Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1883-08-24
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late years on account # the absence o
the President aud his cabinet from fhcil
eficcs in Washington during the sum.
mcr month"; This complaint may. in
some instances. be wcll-founled, but
We do not agree with the croakcrs who
would make Us believe the country i,
going to the devil because our President
takes an occasional trip to New York or
lays aside the cares Of Office to 60 fish,
ing in Florids Of shooting in the Rocky
Mountains
fLe7e - a time for all things, and
he7c certainly IS time to rest, but
there can be lltl. rest when man, fay
ged out with cares and duties. merely
ceases from his labor and remains amidst
the scenes of his toll What he needs
IL to forget all about his affairs for n
time, and the only way to do this efTrc- I
tualIy is to leave The machinery of
oar government is so well oiled 40 to
speak and We Of this sountry live in
times OF such pelf It peace, that when
executive work is dull in summer and
when Congress is not in session there
can be very little occasion ordinarily for
the continued presence Of the heads of
departments in Washington. These
little rccreations ought t. frcshen them
up, parado1ically speaking. and enable
them to work better when work is to be
done.
President Arthur has improved on r
the recreatige plans of his predecessors. $
and has set good example to some of a
The Governors ofStates There is moth a
nag which rests man so and which so il
lends TO make him robust and manly as b
cut Of door sports. ,heryfore wc think G
The fishing in FLORIDA and the huntmc V
IN the far West are decided improve ri
ments on the swelling" at Long Branch IL
and tie lazy lcafng in the Soldiers Il
Home Arthurs active holidays have u,
increased our admiration for the man q
whom we always have thought well Of in
Very likely he has carried hammer II
along, but bis morning cocktails and III
monday toddies will not probably hurt 81
him half 20 much as the constant tin. pc
ping of our fashionable resorts or the tn
internal baths of hot coffee, cold tea and
zee water of the w shington Home. He
Will doubtless return invigorated health III
vi and large minded enough to take TT
wen broader and better view of cov- We
affairs. We never have had mi
no time nor the means to take n nro- roi
racted hunting jaunt, but we are not so Su
nVious as not to contemplate with sat wa
'tact'on such methods Of recreation for raj
ny hard-worked man. We repeat, we at
o not see why Presidents should not sci
ave rest as we'll as others wa
There is another class Of men against I"
fhom the cry of absentccsm is very nm TIT
lstly raised, and they are, as a rule, 70
bout as hard worked set of uIcn as TAI
ne will find. We allude to the clergy "
len in our churches. Some people IN
link clergymen should be at their posts pa
ontinuously to baptize, to preach and VIC
} visit the sick The argument is 'h'
'metimes adduced that if a congregation
m do without its pastor tor two or
lree weeks or two or three mouths in Ian
INNER, it can dispense with his services ia
r the same period at other seasons OF The
II longer period, and so altogether. As
or do not children need baptizng and acr
e not people i'll and are there not sin
RS to be preached to IN Summer as At less
her times? There arc some over 30,
clergymen upon whom this ing
ut Of argument has SOME effect We upo
,tcc however that these arc gencrallv taxi
o poor to take trip Make up acre
arse for them aud the argument has
tile weight. Any clergyman can well +
lord to leave his people in the hands gin
the Lord and go away from them for eigr
season and catch up a little extra spic
of body and some freshness Free
mind. If some clcrgymen could trav- Bre
and stay away for year or two, and Afr
Jingle with an entirely new set Of men Bile
nd inibibe new ideas and thoughts it like
ould be we'll A little hunting and held
'hing would do them good too The port
me laws Of health and mental deveop.
ent apply to them ss TO ether people 4
'e are all liable to fall into ruts and to tur,
IN one idea to death, and it is general NOR
conceded that a theological rut is. if ovt,
OF the worst sort of rut to fall into. % =,
ertaiuly the NEST difficult to get out nor,
Indeed we have heard the De- IN
census Apernas Ct Get. of Virgil very i'm is
roperly quoted as and illustration of this lar;
sndency of clergymen. True, they may lon
e pursuing that middle course which is i n
afest, although there is a difference be-
weeR one idea man and conservative
till We think no one, not even a clergy L.
IAN, is above adding something to him pen
Elf, and if little summer run will 10
i've clergyman little more mental 'h'