Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-07-17


gears and arrafgns the people who live
beyond the r means. text. Jeremiah xvii,
II. LAS the partridge stitch on eggs AMI
hatehcth them not, so he that getteth
riches. and not by right, shall leave them
In the midst Of his days and at his end
shall be a fool
Ausion is here made to a wel-known
fact in natural history If partridge or
a quail or robin brood the eggs of an
other species, the young will not stay
with the cue that happened to brood
them. hnt al the first opportunity will
assert with their own species. Those of
Us vho have been brought up in the
country have seen the dismay of the
farmyard hen. having brooded aquatic
fowls when after awhile they tumble in
TO their natural element. the water. SO
my text suggests that man may gather
under his wings the property of others,
but it yin after awhile escape. 1t will
leave Inc man in sorry predicament
and make him feel very silly.
What has caused all the black days of
financial disasters for the last sixty
years? Some say it is the credit system.
Something back of that. Some say it is
the spirit Of gambling ever and anon be-
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thar. Some say it is the sudden shrink
age in the value of securities, which even
the most honest and intelligent men could
not have foreseen. Something back of
that. will give you the primal cause of
all these disturbances. 1t is the extraya-
gance OF modern society which impels a
man to snend more money than he can
honestly nuke and he goes into wild
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inordinate display, and sometimes the
man is &c blame and sometimes his wife
and oftener both. Five thousand dollars
income, $4,000, $4,000 income, is not
enough for man to keep up the style of
living fie proposes, and therefore he
steers his bark toward the maelstrom.
Other men have suddenly snatched up
$4,000 or $100O00.l Why not he? The
present income of the man not being
large enough, he must move earth and
hell TO catch up with his neighbors. 9th
ers have Il country seat; so must he.
Others have an extrayagant caterer; so
must he. Others have a palatial resi-
'ence; So must he.
Extravaganza is the cause of all the
defalcations of the last sixty years, and.
if you will go through the history of all
the great panics and the great financial
disturbances, no sooner have you found
the story than right back of it you will
find the story of how many horses the
man had, how many carriages the man
had, how many residences in the country
the man had, how many banquets the,
man gave--always, and not one exception
for the last sixty years, either directly or
Indirectly extravaganza the cause.
The Retinements of Life.
Now for the elegances and the refine
ments and the decorations of life ! cast
my vote. While | am considering this
p5iect Il basket of lowers is handed in
flowers paradisiacal in their beauty.
White Gala with green background of
begonia A cluster of heliotropes nest
ling in some gerani N. Sepal and pc
rianth bearing on them the marks of
Gods finger. When / see that basket of
flowers, they persuade me hat God loves
beauty and adornment and decoration.
God might have made the earth so as TO
supply the gross demands. of sense, but
left i without adornment or attraction.
Instead of the variegated eolors of the
seasons the earth might have worn an I'M
changing duh brown. The tree might
have put forth its fruit without the
prophecy OF leaf or blossom. Niagara
might have come down in gradual descent
without thunder and winged spray
Look out Of your window any morning
after there has been a dew and see
whether God loves jewels. Put Il crystal
Of snow under microscope and see what
God thinks of architecture God com
manded the priest of olden time TO have
his robe adorned with wreath of gold
and the hem of his garment to be EN-
broidered in pomegranates The earth
sleenS. and God blankets ii with the bril-
'liants Of the night sky The world wakes,
and God washes il from the FURNISHED
laver of the sunrise. So have not much
patience with a man who talks as though
decoration and adornment and the e!e-
ganees Of life are a sin when they are
diYipely recommended. But there is a
line to he drawn between adornment and
decorations that we can afford and those
we cannot afford. aud when man
crosses that line he becomes culpable. |
cannot tell You what is extravaganza for
you. Yoa cannot tell me what is extrav-
agant for me- What is right for queen
may be squandering for duchess What
may he economical for YOU, Il man with
larger income. will be wicked waste for
me. with smaller income. There is no
iron rule on this subject Every man be-
fore G. ANA on his knees must judge
what is Clearinghouse. an when a man
goes into expenditures hey ond his means
he is extrayagant When man buys
anything he cannot pay f,f. he is ex-
travagais-
There are families in all our cities who
can hardly pay their rent aud who owe
all the merchants in the neighborhood
and yet have an apparel unfit for their
so near shore that business misfortune or
an attack Of sickness prepares them for
pauperism You know very well there
are thousands of families in our great
cities wAo stay in neighborhoods until
they nave exhausted all their capacity 10
get trusted. They stay in the neighbor-
hoods hn' the druggists will let them
will sell them no more meat, and the
bakers viii sell them no more bread. and
the grecprymcn will sci, them no more
sugar Then they find the region un-
healthy. and they hire n carman whom
they never pay. to take them to some
new quarters where the merchants, the
druggists the butchers. the bakers AID
the groceFymen come and give them the
best rounds az beef and The best sugars
and the best merchandise Of all sorts IN
I'll they find out that the only compensa-
tion they are going 10 get is the acquaint-
anre % the r,afrnus There are thou