Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-08-10
HERE AND THERE

One of the happiest faces l ever saw
was the pale face of little girl who
lived in the slums of great city She was
bending over little bunch of flowers.
She had nursed them in an old cracked
crock filled with dirt until they burst
into bloom. She had been longing for
the coming Of those blossoms, and when
they came they filled her little heart
with Joy and love. AS turned away
from this beautiful scene / said those
little flowers have led the child close to
God. Again saw very wealthy man
surrounded by many kiud of sweet
flowers sitting in the bay window of his
home. He had assumed an attitude Of
despair. He was bent forward, his ell
bows on his knees, his chin rested in
the palm of his hands. He was staring
through the open window, but he saw
nothing, not even the quiet green fields
far away beyond the city. His was one
of the saddest faces / ever saw. As /
passed on said to myself, money has
lured that miserable wretch far from
God" The next morning | read this
item in the paper. A banker suicides.
With his own hand he placed revolver
to his temple and blew out his brains
as he lay on sill,en settee in his parlor
The cause of the act is attributed to the
arrival of bad news in regard to spec
ulating scheme during the depression
following over indulgence in wine. Was
this the man whose face had seen at
the bay window? 1t might have BEEN
Thus we see that riches failed to bring
happiness and we also see that poverty
failed to extinguish happiness. When
returned to my room that evening af-
ter my walk through the city sat down
and sifted the following truths from my
observations. Happiness depends more
on character and disposition than on
environment. Riches are dangerous.
God visits the cottage oftener than tie
palace. Blessed are the poor in spirit,
cursed are the rich.
The Question.
What are we here forl
From whence do we hail?
When we embark again,
Whittier shall we sail?
Have we purpose, GodY
Have we trust?
Little worms wriggling,
In the wayside dust.
While at work on the Stanley farm
Phil Branstatter's thrashing engine dis
charged its safety plug. After q futile
effort to fix it an expert from Manning
was summoned but he could not coax it
to work SO he went to Des Moines and
exchanged it for a new 18Th. p. Rum
ley which arrived in Hamlin Friday
and was doing excellent work on the
Stanley farm Saturday.
Fire supposedly originating in the en-
CINE room destroyed the Sharon cream
cry Wednesday. The patrons of this
institution will haul their cream to the
Blue Grass creamery until new cream
cry is built.
The failure of the Rock Island to put
forth any effort in conjunction with the
show stranded number of Hamlin peo-
pie in Atlantic over night.
The carpenters are at work on James
Eagen's barn and when completed a
dance will be held in it by the young
people.
A spark from the r. /. engine set fire
to Grant Kness' pasture Tuesday and
was extinguished by the section men.
Chris Jorgensen and wife who have
been working for A. X. Nelson for the
past month have returned to Omaha.
Arthur McNutt and family came
down in their auto and Sundayed with
his brother Marsh.
w. M. Armstrong received ship
ment of cattle from Omaha last week.
Hans Wheid received car load of
Omaha cattle Friday.
Andrew Nelson sold three load of hogs
in Hamlin Friday.