Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-11-23
HERE AND THERE
SABBATH REFLECTIONS.

and set up the difference for a guide
board. A wise man looks carefully into
the results of an act before acting.
while fool acts withlittle or no thought
of the results When wise man feels
a desire urging him forward he looks
far in the direction it is leading him
and extinguishes it Immediately upon
detecting danger. In this way he selects
and cultivates good and pure desires. A
fool is often seen striving to realize a |
desire that involves his own destruction. |
He does not select his desires. They |
select him He is avictim of his desires. |
So, now, if we make guide board OF
the difference between a wise man and |
fool the wayfarer will read the follow.
ing inscription upon t:-'Look care
fully along the path desire is leading
you before yor give it control of your
life. Never act upon your environment
until you reason out the reaction of
your environment upon you. But,
after all, this is simply a new dress for
the old axiom, Look before you leap.
Let us close with an illustration. A pro-
missing young man who was somewhat
of social star at the country dances in
his native community went to the city.
During his first week in the city he was
induced to attend slum dance where
he was fondled as rare flower and in
troduced to bad women, whiskey, and
cigarettes, The seeds of acquaintance
soon grew and blossomed into vile init
macy. He was acting on his environ
ment. Let us now note the fatal re-
action He applied for work to rail
road company. They looked into his
qualifications to hold position of re-
sponsibility. do you drink" DO
you smoke cigarettes" When they
discovered that he did, they had no use
| for him They pushed him aside as
worthless Again and again his appli-
cations met with the same results. He
had disqualified himself for decent en-
ployment. He became troubled. He
drank harder He smoked more. Re
greet and Remorse were gnawing at his
heart. Dependency was close upon his
trail and pounced upon him one
beautiful autumn morning as he emery
ed from Stun carousal. He began TO
reflect on his past. With Memory's
delicate brush he painted a picture OF
his old home. He saw his mother In
the kitchen, his father in the fields, and
his little brothers and sisters playing in
the orchard As he held the picture
before his mind its purity made him
wildly conscious OF his vileness, and he
murmured, II can never returnl can
never return! am not mt for anything:
| am not fit to live, oh, Mother, MotherF
At this juncture he pulled a revolver
from his pocket, placed the muzzle
against his temple, pulled the Trigger,
and blew out his brains. The reaction
was complete. He did not study results.
William Masterson passed quietly
away at the home of his son, NJ. l.
Masterson, three miles sou.neast Of
Auduoon' oatufuay morning, Novem9ef
10, ,slL Mr; Mastersoh was s.uiuy,
weh-respeS.eu plonoor ilo - I.ous ~
ire, lime mas woven lnto une nis'oly "
Auaupon county. MANY Years aBo rs
took 2 piece p greeley t9wns s wiz
prairie ana pauentiy moueieu ~ INTO
| happy wears with his good wife and.
| four Chi 1r.pI- &bkn-or 7f46fsv township
I Years ago his Younger SON Earl Mas
terson. became the victim Of Typhoid
fever while attending school At Ames-
sometime after which his wife was
killed in runaway. These calamities
served only to make him cling closer to
Gnrist 20 whom ne was already much
uevo.eu AFTER prieI services at tine
nome OF ms son tne remains were taken
n paSh ~ cnurcn "a tne vicinity Oh tne
oiu nome where more ample services
were nel9 aIter wnicn ne was laid to
rsst beside ms departed WREN Bowman
like the deceased-
To sit in life's sweet afterplow
| And look hack over wears we'll snept
Just before we rise to 90
Into the land Of sweet content.
| little daughter. Mildred. onto n WAGON
her arm in some way came in contact
with the scoop endgate factur;ng tha
bone of her upper arm. DR.. Brooks was
called and cared for the injured mem.
per since when the little one is doing
wen.
News comes from far-a. way Pomona
California, that Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Leighty are exceedingly pleased with
,.i ncw suirounu,nSs' iney are now
living LYING u rolaona; where f1enry Is holding
sr, eooa JOB at lucrative wages.
they are pleasantly situated
SATURDAY nignt wniie Mrs. b. A.
nanspack was trying 70 round up some
shelter She stepped on n rnstv nail II
ran nearly through her foot, making a
very palnIui wound which demands
aieiui a''en'ion'