Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1886-01-06
IDLESIDE PAPERS,
BY DEACON DOOLITTLE.

Never advise fellow to do anything
unless you are willing to back your ad-
vice up substantially. A man that ad-
vises a great DEAL as a rule, is the last
man in community to DO anything. AS
IL rule again, men give most advice about
what they know the least. A chronic ad-
wiser is crank. Why should he busy
himself so industriously about what does
not concern him, aud to accomplish
which he will not lift his index finger?
They say advice is cheap. So is the man
who gives it, unless he be a lawyer,
If men would think more and seek less
advice they would get on better, espe-
cally when the inf9rmation sought is in
the line of their own business. Why
should another man know more about
your. business than yourself? When a
man asks me whether he had better SOW
seven acres to wheat and four to oats, or
vice versa I4atin), give him whitening
glance which seems to signify. "Why
don't you study your own affaiis?.
Another favotite diversion is guessing
at the future condition of the weather.
A/iASiJ AuAA Vo-IholiO", "ou IL q vi,
If this fine weather continues fort
night it will be fine weather next week,
won't it?' A very significant observa-
ti0n Ii half the. attention were paid to
reading books and newspapers that is
wasted guessing on the weather.. ana
yrumbling about wet, cold, dry and hot,
u very uninteresting class of men woulu
De we'll versed in history, science and lit
nature. The great need of this aye is
more study and less twaddIe; more
thought and less small talk ; more inves1i-
CATION and less superfciality more sub.
stance and less gas. If a physician ad-
vertises himself very acknowledgements
you--hc needs it. A No. 1 physician
needs only card to let the people know
where he CAN be found his professional
work is his strongest Endorsement A
quack equalizes-i. e.: he advertses him
self In proportion to his incapacity.
What lie lacks IN merit he makes up witt,
small circulars and large posters.
Watch the man who prates overmuch
Of his honesty. He is like the Quakcr's
poor wine, it needs Il strong recommenda-
tion to make it acceptable. Good wine
will sell ON its merits.
If man changes his name he has good
reasons for doing so; a woman often
changes her name because she lacks rea-
son. The former may be fool the lat
ter fooled. Take the queer people out
of the world and only the dead ones
would be left, though each may consider
everybody else a crank.
When | find a man desirous of having
the world according to his individual
taste, bless God that he can't have it so.
If he could, Ishould certainly emigrate.
A mean man can locate more mean
men in a given neighborhood in day
than a just man can in a month.
People generally make their own
trouble, and would be miserable without
it. A bad neighbor has bad nclghbors,
and growler never gets beyond a will.
derness of wildcats.
True greatness is inherent, and don't
you forget it. A quarter of dozen
county and township offices at one time
will not add one inch TO any mans in
trinsic stature. though they may give
fair definition of his Individual self
esteem and the goosiness of his fellow.
citizens.
A fair-minded man will not decrease as
the years roll by Too generous to be
mean, too intelligent to be egotistical,
and too honorable to strike the ours that
snap at his heels, his escutcheon will rest
clean and untarnished within the temple
of fame, while the pretenders that sting
him will rot in forsetfulness.
So mote it he, so far as 1t concerns
DEACON DOOLITTLE,