The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-03-05
FAuLT-FINDING.

but perhaps originated in the
mind of some industrious and i'm.
aginative writer. The legend on
the tomb of the father of the fam.
lily, inscribed by the direction of
Ibis widow, was "He made home
pleasant. 1t requires fortu-
nate assemblage of good qualities
to make a pleasant home, but
however strong and good and true
the members of a household may
be, a pleasant home will not be
the result when a member of the
family is a chronic fault-tinder.
The constant nagging, querulous-
ness, complaining, dissatisfaction
and the inveterate habit of seeing
and speaking about the disagree.
able side of things, are traits
which will embitter the finest ma
lures, transform a home which
has every reason to be happy in
to distressful abode, and in the
end ruin the spirit and the char
acter of the young people who
are subject to unreasonable and
contemplate cavilling and COM
plant. The late j. G.. Holland,
speaking on the subject, said:
"Many mean things are
done in the family for which
moods are put forward as the
excuse when the moods them.
selves are the most ineXcus-
able things Of all. A man or
woman in tolerable health
has no moral right to indulge
in an unpleasant mood. "
The evil effects of fault-tinding
are clearly seen and felt in the
family, but ceaseless complaining
is a cause Of unhappiness and of
strife in any relation of life. BY
fault-fnding just criticism is not
meant. The parent who fails to
correct and guide his children in
an imperative duty, but fault-fnd-
ing is the habit of unreasona Die
complaining. Theophrastus, a
disciple of Plato, described ages
ago the salient trait of the fault.
finding as accurately as any one
"A causeless complaint is
an expostulation framed up
on no ground. These are the
manners of querulous, way
ward man: 4 n He is dis
pleased with Jupiter, not on.
ly if he does not rain, but if
he sends it late: and finding
purse on the way, he com
plaineth that he never found
any great treasure. y If
his friends do contribute to
supply his wants, and if some
one say to him Now be
cheerful, now be merry'-I
have great cause, he will say
when | must repay this mon
ey back again and be behold
ing for it beside. ;"
Another ancient writer re
marked that the yielding to thu
propensity to find fault causes
the mind to become liberated
peevish, querulous, thin and veal
and sensitive TO a wound from
slight causes, which the health,
and strong mind would not motto
or would not heed. 1t is a pecu
liarity of these jaundiced mind
that they cannot by any possibi
ity see the good and the pleasin
and the valuable in any person c
in any performance, but havin
acquired the mousing habit, dive
upon the slightest flaw or TAX
the pains to hunt for flaws wher
none actually exists.
1t was said Of a certain class
England at one time that the
'only real cause of complaint VIZ
that they could no longer find
grievance" and so it is with Il
confirmed and detestable faul
finders whose habits poison the
own characters and natures al
render miserable all with who
they are brought in contact
Fault t-finding is often the resu
of desire on the part Of the wet
and small-minded to receive mo
consideration than their defecti
natural powers entitle them TO-
Lord Bacon says that "such d