The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1883-01-13

,
"a merchant, they are the people yol
will like for customers if u phyA
clan, the people you will like ioi
patients, but they can generally cure
themselves by a bottle of laughter
and the laughter, like medicine, i,
better if well shaken up.
noticed that, when wa,
in the coal district of Pennsylvania
in the coal mines, every miner car
RED his own hight IN his hat. Tie
takes his light with him he is per
feetly independent OF his neighbpr
That struck me as first.rate plan
tor it leaves every man free and
taeeaos him TO depend on himself
A blacksmith who was IN comiorta.
BILE circumstances had a son IN col.
lege, and after while be got a let
ter from him. Now, neither the
blacksmith or his wife could read, so
they took the letter down TO the vii
Iage butcher to get him to read it.
But the butcher vas a very rough
man, and being a very rough man
he read 1t this way:
"DEAR FATHER-Send me some
money; | am very sick. Your son,
John"
"Hum ! Write that way to his
father! Shan't have a cent" But
his wife said, CHOW, let's take the
letter down to the baker, he will
know how to read IT." So they
took the letter down to the baker
he was mild man, Il very mild man
and he read 1t this way:
"DEAR FATHER am very sick
send me some money. Your son,
john"
FAh :" says the father. of that's
the case send HIM all he wants"
[ Gfeat laughter and applause ] II
is all in The way you read it. You
can take almost everything in life
in the same way. 1t is the reso Il.
ton to always look at the bright
side CT things that brings us happi.
ness and ebeerfulness and peace
o nay tr ends, let us sand up and
Listen for the sweet Sounds, instead
OF STRAIN ag our eyes and ears to de-
tect the dlscorda of lIfe. Let uacul
tJyale thyme and anemOues and no
ses, and have vines and Towering
plants aroapd The house; have lae
windows arranged so that we car
hoist them to let in the sunsone
God has planted pr radise Of bloom
in lit, child's cheek, and adoDu
ed the piI!a.s Of rock bv b,ug.r.
tapes les of morning must a"o0nC
them. The lark says, 81 will sng
soprano" and the cascade says, ID
will carry the bass; let us leave il
TO tho owl and the croaking frog anC
the snrIy bear to do the grumbing
and the tauItfndjug."
| have no respect for the theory
that tine clothes will make a gentle
man. | have no liking for LORD
Chesterfield. All the fine clothe,
that u tailor goose ever pressed can
not make gentleman | don't care
how large diamond fash s in hi,
cravat or how elegant the cut of bis
garments or the materials from
which they are made. A uoO,makeI
halter and Tailor got together
one day and resolved TO mako q
gen tleman of n man if it could be
done by fine clothes. The bootma
ker SAID: II will make gentle
mans boots" and the halter said
"I will make HIM o fine hat" and
the tailor; ~ Will make hun 4
fashionable SUIT" They Did ii, and
their gentleman went out, Before
night he did something so coulemp
tible that everybody said he was moi
a gentleman, and a neighbor sad
"Slrj you cannot make a gentle
man. God only can make that Iarge
hearted, generous, magnanimous be-
ing that we call genileman." APP
Iplause.J A very little thing will
tell you that a man Is gentleman
You can tell that in five minutes
One days visit to his home will re
veal all his domestic history as wei
as if you had it in a half dozen vol
umes.
Neither can all tho arts and skill
Of the dressmaker or perfumer max,
a lady, Here is tho history Of {
woman's work during the late civi
war Of ours. Her dress was very
much faded, and she camo out from
an humble homo with baskeIiul o.
little dellcacies on her arm. Sh,
had a boy in the army that was miss
ing after one Of the battles. She