Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 4, Number 46, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 16 May 1874 — Page 5
THE MAIL
A PAPER
FOR THE
MI
PEOPLE.
Husks and Nubbins.
So. HA
P.MSFVl, PROBLEM*.
The other day I uj*n
thi»
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sage: "A state of society to mature,to elaborate. »o highly organised oom, cannot fail to abound in painful and r-omplic-aUxl proMem*."
The olwrvation threw mo in to. a train of refla tion. It is umiuewtfonably truo that our wx-iety, whether mature or not in the l**t serine of the word, in abundantly elaborate and highly organised. Under tho present organization of society a jnan can hardly do an he will. He in caught up by the current and earritHl along involuntarily. He must do an other* do whether ho like it or not. Ho is but an atom in the mam and hia in dtviduality is lo»t in the aggregate. He i.Hexpected to think and feel an others think and feel, to act an hi# neigh bora wt. There are the customs and fashions of wK'iety to which he must conform on pain of expatriation. His inclination# may be to live simply aud cheaply, but society compels him to be extravagant, He must apend a» others upend and because other* wpeml. He tntutf esteem a luxury what noclety esteems a luxury no matter if he detents it.
In hi* early life a man may have plana of what he will do and how he will do it. IIin plan*, he soon finds, come into collision with this highly organized soriotv in which he Uvea and there is a conrtiet. Too often he cornea out van•tuiflhed. Little by little ho finds himself being controlled by influences which he had not taken into account. Tho invisible forces of society permeate him and he i» drawn thia way and that by a jxnver which seems irresistible or which at leant he does not know how to must. He feel* that he is becoming such Hort of person as he did not set out to lH«conio and iloos not want to become, yet in at a loss how to help himself. Insensibly he loses his bearing—drift* out of sight of his early land mark. At last he is ailoat and goes whither the wind and the tide carry htm. Ho is not able to confront all tho tendencies that oppose him ho becomes distracted and resigns himself to his fate. It is the brief history of many a man.
Thoreau has lieen condemned and pronounced a misanthrope because with with his own hands ho built a hut on Walden pond and lived like a hermit in military independence. I hare often admired tho man for his heroism in not I eing subjugated by society, for his contempt of social rules and limitations, for holding himself superior to ft code of conventional and artificial requirements. Thoreau felt that his first duty was to himself—that It was of more importance to bo man than sink complacently into the social niche which had been pro-
red for his reception. He would be himself, live in hi# own way, as he might if ho were the only man in existence. Condemn as you will tho cynicism. the somewhat exaggerated ruggrdncss of the man, yet he is to be praised for his brave rebellion against a system of society which he felt to be hollow and artificial. We need such a man now and then to defy society for us, to trample its fidse requirements in the dust, to stamp with soiled brogans its over-elegant carpets and smutch its exquisite tapestries. We need some one now and then who will teach us, not by precept only, but by example that our souls are worth more than society that it is not our bouoden duty to l« smothered in a net-work of arbitrary rules simply because others are.
The fact is, we need more independence of social customs and requirements. Wo are inclined to a too easy obedience. We need to assert our own individuality, to stand op for oar plans against the plans of society. X/the latter suit us, if \s have no fault to find with them, if we can do all we desire, within their limits as well as without, then there hi no need of rebellion. But If we feel, as many a one has felt, that the social sys tetn fetters us, deprive® us of our strength, hinders us flnom accomplishing our purposes and makes of us what we do not want to be and would not be, if we were free from it, then It ia for ns to rise up in scorn of it as the cynic of 'oticord did.
