West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1882-06-30
PHILOSOPHER BILL.
mORAEIHES oN TIVE ADVANTA-
GEES as POVERTY.

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Cast Abros,d a-EObc's Family. Exc.
We were picking the cucklo bu-rs on,
of the wool the other evening and as the
children were settn around noticed that
their hilarity sorter we, keuei as they pur-
sued this new aud mouOtonous business.
BY and by litIle Jessie began to nod and |
picked the little thing mp ard laid her on
the bed. Before long Cari's fiogcrs seem
ed to get tender and ever and anon he !
would exclaim "0n shncks," as mean
old bur woud stick ia his sore finger
Oue of the giils wanted To know il the
wool factories didr'l haye nachiaeTy 10
take cut the 5crs '>Xes, piy dee-,"
said l, ''but WHEN they buy lot of wool
ali baled dp they don't know how many
burs and how much dirt is in II, and so they
won't give you bat 10 cents pound for 1t
Just Es !; comes # tie sheep, but IL 1t Ia
+ been washed AID picked they will give
you 30 Cents-so we must pick L If ]
had known what know now 1 wouldn't
have troubled you, for 1t don't pay 10
wash and pick it," This little lot of wool
weighed before washing so pounds and
now it weighs only IS. a sheep carries
nearly as much dirt and OIL in his fleece ms
he does wool But Tho IS only nttle lob
compared with what your grandmother
used TO do. Night after night she had 10
PICK the seed from the cotton, for there
were no cotton gins wAea she was child
Goodness graciUne," said one Of the
girls, "ain't glad wasn't child then.
ooh, it was all right, my children"
said l, for you see the girls didn't have
any novels and liz rary trash 10 read then,
and so they never considered it hardship
to set around The Gre after supper and
pick cotton and tell stories of their own,
but now the girls haven't time. for such
things, for these novels have got to bc
read If it takes all night TO do it. A
young lady is not considered educated for
society unless she can SHOW a familiarity
with every love sick romance and every
Wild extrGYagant, unnatural story that
comes out. They must be ready 60 crti
else and talk rapturouslY and cxpatiate
over the plot and the hero AID heroine
even If they have TO sleep till after break
last 10 make up for the tine lost the night
before in perusirg such tom foolerles
Il overheard one girl ask another girl the
other day If she bed read Mr.. Burne,rs
last lie, and she said, ooh, yes, of c, urse.
and I'm reading a splendid Tissue Of false
hood now by German, and published by
George Munroe. 1t is the second wifi
and oh ii is perfectly .oycly." Jcsso
And here she goes and there she goes. one
after another story or lie, or whatever
you call en-, is deyoured day after day
and night after night by the modern f..
male novel gofmandlzer without any re
gard to consequences, whether moral or
immoral, whether coarse or refined. until
the mind becomes diseased and morbid
and Graves that sort Of food and no other. |
just like a child eating green app,es and
chalk, and slate pencils, and chewing gum
and pickle and pie, until they don't want |
biscuit and butter any more. There's 10,
much literature Low-a-adays, and IT'S no |
sign OF good times that this sort of trash |
is so cheap. ] wish i was SO hirh that
poor folks conldnlt bay il. Some novels |
are Instructive and historical, or give Won |
agood idea Of life as it is or likely 10 be. i
but mos! o EN- are written to make a |
sensation aud excite the passions. and |
they unfit a girl for the duties of life, and |
Der home seems mighty common, and she |
lounge around wonde:in ing and WAITING \
for some big Thing to happen that amt 1
going TO happen, and if 1t dill happen /
wouldn't make her happier. I'll tell You |
what is fact. the girls VINO look away
off yonder for happiness are like the boy
who tried 10 1nd the end of -alnIow !
every time be saw one 30 as 20 get q BAG
of money. The surest place knew OF is |
right at home in the family circle and |
while doing D reasonable norton of do
m,stic work. | wouldn't work all the
time by NJ means unless | was obliged 10.
la | would mix up some frolic and music
and read some standard Dooks and nIaga
zines aad newspapcro, but would make
home the big thing and stand NO for il.
and talk for b., for inc poet never wrote d
truer ,hing than when he said, There's
no place like loiae.
TIE YOUNG MAN LOCKING ABROAD.
When a young mans mind coes 10 /
roaming sud foraging around aud be
dreams Of Texas or California or tbe silver
mines 30 Sex CO. heis 1n O. bad c9ndi d I
reminds me q these once seekers who !
are al"ays a waiting aud longing $40 I
scheming 20 --. an 1ice il they would |
undertake soae yI.a- business aud work |
as hard Co mahe 10 paz pr they do 20 grt .
Office, they ao-.l .oa be comfortable
and q heap happier The young men F.
nowadays arc 700 restless ond too snbi /.
tious. They want % est rich or famous /
ali o. . sudden. They don't want 20
kuucB'e down % bard work or humbl.
work They hare TOO great horror of |
being roor q 3. vose1t Tor fear of The
law SOME Of ea would sjssl raLer than
De poor, and some Of 'cu do g aayaow
Says ], CUbe, yD1 ere O migaty Door
man now, Z want % kaow n yol are
happy. 'socire, says be-, 'In q Iccne
zoo 1c3or poor 90 be- happy just Iest.e
but 4 o.ut 20 iay unhappy or miserable
Ny old woman bee got sz mighty GreHt
ile children, if DO sy BE-, aud ia IKE t5