The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-08-24

ceiyed by the emperor anu
and the empress dowager, Dr. lar
mage sends this discourse IN "hlch nc
shows the mighty good that ma! NC
done by the cities, and also 'he '"a
evil they may do by their allureihei.'
TO the unsuspecting and the unguaru
cd The text is Zechariah l:l1; MY
cities through prosperity shall yet oe
spread abroad
The city is no worse than the coun
fry. The vices of the metropolis are
more evident than the vices OF the ru-
,.al districts because there are more
n he bad if they wish to be. Inc
merchant is as good as the farmer
There is no more cheating IN town
chan ont of town-no worse cheatlhS'
Ct is only on a larger scale. The couh-
tryman sometimes prevarlcates aoou'
the age of the horse tha1 ne So
about the size of the bushel WIN
which he measures the gralh' aoou'
the peaches at the bottom Oh 'he
basket as being as large as those a'
the ton. about quarter OF beer as
beine tender when it is tough, ana 10
&C had an extent as the citizen, the
merchant prevaricates about cahcoes
or silks or hardware.
And as to villages, l think that III
some respects they are worse IMAM
the cities. because they copy the wees
of +be cities in the meanest shape, and
as to gossip its heaven is country
village. Everybody knows everybody
business better than he knows IL nun
self The grocery store or the black
smith shop in day and night is the
Grand depot for masculine little tat
t1a and there are always in the VII
lage a half dozen women VINO nave
their sunbonnets hanging near So
that at the first item of derogatory
news they can fly out and cackle II al
over the town. Countrymen must not
he too hard in their criticism OF the
citizen, nor must the pillow run 'oo
sharply against the yardstick.
Cain was the founder OF the hrs'
city, and suppose it took after MN
in morals. 1t takes city Ions
time to escape from the character OF
founder. Where the founders OF
ci+v are criminal eXiles, the NTH, TN
vice, the prisons, are the shauo" o
those founders. 1t will take centurle
for New York to get over the goo'
influence of the pious founders OF ina
citv-the founders whose prayer
went up in the streets where nov
banks discount and brokers pargal
and companies declare DIVIDENDS an
smugglers swear custom house he'
and above the roar of the wheels an
the crack of the auctioneer maize
escends the ascription: I'VE worshl
tbee. O almighty dollar!" The oil
church that used to stand on wa
street is to this day throwing II
blessing on the scene of trafhc ana
all the ships folding their white wing
in the harbor. In other days Peep
Gathered in cities for defense-none bl
the moor. who had nothing to |
stolen. lived in the country, but
these times, when through clvllizale
and Christianity it is safe to live an
where. people gather in the cities Il
purposes of rapid gain.
Cities are not evil necessarily,
some have argued. They have be-
the birthplace of civilization. In the
popular liberty has lifted its voit
witness Genoa and Pisa and Neni'
After the death of Alexander t
Great among his papers were found
tensive plans of cities. some TO
built in Europe. some to be built
Asia. The cities in Europe were to
occupied by Asiatics; the cites in Al
were to be occupied, according to
plans. by Europeans, and so the
should be comningling and 1
fernity and a kindness and &c
will between the continents and
tween the cities. So there alw;
ought to be. The strangest thing
nv comprehension is that tn
should be chickering's and rivalr
among our American cities. New "
must stop caricaturing Philadelpl
and Philadelphia must stop picking
New York. and certainly the col
nent is large enough for st. Paul
Minneapolis. What is good for
CITY is good for all the cities. II
is the great highway of our matte
prosperity. On that highway oil
tional prosperity walk the cities.
A city with large forehead
great brain-that is Boston; a
with deliberate step and calm man
that is Philadelphia; city with
pocket full of change-that is
York; two cities going with a
that astounds the continent-they
St Louis and Chicago; a city
takes its wife and children along
it-that is Brooklyn. Cincinl