Painful «nd complicated problems? Yc«. they or« pain All problems and complicated. How shall they benolved? Not t.y ingenious theories or external application* but by an overturning of the false and unnatural in loeMy by an individual independence that is not alraid to assert, its contempt for, and opposition to many of the artificial requirements of society, that will SM»k for genuine comfort and happiness In the way that seem# best to it and live for Itself regard lew of what gossiping tonfjucs may say. If we did this there would not ta so many palnftil and complicated problems to aolve. The tendency of social organisation Is always to forsake the natural for tutifldtL This is what oar painftU problems. Our mkHsImakes
and political apftmi haa become unnatural that those employments which are the wwt illegitimate are often those which 3 l«***I»«M*iiry results. Thousands of people not only manage to live by the sheens* gambling hut to become rf at it. A wholesale *peeu__©n has sprt ofv which,-without making My eSihn to doing aay service wbtftevaov contrives to pocks* Ux tada and Ummnmrki of the hard Mh«dfi of the tagM?**** workers. Many men prefer to Uv their wt to—the wits of the ganhtor--than by hornet labor, end thwa mmm
about that the totttiig m' tude who tunnel and bridge audi build, and, by the slow work of their hands, push forward the material developm of the nation, receive only a bare latent* while the eoented and soft-hai speculator et\jfoysin lordly fcahion the rv salts of their toil, to the great perplexity and wonder of the toilers.
It la said that the first clement of social or political organisation Is a partial sacrifice of self. Itlsneceasary and well to make some sacrifices for the sake of society and government, but it Is not necessary or well to become slaves to the organization we have made. We should retain our self-supremacy,ahould master, as we have made society. Some resistance to social tyranny, some assertion of Individual rights, would do no harm to the many and might do Infinite good to the few* If a man wants to live simply, let him live him simply. If he has no taste for gaud and show but cbooscs rather the solid and moderate comforts of life, who will be injured If he refuses obedience to some of society's arbitrary demands! What we need la to live less In the bulk and more In tho individual, to differentiate ourselves out of the social mass In which wo are em bedded. Some contempt for society, or for those features of it which seek to en slave us, with a healthy backing of defiance, would be a good thing for society and a vastly better tiling for ourselves.
AiltS. JOHN SMITH TO BILL
joxizr
WIFE,
DRAKMADAM I
You seem inclined to make the ser-vant-girl question a personal matter. In reply to your inquiries, I would state that my girl's room is immediately adjoining my own, and could not be otherwise owing to the rise of the house. It is quite pleasant and attractive, although I Intend purchasing some fine paintings and statuary for it the next timo I visit Italy. I always address her in the most respectful and reverent manner. I do not teach my children to treat her politely for the reason that I have no children.
You imagine I am "a dark-eyed woman who changes 'help' every three or four months, and is not kind to her servants." On the contrary, my eyes are like Becky Sharp's, which, you remember, were green. My present girl has lived with me a year and: has engaged for another.
As to never having "made any practical use of my knowledge," permit mo to inform you that I earned my own living from the time I was seventeen until I was married and then was offered a thousand dollars per annum to take charge of another school.
In relation to your censure of my temperance article, I reiterate, it was directed not against reform, but against strexi crusading. It is true, as you say, there are men whom closet-prayer's will not reach, but are you praying to the men I thought It was to God. Your appeal to men's gallantry, shame, or even to the law, are all right, but don't make such a parade of, your prayer and Bible-reading when you have always, finally, to descend to human agencies before you can accomplish anything.
Yours truly,
EIJHHA
am surprised you
havo just learned that Mrs. John Smith Is atcomtm. I should have supposed that lkct was apparent at once. Did you never notice that a woman's writing is always characterised by a certain insipidity, flatness, or "thinness," so to speak, which distinguishes it perceptibly from the strong, logical composition of the superior sex. At least, I have heard a great many men assert this to be a feet. If 1 were not a woman, be assured I would never sign a feminino name to an article and thus invite the urijust and prejudiced criticism which invariably follows.
MRS.JOHNSMITH.
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TERRE HAUTE SATURDAY EVENING MAIL
•Wholesale Trade of .Terre-Haute.
The following Wholesale Honses of TerreHaute are supplied with a fall stock of FRESH GOODS, which will be sold atBOTTOM PRICES.
HULMAN & COX
WHOLESALE GROCERS!
AND DKALKRS IN ALL KIN'DH OF
Domestic and Foreign Wines and Liquors,
Cigars and Tobacco, Flour, Salt, Nails, &c.,
CORNER JIAIN AND FIFTH STREETS,
CIGARS, TOBACCO, PIPES, &c.
