Newark post., 1910-10-26

But the general impression is favor
abe one. and this is the more st.iE
ing to one coming from those large
agglomerations in which we meet all
kinds OF likings and dislikings for the
ace we live in, where one even finds
people cursing Columbus for having
discovered land where so much en-
joyments and luxury can exist unds-
turbed near SO much suffering and
misery.
Certainly Newark is not a place of
extremes. By thrift and industry every
tie income which enables it not only
to provide for its comfort and needs,
but also to lay something aside for a
rainy day This simple life, one
might so call it, certainly yields to
them more health and happiness than
any ostentatious and extravagant mode
Of living. Newark people impress as
being really Industrious One may
affirm that there is not single idle
person in town. Men are devoted to
their profession and their families,
mothers to the home and the children,
etc, Yet this very activity, SO bcauti-
full and praiseworthy in itself, may
raise IN the strangers mind the sus-
picious question as to whether this
activity is not sometimes wholly di-
rected to ones small circle, forgetful
of the wider and richer family which
we call the community or town. How
much interest does the Newark citizen
show outside of his daily occupation
and family concerns, to the business of
his home town? The answer to this
question can of course be found only
in examining Newark, for the spirit of
the Newarker for his town must be
Judged by its practical results.
All inhabitants OF Newark are very
proud OF their little town. They
would not exchange it for the most
wealthy and luxurious cities. No
doubt Newark is beautiful little
place. Tie healthy natural climate,
the surrounding woods, the starry sky,
all these are indeed things to be proud
of. Happy the peop.e to whose lot it
has befallen to enjoy nature in such a
beautiful spot. But all these the stran-
ger thinks are but the gifts of God in
the face of which we cannot but ex-
claim with the Psalmst: How great
is zlty' work, 0 God = = When l con-
sid,4 the heavens the work of Thy FIN
gers, the moon and the stars which
Thou hast ordained, what is man that
Thou arr mindful of him? * viv. 3.
But what are the works OF men?The
more profuse the gifts OF nature, the
more incumbent is it on us to main
tain and improve those natural gifts.
Little bands OF men, through persever
ing and united efforts, have succeeded
in making prosperous towns and cities
out OF the unpromising wilderness
What then are we not to expect from
a place where everything is favorable
to the efforts of man?
1t IS hard for a stranger to estimate
the achievements of Newark, for one
cannot judge a country town by a
comparison with the larger cities that
surround it, but only by consideration
of the change it has undergone from
its past to prt;ent conditions and of
the advantage it has taken OF all the
opportunities that have offered them
selves in the course of its develop
ment What Newark was in the past
stranger can little say, but the small
houses yet existing in some of the
sections of Main street, with their
small windows, low roof, oil lamps,
well water may well attest the age of
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