The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-01-04
A New Years Homiiy.

Has the solemn fact occurred to your mind,
that yon are Just one year older than you were
on New Years Day Of last year: They keep
piling up. The way seems long, when you look.
ahead but look back, and how short the dis
taDce that you have passed over appears. The
road that yon have travelled and become fsmii-
lar with, doesn't long as it did
when yon first passed over il.
This is the season of the year when persons
turn a new leaf When we hear q fellow tell
ing of turning new leaf, We write him down a
fraud. Persous who are in earnest abput meni-
ing their ways, do not wait until New Years TO
do il, aud they don't talk about it, but get right
down TO business. This thing Of fellows turning
u new leaf every year. Is like turning over the
leaves of book of blank deeds. They are all
alike, and amount TO nothing. The only hard
fact about the m1ttsr is, that each leaf brings
them much nearer the end.
Yes, and there's the chap that sits around and
Gays smart things about his mother-in-Iaw. The
only work at which he makes full day hand il
splitting tobacco Juice on n stove. He always
remembers when dinner is ready, If he has any
20 go TO. He would 70 hungry many time, if
his mother-in-law didn't bring in some vietuals; (;
and his children would have have hard time "f
It, if his mother-in-law didn't sapply them with
bits of clothing. These fellows always attend
faithfully to the children industry, even if somr
body else does have To support them. When h.
does have opportunity 10 eat square meal
ct his mother-in- laws table, he is usually ="
near empty that yon can hrar the iirsi Inoutbfn
he ~ allows strike the soirs Of his boots Why
il he has a clean shirt. il would be safe to bet
ths, il was "A Christmas prrs-ut from hi. mother
iu-law We have all known good people with
Iar.g families of girls all of whom .-e,u.d DOOM
ed Ia marry lust snch poor shoats One of the
whites, savings that W.. ever heard Away come.
TO our mind, in .uch cases: that the Devil owed
that man n grudg- and paid him in sons-in Law.
As you GO along, you want to keep your eye
peeled for the fellow who i. always and every
where throwing out some sign or pass word and
pushing his wSy on the strength Of the societies
TO which he belongs How common il is, when
Won iuouire If such or such man is reliable, 70
hear the answer, Oh, YES, he is all right
n. i, a Mason. or an Odd Fellow, or 3 Meth
sdist or something else of the SORT Th-s,
are all yood institutions in their way. but msu
,Sftb no other rai,peut would get his legs frost
bit. these nights. II A man /. naturally an in
grained skunk all the Masonic and Odd Fellow
lodge, and all tn. ehnrch-, in the world will moi
max, him ANYTHING else; and # he is SQUARE am
upright. he i, a. good as the same sort of mar
that belong, 70 q lodge or a church.
Wind won't put any fat on your ribs. Man,
a man has go, moor on it. The frlIow whe lur,4
ron l,y the bour. telling Won how smart you are
and what influence Won WELD, and what interrs
n. t,l.s in va, .om.bov doesn't make Won f.,
h.,f !, ,,ood =. N, man thar comes in and hand
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