Sharp County record., 1888-05-24

Some
are cheering the last days OF ola people, pc d}o,.
and though cloud sometimes colleo Uo
Won through the querulousneSs OF u UNI o~d r
sonableness of your old lalhel ~ tha
uoothpr If is only for moment, anu 'i!o
ntor soon comes out clear again, anu 10
seen from all the balconies OF tne noIo+r on,
borbood. The old people will forgive YOU
oooaSiona1 shortcomings, for they tiieln-
OoIros several times lost their patlences
with you when you were !ouns II
slammed YOU when you did not uesei - w.
Hall evening star! Hang on the uai A'1
inc sky your diamond coronet. ----5od,
Rnt are any of you the star W ormwoou' ''",
no Won scold and growl from the thrones
,Io+orra1 or maternal? Are your chlluren
eeTerIastingly pecked at? Are you ai-
vows crvinp 'Hush!" to the merry voices
and swift feet and their laughter Wiz Wiz
occasionally trickles through at wIo4I 4;i
times and is suppressed by tneh Ghvn
thnv can hold it no longer and all the pai
riors hurst into unlimited guttaw anu
oocbination, as il high weather the wafer
baC triclled through a slight opening Ill
+he mill dam, but afterward makes "nooI
and wider breach until itcarries all Delore
~ with irresistible freshet? Do not be 100
much offended at the noise your Clllui on
now make. twill be still enough "1en
one of them is dead. Then you WouIu slyo
yonr RIGHT hand to hear one OF them SllouU
from their silent voices, or one step from
tho cti1l foot. You will not, any OF you'
have TO wait very long before your mouse
is stiller than you want It, Alas' tn"U
there are so many homes not known 10
the Society for the Prevention OF Cruei'y
TO Children, where children are put on tne
limits, and whacked, and cutted, ana ear
nuIIed and senselessly called to order
and answered sharp and suppressed, untll
If ia a wonder that under such processes
tbev do not all turn out Modocs and Mana
| Sahibs.
What is your influence upon the nelgh-
borhood, the town or the city OF your res
idence?
Twill suppose that you are a star OF VII
What kind of rays do you shoot torth: DO
Won use that splendid faculty to lrradla'e
the world or to rankle it? | bless all the
anostolic colleges of humOrists. The man
that makes me laugh is my benefactor. l
do not thank any body to make me cry,
can do that without any assistance we
all cry enough and have enough to cry
about, God bless all skillful punsters, all
reparteeists, all propounders of ingenious
conundrums, all those who mlrthfully sur
nrise us with unusual JuXtaposltlon OF
words, Thomas Hood, and Charles Lamp,
and Sidney Smith had a divine MISSION
and so have their successors Ill these
times. They stir into the acid beverage OF
life the saccharine. They make the cup
of earthly existence, which is sometimes
stale, effervesce and bubble. They pla'
cate animosities. They foster longevity
They slay fOllies and absurdities which
all the sermons of all the pUlpits can nO'
reach. They hsve for example EllJah,
who made fun of the Baalites when they
called down fire and it did not come, sug'
gesting that their heathen god had gont
hunting, or was off on journey, or was
asleep, and nothing but vociferation coult
wake him, saying: "Cry aloud, for he Il
a god; either he is talking or pursuing, o.
peradventure he sleepeth and must b'
awaken" They have an example Il
Christ, who, with healthful sarcasm
showed up the lying hypocritical Phari
sees by suggesting that such perfect peo
nicdi;',sat athAg'sAlv4So needed no improve
physician, but they that are sick"
But what use are you making of you
wit? Is it besmirched with profanity and
unCleanlineSS? Do you employ it il
amusement at physical defects for whicl
the victims are not responsible? Are you,
powers of mimicry used to put religion il
contempt? Is it a bunch of nettlesome in
vective: Is it bolt of unjust scorn? Is i
fun at others misfortune? Is it glee a
their disappointment and defeat? Is it bit
terness put drop by drop into a cup? Is i
like the squeezing of artemisia absinthiun
into a draught already distastefully pun
gent? Then you are the star WOrmwood
Yours is the fun Of a rattlesnakc TRYING
how well it can sting. 1t is the fun of a
hawk trying how quick it can strike out
the eye Of dove.
But | will change this, and | will sup
pose you are a star Of worldly prosperity
Then you have large opportunity. You
can encourage the artist by buying his
picture. You can improve the fields, the
stables, the highway, by introducing
higher style Of fowl and horse and cow
and sheep You can bless the world with
| genealogical achievement in the orchards.
| You can advance arbOriculture and arrest
this deathful icOnoclasm of the American
forests. You can put piece of sculpture
into the niche Of that public academy.
You can endow college. You can stock
ing a thousand bare feet from the winter
frost. You can build church. You can
put missionary of Christ on that foreign
shore. You can help ransom a world. A
rich man with his heart right-can you tell
me how much good a James Lennox or
George Peabody or Peter Cooper or a
William E. Dodge did while living. or is
doing now that he is dead? There is not
a city, town or neighborhood that has not
glorious specimens of consecrated wealth.
But suppose you grind the face of the
poor. Suppose when a mans wages are
due you make him wait for them because
he can not help himself. Suppose that be-
cause his family is sick, and he has had
extra expenses, he should politely ask you
to raise his wages for this year, and YOU
roughly tell him if he wants a better place
to go and get it. Suppose by your man.
ner you act as though he were nothing and
you were every thing. Suppose you are
selfish and overbearing, and arrogant