The Press., 1891-12-03
HOW TO HELP YOUR TOWN.

l ne MancneSJer SaCurQay Herald re- gently published synopsis of Sunday evening discourse deliverd in the North Congregational church in that town by Rev. MT. Barber, the pastor. The sub- iect was "How to help Manchester" We copy portion:
 After stating by way of introduction that there were duties which every citizen owed to his country, and that the one who enjoyed the advantages which were to be found here ought to desire to con- tribute in some way to the public good, he said: One of the ways In which we can help Manchester Is by working to bring about more hearty cooperation among those who are most deeply inter- ested in the prosperity of the place. For when the best people of this town, with out regard to church, or political party, or nationality, are ready to work together earnestly and consistently for any definite thing they can expect victory with just as much confidence as they can the rising of to-morrow's sun. There are enough good people in this town for the accom- plishment of almost anything if they will but work together heartily and undying determination, and the one who can help them to act, not as so many disconnected atoms but as a unit will accomplish great and beneficient work.
 l We must remember too that the moral tone and atmosphere and the character of the people are of prime importance. The young men must understand that integri- ty Is of more worth than silver or gold, and the young ladies must know that in the eyes of men as we'll as in the iudg-
 ment of God purity and virtue in the heart
 of woman give to hel price that is
 "far above rubies." We may have here one of the most beautiful villages in all
 New England, we may improve our
 streets, beautify our lawns, construct
 public parks, build boulevards and adorn
 and enlarge until the town shall be the pride of its inhabitants and the admira- tion of all its beholders; but if the man who comes here is to have his eyes fall, first of all, upon two or three drunken
 men staggering along our streets or fight
 ing upon our sidewalks, and if he must
 be told that such things are allowable here, then, If he Is such man as we want for citizen, he will hesitate about com ing here for the same reason that man
 would hesitate to buy corner lot in So- dom.
 II And that means that we can help Man
 chester by making an effort to rid our
 streets of the presence of drunken per
 sons, and by causing it to be understood
 that drunken fights and brawls upon our
 sidewalks must cease. For one of the worst results that comes from permitting this public exhibition of drunkenness is Z not simply that 1t advertises the town in l way in which we do not want 1t adver- Y tised, but it is that 1t is teaching the boys and young men that drunkenness Is a
 matter of slight account, instead of brand ing it as disgrace and crime.
 Philadelphia Record: The most popu. lar horn at the football game last Satur.
 day was one which didn't make any noise itself, but got there at the end It be. . longed to crowd on top of one of the
 coaches, and from the rapidity with which , it was passed around must have possessed
 some quality not found in the most ear piercing horn ever made. At very short
 intervals one of the fellows would place it to his lips and throw his head back
 Then his checks would bulge out as i
 for 8 mighty blast. But no noise came
 Instead a smile of bliss spread over tn,
 blowers features, and the next mar ? would try 1t. "Isn't it too badl" ex claimed @ young lady on neighborin, n coach. "They can't get any noise out O I that horn at all" The man on her lef , remarked with sigh that he guesse, [ there was ''little toot in it. And he wa ,. right. The alleged thorn" was clever T ly concealed whiskev flask