The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1889-08-22
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Ina, gentleman -cooieI On the boy. and
-p1.e -=sete.y Yong men of brain.
ID a ICY pgsa, nay BOY. AMI not az =
.as ea-Iest 20 DO
Dss.t'- - opened aSa.n he wanted y
Ak whether a. twenty-five a man might
-e4-' - j. a. he ought. and rule hi. l.fe
= = p,a-ed ut ttre professor hair
va gray and lie boy decided sot to do It.
hat "a and c9fee business never hsd
nocA weight "a ne % declared Pnofess-
u L*ere-t, .5ecau-e / couldn't, some
low succeed II making myself believe
nat they were 81 the same plane IN all re.
poets a to5acco. For instance, never
-a~ Ran yqf coffee smoke into peoples
fare nor make spittoon- Of car foors
ana street corners, because he vas addict
, 81 u he 1-e Of coffee
" never saw NE put G gar smoke IN
% 2 la3vs face, and never will and as
fpr Beng offensive IN nv habits nyahere,
9eca1st ! Use tobacco, / defy any prison
- -ay such thing"
And Professor Steinway glafed On lis
inio.est opponent with fierce eyes ut
lie ereet=li he explosion a. ne had lid
=
You are too in~n-eiy personal this
morning, Old fellow. he sad. still laugh-
ng. fou insist on having all arguments
fr and ron. gagged by your individual or
family experiences. | suspect. to get al
,le true !uwarines. IF a subject a. the
artists say. people have to sy1aet their pc
Owed selves for time II thsy can and
reI1eul Der that there sre two or three
Otbr people in the world
"S,ppese ~ Two e. ne tel yos 4 IL
tie ScTy
Il -.s Rev. 2rnsr Psvsxx who spoke,
tud as kept tia place. with ns thumb in a
te1t-ooOK which lie had apparently been
stGty-ug he lad rot before TONED Ia me
conversation.
"eL.e CpDE time, no matter WHEEL.
Was se-e=a:s ~ a Nsieua soAveca;1a,
- natter where AMI tE.S ssbjea cane
before u ! Z the form Of resolution 10
-gaea - express tie unqualified disap-
fToFa- u That body a. 20 tAe s-e Of To-
caCco il any form. That resolution
spoke against with energy, and voted
against =. ca he way hom- member
# the J1-c.a. D ody which had Just ad-
!ourned, came TO he on tie cars and sad
Powers. why iii you speak against tia:
resolutions: Because don't believe It,
| san; I believe "A Personal liberty in
tate 70 another in regard 70 tt-R SAID
he Let ms tel you something. You are
superintendent Of the Blank Street Sun
DAY schools:
' Ye> am
lou know Nrs. Harper snd her son
Robert
" Certainly do Robert is a fine boy;
one Of ny fayor.tes.
Then want 10 b.i. you n confidence
what Mrs Harper said % me the Other
day
Il am troubled about ny son: Is
father = gone. you know and am alone
n caring FOR him and his father hated
tobacco in every form; feared Il; had
reason 70. He wanted his boy 10 grow up
with The same fears; but the BOY is q
hero-worshiper: he has one hero, who he
believes can DO no wrong. whom he cop
les both consciously and uuconsciously at
all times that i. Mr. Powers. our super-
intendent; and Yesterday met him on
the street WITH cigar in his mouth -
Gentlemen. said 70 that man
Brother Stuart, you may tell Mrs. Har-
per that she will never meet me on the
street with cigar IN my mouth again;
III foster no hshit, so far 81 know nv
self, which can cause any mother heart
psns lest her boy may initiate il. And
never smoked another cigar"
Then think you were a siMpeton.
said Professor Steinway, wrathfully.
Il think myself you bad more self-ab-
negstion ami self-sscrinte AMI ali those
things than are called for in this world"
said Professor Everest .ndolently.
And | think that that mother demand
ed concession from you Which she hal
no right 70 expect" declared DR.. Bland.
Il SIN in entire sympathy with your
o. gina statement that 40 man has
rignt 10 dictate TO smother in these mat
ter>. But left that ground. YOU see, 10
less than an hour Afterwards | admitted
that thst Christian mother had right to
demand that /. s Christian teacher of her
boy. should oe safe guide for him in a.l
respects
And l contend thst you were entirely
at liberty to be your own judge in the
matter, said DR.. Bland. If you he-
Aeved smoking 10 be wrong for yos. If
course your conscience woHd ooliae You
10 give II npi but Mrs. Harpers cen
science should not take It upon itself TO
direct you.
That's it. said Professor Steinwsy;
every nan mast be a law unto himself"
But l don't believe any such thing. l
believe every CHRISTIAN pap 10 bound 70
take the Bible for his rule of action
'pa, that indeed; ok he must be al
lowed 10 interpret 1t for himself | al
low no man 10 interpret the Bible for
me declared Dr. Bland.
Course not said Professor EvsFe>t,
his eyes w mixing Herr1ly ovN ts!s Dis
agreement II hlgh places every nsR for
himself that's the Christian motto
But l'r- Band said Mr.. Powers, IL
uorlu- the professor and speaking has
~ you cannot mean quite what Il II
s . - az