The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-01-04
PLAIN TALKS
By a Plain Man.

l noticed that after the recent light
fall of snow some of our residents
cleaned their sidewalks, while other
every property holder to clean the
walks within twenty -four hours after
snowfall, and thus do away with
the possibility of accidents.
How is it and why is it that no
matter where you go, there is always
certain number of young men who
hang around the corners ?and in door
ways? 1t seems to me that if Morris
town was provided with a reading
room, where young man might sit
and read and enjoy a smoke, that
more of them would be attracted there
than to the library or the Y. M. G. A.
1t is all right to fight the tobacco
habit perhaps, but more young men
would be kept off the streets and out
of bar rooms if some such place was
provided for them to spend their even
ings.
There has been much written and
said about the human hog" 1t
strikes me, however, that the very
vilest specimen of this article, is
the breed that hangs around corners
and doorsways and expectorates to-
bacco juice on the sidewalks for de-
cent people to wade through. 1t
would not be bad idea for the town
to build public pen and require
the police to drive this breed therein
and compel them to remain for few
hours. Perhas it would teach them
to do little differently.
The man who has such high opin-
ion of himself that he believes he is
the only one of his kind is apt to run
into an obstacle in short order and lose
good position. There is always an
other who can fill his posi-
ton equally we'll, if not better.
Stop and think minute. Do you
suppose that business would cease and
the world stop revolving in the event
of your demise? Not much. Just
figure out that you are only one
seventy -millionth part of the popu-
lation of the United States and live
accordingly. When a man gets this
idea in his Uranium there is a chance
for him to rise in the community in
which he lives and be respected. No
man with "swelled head is either
liked or honored.
I overheard a remark Sunday that
caused me to do some serious think
ing A young man who does not of
ten attend church services made the
remark that he did not go to church
oftener for the reason that the min
listers were always begging for
money. [ want to call the young
mans attention to few facts and in
doing so will use the Yankee style
of asking questions. Do you suppose
for an instant that it is pleasant
duty for a minister of the gospel to
ask his congregation for more
money, perhaps to help pay him his
honestly earned salary? Suppose
you hold q position; would you like
to be compelled to plead with your
employer for money when ever you
had earned it and it was due? You
will probably answer ono, I'd quit !"
Well, suppose all the ministers of the
gospel should quit also, what kind
of world would this be "The Lord
loveth a cheerful giver ;'"'It is more
blessed to give than to receive. -
If you and l, and others did their
whole duty and spent less for amuse-
ments (selfish as we are) there would
be much more done for Christ and
this would be a far better world to live
in. Be sure and place the following
at the top of your new resolutions and
stick to it, even though you break all
the others: 81 pledge myself to give
as much as can weekly toward sup
porting the church and spreading
Christ's gospel TO all countries. " You
will feel better about it than if you
smoked the amount up or rolled it
away on pool or billiard table.