The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-09-07
SP0TSYlVaNiA ROADS
To the Free Lance.
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To the Free Lance
Longfellow say:
Trust no future. however pleasant.
Let the dead past bury the deaf
Act, act in the living present
Heart within and God overhead
Henry Ward Beecher says.'.Bless.J ~.
they who remove friction and mike th,.
courses of life smooth.
Phillips Brooks says. Live M to vour
present Rrowth-your present faith -
We talk about mans reaching, mn o,
natures God. Reach up To manhood
nrsI he very best men leave the tale
OF ne hall untold. II the work has ba.n
faithful some other will utter cur mos
sag better and tell our tale more p.r-
iectly.
Theodore Roosevelt saye: ut H. onl,
through labor-psinful effort-..ritn ON.
ergy and resOlute courage. that "A. rn,V.
on TO better thugs"
The habit of looking at the hriybt
side OF things is worth more than "a
| thousand year, SAWS Samuel
johnson, and Il love thu Rooster
Tor two things says Josh Billings
for the crow that r. IN him
ana Tor the spurs that are ou him. L.
back the crow up with Tn. World
/ "A Ia
lacks confidence in himself. What "A,
need are IA the Chinese SAY. "S,vvr en-,
do, not the "No can do ch,,r,,,.,.rs
The divine program is BE strong fen,
not. Emerson says, w hen dutv SAY.
thou must, the youth says can" Tnk.
your Bible down, brush the dust off nn.n
at Numbers ID, read the account of m.
spies sent out by Moses Ten coward.
came back, who had seen the sons of the
AhaAlansi two gentlemen, not afraid
MADE the minority report. Caleb and
Joshua These men were said hy the ten
az not sale or sane, all posses scd The Same
body OF facts. Those ten were "A nainri-
ty, but they were majority OF towards
Truth Is generally in the minority until
II becomes sale and commonplace. The
report OF Caleb and Joshua was treated
as was Columbus, vs. no, hundreds of wears
after, have us To rise up and call him
blessed. The clear-headed. stout-hearted
are generally different from the ten. That
was one OF lsraels brave days. the miaor-
ity report was rejected with stones. and
israel ever had cause TO regret to rue the
day.
At IA meeting August IL the supervisor.
ui the county passed "a resolution by a
three-iourths vote To ask roadmnkin0
i'oli' ~ fAultlf tAf the court
house on September 10th On Septem-
Der Fad the writer offered the four mem
bers OF the board at their regular meet
ing to pay all expenses and take them.to
Pennsylvania and to Illinois and show
them all of the different makes of ma
ehines-the roads, making aud made
This trip was free. and no ohliga-
ton to buy any machinery If any
kind. No cost To the county or any
member OF the board of supervisors
This proposition was unanimously
voted down. This practically settles
all roadmaking or purchasing Of
machinery for 1907. A few brush. a few
poles, a little loose dirt. then mud holes
until the hot sun and wind of spring helm
Us on top of the ground again in 1905
Some private citizens may buy a roller
and make IA few miles OF road Vet this
iall lt is a Christian grace 10 have
pleasant and aifectiOnate thoughts of
men, TO rejoice in their exoelleIres and
charitably to forget as far az possible
their short comings.
Yours for good roads.
ThOs. II. Harris.
Sent 9TH 1907