Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-11-03
THINGS PERTINENT AND pALATABLE
The observer" Ia. rs Note of Matter Of
Fact and Sentiment

Wausau Record Herald; There is an
increasing demand for honesty. IL is
being realized that it never pays to
break the law even though immediate
gain or freedom from discussion is
gained thereby. In public as in pri-
Vate life, the moral ideas of the peo-
pie are being awakened and higher
standard of living is required. This
fact is TO be seen in the more rigid en-
forcement of the laws and a more care
full scrutiny of the private acts of men
and women. This results in exposures,
in scandals, in prosecutions, but these
do not mean an increase of crime, but
an intent to put a stop to it. Acts
which would have been overlooked or
palliated ten years ago in an official are
now condemned and rebuked. IL has
been discovered that the command,
"fhou shalt not steal" means more
than out right burglary; that it means
a complete recognition of what is mine
and what is thine in fact the present
conditions is better appreciation of
the golden rule.
The farmer and his family who culti-
vate a desire for all that is beautiful
and comfortable are doing much to
dispel worry and trouble. And it is
worry and trouble that kills. Flowers,
laws, pictures, books, magazines, easy
chair, hammocks- these all favor longe-
witty and make you happier while you
do live and cause your children to be
contented with farm iife-the most in
dependent and happy lite on earth.
An expert at the work of getting
money out of people for foreign mis-
sions has Just scored his greatest tri-
umph in New York City by getting a
widow, under the influence of emotional
excitement, to part with the $50 re-
presenting all of her savings. Such
brilliant successes as this should soon
provide funds enough to save the heather
near the African equator from the
rigor Of hard winter.
The man who goes to bed late is often
told, with an air of solemn conviction,
that an hours sleep before midnight is
worth two after. This is not true, but
it has a certain foundation of fact.
Not, however, as to the actual time of
retiring to bed. The fact is that the
first sleep into which we fall is the
deepest and most refreshing. Sleep
increes ses very rapidly in depth until
the end of the first hour, after which
it begins to grow Iighter-at first rap
idly and then more slowly. At the end
of an hour and half it falls to one
fourth, at the end of two hours to one
eight of it's greatest intensity, and from
that time onward it decreases gradually
by less and less degrees until the time
Of natural awakening
Come, let US strain both Drawn and
brain. to pile up mighty heaps of plum
der; o let US toll, and grind, and mol,
and let amusement go to thunder! In
divers climes wen nail the dimes, by
method white, or method yellow; Wen
keep up steam, and plan and scheme,
and sometimes soak the other fellow.
We have no time for song or rhyme, or
plays on other things diverting, the
eager lust for dough and dust is grip
ping US until it's hurting. We have no
heart for works of art, for statues
sculped by grand old masters; our green
back dream and get there schemes stick
tighter than adhesive plasters. We
can't afford to leave our board for half
a day, to go a-fishing; tograb the plunk
and kindred junk - that is the burden of
our wishing And thus we strive while
we're alive, and jog upon our joyless
journey; and when we croak-ths is
the joke our wads are swiped by some
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