Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1882-04-13
Lay Sermons from Street Texts.

Well, that fellow aint worth a mouse skin
aud of no possible use on the earth, he is
even too thoroughly saturated with mean
whisky to make wholesome worm food.
His father was one of the wealthiest men
in this community and as a boy he had |
advantages superior to almost any other. /
Unlike Macawber he did not wait for
something to turn up, but waited for the
sold man" to turn down so that the day of
his "plauting" might give him control of
the accumulations of industry and fru- |
gality. He wouldn't go to school, there
was no use of his learning; he would learn
no trade, he applied himselfto no business;
the governor" would leave enough for
him. See the poor devil now, no one to
respect or even to pity him. What of it?
This: You are travelling in his path. You
are not fitting yourself for any of the du-
ties of life, you think as he did, that you
will inherit enough to purchase through
ticket, but when you get it you won't
know what to do with it. You haven't
sufficient education to write your name
correctly nor energy enough to learn.
You will be dummy in lite, and your.
fathers accumulations will vanish like
mist and, like the old fellow across the
way, you will be an object of contempt.
Why do you stand here ogling the girls
and talking horse. Why, you are too lazy
to breathe and were it not for pride energy
would not change your shirt. Go and
learn trade, your talents are not worth
educating even ifa teacher could be found
with sufficient patience to attempt an en-
trance into your stupid skull. Makey your
self useful in some way or other or it will
not be many years after your fathers
death until you will be "pauper whom
nobody owns"
The depot platform was not made for
trysting place, young lady; the store box
was not intended for sofa, and business
counters were never considered very ex-
cellent schools of belle-lettres. Lounging
around and gadding the streets as you do,
while your mother is washing the dishes
or ironing your underwear, is not the best
way to acquire good breeding or to refine
your manners. Why do you loaf around
such places? You learn nothing but vul-
garity and pick up nothing but slang.
You had far better be in the rink riding a
veocipede. Ifyou want to be stared at
get into wire cage and travel with side
show. The combination of"Arabian per-
formers" about you makes you smell like
menagerie and the dazzling display of
iewelry, might cause one to mistake you
for an advertisementot acheapjewelry dea-
Ter. Ponder the lines of the rhymster, who
says that you
sUThink rudeness air. and affectation grace,
Assurance ease, impertinence address,
And that rough manners are concealed by dress.
Like thoughtless butterflies, the day
OF life you pass in gay pursuits away;
Like wcll-p1umcd peacocks you may strike the eye
With them you may i'll gaudy plumage vie,
| But like their accents, yours as unretined
Betray your little sense and vacant mind;
| Your conversation shocks the chaster ear,
And pains the more intelligent who hear
Confined to subjects which create offense,
| Devoid of truth, propriety or sense"
The attendance at church depends great
ly on the milliner and dressmaker; the
more new styles they can invent and the
more frequently fashions can be changed
the larger is the attendance. 1t is all a
mistake that the weather or new minis
ter has any effect on the congregation, it is
the new bonnet or the new style of dress
which fills the sanctuary, and if the minis
ter thinks it is his eloquence he is easily
duped. Not one in ten can tell you from
what text the sermon was preached or
what became of "good old Daniel;" but
every one can give minute description of
Mrs. Tweedle's new bonnet and Miss
Grunge's new dress; who wore one OF
last seasons style and who had hers re-.
modelled. Dress is women's distress, vanity
her vice and envy her sin. She takes no
thought of the cost, where the money
comes from or how it is obtained, and that
many poor devil is now languishing in
prison for embeZzlement caused by her
extravaganza, drowning disappointed mar
ried bliss in the inebriate's cup or filling
a suicides grave in consequence of his in
ability to crafty a wifes or daughters van
ity. Beauty cannot be adorned by dress
any more than the symmetry of a horse
by harness or a lilly by paint, and exces-
sive dress and senseless display ofjewelry
renders it hideous and makes it vulgar.
There is much good sense in the address
of the Duke AranZa to his wife:
"I'n have no glittering gewgaws stuck about you
To stretch the gaping eyes OF idiot wonder,
And make men stare upon piece of flesh
AS on the star wrought armament; no feathers
To wave as streamers to your vanity;
| No cumbrous silk, that with its rlstling sound
Makes proud the flesh that bears it. She's adorned
Amply that in her husbands eyes looks lovely
The truest mirror that an honest wife
Can seehcr beauty in.
''Thus modestly attired,
A half blown stuck in thy braided hair,
With no more diamonds than those eyes are made of
No deeper rubies than compose thy lips,
No pearls more precious than inhabit them;
With the pure red and white which that same hand
Which bends the rainbow, minges in thy cheeks
This well proportoned form think not fatter
In graceful motions to harmonious sounds,
And thy free tresses dancing in the wind
, Thou'll fix as much attention as chaste danes
Can meet without blush''
BILL ARP is respondent and we are sac
with him. Hear the philosopher:
"We want more industry and more op.
portunities for our boys and our girls, anc
we want our cotton worked up at home
and that will give us cheaper goods, to-
we wont have to pay freight beth ways
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