The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-08-24
The City and Country.

The City and Country.
Minnesota has adopted a rather
noyel way TO raise the necessary
funds for bringing their volunteer
soldiers home from San Francisco,
the mastering out point. The city
OF Minneapolis decided to raise the
amount required by popular sub
scriptiun OF s from each person, and
proceeded to print badges bearing
these words: 81 have; have you?"
This badge means the wearer has
paid 81 to the fund, and asks the
question shave your" 1t has be-
come fad to wear them, and thous-
ands OF them are being sold. Any
thing OF this kind can BE- readily
done in cities, where people, are
punched together in large numbers,
and us Il rule grow more enthusiast
tic over any undertaking than in
rural communities.
The incident furnishes an illustra-
ton OF the difference of feeling and
action between portions of the great
human family living in cities and
country. The rush and hurry ofcity
life, greater competition in all chan
nels, the necessity OF rapid thought
and action, quickens and sharpens
the wits of the masses in certain
ways. They take up with any new
or novel thing quickly and enthus-
iasticly. But their energies are cou-
sumed in impetuosity OF action, Of
ten for very small things. Constant
i ly looking for something to attract
and interest them selves, to furnish
them passing entertain ment, they
grow enthusiastic quickly and for
short time over almost anything.
Today its the prominent states
man greeted by thousands tomor-
row he is forgo item in cheers for the
man who slugged the ball for home
run in time to win game. Next
day they banquet some noted wom-
an, some genius in the literary or
musical field, or a great soldier, and
the same evening crowd their AUDI
itorum to witness agloye contest be-
tween two hard hitters. Anything
or anybody who has obtained prom
inence, or attracted the worlds at
tention, needs but the announcement
of a public appearance and the city
Leople fall over each other in their
eagerness to see, hear and applaud.
They care little or nothing for the
private affairs OF each other, and
next-door neighbors may be strang
ers; but each eagerly scans the daily
paper for today's attraction.
BY rubbing up against all classes
and kinds of humanity; by his own
varied experiences; by apportu nifty
to watch how Others do; the city
man grows quick and bright in
thought and act of certain kind, and
Outlines laughs at his country bro
ther who cannot see or appreciate a
thing as quickly and as enthusiastic
ly as he hims elf can. But after all,
with the average city person its u
sort of superficial brightness and
doesn't go very deep. In "the avel-
age is meant the mass of city PEG
ple bred and raised there.
In the country it requires an un-
usual thing to stir up the people.
They are slower to act,-pcrhaps
slower in thought-but give more
time to wolk and to deeper thought,
because the opportunity is not al
ways present for novel attraction
and entertainment. to be had merely
by pa wing for it. Ii enter tainment
be had ut all the country denzens
must themselves be the actors and
furnish their own entertainment in a
small way.
The average rurhl citizens, tie
masses in country. AMI yilage, move