St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-07-11

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to have you renounce your occupation
and associate with them. Much OF til
time they lounge around the doors q
engine houses, or after the dininl
hour stand upon the steps Of fash
ionable hotel or m elegant restau
rant, wishing to give you the ide'
that that is the place where they dine
But they do not dine there. They q,
sinking down lower and lower. day b,
day. Neither. by day or night hsv'
anything to do with idlers. Before 70,
admit man into your acquaintanc,
ask him politely: .What do you d.
for living?" II he says, Nothing,
am gentleman" look ont for him
He may have : very soft hand. and
very faultless apparel, and have .
high-sounding family name, but hi
touch Is death. Before you know it
you will in his presence be ashamed o.
your work dress. Business will be
come to Won drugery, and-after awhile
You will lose your place, and after
ward your responsibility, and last Of
al your soul. Idleness II next to vii
lainy. Thieves, gamblers, burglars
shoplifters and assassins arc made
from the class who have nothing to do.
When the police 20 to hunt up and ar
rest q culprit, they seldom 60 to look
In at the busy carriage factory, or BE-
hind the counter where diligent clerks
are employed, but they 20 among the
groups Of idlerA Tho play y going
on At the theater. when suddenly
there Is . scuf1e In the top gallery.
What is 1t? A policeman has come
in, and. leaning over, has tapped
on the shoulder Of young man.
saying: Il want you, sir" He has not
worked during the day, but somehow
has raked together . shilling or two ia
get into the top gallery. He is IN
idler. The man on his right hand ID
an idler, and the man on his left hand
Il an idler.
Shrink back from idleness in your
self and in others, II You would main
tain in : right position. Good old
Ashbel Green, 1t more than eighty
years Of age, was found busy writing,
and some young man said to him:
why do you keep busy? It is time
for you to rest" He answered: Il
keep busy to keep out Of mischief !"
No man is strong enough to be idle.
Are you fond of pictures? II 50 I
will show you one of the works Of IN
old master. Here It is: II went by
the field Of the slothful, and BY the
vineyard of the man void Of under
standing; and lol it was al grown
over with thorns. and nettles had COW
cred the face thereof, and the stone
wall was broken down. Then / saw
and considered well. looked upon It
and received instruction. Yet little
sleep little slumber, . little folding
Of the hands to sleep. So shall thy
poverty come as one that travelth and
thy want Is m armed man." don't
know Of another sentence in the Bible
more explosive than that It Arst
Kisses softly, like the fuse Of . cannon,
and at last bursts like 54-pounder.
The old proverb was right: "The
devil temps most men, but idlers tempt
the devil
A young man. came to . man Of 90
years Of age and said to him. "How
have you made out to live 50 long and
be SO well?' The old man took the
to an orchard, and, point
ing to some large trees full Of apples,
said: Il planted these trees when
was : boy. and do you wonder that
now I am permitted to gather the fruit
of .them?" We gather in old ael
what we plant In youth. Sow to tho
wind and we reap the whirlwind.
Plant in early life the right kind Of .
character, and you will eat
luscious fruit in old age, and gather
these harvest apples in eternity.
Iurge you to avoid the perpetual
believe in recrea-
ton and amusement. God would not
have made us with the capacity to
augh If He had not intended us some
Times to indulge it. God hath hung in
Ky, and set In wave, and printed on
yrass many : .roundelay; and he who
choose pleasnre-seeking for his life
work does NOT understand for what
Tod made him. Our amusements are
Intended toAshelp us in some earn
st mission, The thunder cloud
,ath al edgo exquisitely purpled,
out with voice that jars the earth |
t declares: II 60 to water the green |
ields." Tho wild flowers under the
ence are gay, but they say: 'We stand |
,ere to make room for the wheat field,
md to refresh the husbandmen in their |
looming The stream sparkles and
cams and frolics and says: Il 20 to
'aptize the moss. leave the spots on
he trout. / Stake the thirst Of the
'ird. turn the wheel Of tho mill. / |
ock In my crystal cradle muckshaw
nd water lily" And SO. while the
rorld plays, it works. Look out for
he man who always plays and never
FORKS.
You will do well to avoid those whose
ocular business it is to play ball, skate
r 60 a-boating. All these sports are
rand In their places. Inever derived
o much advantage from any ministo-
ial association Is from Z ministerial /
Tub that went out TO play ball every
afternoon in the outskirts Of
These rccrestions arc
rand to give us muscle and spirits for
ur regular toll. believe in muscular
IA A0Gl0uAty~ n 4A60 - OASGu 0Vt ~
ear God with : weak stomach
> when he has : strong digestion.
int shun those who make It their
fe occupation to sport. There
70 young men whose industry and
sefulness have fallen overheard from
he yacht. There are men whose bust
ess fell through the Ice Of the skating
ond, and has never since been heard
|. There IS beauty in the gliding
: boat, in tho song Of tho skates, in
10 soaring Of : well-struck ball, and
ever see one ny but I involuntarily
,row up my hands to catch It; and, %
X from laying m injunction upon
Ill playing, or any other innocent
,ort, claim them all - belonging Of
ght to those who toll in tho grand
dustries Of church and state.
But the life business Of pleasure
eking always makes, b the end, = ,
iminal or : sot. George Brummel
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