The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-12-28
w. U. COLUMN
CONDUCTED BY MRS. NJ. /. HOBBS


With material Tor Dlt Oh iioiai@ ~
no" said the well-to-do owner oi sp
, fine suburban property. So'n'
men were strengthening the grade ST
an the street, and between whites
we're indulging in gossip and com
ments about the people in the neigh
borhood. At length, one OF them' W.
with a look in the direction OF myls'
dwelling. said to the other: III
strikes me as sort Of hard that he W
should have this good place and ev-lg
orvth;no ne wants in the world, :
While we don't have anything ex- l. i
cent what we earn from day to day.
+ don't sec why he should be SO .
much better off than we are. a
ellis comrade agreed with HIM IN
Ibis grumbling criticism, and thel.
two passed on out OF hearing. i
lhappened to know the antecedents u
and habits of that man, and smiled
Ito myself when | reflected that ne
land lis boon companion had Tor
TWENTY-FIVE years turned goodly
l.hare Of their wages into the I'll OF
1.-The saloon-keeper. Night ai,er
night. dav after day, they thus de,
a nosited a few shillings at time OF
eItheir surplus wages. Twenty years
ago I had less than either one oi
,hese men-indeed, when we start
Il out in life they had greatly the
advantage of me in robust health
vhile | was, portion OF the Tune
y inable to perform any manual iapoi
Whatever; but ! attended 70 my
business when | could, and put my
money away where it was earning
r! me something instead of filling the
excheuuer Of the rum tiend- NO"
I know that both of these men re
gard me with a feeling akin TO ma
|, ,rcd because ! have, through care
and industry, accumulated com
iortable competence. They do no
&C. .eam 10 remember that when the
m ,hav were in the saloon carouslng
was NJ work. arose early ana =
7s. mn late and turned all my energl,,
~ the direction Of laying up a llttl
propertv. They sang ana 'ol
~ stories and slipped grog unt'il y
". wee sma' hours, then went nome
short period Of half-drunken sleel
,'ns , ~ that illy fitted them for inteillgel
ahor on the morrow. 1t seen
'ub- that having chosen their course al
~ GOTTEN the interest on their inve'
,,s ments that they had right to a
: : t;c;pate they might refrain iro
>, cr;t;cising those who exercised !
w. same privilege. ] confess 70 y. =,
sympathy with those who III
themselves late in life without
,ilec n home or anything to show Tor IN
,,,uo innn years Of labor. If they ha
- turned it into the channel OF gra
fed appetite, they certainly NJ \,
sEs gctten value received Tor II IN u
EY. line. If they have invested It II
|drunkard's habits, they have p
~, chased that which they set on,
obtain. If they have frlttered
: and away and wasted it, they have
nsS done SO without knowing the leg
Allies mate consequences OF Their $
- folly In view Of all this, i sec
! sillv use Of time and breath to
mend them in grumbling beca
m. pne Is less wcll-of than his ne
bor. If he has bought and paid
- That which he set out to Obtain
y s,fiv,aillonlv pleasant, proper and grac
'hty Of thing i to take his purchase
square nake the best Of il. IN. \
- ger.
pnErz. -.
IA Drunkenness is not all the
--|tbot comes from the use OF IN
- eating drink. We would 70 - y
~ was DR.. Sanger, Of New !
ois andlsavs in his History of Prostltl
,ention that if n woman drinks she is
Eas. Of That not one in a hundred Q
m-y fallen women Of that city Il
their vocation without drink.
- he further says, Of "two thou
Err, fallen women, who were
toned in relation to the habl
W, their parents, it was found IN
145 had drinking or drr
: fathers, and | 1,125 had drink
Do'- ana drunken mott ers.
tie Bank. These statements seem 10
Il evident that drunkenness al
80 social evil spring from the
Eli, source. And that the best
- advance the cause OF social
aW1i i to do away with the Gust
!. drinking Intoxicating drinks.
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