Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1898-01-08
Notes and Comments.

Welcome 1898.
Oh, that beautiful snow, too late for
Christmas
The turkey departed this life as
usual.
We are now longing for springtime.
More business, more labor, more
money.
Plenty room for more enterprise at
the B. & o. shops
What is wrong with Bro. Yeakley
and his followers? "a house divided
against itself must fall.
Give the out side fellow a chance,
down with Civil Service Reform.
The Board of Education has decided
to introduce vocal music in the city
public schools, and have employed
Professor Luscomb as instructor
The closing exercises of the public
school prior to Christmas at the fourth
ward showed more than ordinary
training on the part of the teachers
and a constant application to study
on the part of the pupils. The Christ
mas trees were neatly and beautifully
decorated, the dialogues and recita-
tons were interesting, some of them
very lengthy and all memorized
Many OF the patrons were present and
appeared to enjoy it highly, while the
teachers all wore their sweetest
smiles.
Now that the new year has just be-
gun everybody of course has turned
over new leaf in the way of resolu-
tons and faithful promises of what
evils they will reuounce and the good
deeds they will perform, which will
all prevail until violated We would
like to make few suggestions, viz:
Promise little, do more; actions are
more powerful than words, but if you
have set good resolution stand by it
and maintain it though the heavens
| fall. Let not temptation ensnare you
into vice; rather encourage the good
which will eventually lead on to
peace, pleasure and happiness. Then
though you walk through the valley
of death, you need fear no evil.
In a business point of view, all per-
sons would be pleased to see an in
crease. Nothing good can come from
idleness; it is the root, fruit and
branch of evil; it inculcates vice in all
its forms. All labor is honorable.
What we want is more of it. Yet it is
no sign of industry when you see
man wearing extra sleeves over his
shirt, and it makes no odds how little
he works he loves to tell how he used
to work. There are those who have
moved mountains, just by their lips
and the power of speech, and expect
persons to give them attention.
There ale many things in this life
to learn. 1t is important to learn to
keep your troubles to yourself Life
is too short and the useful man is too
busy to listen to you. Learn to stop
croaking about your city, if you can
not discover any good in its many
public enterprises, keep the bad 10
yourself, learn to attend strictly to
your own business Gf you nave any;
this is of vital importance. Always
greet your friends with a smile; they
often carry too much sadness and
trowns on their own hearts to be
bothered with any OF yours, and last,
but not least by any means, don't en-
ter suit against the Building and Loan
Association, unless you are positive
that you and your neighbors will get
all you have paid in with legal rate
of interest, otherwise you may be
surprised to know you just had enough
deposited in it to pay your attorneys
fee, Wait, don't exhaust your vital
ity on cold iron, its time to strike
when it gets hot HE that is slow
to anger is greater than the mighty"
The same rule might apply to one
who is slow in bringing suit. Medi-
tate before you act. RALF.
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