Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 August 1916 — Short Furrows [ARTICLE]

Short Furrows

“Abe Martin” in Indianapolis News.

Mingo Tyler, fifty an’ -well-t'-do, who retired from active business last fall, wuz buried yisterday, death resultin' from heat. Here’s a lesson fer th’ many thousands who are t’ day hustlin' along tryin’ V git money enough t'gether t’ lay back an’ take

th’ world easy. Th' feller who has alliis led an active life either mentally or physically can’t jest knock off with impunity an' launch forth on a career o’ sweet idleness. We often hear, “if I had that feller’s money I wouldn’t be workin’.” Th’ man o’ means who goes regularly V his work lest as tho’ he wuz a sewin' machine agent or an editor is doin’ so thro’ choice—thro' a natural desire t’ be doin’ somethin’—accomplfshin’ somethin’. He probably has funds sufficient t’ keep him in luxury, but he hasn’ funds enough t’ keep him from rustin' out when his mental an’ physical activity stops. Look at a discarded clover huller! Examine an old sleigh as it reposes in a hay loft! Look at anything that has been out o’ th* game fer any length o’ time! “But,” you’ll say, ' “we hardly ever hear of a loafer dyin’.” True enough. Th’ feller who has been raised on idleness often reaches a party fair age, but th’ average loafer is soft an’ spongy, an’ ever susceptible t’ current epidemics an’ prevailing microbes. An’, then too, we hardly ever hear of a loafer dyin' because th’ newspapers have no space t’ wrnste on those who have not contributed any service t’ th’ community. Ther’s too many instances o’ folks dyin’ “jest when they git ready t’ live,” as we call it, t’ raise any argyment in favor o’ early retirement from business. In fact theyMie jest when they gff ready t’ loa\ Droppin' out o’ active life hastens ennui, an’ ennui brings on arguin’!

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