Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 June 1895 — The Sybarites. [ARTICLE]

The Sybarites.

In the south of Italy there was once a flourishing Greek colony called Sybarite. The town was well situated for commerce, the surrounding country was very fertile, the climate was the finest in the world, and for some centuries the Sybarites were industrious and enterprising, carrying on a profitable trade with other countries and heaping up immense wealth. But too much good fortune finally proved their ruin. Little by little they lost their habits of labor and thrift, and Instead gave themselves up to pleasure. Finally, leaving all kinds of necessary work to their slaves, they laid aside the cares of life. and speat tbeir days in eatiDg and in dancing and In listening Tofine musierbr iu attending the ■ circus and watching the feats of acrobats or performing animate.—St. Nicholas; -