The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1883-01-18
every DOG HAS HIS DAY"

EVERY DOG HAS HIS DAY"
So says the proverb. During
that day his character aa a dog is
developed, and his friends place
their estimate upon it. They soon
determine as to which class he be-
longs. and he is respected or de-
spised accordingly. Ifbe turns out
to be sheep killer or an eggsucker,
his caeeer will likely be short
Should be belong to the foppish
breed of "pointers," or "setters," he
will find friende, though bis actual
value may be small. As a poodle
be will have an enormous populari-
ty with ancient ladies who have
nothing else to love. The "bench
legs" are a despisrble cross which
nobody admires. The honest watch
dog is doubtless entitled to most re-
spec', as he guards well the interests
entrusted to him, and loves his
friends and hates his enemies.
Sometimes a really decent dog like
old Tray, accidently gets into bad
company and ia misjudged, and
sometimes mean, sneaking types of
The canine race find out that there
are other ways to kill dog than
choking him with butter. Yes eve
ry dog has his day, except in some
localities where there are more dogs
than days.
SO much in regard to dogs "to
point moral and adorn a tail"
Did the reader ever pause to reflect
how much the types of character IN
the dog race resemble those of man
There are men OF ferocious instincts
who thirst for blood. There are the
sneaks, who, under guise of friend
ship, wait for opportunities to inflct
harm upon their fellows There are
the tops or fancy animals who strut
their pedau,ic but brainless career.
There are the fawners and bootlicks,
and others with 30 higher ambition
than to become 1.-THE pocdles OF aristo-
cratic society. Here and there we
fnd the honest watch dogs, true to
duty and to humanity, serving their
day and generation faithfully. AS
every dog has his day, SO has every
man.
There is a tide in the affairs of men
| Which, if taken at the flood,
Leads on to fame and fortune"
Although it ID said there is q diN
viuity which Shapes our ends, rough
hew them as we may" still man is
10 q certain sense the architect Of his
own destiny. He then has power to
be man or a nobody. There are
propitious aeasons in the lives of all
when it is apparently easy to choose
between career of merltorlous ac-
ton or One Of ignomy aud shame.
Therefore man has his day 80 choose
Alas that 80 many choose to be
mere ciphers. He also has his day
10 regard to the specified time In
which he ruue his career, either IN
distinction or infamy. Some men
rise in pplender like the sun to its
meridian, but as they descend the
Western slopes of life cast baleful
ehadows athwart their noOntide glare.
Others shine on in undiminished
bfiliancy to the close, leaving halos
Of glory, even after their race is run.
There aae those whose day is one OF
clouds, made 80 perhaps by their
own acts of folly, and others to
" hon life is day of intermingled
lights and shadows, showing a con-
! hict between the better aud baser
impulses of their natures. There
are days when men seem potent tor
good, and days when their lnhu
ence has waned and they have lost
their standing among men. As the
day and power and influence with
most men ia brief, it should be the
ambition of all to make it brilliant,
by striving to act well the parts al
lottted to them whether it be on
the field of politics, religion, sci
enoe, the professions, or 10 the less
pretending, but equally on honora
bic walk of ordinary business life
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