The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-06

pleases or as circumstances direct
Here the speaker describes the man
with the character on wheels, who
moves when he feels like It, never at
tends theS same church twice in sue
cession. votes the same ticket, as un-
stable as the wind.
| Jacks Honesty Uncommon.
| There are many such, said the
! speaker, who If a mummy from the
tornbs of Egypt dead for 10000 years,
calico wrapped around 1t, brought to
| this country and given the name Of a
| new religion, thousands Of them would
cross the continent to worship at the
| new shrine. But Jack was not Of this
kind and had no use for the character
or foundation upon wheels.
Another came to him and said that
his foundation was very old fashioned,
out of date, and he invited Jack to
attend lecture of things in which he
had been proved and tried. Jack did
not like this kind, either, and asked
why the adviser still followed some
0d fashioned customs. some Of the
oldest, in fact, such as eating, breath
ing, etc. But the adviser was busy
lecturing and had no time to argue.
Don't be mean enough said the
| speaker, 'sto laugh at the old customs,
at the old fashions which have been
| tried and proved, until you know
t engasn nla t2 :, devise something to fill
Faith" he said, ''is one of the
foundations of all human intercourse,
and is as vital to business as it is to
religion. Faith is essential. All so
cial structure rests upon faith, the
family, the community, the govern
ment, friendship, and without faith all
| is deficient
Jack declined the advice offered
him and sbuit his foundation upon
the bedrock Of character, and then
built the front wall of his house with
honesty. DIR. Pickard then described
the kind of honesty, real honesty, in
| small as well as large things, which
entered into this wall in Jacks house.
and incidentally told a couple of very
point. He, described Jacks as the very
uncommon kind of old fashioned hon
esty which made his cvredit good
everywhere he was known and for any,
thing which he might ask, having only
this drawback, it made the credit so
draw his account. Butt he did not
Honesty the Best Policy.
The way of the world in business
was criticised and the only way to do
business Was given, strictly honest All
that is not honest is not business.
And when the world learns this
truth it will have been lifted far said
the speaker. To show some Of the
kinds Of business honesty as practiced
the speaker told a German story, he
said it was German but he would not
tell in German because he was afraid
there might be a few who would not
understand the language and he did
not speak it himself, of four flies who
were given a half holiday and planned
for picnic. The flies repaired to the
pantry to stock up for their picnic.
The first liked bread. and ate Of that
and filled it's pockets, but the flour
was whitened with alum and the
the poor fly puckered UP and died. The
second found some sausage of which
it was fond, and ate heartily. But the
sausage was made from the embalmed
beef which was fed to the soldiers.
It might be good for soldiers, but not
for flies, and he passed away. The
third tried milk, but 1t was filled with
chalk and1the fly turned to a lump Of
that substance. The fourth fly wit
messed the death of his companions.
fearing he would be accused Of the
murder decided to commit suicide and
sought out a dish Of fly poison. At
ter drinking 1t felt better and decided
not to die And the only thing in that
pantry safe for the flies was the poison
which was intended to kill them. All
had been adulterated in the way of
business so that the food was fatal
and the poison harmless. The gov
eminent of the United States" said
the speaker, "pays $40 Of each 800
collected to prevent frauds" He then
told of some genius who invented
way for making artificial coffee ber-
ries of clay, dough, and other ingredt-
ents, and who then secured patent
that others might not use his method
of defrauding the people. "And who
knows how many divorces are caused
by the coffee which is served at the
breakfast table in the morning."
Self Mastery.
DR.. Pickard's tale of the young lady
who studied art and painted a living
portrait with such success that her
lover contracted severe case Of
painters collie. Jack hated all kinds
of sham and was not an advocate of
that kind of art.
The second wall of the house was
self mastery, and the speaker pointed
out that noise is not a measure OF
power, motion not a measure of ac-
sometimes those most quiet. Action,
he said, is not always measure Of
progress and illustrated by the story
of a sermon preached by a colored
brother in New Orleans in which a
hens feet were taken by the exhorter
as an illustration in a misconception
of a text from the Bible. He said
that a hens feet are made to go for
ward with, not backward, and they
are also made to hold on with. The
lecturers inimitable description of
this sermon brought many smiles
among the audience, and he pointed
its lesson in the going forward and
the holding on.
Reverence.
The fourth wall of the house was
reverence, and foundation of all re-
ligion and this offered an opportunity
to deliver a telling discourse upon
this subject The house was rooted
with conscience, the guide to things
right or wrong, the doors were made
to swing both way and the windows
to let in the light. All Of these points
were elaborated upon, the keeping OF
the hinges of the doors creased that
we may receive and give with a cheer
full heart, and the letting in of the
light and the storing up Of sunshine.
"a rut is only a grave with the ends
knocked out" said the speaker, and
urged the avoidance of the rut. In
conclusion he pointed out the way IL
see the beauty of the world with the
admonition that if we are unable to
see the beauty here we will not be apt
to recognize the beauty Of heaven if
we ever reach there. He urged op-
timism, the seeingG Of the good as
against peSsimism. All Of us can
build such a house as Jack built if we
follow the methods which Jack fol-
lowed, start right and persevere. He
told part Of the early story of Abra-
ham Lincoln, and asked what might
have happened if that great man had
been coddled in his youth. His
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