The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-05-25
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T. w. uowss Very Pertinent Story - ehs
Ma end the woolsa MAI.
The citizens Of q great many good
towns work hard To induce new indus
tries TO locate within the corporate linn
its and wholly neglect TO give proper
encouragement 70 home talent The fa-
nous western novelist, Mr.. T. w.
Howe. hits this nail exactly ON its very
head in his novel Tho Story Of Coun-
try Town. which made great hit >
few years ago and received tho enthusi-
astic praise Of such eminent literary
men Is w. D. Howells and Mark Twain
In chapter headed 1.-The Peculiarities
Of Country Town" Mr. Howe says:
There was one thing ! noticed Of
Twin Mounds which is probably true Of
every other country town-it was con-
stantly threatened either with great
prosperity or great danger. but whether
the event threatening the prosperity or
the danger came to pass the town pro-
crossed about the same. There was no
perceptible effect from any Of the events
the people were certain would prove
either very disastrous or Of great benefit,
from which am led to believe that no
one is familiar with the art Of town
building, although have never known
q man who did not profess to know all
there is worth knowing about the sci
ence
Towns seem TO be the natural accre-
tion Of years, aud although the people in
Twin Mounds often related how desper-
ate were their struggles with adversely
the facts probably are that the place
would have been fully as large without
the great number Of public meetings for
public purposes and the endless worry
Of individuals with reference 70 It.
There was . very general impression
that manufactures were needed. and
this was talked about % much. and "a
many inducements were offered, that
the people became discouraged. believing
that the average manufactures had q
wicked heart and hollow head 10 thus
wrong Twin Mounds In the face Of his
own interest Therefore we were very
much surprised to learn once. after al
hope had been abandoned, that quiet
man was building a wooden mill down
the river, which no completed and after
ward operated without the help Of the
committees which had been appointed e
aid in such matters Of public veal.
THE trouble was that the man lived
In Twin Mounds, whereas we had beer
expecting Q man and money to come
from q distant point for that purpose and
had never thought Of looking about
home. but spent great deal OF money
in sending committees away to make
arrangements for wooden mill. Thii
circumstance, though humiliating.
proved = good thing. for it taught thu
people that il the town were to be bull
up ct all it must be by its own citizens
which knowledge was afterwsrd used L
good advantage
The people were always miserable
BY reason Of predictions that unless i'm
possible amounts Of money were giver
to certain enterprises the town would b
ruined, and. although they always gave
no sooner WAS one fund exhausted thai
il became necessary to raise another.
was said during the collection Of eacl
amount that it would never be necessar,
again to give to this sort Of charity, q
the enterprise then in hand would in
sure the fortune Of Twin Mounds. bu
there was never an end to the ridiculou
business, and we were always in . stat
of dreariness ON this account, as tn
men demanding the charity for insig
nifcant enterprises threatened to go I
the rival towns and permit the grass I
grow in our streets
II In thinking Of tho matter since
have thought that Twin Mounds woul'
have been . much better town but 70
the fact that it was always expectin
improbable disaster, but which neve
came. for the people were thus prevent
ed from exercising their energy, II the
had any"
Although the above excerpt is from
work Of fiction, it Is SO true to life ths
its wisdom Is apparent Three goo
points TO remember are the following:
Always encourage home talent whe
IL stands ready to establish an enterpris
! that will build up the town
Never attempt to raise more money
secure new enterprises than the tow
can AFFORD to part with
Always look on the bright side Of th
towns outlook Never predict anythin
but prosperity. Well men often die b
cause they believe they are sufferin
from some wholly imaginary ailmcn'
and good town sometimes retrograds
simply because Of the croaking Of calan
ity howlerx Say nothing IL you cannt
! gay . good word for the town. but kce
! ON saving the towns wood
Maxims - Remember.