139 IHAD STKEET,
Factory No. 44, South Centre Street,
L. A. BURNETT,
WHOLESALE DEALER IN
Leather, Hides,
FI RS, PELTRIES, SHOE FINDINGS, TANNERS' Oil.,
—AND—
ROUGH LEATHER!!
116 MAIN STREET,
TORRE HAUTE, INDIANA.
EXfM'SIVELY WHOLESALE
BOOTS & SHOES!
l.SO Main Street, Terre IVaute, Indiana.
Terre Haute, Indiana.
TUELL, RIPLEY & DEMING,
EXCIiUSIVE
WHOLESALE DRY GOODS!!
604 MAIN STREET,
DEXIXO BLOC K,
TEKRE-IIAUTE, DTDUKA.
HAVKNa HOBERTMEDDEB.
HAVENS & GEDDES,
Nnrrmanr* to IT. R.
JKFFERM A CO.,
WLLOLKSALE DEALERM IN
Staple and Fancy Notions,
White Goods, Shirts, Hosiery, Gloves, etc.,
Exclusive Agents for all Piece Goods made by the Vigo Woolen Millp, NO. EAAJAIAIX STREET, TERRE IIAVTE, INDIANA,
BETWEEN 81XTII ANI) SEVENTH.
SEYMOUR A. STEVENS,
EICLI SIVE HOLES!I,E
Millinery Establishment,
Open Spring Season 1S74, with full iiiul Elegant Stock of
MILLINERY GOODS,
No. 174 Main St., between Sixth and Seventh, Terre-Haute, Ind.
NICHOLAS KATZENBACH. FRED KATZENBACH.
N. Katzenbach & Bro.,
^fannfBcturcrs of and Wholesale Dealers in
TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA.
PRICES OF TO-DAY AND NOT TO-MORROW,
Unless agreed upon by Special Contract.
HIDES, green trimmed 7@ do green salt curod trimmed. do dry flint, trimmed 1: do dry salt, trimmed I ICIP AND CALF, green... (Long Hnlr, damaged price.) SHEEP SKINS, N«s. 1 to i. 26®8 00 BUTCHERS TALLOW fl RACCOON, Nos. 1 to 4 MINK, Nos I to 4 OI'Pi SSUM, cased and open MUSKRAT, Nos. 1 to 3 OTTER, Nos. 1 to 4 1 SKUNK, No. 1, black 1 do wide and nurrow stripe,.. 1 FOX, Red and Grey
CRAWFORD, O'BOYLE & CO.,
WI CCENNOK TO
J. COOK & SON,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN
Hardware and Cutlery,
158 an«l 151 Maltt Street, Torre Haute, Indiana*
AGENTS FOR TIIE
Hornoy Richmond Plow.
H. RIDDLE,
WHOLKKALEDEALERIX
Straw Goods, Laces,
RIBBOMN, FA WClf GOODS, Ac,
Will On pi Irate IndlanapollM, Cincinnati or (lilcago Bills, tiood Trade Kolieited. T. II. RIDDLE, ISI M»ln Rt,Terre M«nt«.
S. L. STRAUS,
WHOLESALE HEALER 1ST
Millinery and Fancy Goods,
Hosiery, Corsets, Trimmings,
140 HAIX HT„ TERRE-HAUTE, IND.
THEO. STAHL,
HHOLEKALE AX» RETAIl DEALER 111
Qneensware, China and Flint Glassware,
rHAXDEUEm. TABLE CKTLERT,
PLATKObWARE,
AND HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS.
rail attention to mj LARC1B tl(XK and EXTREMELY LOW
QEQ. W.
&c.,
THEO, STAHIi,
*325 Main St, 8oulh Bid*, Second Door Weal of 4th.
Sash, Doors, Blinds,
Cor. 9th and Mulberry Streets.
Manufactories of Terre-H aute.
HABERLY,
{ISaeeesMM* CUAXt'E 4k CO.%) 4 Dealer In all kind* of
DRESSED LUMBER.
North 2nd St. Corner of Linton, TBRRE HAUTE, IND.
aV GMtom work done promptly ami war» ranted to give aatlifkctkm.
pKAIRJE CITY
Planing Mills.
