The Brussels Post, 1887-5-20, Page 3MAY 20, 188 7.
THE BRUSSELS POST
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TIUI. OLD STO1Z1,
He came to the sanotttm ono night,
The place whore the editors wrighd
IIe was hungry, he saici,
And he wanted some bread,
Would be glad to get even a bight.
"If you mot him in the street and
told him he poBaoeead no influence
in thea towu he would feel like
knocking you down. There were
enough of bad influences at work in
Toronto to damn thoueanda of its
cetfaena,
"Profanity 1 Watt there a worse
Vico, a worse crime, on earth ? I
have ho patience with a profane,
He had served in ti cavalry corps black swearing wretch. A. profane
In the war for the Union, he eworps, swearer is fit for nothing else than
Ito e a o aiger m c w ti o,
Was tbo first in each lite,
And slaughtered his toes by the scores.
But to his appeals for a pension
The government paid no attension ;
Ho was old and rheumatic,
And half paralytic,
And his woes wore too humorous to man-
sion.
Itis case was a hard one, no doubt ;
So some of the boys wont aboubt
And raised him a sum,
That for some time to cum,
Would keep him, and then he went oubt
When he in the court was arraigned
Next morning, the cause was oxplaigosd ;
He had wasted Use sum
That we gave ltim in rum—
And luta since et the Island roniaignod,
NOT MINE, BUT GUMS..
"In sweat of face shalt thou eat bread,"--
A flat bold, a summons dread,
Loudly, lowly, swiftly, slowly
Told that human souls might know
Of work and wages, weal and woe.
A. mystery deep, this life of ours,
Birth, Life and Death. Infinite powers
"Meek and lowly," boundless, holy,
O;,:y may unloose the cord,
Tina binds mankind to that one word.
O.f Work, while life's full day we spend ;
Of Work To -Day, and to the end ;
To -Day, To-Morrow—joy and sorrow,
All the days of earthly life
Must have their meed of toil and strife.
Of toil for bread, for wealth, for fame,
Ai reaching high for niche and name,
Sometimes gladly, sometimes sadly ;
And they who toil have least alloy
"Who sow in tears to reap in joy."
"Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread,"
In Galilee this first was said,
In softly, lowly tones and. holy,
Those sacred words were simply told
To mortal men in days of old,
"Give IIs This Day Our Daily Bread ;"
We road this as Divinely said.
Too often lightly, only rightly,
When unselfishly wo say and pray,
Give Us—not me—our bread this day.
SAM. JONES.
This eccentric ovaugeliet preach-
ed in Toronto from the following
text :—"Whatsoever n man soweth
that shalt he also reap," and was a
vigorous attack on the popular mas-
culine vices of the day : Fraud, do-
ceit, licentiousness, profanity,
drunkenness, lying and gambling.
"I1 was impossible." Sam Jones
assured his hearers, "to successfully
practice fraud on your own immor-
ality or your neighbor. Your
neighbor would soon find you out,
for he knew as much about you as
you did yourself. If you were
mean, he knew it ; of you were
stingy, be know it; if you were a
good man, be knew it ; if you pos.
sassed any virtues et all he knew it.
Stop your meanness and deceit.
Don't be mean. Pay your way. I
would sooner be a broad -hearted
sinner than a stingy narrow minded
Methodist." I've frequently had
men say : "Well, Jones, I'd rather
be it man onteide the church. and
tell the truth and have no religion,
than he it man in the ohnrch, pro.
leasing religion, and not paying his
debts.' I say, What do you want
to be a fool and he like either for ?
"There aro plenty of men in this
room to -night," continued the
preacher, "who, if their wives knew
them as well as God knew them,
would give them the whole of the
bowie and seek more virtuous guar,.
11 there is one sin worse than
numanother it was of the num who will
go home from a house of infamy and
pillow his head beside a pure wife.
When I was 1u Cincinnati the papers
worn telling a terrible story—a
'brother had actually run upon his
own slater in a brothel. That night
I told my audience that that girl
had just as much right to be there
.as her brother had. (Applause.)
