St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-10-12
WHO ARE HATPY7
Coe Rich Say That Weolth Does
Not Bring Happiness

Coe Rich Say That Wealth Does
Not Bring Happiness
Arp Thisks it Help. so.as nus He 10 ssrs
That he Wo0dhaulsr Has About -
Much 0snuins Hspp!asss
- Anyone
The blues are uasculins malady and
sfliict men more than women. Women
lave more grief and sorrow. but when
there is NO great trouble in the house
they are naturally more cheerful than
che men. notice it very frequently
that while l am worried and perplexed
about temporal things and can't zee my
way out and find myself in . dt Of the
blues, my wife and daughters keep
their spirits up aud other women come
and 60 and talk and laugh and say
bright thinga That 10 all right It
would be awful fer the whole family to
have the blues ut the same time. In
fact. nobody ought to have them and
nobody il obliged to have them. They
creep steadily upon . man sometimes,
and il he does not light them of he 10
very poor company. My wife savs l
Look like dident have friend in the
world. The best remedy n to quit
thinking aud 60 to work. Do some
thing-work in the garden. chop some
wood, fix the window curtsins. tie mp
the flowers, swing the grandchildren
do something to divert your mind from
yourself. 1t il better to read . story
than to think and brood over trouble
that may never come. The body 10 %
mysteriously connected with the mind
that the blues impair digestion and
that causes loss Of appetite and tho
first thing . man knows he is sick sure
enough. 1t has been supposed that the
heart was the seat Of the affections and
emotions. but that 10 mistake. 1t is
the stomach. and il that is out of order
tho whole body in sick. The Bible tells
about bowels o. mercy and bowels Of
comparison.
Another good way to drive OF the
blues is to write letters 70 kindred and
friends and ventilate your troubles and
abuse somebody. Give your feelings
an explosion and you will find relief.
I had such letter from . friend the
other day and he wound mp by saying :
And now think feel better, plague
take en-" Sometimes = view from tho
other side produces . reaction. Con-
slider the folks around you who are
worse of and yet keep cheerful and
thankful. "Yonder comes the old man
with his WOOD" said my wife. Yes.
he 10 about n old as / am and il wear
ing my old hat and coat that she gave
him. and like the ''son Of Alknomoc. he
never complains" He lives six miles
away. He cuts load OF wood ono day
sud hauls il to Gown the next day with
4 yoke of steers, and when he can't sell
it for IS cents he knows he can haul 1t
to my house and Mra Arp will take Il
He always wears smile and saYs i:
I'VE are getting along fairly well at
my house-is your people all well ?"
He throws two or three chunks Of light
wood on top SO a. to keep the cook in
good humor. Oxen are m awful slow
motor in these lightning times, but
they are cheap and don't die and nobody
will steal them and they suit An infirm
old man better than mules. They
never run away or kick or get out Of
temper. A man can drive oxen until
he gets slow and amiable and serene.
He becomes thankful for what little he
has got and he goes to meeting on Sun
days and chews his tobacco and enjoys
his religion. Poor folks ought to en-
JOY religion, for they don't have much
else 70 enjoy. Just think how many
things the upper crust have to distract
their minds from the comforts OF rsli-
gion. There are the shows and thea
sers and sewing societies and the par
lies and buggy rides and bicycles and
shopping and fashion magazines and
going to the springs and visiting and
receiving visits. besides the domestic
affairs OF putting up jelly and jam and
pickles and preserves. The old wood
hauler has none Of these things. but he
does have few texts of scripture that
are worth them all and more too. Tho
meek shall inherit the earth aud the
poor in spirit the kingdom Of heaven.
and IL there 10 anything else to inherit
l don't know 1t.
Poets. philosophers and rich men
lave all testified to the vanity of rich
IS. and yet every rascal Of them wants
more than they have got. And so do I.
some of US are fools enough to believe
that we want money TO do good with
and help other people. There are .
lew rich men of that kind. but they
lrs rare. There arc still left here and
there at lonely distances q Peter Coop
er or Peabody or George W. Scott, who
do not wait until they die to do good
with their money. Carnegie and Rock
efeller give off slice occasionally, but
they hold fast to the big end Of the rope
and keep on piling up. The New York
World sent out inquiries not long ago
to all OF the millionaires to know
whether or not great riches brought
happiness. Carnegie said: Wealth
brings happiness only when the pos
SCISSOR feeds .he hungry. clothes the
naked. endows institutions Of learning.
POUNDS hospitals and does other count
less good works."
Rockefeller said: "Wealth does not
bring happiness, for no man thinks
himself wealthy. No man is so rich but
what there are others richer than he
Is, and that fact makes him feel poor.
Practically, there is no such thing IS ,
rich man. Money is like strawberries
and cream--noboiy ever gets enough.
Don't you think you have had enough,
Ethel? :? said her aunt J may think
50. auntie. but don't feel so.' said Eth
el. No, the fact is that great wealth
brings unhappiness-
Russell Sage said: "Riches aressll
vanity aud vexation of spirit. Few
people have any idea Of the trouble
and Inconvenience that wealth brings.
The rich never ask such . foolish Ques-
ton rs Does wealth bring iapIiness?'
A rich man is constantly in tho public
eve. Privacy is impossible for him.
The public is curious even to know, how
he opens his letters and puts on his
shoes and what he has for breakfast.
An incoCnito in impossible- M ri.hea