becomes vapid, trifling, and so
ciety itself loses dignity and worth.
Without skill the noblest profess
sions are debauched-the doctor
becomes quack and the lawyer q
jack leg. An unskilful physician
tribes with human life. and an igno
rant limb of the law hampers with
the highest interests of society,
whilst the ignorant preacher de
grades the most sacred of human
callings and fails in the utterance
of truths upon which the eternal
destinies of immortal beings hang.
At this enlightened period of our
civilization there is no excuse for
ignorance. Books are abundant
and cheap. The daily and weekly
press sends out the current history
of man. Schools are better fur
nished and better taught than ever
before. Text books are prepared
with more care upon greater va
riety of subjects than at any pre-
yious period of the worlds history.
Steam and electricity have been
brought into requisition to increase
the sum of human knowledge. The
twin volumes of nature and revela-
ton have been opened to the perusal
of man so that he can read the
thoughts of the Almighty. What
excuse can there be then for igno-
rance? Mans interest, sOciety's
welfare, home comforts, present
prosperity and future progress are
all dependent upon intelligence. 1t
blesses woman and ennoble's man.
1t lessons human Indebtedness and
increases happiness. 1t makes la
Dor more productive, and thereby
adds UNNECESSARILY to life's COM
forts. 1t has given to us those
wonderful inventions which enable
US to travel without fatigue, to send
our messages without strain of
nerve or fibre, to pillow in carriages,
and SOW and reap on horseback. It
has dispensed with the sickle and
the fail, aud blessed Us with the
reaper and thresher in place. And
yet with all these improvements our
farmers often fail, and our mer-
chants and mechanics go into bank
ruptcy. With schools such as never
opened their doors in the lifetime of
our ancestors we still lack for
With means of intelli- |
gence and sources of culture such
rs have seldom blessed any people, |
ignorance still prevails and the land
mourns. To learn we must study
AID hence we have a third element
Of success-Energy. 1t is to work,
earnest, hard work, that / look
upon as one of the highest elements
Of success. A lazy man never yet
gained success, unless by the mer-
sst accident. Labor is dignified |
Ind praiseworthy. 1t is the source
Of health and the rich fountain of
wealth. 1t is the law OF our being
Ind the necessity of orr existence.
1t is the honor of our young men
md the glory OF our young women.
A lazy boy gains no knowledge,
makes no advancement, learns no
essons, wins no honors. He is the
iunce of the school and the shame
IF his parents He becomes the
prey OF sinful passions, and the
lave of unholy appetites. He is as
gnorant as he is lazy, and as de-
'raved as he is ignorant HIS youth
5 unpromising and his age unblest-
The man who at this day is ashamed
Il work is dishonor 10 his race.
Ian was made for work. He must
Tork or violate every law Of his be- {
ng. Adam worked in the garden.
ngels work and God works. / II
ity the man who feels himself
boye tilliBg the soil We have too
iany gentlemen of leisure; too
lany soft-handed, kid gIoyed gen
y seeking to be lawyers or doctors
r clerks We have too many fine !
dies who are above cleaning a :
ouse, making a dress, setting 4 .
IDLE or cooking q meal. We have \
20 many oilers; too Iaany loafers; 8
70 nkuy coaSS a.srS sd 100 fswi