The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1893-01-05
NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS.
BY W. A, KOSHER.

/ liant whis ties The old propeller
would draw alongside The dock,
and then would commence a scene
of wild confusion. Every man and
boy in the crew would fling off
every rag he wore save pair of
trowsers, and begin TO load wood
tor dear life. PaniIn. and tngg-
ing and swearing like troopers, The
long train of tOllers would PM in
an hour or more of the hardssr
kind of work. Snme of The laZi-
est wonld siagg-r over the gang
way With a iwO-foOi piece OF cord
wo"d and All air OF heroic endnr-
ance laughable to behold, while
the big, brawny fellows, who new
ar shirked work, would >hom'der
The half of pine tree and toss it
down the boats hold with The
ease of IA Hercules pitching a ball.
But within eighteen hours of ihls
-tupendous display of labor The
whole hundred cords of fire wood
wnull have gone up i'm smoke,
And that is jus, The way with New
Year resolutions. Once n year
we haul our old craft alongside The
dock and fire up with good reso-
Iuiions. I'm going to stop drink
ing whisky" saws one. "Fm 60
ing t".tnp smoking" saws another.
81 will be more thoughtful To nv
wiGe's comfort" says a lhird. "Ill
keep the buttons sewed on Jacks
roai," eavs the consrious-sirtcken
wife. 81 wont say a single scand-
lous word about anybody for the
coming year." says the gossip. 81
won't Tell any lies" saws the liar.
81 will keep both thoughts and
actions pure" SAYS The unclean
man. Il will re member the poor"
SAYS the miser. 81 will throw my
donble-deck and nv loaded dice
into the fire." saws the gambler.
And so they tug in their big aud
luile resolves until the oil DO. t IS
loaded to the waters edge with |
its precious cargo. Aud in nine
cases out OF ten, before another
New Year comes around, where
are the good resolutions? A l gone
up In smok-l For | tell you the
fires we carry right here IN these
human breasts of ours are sure de-
sirnciion TO anv resolves made of
tlnder. Noihng less inflamable
Than cast iron and beaten b:ass
can with -tand the fervor of human
passions. The world over, Will.
wood burns and finder fl,shes. all
resolves for heller living, made
only in mortal strength, will kin
'lle Into flame and yarish inio
smoke. There is snme c;rcn,n2
stances forever striking a match
&c Sur besi resolves ami lransinrm-
ing our cargo Of pine cordwooh
10 smoke aud embers. Sometimes
we wonder a little, or the thought
ful among us do, al the Justice
which first made furnace of The
human heart and then supplied
unlimited fnel to keep II bnrn,ng.
l. is so much easier tn adhere t
the old bad wavs than 10 live up
to the new and good once. Il is
infinitely less trouble to lie than
! speak the truth. II comes much
more naturally 10 think a mean
thing or 10 say a cruel word about
a nelghbo- than 10 stand up and
recount the good things about him.
And as for our wife. she is ma.
gv. iussy creature, ANYWAY, and
deserves more impaiIenre ihan
We show her. She does. does she?
What was she when vou m m1rried
her. gond sir9 A briyh faced bit
Of gIrl of whom tenderness an,l
patience might have made noble
helpmeei. In whose service has
she grown naggv and freifnl and
crosse Who watched ns when We
we're so sick with typhoid fever
thai the doctor said nothing but
the most rOval nurslng conld save
our lifes DO We ever spend an
evening with her, or dress our
selves up and put q flower in our
coat to take her 10 the shnwg L.
there anyhodv in all the earth we
dare be so brutal to, and so ,yran-
ni:al. and so overbear,ng? And
because she tnrns upon MS (big
selfish brntes that we are) and
nags or cries, or irets a little, are
We justified in Ignoring nnr resolve
to study her comfort? Put that in
ynnr pipe. sir, and smoke il at
vnnr leisure. Don't he go sure that
the fault IL vOnr wife's if The home
atmosphere is gloomy and showry
the year round.
X Il
If was a liar and wanted tore
form | wouldn't quit lying all at
once. / would start out with a
covenant TO occasionally tell the
trn,h. BY and by this spasmndic
truth telling. like the grain blown
bv The wind among stones. would,
perhaps, Weld snfflcien, harvest 10
send me- not qnite empI, handed
up TO ST. Peters gate. If l drank
whisky t, excess, l would com
mence by swearing off on one glass !,
per day out of three, and perhaps
the manhood within me. having
so mnrh more chance 10 grow.
would elbow lis way into heaven.
If wns gnssi p | woull irv to
hold NV tongue frGm speaking
evil half the time, and in that
interval perhaps my
dwaried soul would get a start
skvward. It is moi by sudden
achievement that we accomplish
a long journey, II is slep bv step
and mile by mile over "a
: tony road that brings MS To The
goal, anh it Is moi by mere resnlv-
ing That Se renonnce he old and
attain unto the new. He who trav-
,ls but a few steps and keeps his
Pace heavenward fnr The right,
faithfully adhered 10. is a nota bI..
'iep forward 10 a cnnsnmaie jour
lev.
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