The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1882-09-29
Plain Talk,
ON Plain Subjects.
3Y A PL4fy (ffAp
LAZY PEOPLE.


lazy people. hope this Is not true
but am afraid II Is not without ifs
foundation. Some one tells the story
Of farmer with several boys, who
were TOO Ipdolent 20 milk the cows
at their back door fer enough cream
70 use 10 their tea, and bought their
butter rather than 90 IN the trouble
OF tmaking II, sIthough their cow .
were drying up not dozen rods
away. Some are 50 critical A. 10 say
that there are great many this way,
but, while believe that our climate
is conducive to Incidence, I am char
Itatle enough 70 think that the story
Is over-drawB. cannot be convinced
that there IL any ono here no slow
! that they w0uld reach the sprInx aE.
ter IL had dried up, or get their horse
TO the blacksmith a1ter II had died
Of old age. This Is preppsiefous, al
though there are enough who VIII al
low their house and fences TO go To
ruln rather than 1x them up, though
they have plenty Of time. do be-
lieve thai our farmers would havo
fewer mortgages on their houses ifl
they would be more industrious, and
instead Of de lending on a lazy crop
Of wheat, cultivate also fruit, po,a-
toes, etc.
i But fthere Is a spirit Of Incidence
among our worthy tillers Of the soil, |
II Is only 10 keeping with that dis
played by the denizens OF cur cities
J We will not say that II Is confined to
this State, for We know the opposite
TO be truo- You can hardly throw a
a stone, anywhere, on this broad
sphere, without hitting lazy man
or woman. Perhaps this Is right,
! for wc Nil canzot be wellthy, and, as
, Industry means wealth, 10 at least
: limited sense, IL may be Just as well
: for such 10 have the advantage de-
r rived from contact with tho indolent.
~ the same time that poor, lazy
!, mortal, Too slothful to keep his shoes
tied, and too indoIent TO pick a pin
; from the floor to flsten fis coat to-
4 gelher, deserves our eommiseratien
= II seems to me the worse fate that
j. could befAll one werld be the posses
q sion Of temperament which demand
i ed more existence and none OF the
sweeis obtained BY Iab0r. The
thought Of living mere human lob
n ster Is not a pleasant one yet too
!. many there arc among US who look 70
= all the privileges Of life without lift
|. Ing their hands to obtain them
II Honors as rule do not fall by acci
:. dent. You might as well hunt for
.r lean Alderman (outside Of Albany a
ar fame without an efflrt TO obtain II
/; I know OF students, in our OWE city
- who would like to be the possessor
=. Of good educations, but the trousl
with them Is they are net willing {
i, study 10 obtain them, and will, at an
!. time, drop their book for the sake
little fun. The merchant who
too lazy TO wait on customer migi
as well close his door, and the lAwy,
- who gets at his office at ten o'cloc
and leaves at three o'clock, and viii
there snores in a chair, instead
stEdying, Is on the highway to fAi
ure. Such men can never see VIII
they are not Senators and Chairme
OF National Committees.
The young man or woman WI
starts out in life with shOe-strin,
=, 80 halftied and buttons Ell, with a d
Termination to shirk their duty ar
do 90 more than Is absolutely nece
saTy, will never amount to much
= the worlds history. II u person OIL
lygets dollar for doing ten della
!. worth of work they had better pu
:. their best energies TO II, remembe
i Ing that good reputation is bett
than riches. You might as well e,
pect 10 fly 10 the moon rs to get
" the top of the ladder without clim
:" Ing 1t round by round.
1t Is an awful thing to be a mere
e in the world Just because you are Il
!. lazy to lift and place it in frol
Of 1t. One does not have to becom
S President of the United States
- - Prime Minister of England in ord
to obtain the greatest success. Th
person is entitled to the heartie
congratulations who lives as well
: be knows how the life before hin
~ not indiiferently, but actively, seeI
-ss Ing higher fields. yet contented wit
. present prospects, living indrioui
- triously and honestly as well for tho:
around him as for himself. 1 woul
'0r rather DO a cormarant than selfis
10 person, and let me have around n
's' industrious, buzzing bees In prefe
u ence to lazy men. -
There Is not state in our UniC
lde that presents better chances fer
A. man n ohfain a lix,aifh,,o<l kh., a..