Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1896-06-18

balconies Of the ncighborhnod. The
old PEOPLE will forgive your occasional
shortcomings, for they themselves
, several tines lost their patience when
You were young, and slapped you when
You did not deserve il. Hail, evening
| star! Hang on the darkcning sky your
Diamond corunct.
But are any of you the star Worm
wood? Do You Scold and gruwl from
thc thrnrrS Iatcrnal or maternal? Are
your children cverlaStingly pccllcd at?
/ Are you always crying HUSH To the
! merry voices and swift feet, and their
! laughter, which occasionally tricllcs
4 through at wrong times, and is sup
I pressed 10y them until they can hold it
no longer, and all the brrricrs burst
! into unlimited OUTLAW and cachinna-
/ ton. as in high weather the water has
| tricklcd through slight opening in
3 the mill-dam, but aftcrward makes
/ wider and wider breach until il ear
! ricS all before it with irrcsisti-
( bic frcShct? DO not he too much
: offended at the noise your children
now make. II will be still enough
when one of them is dead. Then YOU
/ would give your right hand To hear
one shout from their silent voices, or
one step from the still foot. You will
not any of You have To wait very long
before your house is stillcr than you
want it. Alas, that there are So many
homes not known to the Society for the
! Prevention Of Cruelty to Children,
where children are put on the limits,
and whacllcd and cuflcd and ear-pullcd,
and ScnSclcssly called to order, and an
swcrcd sharp and suppressed, until il is
a wonder that under such process they
do not all turn out Modoc's and Mana
SahihS,
What is your influence upon the
n"ighborhood, the town or the city of
your residence? | will suppose that you
are Il star of wit. What kind of rays do
you shoot forth? DO you use that
splendid faculty to irradiate the world
or to ranklc it? | bless all the apos-
tolic colleges of humOriSts. The man
that makes me laugh is my benefactor.
do not thank anybody to make me
cry. can do that without any assist
ancc. We all cry enough and have
enough to cry about. God bless all skill
ful punStcrS. all rcpartceistS, all pro-
FOUNDERS of ingenious conundrums, all
those who mirthfully surprise us with
unusual juNtaposition CT words.
Thomas Hood and Charles Lamb and
Sidney Smith had divine mission,
and 81 have their SUCCESSORS in these
times. They stir into the acid beverage
of life the saccharine. They make the
cup If earthly existence, which is
sometimes stale. cffcrvcSce and bubble
They placate animositicS. They foster
longevity. They slay follics and alb
surdities which all the sermons of all
the pulpits can not reach.
They have for examples Elijah, who
made fun of the Baalitcs when they
called down fire and it did not come
suggesting that their heather god had
gone hunting, or was off ON a Journey
or was asleep. and nothing but vocifcr
alton could wake him, saying: Cry
aloud Tor he is Il god; either he is TAX
ing or pursuing or peradventure he
slccpcth and must be awakcd." They
have an example in Christ, who, with
healthful sarcasm, showed up the ly
|
ing that such perfect people like them
elves needed 70 improvements. saying
! The :, - r'd So physician, but
they 'aa' uvr s5,y..
hut what l. e tr,. on making of your
wit? Is it bcsmircIr with profanity
and uncCanncss? leo you employ it in
amuscments at physical defects for
which the victims are not responsible:
7 Are your powers of mimicry used to
put religion in contempt? Is it Il bunch
IF ncttl some invcctivc? Is it bolt oi
iutust scorn? Is it fun at others mis-
Ifortune? Is it glec Mt their disappoint
fQcnt and defeat? Is it bitterness put
dsop by drop into a cut? Is it like the
squeezing of Artemisia Absinthium into
Il draught already distastcfully pun
gent? Then you are the star worm
wood. Yours is the fun of n rattle
snake trying how wei it can sting.
Ii is the fun of n hawk trying how
quickly it can strike out the eye of i
dove.
But | will change this, and suppose
you are star of Worldly Prosperity
Then you have large opportunity.
You can encourage that artist by buy.
ing his pictures. You can improve the
fields, the stables, the highway, by in.
Producing higher style of fowl, and
horse, and COW, and sheep. You eau
bless the world with pomolog.
ical achievements in the orchards.
lou can advance arbOriculturC
and arrest this deathful icono.
c!asm of the American forests. You
can put piece of sculpture into the
niche of that public academy. You can
cndow Il college. You can stocking d
thousand bare feet from the winter
frost. You can build church. You
can put missionary of Christ GA that
foreign shore. You can help ransom a
world. \ rich man with his heart
right-can you tell how much good d
James Lenox, or "A George Peabody. oI
Peter Cooper, or Il William T.. Dodge
did while living, or is doing now that
he is dead? There is not a city, town
or ncighborhood that has not glorious
specimens of consecrated wealth.
But suppose you grind the face of the
poor. ;-aprosc, ~ nen mans
wages are .su make him
wait for them because ir car
not help himself. suppose that, 30
cause his family is sick and he has had
extra expenses, he should politely ask
you to raise his wages for this year
and you roughly tell him if he wants q
better place to go and get it. Suppose
by your manner you act as though Inc
were nothing and you were everything
Suppose YOU are selfish, and overbcar
ing and arrogant. Your first name
ought to be Attila and your last name
Attila, because you are the star Worm
wood, aud you have embittercd one
third, if not three-thirds, of the waters
that roll past your employees, and oper
ativcs, and dependents, and associates
and the long line of carriages which
the undertaken orders for your occa
sion, in order to make the occasion re
spectacle, wi be filed with twice as
many dry, fearless eyes as there are
persons occupying them.
| There is an erroneous idea abroad
that there are only a few geniuses