The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1905-07-27

breeds contempt, - may with taciI-
itv be changed into Familiarity
breeds forgetfulness," and both
the truth and universally of the
latter version will be equally as
great and extensive as those OF
the former. So in the daily life
of every individual, of every fam
lily, in any community, the prose
cution of the ordinary diurnal du-
ties, the various avoCations Of the
different members Of the house
hold, the meeting day after day
with the same persons, including
time after time in the same topics
of conversation, permitting even
the slightest privileges to gentle
men visitors, these and the thou
sand and one other tasks and past
times that make up the sum Of
daily life, are but too apt to cast
cloud over the mind, veil over
the the eyes, especially Of trusting
and unsuspecting parents, so as to
render them incapable Of under
standing and unable to see that
canker of immortality, which, born
in the depraved tendencies of the
human heart and nurtured by the
satiation Of our base appetites, is
ever at hand, coiled and prepared
to get in its fell and fatal work.
Insinuating its loathsome form in
to some happy household, this in
tangible thing we are attempting
to depict, and which has been aptly
represented as a worm, secret and
subtle, has there, alas in too
many cases, blasted many a lovely
bud that gave promise of blossom
ing out into fullblown rose, the
pride and delight of the home, and
made of that once happy dwelling,
the abode of contentment and
peace, a place Of sorrow, of shame
and of tears!
Now it is an established fact, an
indisputable fact, that a person Of
intelligence, of ordinary powers of
observation, on coming into a
strange place, will see more, in {
short time, and know more that's
going on than some of the oldest
inhabitants. For the place being
new to him, and everything move
and interesting, he will notice
more, and his perceptive facultie:
will not be dulled or 1ulled by
familiarity with his surroundings
Such is precisely the case with the
writer of this letter. Having trav
eled about Uncle Sans extensive
dominions from one end to The
other, and as Homer sings of hi
hero, Ulysses, having seen thu
cities and observed the customs O
many men," he finally blew into
the town of Homecoming. And wha
did this philosophic spectator be
hold therein that inspired the pen
ming Of these lines?
Sitting one evening-it was pa,
day at the nines-he saw crowd
of gaily and becomingly dresse
young people promenading: alon
the main thoroughfare of the town
Some of the youthful aemOiSeNl
were exceedingly pretty, with we.
proportional and symmetriCa
figures, rosy cheeks and sparklin
eye, all attesting to the healthfr
and invigorating nature of tn
mountain climate in which the
lived; others of the throng, thong
not, perhaps, cast in so fair
mould, were nevertheless attrat
tive in their appearance, and a
were arrayed in tasteful style an
manner, such as would become I'll
female portion of any city in ii
land. While admiring this crow
of young people, the inditer
these lines, who we'll illustrate
the truth of Aristotle's remarl
that "DenS honDaini dedH iHgeAiu
cnriOsum," Good gave to man
curious disposition"), made i
quiries of those nearby as to II
manner Of life, the morals, Gu
toms, etc, of the people of tn
region. To his extreme surpri