Norwich bulletin., 1910-08-06
THE MAN WHO TALKS


 of keeping our minds off our selfish l interests and upon subjects which in- 1 spire happiness Do not get imbuad l with me. for me is the hog that is l within us. Me and mine are the two rails on the narrow guage of life, and l the me-and- miners can never take l broad views of existence-they never l get the real cream of life. They often l get together riches, but the good book l tells us that riches take unto them ] selves wings and fly away Money is l good. but it cannot buy the abiding l hope and the joy which is unbounded. ! It seems to be mans way. to self ella ! tion which is Gods way to eondemna- l ton unless 1t is applied to those higher uses which fill the heart with pleasure 1 because their use increases the pleas ures of others, The root of happiness lies in noblest conceptions of the soul it only fourishes where man manifests his love through them.
 The vacation risk is at the bottom of most vacation tra gedies-the vaca- tionists go out for joy and they meet srn untimely death, usually as the re- suit of thoughtleSsnesS. As I sat by gently l noticed three women in a boat with a man whose unslxillful use of the oars showed that he was a tyro and that he did not realize the peril that he was in. Had he beeni possessed of good sense he would not have taken more than two women in the boat with him, for that was enough-that reduced the risk This party of four inexperienced persons were sporting on the water without a thought of peril while there was excellent chance for a, tra gedy just because of their recklessness. This is happening every day and the won der is not that vacation tragedies are so many but that they are so few It is a good rule to do no boat ing except with thoroughly compe- tent person who realizes the danger. never crowds a. boat and knows juss what to do in a moment of peril.
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 The world could get along without almost any class better than it could without the men in overalls. The way in which some people look asl<ance at them would mot give you that inn pression, and vet all that they enjoy and through which they manifest evil dence of wealth was made by overall ed men, Overalls are the symbol of constructive work from the sewer to the water works, from the plain dwelling to the palace, from the wheeibarrow to the automobile. Over salls give material form, force and beauty ta that which brains conceive and design The world owes no man greater debt than it does the mar. in overalls, for he is the builder and the defender of homes and the state. A sheer a t overalls tells of ignorance
 
 not qualities to be proud of. Ameri- ca, like every other country, is most ly overalls-without them it could not be.
 Men will discuss things when they gather just as surely as women will gossip. The other day in such an assembly the betters of life were be-, declared, it was better to be loved for the dollars a man had inherited than to be loved for the enemies he had made They did not all agree with think that the man who could make enemies to his credit was superior to the man who would have no credit except for the dollars which fell in his lap. Then one remarked that the way of lea st resistance was the pop ular way in life, and that the man who was loved for what he hadn't done was in no sense less than the other fellow if personal admiration was the chief aim of life But no 1 body was inclined to endorse his sen- timehts, and the. original affirmation | was approved. that it was better to be loved for the dollars inherited than | for the enemies made.
 We are counseIIed to see the error i of our ways very often by well-mean- i ing persons, who see our errors but | do not see their own; and they are surprised to see that their admoni- tion is without effect because they | are unmindful of the fact that we | can see their errors better tharI we | can see our own. We are all more or | less gifted in this line of perception, | and that is where the bar to reform | Burns wrote: Good Lord, what is man? for as simple he looks, do but | try to develop his hooks and his | with his depths and his shall hi H.. {V, n1I ,<@fe- a problem must puzzle the devil" In- trospection is not popu1ar-we devote little time to self-inSpection. If we did we should not have to be told the errors of our ways. for we should know them. Our ways of viewing things should be reversed. and then we should be very good missionaries to ourselves
 Do you ever look at your garden and wonder how much of your own character is to be seen in it2 Man does nothing unless he leaves some signs of himself. Alfred Austin says show me your garden, sprovid- what you are lilze' If you think a pit you will see that the garden ex presses your taste, your love Or lack If it. for order, your regard for work and cleanliness your knowledge Df the various plants from the way
 
 ] competent person gazing upon your garden can read something of your astes and your character by your work He could. not tell you all that 7ou be, but he can tell you in various what you be without dan ger of doing you an injustice. Those vho do not garden never really know he. companionship of flowers Celia Fhaxter said she used to find herself alking to them and admiri-g them as they were human beings.
 When dog-days commence or end s not well defined and their duration S stated to be from 30 to 54 days. n ancient times dog-days commenced when the dog-star, Sirius, rose with the sun, which occurred as early $ July 3d, but now the date as fixed " PIiny. July 18th. is generally ac- epted. Dryden describes dog-days in iis time thus: "'fhe sun is in the jon. mounted high. the Syrian star ,arks from afar, and with his sultry ,reath fnfects the sky; the ground ,elow is parched. the heavens bbove IS fry. The shepherd drives his fanli- V flock behind the covert of a rock, md seeks refreshing rivulets nigh; he sly wolves to their shade retire,