Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-02-06
SEEING AFTER IT.
BY KATE THORN.
New York Weekly.

BY KATE THORN.
New York Weekly.
There will always be crowd of loafers
around a new building in process of cree
ton. They come early in the morning
and stay till night They remain often
times to talk it over together after the
workmen have gathered up their tools and
dispersed.
They argue about the way the founda-
tons have been put in. No two of them
can agree as to the way it should have been
done, for Of course they consider it all
done wrong. They argue over the laying
of the silIs, and the position of the floor
boards and the height of the posts, and
the projection of the roof, and the width
Of the doors, and the way the windows are
arranged, and they will follow the thing
up till the building is completed
Some of the more knowing ones will
offer suggestions to the architect when he
happens along, and there is not man
among them all who has not the firm con-
viction. deep-rooted in his soul that he
could have planned and built that struc-
ture good deal better than it has been
done.
Through the storms of winter and the
suns Of summer the loafers hold their own
and never seem to grow weary And the
question in our mind, when we see them
thus lettering away their time, is, what
makes them do it?
What do they expect to see?
Why. we have noticed men who We're
too delicate to turn the clothes wringer on
washing DAYS for their hardworked wives,
standing with their hands in their pockets,
and pipes in their mouths, with the mer-
curry below the zero point, and the ends of
their nose the color of red onion. seeing
after the work on a building in which
they could by no possibility have any in
terest, beyond mere curiosity to see how
it was getting on. And there amid the
falling bricks, and the chips, and the
debris, they will keep their places and
seem to injoy it.
The passers by have to turn out into the
mud to get past, but the convenience of
the public is a matter which gives no con-
Germ to the street loafer; he is in no sense
his brother keeper, or mis- sister 5 either,
and he Doesn't care pantalOon 5 button
whom he inconvenience if he can only see
what ne wants to see, and hear what he
wants to hear
And now the question arises-what
was he made for? We are continually
assured by these persons who profess to
understand all about the scheme Of creation,
that nothing has been made in vain. 1t
was all created for some good.
Now if some wise people would tell us
what good purpose the street loafer serves,
and how he happened to be planned out
and projected at long suffering and help
less world. we will try and be reconciled to
him while he is serving out his good pur-
pose here, and we will be cheerfully
resigned when he passes out of this sphere
and goes to his reward.
All over this planet there are people
whose only business seems to be seeing
after things. So Jealous are they to attend
to the affairs of others that they neglect
their own. They work without money
and without encouragement, and the same
amount of zeal directed into a legitimate
channel would make them solid members
of society.
I.oafng il a science. The word may be
a slang one, but it is the only word which
expresses it. A man must be sunk about
as low in his own estimation as II is pos
sible for him TO fall, when he takes to
street loafng. He must want 10 SIT up
nights and hgte himself. lie must eyi-
IDENTIFY wish he had never been born. He
must-but what is the use 70 conjecture
what must be his sentiments; lie enjoys
being a loafer; if he didn t, he would be
something else; and so we leave hlm 10 ms
own conception Of life and its duties, and
most deyoutly hope that IN the next state
of existence the street l0afer will find hln
self out Of job, and be obliged to turn
his attention to something more profitable
than seeing after It,
Sheep require excellent care and most
iudicious management IN a mild winter.
Dampness is most prejudicial to them
The wool saturated with wet chills the
skin by the evaporation Of the moisture
and this produces trouble with the lungs.
Bronchitis. catarrh. and pneumonia pre-
vail unless the utmost care Is taken TO pro
vide roomy and dry shelter. Crowding Is
extremely unhealthful. 1t ruins the wool
by causing it to felt and mat; this Is
called "cotting. and renders the fleece
unsaleable. besides heating the sheep and
making them susceptible to chllis. hoomy
quarters, well drained, and kept clean with
abundant dry litter, are indispensable y
is better to make two focks than to crowd
one. If the yards are muddy the ground
should be scraped and channels made to
carry of the rain and keep the surface as
dry as possible Ewes with young lambs
are hest kept on barn floor il = suitable
building has not been prepared for them.
In regard to feeding, one point IS Of
special Importance, which Is to give some
laxative food. as linseed-oll meal, to avoid
dangerous costiyeness.