Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-03-12
Ed. Howe's Philosophy

DR.. Boris Sidis, said to be well
known" writes: 1--WE are under the
erroneous belief that thinking, study,
causes nervousness and mental dis
orders. In my practice as physician
| in nervous and mental diseases, I can
| say without hesitation that / have not
met single case of nervous or men
| tai trouble caused by too much think
| ing an doverstudy. This is at present
! the opinion of the best pSychopatholo-
giSts."
If newspaper writer's wish to oblige
me they will quit using the express
sion; 1T is a sad commentary on our
civilization that this condition exists.
/ There is no excuse for woman who
can't cook. Among the women, poor
cook should be ranked with the man
who has worked at trade all his life,
and still knows nothing about it.
We read the foreigners have only
one automobile to fifty owned in the
United States Is the explanation
that foreigners put their money in
savings banks while we put ours in
Fords?
| Have you observed that a good
many of the bandits, after their cap
ture, turn out to have been former
policemen, sheriffs, constables, watch
men, and the like ?-------------------A recent
famous bandit was student in col
Ilege!
| A delegate returned from a recent
convention complaining that the
speeches were so dull they offered lit
| tie excitement. Do we attend con-
ventions to be entertained by orators,
or to attend soberly to necessary pub
| lie business?
A man lately wrote noted scien-
fist, asking him to settle question.
The scientist replied: "You do not
need science to settle question like
| that: common sense applied to 1t is
sufficient "-.--This reply applies to
seven-tenths of the things we argue
about.
| In Kansas town members of CLUB
concluded to put on show, and
bring in trade for the merchants. And
| they didn't do thing but have BOND
election called, to vote bonds to pay
expenses! Fortunately the bonds
were defeated. by eight to one, but IL
| is a new idea" and expect to see II
widely adopted.
What the world needs is less gran
deur and more simplicity. | know al
most no one who has some grand
scheme impossible of fulfillment, ana
who is neglecting simple duties very
| important in everyday life. NINE OF
! ten men have injurious habits they
might overcome If they would quit oe-
voting SO much time to foolish gran
! deur.
In many states taxes have been dou-
| bled in the past eight years; in some
cases. municipal taxes have trebled.
| Yet in spite of this fact Senator Reed
Smoot has a plan for still higher tax
ED. Why should not politicians gain
popularity by means of contests with
| each other to lower taxes? What IS
wrong with the thing we call demo-
cracy? Is it so lame because the peo-
| pie do not intelligently play their part
| in it?
So far as I have observed no one
| has yet said that President Coolloge
is much like Lincoln. That special
Boston friend of the president should
| have attended to this long ago. BY
the-way, 1 predict that all OF US VIII
become very tired OF that Boston
friend of the presidents before the
president is finally disposed OF.
have no doubt that what the Det-
| ter class of socialists in Russia saw
in the future was desirable; but what
they actually got was the most de-
structive. foolish and humiliatlng
reign of terror in history. Most OF
our socialists mean we'll, but they
have no sense, and make mistake IN
opposing those who have acquired
sense through hard experience with
the world.
I have long observed the impress
siyeness of religious ceremonies and
1.-The dullness of religious preaching. |