Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-05-08
GROWING OLD.

n,f One Would Grow Old Rap.
Rst" idly.
,;n, q are growing old, and you
soon grow.
,ke your place obediently in the
So long made by custom for peo-
~ middle age or a little past it.
,,,e Yourself entirely from the
Ias, Regard with undisguised con-
f.. tbeir lack of experience. Scold
lsnir mistakes with no effort at con-
a.ion or making friends with them.
with them will give you your de-
as ..old fogy." An "old fogy"
be simply a child who has stopped
1,arnjns with the idea that he
,aws it all" There are "old fogies"
vruty-tive as well as fifty.
III ali inclination to indulgei in what
| called youthful SPORTS" Learn
To- run. Cultivate in your limbs
kn;ty. slowness, stiffness. Regard
serenity your slowly escaping
tor. suppleness and elasticity Of
.cle. Say it's the inevitable way Of
sesh, and because this has always
In so with past generations, so it
III always be with the coming ones.
Eav to Yourself: Its a law of ma
L that people must grow old, decay
4 wjther when their time comes"
d as u grandfathers said, Its
+ natur that Dews can be carried
l faster than horsetiesh can carry it
f,lat ships can cross the ocean any
ktor than wind and sails can carry
pm.> Say SO to yourself, "Body
i mind must decay after a certain
! and it's flying in the face of Provi-
NEE even to question that such decay
/ he retarded if not prevented"
6ou't recognize that every new in
[pst is as a fresh grip on life, and that
We lose interest the grip relaxes it's
ii. Let a child be SO kept that it
rms absolutely nothing, not even a
me or sport, and note what an old
= It will have at twenty-one. Note
to outward appearance of age at
i~rry-five, the stolid, stupid day
[nrer, little better than an animated
Tscle for moving heavy weights, and
q Intellectual man of refined tastes
4 varied associations and pursuits,
N see if in the contrast there be a
rrostion how the mind NAV keen
d body young.
Learn nothing new. Say it's now
0 late and that all your dancing days
4 over. Be ashamed of taking up
l. new study or pursuit. Why?
baIyze your shame and you may find
ii the lack of skill characterizing
bur first efforts it put you on the
ne footing as a child. But you are
! child. You are grown up full OF
ars and vast experience in that dig
~ which assumes to know so much
hi really knows so little.
There are helps all around you to
sit YOU in growing old. Kind friends
Om time to time will comment on the
bpearance of a gray hair or a line in
nr face, with the expression in theil
ols, Time to begin to get ready fol
crave" Be convinced by them
atis, as they say. .
Cease all attempt at reformation o,
twovement in any direction. If yor
re any manner of slipshod or SLOW.
ty inclination. whether it extends tt
Tess or address or gait, let it all &C
BY the rum as they say at sea. Say
yourself: Ali that effort will do fol
Young man. But it's no use for mt
ny time of life" What time? Oh
Y fifty. or fifty-five or sixty.
Fret a good deal and hate a gooc
@i. This will materially assist yo,
pidly to grow old and ugly.
In your eating and drinking stud,
MY your palate. Regard all as crank,
= ~"crochety'' who talk of eating 70:
calth as well as pleasures sake
%vAtice -Nultord, TN N. Y. Graphic.
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