St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-03-13


and sharp as q northeast storm.
Now, that man who is affable in pub
lie aud who is irritable in private i,
| making u fraudulent Overissue Of stock
and he is as bad rs bank that nigh,
have f4OO, 600 or 500, OOO in bills in cir
culation with no specie in the vault
Let Us learn Ito show piety 1t home.
II we have it not there we have it not
anywhere. II we have not genuine
grace in the family circle all our out
ward and public plausibility merely
springs from . fear of the world ol
from the Shiny, putrid pool of our own
selfishness. l tell you the home Is 4
mighty test of character. What you
are at home you are everywhere,
whether you demonstrate 1t or not.
Again, remark that home 10 ref
uge. Life il the United States army
on the national road to Mexico. long
march with ever and anon . skirmish
and . battle. At eventide we pitch
our tent and stack our arms; we hang
up the war cap and lay our head on
the knapsack; we sleep until the morn.
ing buglc calls us to marching and &C.
tion. How pleasant It Is to rehearse
the victories and surprises and the at-
taoks of the day, seated by the still
campfire of the home circle!
Yea, life is . stormy sea. With
shivered masts and torn sails and hulk
aleak, we put into the harbor of home.
blessed hsrborl there we 60 for re-
pairs In the dry dock of quiet life. The
candle in the window is to the toiling
man the lighthouse guiding him into
port. Children 60 forth to meet their
fathers as pilots ut the Narrows take
the hand of ships. The doorsill of the
homo is the wharf where heavy life 10
unladen.
There IL the place where we may
talk of what we have done without be-
ing charged with self-adulation. There
is the place where we may lounge with
out being thought ungraceful. There
is the place where we may express At
lection without being thought silly.
There is tho place where we may for
get our annoyances and exasperations
and troubles. Forlorn earth-pilgrim!
no home? Then die. That 10 better.
The grave is brighter and grander and
more glorious than this world, with
no tent from marchings, with no har.
Dor from tho storm, with NO place to
rest from this scene of greed and
gouRe and loss and gain. God pity
the man or woman who has no home!
Further, Iremark, that home Is po-
liticsl safeguard. The safety Of the
state must be built on the safety Of
the home. The Christian heartstone
is the only cornerstone for . repub-
lie. The virtues cultured In the fam
lily circle are IN absolute necessity for
the state. II there be not enough
moral principle to make the family
adhere there will not be enough polit-
ical principle to make the state ad-
here. mo home" means the Goths
and Vandals, means the nomads Of
Asia, means the Numidians of Afri-
ca, changing from place to place &C.
cording as the pasture happens to
change. Confounded be all those b.
bells of iniquity which would overflow.
er and destroy the home. The same
storm that upsets the ship in which
the family sails will sink the frigate
of the constitution. Jails and peni-
and armies and navies, are
not our best defense. The door of tho
home Is the best fortress. Household
utensils are the best artillery, and the
chimneys Of our dwelling houses are
the grandest monuments Of safety and
triumph. No home, no republic!
Further, I remark that home is .
school Old ground must be turned
up with subsoil plow, and it must Be
and reharrowed, and then
tho crop will not be ~ large as that Of
the new ground with less culture.
Now. youth ard childhood are new
ground, and all the influences thrown
over their heart and life will come mp
in afterlife luxuriantly. Every time
you have given . smile Of appreciation
all the good cheer Of your life will
come up again in the geniality Of your
children. And every ebullition Of
anger and every uncomfortable dis
play Of indignation will be fuel to
their disposition 90. or 30, or ~ years
from now-fuel for bad 6re quar-
ter Of = century from this You praise
the intelligence Of your child too much
when you think he Is not
aware Of it, and you will see the result
Of it before ten years Of ago in his an
noying affectationA You praise his
beauty, supposing he il mot large
enough to understand what you say,
and you will find him standing on .
high chair before . dattering mirror.
Words and deeds aud example arc the
seed Of . character, and children are
very apt to be the aecond edition of
their parents. Abraham begat Isaac,
30 virtue is apt to 70 down the ances-
tral line; but Harold begat Archelaus,
30 iniquity is transmitted. What vast
comes upon parents In
view Of this subject
Oh, make your home the brightest
place ON earth. II you would charm
your children to the high path Of virtue
and rectitude and religion. Do not Al
WAYS turn the blinds the wrong way.
Let the light which puts gold on the
9entian and spots the pansy pour into
your dwellings, Do not expect the
little feet to keep step toa dead march.
Do not cover up your walls with such
pictures ~ Vests death on . Pale
Horse" or Tintoretto'a Massacre Of
the Iunocents." Rather cover them.
If you have pictures, with The Hawk
ing Party" and THE Mill BY the
Mountain Stream" and ''The Fox
Hunt" and ssThe Children Amid Flow.
ers," and "The Harvest scene" and
..The saturday Night Marketing"
Get Won NO hint Of cheerfulness from
rr,sshopper's leap. and lambs frisk.
and ouails whistle. and garrulous
.%re,mlet which. from the rock At the