Stop your meanness and deceit,
"Infidels, Christians and every
gone else vier° united oil the test,
"Whatsoever a man soweth, so shall
he reap," That was just at true as
if it had been written by Hume, the
historian, by Socrates, the Greek
philosopher, by Virgil, or by any-
body eke. But it was written by
'God, and it was true ; it was as true
in the moral universe as it was in
the physioal universe about us. Just
what we Bowed s0 would we reap.
Adam dropped a little seed of sin in
the Garden of Edon, and to -day the
whole world is polluted with it,
idvery man poeeessee influence, if
he Baja he posseesell no' influence,
.the lied 'for a purpose,
to be cast on a lone island like that
where Robinson Grotto was, and
butted to death by goats. I would
be very sorry to be the goat. The
railroads had put on sleeping oars,
smoking ears and ladies' care. They
ought now to put on a 'nursing our'
for common protection against the
black -mouthed swearer who is now
so frequently met on the railroads.
What do they want to swear for ?
Do they think it manly ? Do they
think it pretty ? The man who
uses profane language looks the es
eential points of a gentleman.
"I was once asked to preach a
sermon," continued Sam„ "to com-
mercial travellers. God deliver m,i
from a cursing drummer. I would
not wipe my feet on him. I once
know two drummers. One of them
invariably saluted every dealer on
whom he called with an oath. The
other never used profanity. The
latter was highly successful and the
former was a failure. After he quit
bis profanity he learned the secret
of the tormer's sueoeae. If you are
travelling for a wholesale liquor
house it is all right. That is where
the proficient "cusser" is wanted ;
he will suit that business. Please
quit your profanity. The heathens
talk languages in which there is not
a single curse word to be found.
Above all don't °wear before your
children.
"Thank God," said the evangelist
as he continued on in his catagory
of masculine Bins, "the day is com-
ing when America will be redeemed.
Sow whiskey and reap moral citizenel
Eh ! Any bartender or old sinner
in this city would say you lie if you
told them that. America is going
to be redeemed. (Long rounds of
applause.) Now, old fellow, just
clap your hands like that in the
street and you will do well. In
twenty years our children would
look back and wonder why we legal.
ized such a traffic as selling whisk-
ey. What is a druukard good for ?
Ie he an ornament to society ? Telt
me what use he ie to any commun-
ity, And yet you have two hun-
dred manufactories iu full blast in
this town turning out drunkards.
Go on, go on l Sow whiskey . and
reap drunkards. If you members
of the church would quit drinking
you would dry up half the bar -rooms
en the town. (Laughter.) You
laugh at that because you know it is
true. Quit your drinking."
Tho next vine that Mr. Jones de-
nounced was gambling. He alleged
that many of the gamblers of the
day, fully nine -tenths of them were
turned out of the homes of profess-
ed Christians. "That," said he,
"may seem a startling revelation,
bnt it is true, The most gentle-
manly and genteel mems ever met
were gamblers. Don't play (undo
before your children if you don't
want them to become gamblere.
Then please, don't, gamble or. play
cards.
"My boys may gamble and clic
drunk; but no child of mine shalt
ever say, "I saw my father drunk,"
or "I saw my father play cards." I
tell you its time parents in thie city
were burning these cards and telling
their children, "I am praying for
you I ani sorry 1 ever led you in-
to a trap like that." And parents,
above all things in the world, never
go home with your breath stinking
with beer and whiskey. Don't do
that. A man whose innocent child-
ren call him father, and whose wife
calls him husband,goes home and
sits down in the family oircle, and
smells like an old mashr tub. You
Old hog, you. If there was a four -
legged hog here, I wouldn't have
called you that, because he would
have got mad. If you get a real
old hog drunk in this town he would
get out, and that would be the last
you'd see of him; but the two -log-
ged hogs will swig it the'year rouud
and pay for the privilege," "Boyo,"
said the preacher, in the midst of
atlotberillustration, "you are break.
tag your mother's .heart—a boy that
will jump upon hie mother's heart
witL both book heels, grinding the
last drop out of it. A man said to
me, "Mr. hues, I have got two
boys that are killing my precious
wife. They are besotted ; and day
after day I can see the linos deep.
ening in their mother's face, What
shall I do ?" "Well," said 1, "If I
had two boys who were killing their
mother inch by inch, 1 would speak
to them in soma tltiiet,momont, an
say, 'You are killing your moth
inch by inch ; tf you are going
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keep on, load your breeob-'ioadin
guns, point them at your mother'
tender temple, fire off every harre
and put your precious mother out o
this torment. She is dying by th
inch, boys it would bo a mercy fo
some of you to shoot her down
Don't kill your mother by the incl
And remember, parents, your child
ren will be like you."
