Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1889-12-05
DEAD FLIES.
the ysrfou. Varieties of Files, Living
and Dead. IBfsr~pnsabfe and
OEher~ises

20 tne Editor Of the Pailadium:
Dead flea cause tbs ointment OF
the apothoeary TO send forth s stlnki1g
SAVIOUR, 50 doth little Jolly OF hin that
Is Ia reputation Tor wisdom and non
cur" When these words were uttered,
many hundreds OF years ago, the ONT
ment OF the spotnecary was much val
ued TOR its healing properties. LII was
not the age OF cure all remedies, corner
drug stores and physicians By telephone.
but the spothecary with his sweet
smelling ointment and preparations WSs
an important tuuetlonsry.
A hy on the wing, Ia the sunlight, or
on the wall where he belongs, Is . very
trifiing thing and of little concern in
the affairs OF life. but let the hungry hy
alight on your nose. or bald head, when
you are tired and sleepy, or find rest
ing place II your soup or coffee, and 1t
il altogether another affair. de Is mag
ni6ed TO the proportions OF . crocodile
or an elephant. He smells aloud to the
heavens, and causes you Is much worry
and bother IS he did the apothecary
whose ointment Was in danger OF being
spoiled by his adhesive -stick-to-y you tive
nature.
Dead flies, Of . putrid. decsying.
loathsome character, cause society to
emit an aroma not conducive to moral
health. FumigAtion il powerless to
prevent the spread. The flies vary in
size from . common house fly to . regu
lar old blue bottle.
We are not surprised ut the actions
of fool. Yea also, when he that il .
fool walketh by the way. his wisdom
fAileth him and he sayeth to every one
A. H. Sa - IL 70 Go hal so
not much in the way. and is rather to
be pitied than blamed. But when .
man that il in reputation for wisdom
and honor" displays little folly, then
he 10 fly that begins to be trouble
some. When be makes . genuine fool
of himself, then he is . dead fly that
sends forth . SAVIOR that would spoil ell
the ointment in creation.
One OF the blue bottle dead flies is
profanity. This is folly that is mex
cusable, disgusting and nsuseating in all
its details. You run atoul of this dead
fly in every public and even private
place, for the swearer will obtrude his
bar room ways and vile profanity every
where. Ii the usages OF polite society
prevent him from swearing aloud be
will swear under his breath. It's SEQ
oud nature. and . great relief to him
evidently. Ii Q sorrowiul tear from
Heaven could fall for every oath.
and without excuse, ut
tered. the earth would be deluged. And
yet ii | were to tell one OF these swear
ers that he was no gentleman. he would
knock me down, and with an oath no
doubt. | could have more respect for
the burglar or sneak thief. because he
might have the excuse of hunger or
but the swearer is not en-
titled to sny respect, because he has not
the slightest excuse under the suu.
When l go out fishing and bait my hook
With . good healthy worm or other bait,
and . sly old cat after several feints
is not loaded, like lots of folks. and
hook out OF his hi..dins aills and adj
mire his proportions, . feeling of com
passion comes over me when l think
that he was lured from his home by
hunger and deceived by my bait. He
was . hard one to land, and though he
is but fish he receives my admiration
and pity. But when cast in my hook
without the suspicion of . bait on it
and some silly representative OF the
fony tribe snaps it mp, and he Is landed
without even q decent tussle, then l
lose all respect for the poor silly thing.
So 1t il with theswearer. He gobbles
up the hook that do NOT have even
the smell OF q bait on il. You don't
have 20 bait tor this silly representa-
tive of the sssipins tribe. Y gu fad this
sinking fly everywhere, and ne has lit
tie regard for ether folks feelings. He
IL hard one to stomach, but you have
10 run the gauntlet of his billingsgate
On almost every occasion.
There is only . few lucky mortals
that are exempt from hearing profanity,
and they sre deaf IS q post. l am an
ardent admirer of baseball, when we
,an get it square. When l think the
prospect Is lair for 8 pretty good article
[ 60. l secure q seat all by myself, but
when the crowd gathers one of the
,tinkiugest kind of dead fig occupies
, seat just below nae. When the first |
nan goes to bat be swesrs. When he |
yoes out on . foul he swears. When |
he next man makes . single and steals |
second he swesrs. Whsn the pitcher |
makes baulk, or the short stop muff |
lie swears. When the right fielder |
makes a fine catch, and the boss slugger |
home run. and everybody cheers. he |
eserves his breath expressly to swear.
he is there to cuss. and every inning is
lis inning.
If st. Peter should relax his vigilance |
or . moment ut the Pesrly Gates and
aan who had taken the name of his
maker in vain. willfully and without
Reuse, from his youth up. should by |
he merest accident sneak into Heaven.
he angels would raise their hands in
Ioly horror and forget their humility |
ong enough to kick him back into his
arive element. l hold no pessimistic
Jews, nor am An optimist. The world
not rapidly going to the bad, neither
} the public morals improving-evil and
God is about evenly weighed in the
it IL necessary to turn
ome very good, eavyweight Christ
ans loose In . community to add to
hose of . lighter calibre, or else the
cad fly end of the scales would have
he drop on their enemies. Yes. they
must be enemies. good and evil. and it
rs been . regular see-saw. or like the
ug of war game, between them for
ges. The rules and regulations OF one