The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1892-06-03

of plans were about To be sue
ccssful. Let no young man begin life
with reverie. There is moth
ing accomplished without hard work.
do not in idlcncSs expect something to
turn mp. IL will turn down. Incidence
and wickedncss always make bad luck.
These people OF rcvcric are always
about To begin. They say; "Wait u
little" So with the child who had a
cage containing u beautiful canary and
the door of the cage was open and cat
was in the room. Better shut tile door
of the cage. said the mother "Wait a
minute" said the boy. Whiic he was
waiting the feline creature, with one
spring, took the canary The way that
many lose the opportunity of u lifetime
is by the same principle. They say:
''Wait a minute" My advice is not to
wait at all
Again, bad habits are n fruitful source
of Incidence. Sinful indulgenccs shut
a mans shop and dull his tools and steal
his profits. DiSSolutcneSs is generally
the end of industry. There arc those
who have the rare faculty of dcvoting
occasionally day or n week to loose in
dulgenccs, and mt the expiration of that
time go back with blearcd eyes and
trcmulous hands and bloatcd checks to
the faithful and successful performance
of their duties. Indeed their employers
and neighbors expect this amusement
or occasional season of frolic and was
sail Some of the best worltmcn and
most sliillful artisans have this mode of
conducting themselves, but, as the time
rolls on. the season of dissipation be-
comes moro protraetcd and the season
OF steadincss and sobricty more limited,
until the employer becomes more dis
gusted and the man is given up 10 con-
tinual and luinous idlencss. When
that point has arrived he rushcs to
destruction with astonishing velocity.
When man with wrong proclivitics of
appetite has nothing To do, no former
self-rcSpcct or moral restraint or the
bcScechings of kindred can save him.
The only safety for n man who feels
himself under the fascination of any
form of temptation is an employment
which affords neither recreation nor
holiday. Nothing can he more unfor-
tuuate for man of evil inclination
than an occupation which keeps him
exceedingly busy during n part of the
year and then leaves him for weeks and
months entirely unemployed. There
are many men who can not endure pro-
tracted leisure. The are like fractions
stceds that must constantly be kept to
the load, for a weeks quiet makes them
intractable and uncontrollable. Bad
habits produce idicuess and idlcncsS
produces bad habits.
The probability is that You will either
have To give up your loose iudulgences
or else give up your occupation. Sin
will take NIL enthusiasm out of your
work and make you sick of lifc's drudg-
cry, and though now and then between
your seasons Of dissipation You may
again in the chase of some high and noble
end. even though You catch the game,
rouse up Ia sudden activity and start
YOU will sink back into slothfulneSs be-
fore Won have roasted that which you
took in hunting. Bad habits unfit man
for everything but politics.
Now, what are the results of indo-
lcnccn 4 marked consequence of this
vice is physical disease. The hcalthi-
ness OF the whole natural world de-
ponds upon activity. The winds, tossed
and driven in endless circuits, scatter
ing the mists from the mountains and
scooping out death damps from the
caves and blasting the miasma of
swamps and lmrling back the fctid at
moSphcrc of great cities, are healthy,
Just because of their swiftncss and I'M
controllablcncss Of sweep. But, after n
while, the wind falls and the hot sun
pourS through il, and when the leaves
are still and the grain fields bend not
once all day long, then pcstilence smitcs
its victims and digs trenches for the
dead The fountain, born far up in
the wild wood of the mountain,
come. down brighter for every obstacle
against which il is riven. and singing n
new song on every shelf of rock over
which it bounds till it rolls over the
water.whccls in the valley, not
ashamed To grind corn, and runs
through the long grass OF the meadow,
where the willows reach down 10 dip
their branches and the uuyOlScd oxen
come at cventidc To cool. Healthy
water! Bright water! Happy water!
While some stream, too lazy any more
to run. gathers itself into wayside
pool where the swine wallow, and filthy
insects hop over the surface, and rep
tiles crawl among the oozc, and frogs
utter their hidcous croak. and 10y day
and by night there rises from the foul
mirc and green scum, fever and plague
and death There is an endless activity
under foot and overhead. Not one four
o'clock i'm the flower-bed, not one fly on