| Show ij EKING IDEAL TION IS FOLLY OUR TOWN GOOD AS ANY BY A man by whom I 1 was ns onee once employed said when I 1 was waa in ill school I 1 heard a 1 tay y you arelland practically till mil my boyhood friends who decided to take the lecour eruti ern advice find iiii remain in tile mal home town are now flow well oarl while I 1 havo have been in ili business tit several places and have made fiade very slow progress it seems to me there is a lesson in this for a number of our young people that I 1 havo have talked with in the past year probably it is natural for them at their time of life to over look opportunities tuni ties lie near at liand land but the tendency should be guarded against remember that distant hills are never as green as they appear forgot forget the di disadvantages of your home town homo floine stat eOr the part of tile country coultry where re you are now located and above all dont get tile ideal climate craze the cli chances ances fire are all in favor of tile the tion that we have just as good climate right here as there is is fifty where arid and if you go chasing over the earth after something better you will simply waste your time and money You boulmay inay find places where they lieve more sunshine ellal alian wo we do I 1 but they also havo have cart earthquakes ii quakes or in malaria alarin or some bamo such item on the wrong side of the ledger you may find a place where they have more rainfall to keep tile landscape looking better and make maho heavier crops but they also ongoy thunder storms tb that atwould would frighten a st statue attic and visitations of lightening to destroy destro y life and property you may find a clini climate ate is mild arid and equable till nil the year around 1 but 11 t on oil the kotlier biond tile altitude is so great that few people can call live there you hoar hear of course about more wonderful londa aids than ours oura but you dont hear of the tainy rainy season the tile hookworm find othor other features of life there but if you should feel yourself succumbing to tile alio siren song of some promoter you can call saye save yourself much grief by going personally to look over the prospect before breaking away from life long ties when you do so take my word for it all the inhabitants of the place it if you point out to them thein the disadvantages of their location as climate soil markets society or what not will be pure guro to say well the conditions just now are very exceptional it is not often liki lik this ivo ive heard that everywhere ive boen but dont be deceived these people mean well but they havo have lived with disadvantages so FO long they d ont dont notice thorn thein until they tire are pointed out by some rome visitor As aa faras far as I 1 can ju judge dac this town is s just juat as desirable a place to live ia liny other we ve have hie good anti and tile bad so does every town dont say this is the worst town in the state for fol il gossip that amply you dont know the other towns in this state any town or city large or small hasus fc about so much gossip to tile the cubic h inch dont complain of narrow ind eidness and wish ish you could wove away to escape iti ih you cant very veil escape it the best we e can call do is to keep our minds minda clear from prejudices anti and so set a good example for our neighbors that should keep us very busy |