Sam Jones concluded by relatin
a story of his grandfather's golde
wedding anniversary, on Feb, 8
1879. Thirty-two children, grand
ohildreu, and great grandchildre
gathered around the old man, an
he related how he had sown th
seed of paayer thirty years before
as a result every one of his descend
ants who had passed away had gon
to their reward, and the balano
were every one of them oouverte
and saved, Seven of then wer
now local preachers 10 the South
ern States. "That's statistics, an
I want you to remember them,"
General trlaawn.
The President has appoint°
Janos Whyatt, of Oonneotecut, t
be treaeurer of the United States.
Aa attempt was made to poise
Rev. I. W. Maxwell, of the Holines
Band Church, at Louisville, Ky.,
glass of lemonade with arsenic in i
having been placed in his pulpit.
The threatened increase of Ger
man corn duty causes dismay in
Austria and Hungary.
A strange disease, resembling
cholera, is raging along the Louis-
iana border, Several deaths have
occurred,
Capt. W. E. Murebeson, of
Medon, Tenn., has fasted 50 days.
During that time, it is claimed,
he has not taken a swallow of either
food or drink. He sits up and talks
freely.
Duluth, Minn., boasts among the
names of her citizens the following:
—Spring, Summer, Winter, Breeze,
Dewey, Ramey, Frost and Snow:
The climate in and around Duluth
is very fickle, it should be under
stood.
The inspection of meat in Berlin
is a very important matter. Twelve
veterinary surgeons are employed
to stamp it before slaughter, and 40
)uircoscopic samplers are continual.
ly engaged examining the meat ex-
posed for sale Besides these, 100
experts are employed in various
duties 00 of whom are women
do
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In two days recently no fewer
than five. solicitors were struck off
the roll in England by order of the
court. Two of these gentlemen by
act of Parliament had been sentenc-
ed to penal servitude for forgery or
embezzlement, two had failed to ac-
count for funds entrusted to them,
and the other was pronounced by
the court guilty of embezzlement.
A Philydelphia company has just
completed four magnificent sleeping
oars that are to be drawn by horses.
The line is situated in the heart of
the Argentine Republic, and the
fact that Lome provide the motive
power is due to the great scarcity
of goal and the cheapness and abun-
dance of horseflesh. Time seams to
be left out of oonsideratiou.
Goma of Thouglati.
The only really bitter tars are
those which are shed in solitude.
make yourself necessary,' young
man, and your success is certain.
We should subject our studies
and books to reason, and our reason
to books.
Fortune dons not change men; it
only brings out, in clear light, what's
in them.
We believe at once in °vie ; we
only believe in good open reflection.
1s not this sad?
The best reputation is that which
is establishele within the immediate
sphere of one's own duties.
In the United: States men • of
thought are judged by mon of action
and 'men of action by men of
thought.
He who seldom speaks, and
with one calm, well timed wort],
can etrike dumb the loquacious, 100
genua or a hero.
Luck is a good thing, but plunk
is a better thing. One has to wait
for luck, but pluck 1s always ready
to go ahead.
It is heaven upon earth to have
a man's mind move in charity, rest
in Providence, and turn upon the
rules of truth.
