The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-10-06
SAM JONES
Talks About Work, Worry aGd ResI
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don t suppose that in the history
oi humanity there were ever 30 many
oycrwor kcc men WI" really MccI rest.
or when there wcl e.o,.o many hon
est, iniustr:ou, mcn .akinr mrIoy
incut His must ~ al 2j"a.I-ai
state OF things a large proportion C..
humanity ovcrworkcc ana j! is ret or
die with thc;n, and then on The ether
side SO many seeking wori; who arr
thoroughly tired Of resting SrY"n~
the professions. lawyers. doctors.
preachers, teachers, ct cctcra, | hn,i
them everywhere oycrworkcd. ana
wherever 20 and in whatever ,iircc-
ton | turn find another class seeking
employment and hunting work.
But after all. the thing that i kill
ing most men is worry y man can
do nothing and worry, but whcn n
begins steady work and stead: w0rry
ing, then the candle is bnrnin4 at
both ends and it is trying en- human
life. When | look at the HoulIs the
Eanderbilts, the Astors, the Bel
monts, ct cctcra, and see how soon the
light burns out with them, bcrIn to
think of the cares and burdens and
worries they have had. But who is it
that doesn worry? y man who has
fortune is worried to death holding
on to it, keeping up repairs and taxes
and insurance and lcakagc and steal
age and rotagc and ratagc The othc.'
fellow is worrying about what he
hasn got, about paying debts ana
worrying because he has so many wor-
rics. In fact, about half of humanity
are never happy except when they are
miserable. The old maids worry be-
cause they haven't married. The old
bachelors worry because thcy see 50
many men who have surrendered Their
liberties to the other sex. Children
worry because they are not grown.
Grown people worry because they
cant have good time like children
do. Farmers want to move to town,
merchants want to move to the coun-
try. and every fellow that has got
job would like to have an easier Job.
Every fellow out OF 4 job says he VI Il
take anything he can get
| often think of the old legend when
the goddess Of this world called the
whole human race together on great
festival day, and after the feast she
announced to them that she would
give each individual in the great
throng the privilege of wall:in@ up and
dumping down in common pile the
ills and ailments, their woes and wor-
ries. Of course everybody took
hand at that, and every fellow dumped
his woes down in the pile. Thcfcllow
that had a crooked nose dumped it in.
The fellow that had wooden leg
threw in his wooden leg The fellow
who was deaf put in his deafness.
The fellow with an evil conscience
threw that in. Those who had the
cares Of poverty dumped them in
and every fellow had something that
he wanted to get rid Of When all
! had dumped their ailments into the
pile, tic goddess said to the th,o"c Il
people;
Each Of you go to the pile 10, 2i
pick you out something you h..II,.-.:
have than the ailment you threw !H,a
the pile.
The fellow with the evil Conscience
took the wooden leg; the fellow with
crooked nose took the cares Of pov
erty; the fellow with deafness took
dyspepsia and 50 on all around.
Each went to his abiding place think
ing and feeling that he had made 4
magnificent trade, but the legend goes
on to say that the mex: morning at
sun-up they were all back at the pile
at the scene of the festival the day
before begging the goddess t. Give
them their old troubles back And
so it goes in human life. Each o. Us
think we have the greatest cares and
burdens and troubles in the world
But all men have perhaps equally a>
great burdens as We have. lE TIE
providence o? God generally our bur
dcns are adjusted to us, and we can
carry our own ailments better than We
could carry the ailments of others.
When the rich lose their wealth and
become poor, they are the poorest p2o,
pie on earth. and sometimes when a
poor fellow g>'s rich, he is the big,
gcst fool on earl
But to 20 back to the subject be
fore US The overwt.6cd men Of this
country have my sympathy $ortcr
belong to that profession myself |
have realized more in the last thirty
days that am n wcllnigh worn-owt
man than | ever did before. | know
| have worked for over twenty years
without vacation or 4 week sur
cease. am off now on my first vara-
ton. | am trying to rest. and | tn@
it big job. \ man who i UScd To
work is mighty awkward at resting.
But the limit may be reached and {.
fellow will rest under the grave ii he
don on top Of the ground. Now aai
then | have seen CTcrworked men bite
| llc uuSl duu ~ uuh II, uilu l'itSi I''''i
days | am looking at those cases more
than ever. have advised many 4
fellow to hold up and many 4 fellow
has advised me to hold up. butit j.
mighty hard to sidctrac afcliow who
is used to the main line. Engines
wear out, steel will wear ont. and i, /.
strange that man, who is like a harH
OF a thousand chords. will stay in
tune 20 long. But had rather wear
out than rust out never intend ~
worry out. | never 60 to bed WIKI
more trouble at nj yht than | can Kick
off at the foot Of the bed at the first
lick | could worry, and see other
people worrying over what seems to
me lesser things than have to carry,
but found out long ago that while q
man could make something by work
that it was losing game t. worry.
\ great deal Of our trouble is borrowed
trouble, or what We call "homc-nadc
| trouhlo ond homo. IRON 10 l,D