The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1911-03-23

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be smart if they had anything % s'
When you haven't anything
caving IT isn't a bad idea 20 turn
,,onr attention to listening, so nave
Kicked out the following eui'oi ia'
from Bob Quillen's' Fountain inh
Tribune. picked it out PAL ei""'
because Bob has named HIS Pap'i
after mine. or at least l hope So
and partially because 1t Is
thinking than I'm in the haplt u
doing myself: u.o
there is only one thing in ire
worth while. There is only one goai
worth striving for. There is ohis
one reward that is worth the tiiei''
1t is happiness.
The man who isn't happy Is d
failnra no matter what his "eaLth
NAV be The woman who isn't happs
is a failure. no matter if she mas
wealth. beauty, friends, and nVers
accomplishment.
Happiness is about the only ehihs
in this world that money cannot ous'
Happiness takes root i'll the soui' "nu
blossoms in any climate, and III all
seasons It is free to him that asketh
but no man can purchase 1t WIFI
money.
The man who can't be happy "hlie
he is poor. could not be happy II
ne were rich. The begger may De aS
happy in his rags, as the .niliiohaiie
in English wOrsted.
knew a man one time VINO "as
unhappy for years. He thought III
an aggressive atmosphere, ana lVea
in discomfort. There was no real
cause for it. He had NEARLY .ormeo
the mental habit. But after "hllet
in the midst of misfortune, he got d
new girl baby, Collie dog, a pen
of thoroughbred chickens and an
Oliver typewriter, and he mas peeh
nanny ever since. Early in the morn
ing of the first day of this year ais
newspaper plant burned down, and MS
oliver typewriter went up in smoke
but he still has the baby, Collie log
and chickens. and continues to be
happy. I happen to know about
him, for he is my father. and In
going to have a pup next summer
from that same Collie. The baby
and chickens are a matter Of loupt.
| knew a young lady one lime VINO
laid out for herself a path of inhap-
piness. She loved a young man;
loved him so we'll that she prayed
for him. And when girl gets to
the point where she prays .or' aim
the case is getting pretty serious.
This girls people thought the young
man was unsuitable, and the girl
placed duty above happiness and
decide not to marry him. The girl
was a fool. Her two brothers soon
and thereafter had other
interests more compelling than their
sisters welfare. The old people
died, and the girl is now clerking in
a dry-goods store. Her face IS win
kled, and people call her an old maid
She smiles a weary, lonely smile
across the ribbon counter all day,
and at night, in the privacy of ner
room, she takes from her trunk n
picture of him The picture is
stained in spots with tears. but to
her it is still beautiful. She is u
failure; ii failurebecause, poor 'ouI
she thought duty was a greater thing
than happiness.
to be governor of state. He start
ed out with that ambition when 4
boy just out of school. Year after
year he planned and worked, studied,
struggled, and through it all ne kept
sweet. A few years ago he saw his
opportunity, and announced his can
didacy. He toured the state from
end to end, speaking everywhere, and
was elected.
y few weeks after his inauguration
he died. worn out by the campaign,
but happy. That was Samuel G. Cos
grove. He was success. But he
would have been success if ned
never been elected governor. HIS
ambition was a source of happiness,
and nothing more was required.
A man should get happiness rom
his work., or change his work. Some
people could not be happy in news-
paper office, but | love the smell of
the ink, and each individual piece
of type. If there are no print shops
in heaven / don't know that l par
ticularly care about going there.
1t doesn't matter especially what
a man is doing as long as he is con-
tented. And it doesn't matter at NIL
whether he makes money or not.
Enough to eat and to wear, and his
work to do' What more could he ask.
Give me that, and a few real friends
and | am satisfied.