The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1893-10-26

[ believe that no man is wholly salts
fed with the things he's most familiar
with, but is always on the alert for
something new. This he cannot al
ways find in country town, but there
is always some new attraction to enter
tain in large city.
CHoCTAw HARRY.
Xxx
1t depends on the aim which the per-
son has in view. The ambitious man
or woman knows that the city furnishes
broader field of possible achievement
than the country does. The profess
siOnal man looks to gaining a reputa-
tiOn quicker. and securing larger fees.
The merchant seeks quicker and safer
returns. The labOrer seeks shorter
hours and better pay. The student de-
sires access to the best books free Of
cost and chance to attend the lecture
room. Of course very few succeed;
but think that ambition is the key
note. The cities contain those who
are pre-eminent in their various callingS
and as nothing succeeds like SUGGEST
the ambitious strive to emulate if not
surpass them. They are believers in
that old saying ''there is always room
on top MAC.
Xxx
The attraction of cities consist of re-
finement, learning, sport, leisure, good
food and well remunerated labor. These
you hardly ever find in the country.
The farmer eats his salt pork the year
round, and eight months of the year
he drudgeS fourteen or sixteen hours a
day What is his reward for all this
drudgery? In middle life he is stopped
and defOrmed as are the women also.
With evidence to this effect upon every
hand. is it any wonder that their child
rem should endeavor to escape the fate
of their parents? In behalf of the
country some claim that men live longer
there than in cities. Even if so, man
will live more and learn more by living
in the city forty years than he would if
he lived hundred in the country.
This life is not counted by how long we
live but the way we live it. SUNOL.
***
The attractions of cities are so nu-
merous that it is impossible to outline
them in a short article Beyond
doubt there are many dangers and
difficulties that spring from our over
crowded cities, as illustrated in every
issue of city newspaper 1t is the ma
ture of city to provide every cOnven-
ience for the multitude. It is sort
of a communism or socialism which is
very attractive. Who ever wishes, COM
fort, pleasure or profit, from art, science
or medicine goes to the city. There are
large inducements for manufacturers,
and there you find all large wholesale
establishments. Amusements galore
are to be viewed by the cOuntryman.
If you have the means and desire, 90 to
the city for continual round of pleas
ure. But to earn an honest living, to
have long life, to be healthy and really
happy, stay away from the large cities.
BRIGHAM.
XXX
The city! What charm there is in
that magic word for the country boy or
ure ground where the inhabitants can
indulge in continuous round of pleas
ure. To their minds but one side of
city life presents itself, and that the
bright side. Success and pleasure is
depicted in the most glowing colors.
The dark side of such a life never enters
their mind Heartaches, misery, power
ty or failure, find no place on their
glowing canvas. Those who leave the
country for the city may be divided in
to two clases, the first are ambitious
youths who find their surroundings too
narrow; they long for broader field
and naturally turn their faces towards
the city. The other is the vicious low
minded class. The country does not
give them scope to indulge their pas
siOns, and they also turn their faces
city-ward. From this class the outcasts
recruit their ranks. YON.
Wealth is the magnet that draws the
people to cities. Look back on the his
tory of every nation that has left or is