Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 November 1888 — BUILDUP A MEB r’. [ARTICLE]

BUILDUP A MEB r’.

Three Objects to Which All the Honest Industry of Man is Directed. N.Y. Ledger. ; • .. The birds build their nests of sticks and straw, with mueh toil anti instinctive skill. Every creature must have ife nest, its lair its den, and all creatures are endowed with the instinct and the ability to make just the kind of abode that is suited to them. The nekt-con-structing instinct is given to man also, and all of us, as soon as we are prepared to leave the parental neßt, begin to think of getting one for ourselves. But man, being the' most ingenious and capacious of all animals, craves a residence fitted to his greatness and his dignity. Man’s nest is a brown stone front, three or four stories high, elegantly furnished, provided with all the requisites of decency and labor-saving conveniences; or, it is a large commodious farm house, with a hundred acres of land adjoining. In the present irnperfect state of the arts and of social science all men cannot have such nests as these; but all well-developed and healthyminded men and women want such, feel they could adorn suen, know that such would enhance their happiness. To try for such a nest is natural, right and praiseworthy. All the honest industry of man is dire cted to three objects, namely; getting a nest, improving the nest, and keeping the nest safe for old age. And he who has a nice, warm, pleasant neßLnanr-getr a pretty bird to share it with him; and that converts a pile of brick and mortar into a home; and a happy home is the only earthly thing worth living for, aa well as the best preparation for another and a better home.