If we dm not take great paine,
and were not at a great expense, to
corrupt our natures, our natures
would not corrupt ue,
The heart is at once' softened by
gratitude, and the tear of joy will
show its thankfnlnoee by being
milder toward Minn,
, LABA STIFF I
To cover the side walls of a
room 15x15, by 0 feet high (60
yards) would take seven and one-
half double rolls, which would (at
$1,00) cost $7,60, or about $7.00
more than the Alabastine, to add
to the cost of decoration. Re-
member you have some ]thud of
borders to buy and hang with the
paper. Now, if the paper used
is only 50 cents a double roll,
then you have more than $9.00
left to add your borders ; and, if
only 121 cents a roll, or 25 cents
a double roll, you have about
$1.50 to add to the cost of bor-
ders, and all the timekeeping in-
side of the cost of paper and
hanging. After once putting on
these elegant borders, oto,, with
the Alabasino tints, you can re -
now and change the tints at a
trifling cost, by simply brushing
on one coat over the old, leaving
the borders, the appearance of
which will be much changed by
another tint that will harmonize.
The borders being out of reach
are not defaced or torn, and, be-
ing strong colors, do not show
smoke, as do the side walls of
rooms of plain surfaces. This
can not be done with Kalsomine,
as the borders do .not stick to it
well and as the old Kalsomiue
must bo removed to apply the
new. In addition to all this, a
great argument in favor of using
Alabastine in place of paper and
paint is in its being porous and a
disinfectant, and admitting of
"wall respiration," as described
in.roports of the Michigan State
Board of Health as being very
necessary to health, aside from
the danger of poison in paper,
and the moulding vegetable
paste under paper, or the decay-
ing animal glue in Kalsomine.
Alabastine cements the cracks in
walls and around casings, shutt-
ing out vermin, instead of har-
boring them, like wall paper with
flour paste.
For sale by B. GERRY,
BRUSSELS.
CLEARING SALE OF
YARNS
—FOR -
30 DAYS 30
Christmas and New 'fear's) Bar.
gains at the Brussels
Woolen Mill.
I have the finest andj largest
stock of Fine Yarns ever seen in
Brussels. I will sell the best
worsted yarns, which have
NO EQUAL,
at 6 cts. per oz., and an extra
fine quality of cashmera wools at
S ets, per ounce for the next 30
days, commencing Friday, I-)ee.
24th, for Caste Only.
Now is the Time
to secure your bargains, come
early and have your choice in
Black, Brown, Navy Blue, Royal
Blue, Light Blue, Garnet, Card-
inal, Claret, Scarlet, Dark. Green,
Bronze, Light Green, Yellow,
Orange, and. a host of other col-
ors. too numerous to mention.
But come and see for yourself
and be convinced that you have
struck the Biggest Bargains of
the season.
Come one, Come all
,GEO. HOWE,
IMPLEMENTS!
Having been appointed as
Agent for the Massey Manufaeturin Company
� p y
in the place of Mr. Thomas Watson, 1 will at all times have the
Machinery made by the Company on band, such as
SULKY RAKES, MOWERS, REAPERS,
BINDERS, WILKINSON'S PLOWS, ETC.
Office and Storeroom in connection with the East Huron Car-
riage Works, where all Repairs can be had,
Yowls TIIUI,T,
FAST HURON. .
Carriage Works
3TAMMS BUJ Y J E S,
--MANLJT,dcTUnEP, oy—
CARRIAGES, DEMOCRATS, EXPRESS WAGONS,
BUGGIES, WAGONS, RTO., ETC,., ETO.
All made of the Best Material and finished in a Workmanlike
manner.
Repairing and Fain.tinj promptly attended to.
Parties intending to buy should Oarr before)
purchasing.
RErnn.ENCEs.-1GTarsden Smith, B. Laing, Jas. Cutt:arrcl Wm. Mc-
Kelvey, Grey Township, ; W. Cameron, W. Little, G. Brewar and D.
Breckenridge, Morris Township ; T. Town and W. Blashil], Brus-
sels ; Rev. E. A. Fear, Woodham, and T. Wright, Turnberry.
)REMEMBER THE STAND—SOUTH OF BRIDGE.
JAMES BUYERS.
Grist and Flour Mills !
The undersigned having completed the change from the stone to the
Celebrated Hungarian system of Grinding, has now the Mill in
First Class Running Order
and will be glad to see all his old customers and as many new ones
as possible. Chopping done.
Flour and Feed Always on Mad.
Highest Price paid for any quantity of Gogd Grain.
WM. MILNE.
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