The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-01-10
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Patron Don't call your customers
yoar patrons, and ask for continuance
Of their patronage, unless you mean 70
say that they buy Of you, not because
they need what you have 10 sell, but
merely 10 give you moneyand that you
are u dependent upon their favor
Present for introduce, Is an aitee'
tation,
Real eatate-a big sounding, vulgar
phrase for houses aud land, The head
ings in the papers, flleal Estate Trans
actions" should be sales Of land,
Utter Another form OF outer, It's
uae m q mere synonym OF complete
perfect, absolute, ia utter nonsense ie'
outside the pale OF reason,
T%ranspire- means TO breathe through
aud 40 70 pass of insenlibly, But, OF
all misused words, II Ia probably the
most perverted, The test for lbs cor
rect use isi II the phrase, take place, can
be substituted for II and the intended
meaning OF the sentence preserved, tn
use Ia unQuestionably wrongs II leak
out, can DO put In It's place It's use IL
correct,
State-H you want to say something,
say II, but for Columbla'S sake don't
state II,
Religion The use Of this word 90
synonymous with piety, obliterates an
important distinction In ethics ana
misleada many, Religion IL a bond &C.
cOrding TO which, all who acknowledge
II, assume the performance OF certain
duties and rites having relation 20 q
| Supreme Being or TO q future state Of
| existence, or oboth. Piety Ia that mo-
| tive OF human action, which has ita
spring In the desire TO do
good, In the reverence for what
Is good and In spontaneous respect
for tho claims Of kindred, or OF graft
tude. There are many religions there
Is but ono pioty, Judaism is a religions
Christianity has become a religion IN
which there are three Roman, Greek
and Protestant As TO which OF all
these Is the true religion, very different.
views are held by Jews, Roman Catho'
lies and Protestants; all OF whom may
be plous with,the same piety, Socrates
inculcated pioty, whom however, about
TO die, no reminded his friends TO sacrl
fee a cock 10 Alsculapius, he confirmed
70 the rites Of areligion, for attempting
10 undermine which, no was put to
death. When Christ kept the Pass
over he conformod TO q rite Of Judaism
but because he taught the needlessness
OF that very religion no was pat 70
death. The Sermon on the Moua
teaches, not religion, but piety,
Kinaman-A hearty warm blooGtd
English word, for which elegant poo.
pie use the washed out substitutes,
relation and connection.
Leaye-is III used by being left with
out an object TO say she lef" 10 us
bad "a to say "he sloped, or worse,
Loan--ia q noun, not a verb.
Locate - A big A|merlconism for
place, or settle,
Blocks Of Nye-This expression, now
rapidly becoming of common use, was
invented by Col, W, W. Dudley, Of
Indiana, 70 define u group of five men,
IL Is an absurdity The word bloc. D.
as q noun, cannot be applied TO a per-
son, although IL has become In quite
common use in stock sales, TO dellno n
number of shares Of stock, Block
means either n solid mass Of wood or
stone, u mold upon which hats or
bouuets are shaped, or row Of build
ings. II cannot properly be made TO
apply 10 that class Of human Gu tle
upon whose purchase n Presidency may
be secured. The word Block has ocCa.
Bl0nally been used lguratiyely by some
OF the old time poets, Hence, In The
Decay OF Piety, we re0d,
no ermc Ia block enough In our way to stop our
fiRhtn
Shakespeare, also says;
"wlat o block ar, thou
Milton also, an follows;
"a olty b0logod nnd blocked abOuL'
Under no possible construction can
the word be applied TO q person; only
TOT thing. Perhaps Dudley does not
consider n citizen a man, or person, who
allows himself TO become one Of i've, Of
a group OF citizens, whose manhood Is
TO BIO purchased for IS or $40, but
rather as q thing, Under this view the
expression might be allowed In political
nnriaune huL In M other sense.