The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-05-16
REFLECTIONS.

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There is a strong disposition mani.
Tested BY our citizens, If activity il
any sign, to work over these hard
times. notwithstanding the pressure
Of money matters, there is constant
advancement making m every enter,
prise. While onr lumber men are moi
doing much in the way of shipments,
still they are doing something, making
5repairs, getting things IN readiness SC
that when the flow of the business tide
comes they viii be able and ready to
take that tide at its flow and move on
to the accomplishment of grand pos
sibilities.
| The song of the saw il still in the
land, paint brushes and painters to use
them, arc still in demand. The white
wash man continues to ply his pro-
fession.
Hard times, while they are ealcu-
lated to cripple, to some extent, great
enterprises, they are also calculated to
develop to a greater extent perhaps, a
disposition among the people to make
their homes self-sustaining. We no
tice this particularly among the agri
cultural classes, and indeed, they are,
from the nature of their surroundings,
better able to develop this principle.
Yet we see it having the same whole
some effect upon our townsPeople
Just walk around town and see the
fine vegetable gardens, see the interest
manifested by our people in raising
poultry, and this too, by parties who
in better times have rather looked
upon such efforts as not worth their
time and attention, but in these hard
times. when money is scarce, and time
not so much employed, many have
concluded that a little time each day
might be very proftably spent in the
vegetable and flower gardens, not
only saving considerable in the matter
of a living, but Identifying and en-
HANGING the value of our homes. And |
there is another feature to this which |
is not insignificant in itself, and that |
is, in this effort to economist, this |
effort TO make our homes as near as
possible self-sustaining, VIC give our
boys something. to do which will keep |
them somewhat employed after school
hours, and on Saturdays thereby teach.
ing them the value of time, and Civ
ing to them some of that knowledge |
and experience which will be of no
small advantage to them in after life,
not simply because they might expect
to have it to do themselves, but be-
cause they aoW haze to do it Or have |
it done. And in either case it will be |
highly necessary that they should have |
some practical knowledge in this di-
rectiOn. And to take everything into
consideration, we are impressed that
hard times sometimes teach us lessons
of economy, industry and persever-
snce, which can alone be learned in
such times, and without which we
would soon become indolent, thriftless
and corrupt as the old adage, "come
easy, go easy" would be verified to a
painful extent
And those elements which go to
make up the true man Gods noble
man, would remain undeveloped as
these three old sayings are true,
Revolutions bring ont great men"
lizard times inaugurate great enter
prises." And last, but not least, ''Nc-
cessity is the mother of invention"
We acknowledge a pleasant call
from Rev. j. A. Campbell, editor of
the Bible ExpositOr, published monthly
at Dallas, Texas. The reverend gen
tleman was on his way from the En-
position, and stopped off here to see
the Rev. Mr.. Head, pastor of the First
Baptist Church at this place. Mr..
Head and Mr.. Campbell were school
mates at Georgetown College. George