CUFT & WILLIAMS,
Manufacturers mt
Window and Door Frame*, moulding Brackets, Stair Railing, Ballutttere, Wewell Posts, Flooring, Siding,
And all descriptions of
FINISING LUMBER!
Wholesale ami Retail dealers in
Pine Lumber, Lath & Shingles, Slate Roofing,
AND
KOOFIXG FELT.
Custom Sawing, Plaining and Wood Turning done to order. All work warranted.
W.M.
ounrr. 14 11 watxr
CLCTT.
QLIFF & SON, 'i"* AITPFACTT7KK*a OF LM ohqtive, 8TAT10MBT dt
ARISE
BOILERS.
TIBIL.AR AAD CVLWDER, First Street, k«t. Pajilai and Wmlmmi. Impairing done In the most substantial manner at abort notloe, and as liberal in pric«» as any eatabUahment in the KUU«.
Orden
MUcited
and carefully attended to.
fJMlE OLD ESTABLISHED
Ironworks!
OP
TERRE-HAUTE, IND.
Owing to its increase of business in the put year, and flattering prospect# for yet greater in the future, have been compelled to enlarge upon its already capacious bellities for doing,business enabling It, thereby, to do
ITS WORK CHEAPER AXD WITH JUCAT£K DIKPATCH.
In addition also It has established lu connection with it, a first-class
Boiler and Sheet Iron Works,
of sufficient capacity to accommodate all who are pleased to glvo their patronage. None but first-class workmen in either pertinent. I respectfully invite the public and examine my
Dfannfartnre of Stationary A Portable Enirliiow, Naw A- Flouring 111 Is, ami t'oal Shaft Machinery,
upply id, of 1
eep cc ceu Pal tterns.
hand, of the most approv
Alto Corn Rliellon*. Cane IWilla. Shin, gle Mnchinew. both Hand A- Power. Bairn Celebrated Nteel Bottom R. R. Kcraper. alno Cast
A Wrought Iron Scrapera,
For farm use. Also a great variety of School Heats and Desks, wliich for beauty and durability cannot be excelled.
Together with castings of all descriptions for general use in this country, all of which I warrant to be as good as the best, both in material and workmanship, and as cheap as the cheapest, quality taken Into consideration. (ee-tf) J. A. PARKER.
PHILLIP NEWHART'S PLOW WORKS,
First Street, near Main, Terre-Haute, Ind.
HAVE NOW OX FIAND A LARGE STOCK OF DIFFERENT SIZES AND STYI.ES OF PLOWS WHICH ARE OFFERED AT WHOLESALE OR RETAIL IN )t ANTITIES
TO SUIT PURCHASERS AT
LARGELY REDUCED PRICES FOR CASH.
I CALL ESPECIAL ATTENTION TO MY NEW IMPROVED STYLE OF
GENERAL PURPOSE PLOWS,
which are unequalled for finish, lightness of draft and durability. None but first-class materials are used and every plow is warranted to give«entire satisfaction on a fair trial. I am also prepared to make REPAIRS ON SHORT NOTICE. My facilities for working, hardening and polishing steel are unsurpassed. I invite farmers to look through my establishment and see how plows are made, examine my stock of finished plows on hand with the assurance that if I am notable to please nothing will be charged for showing goods nor is it intended that any body shall be bored in order to secure a purchaser.
MY RETAIL PRICES are always uniform and for every body alike, THE WHOLESALE PRICE will be governed oy the number of plows purchased at one time.
I am also Agent for the world renowned
PETER SCHUTTLER WAGON,
the national reputation for these Wagons is so well established that I do not consider it necessary to say anything further in their praise, only I am authorized to give the fullest warranty on every Wagon sold. Price, considering quality, very loWj for cash. Respectfully,
General purpose PLOWS. Sod PLOWS.
Muck PLOWS. Stubble PLOWS. Sub Soil PLOWS. Road PLOWS. 1 Horse PLOWS. Double Bbovel I'LOWS. Singie Shovel PLOWS.
Roiling Cutters. Double Shovel BLADES,
And everything belonging to PLOWS, for sale and made to order.
PHILLIP NEWHART.