The city itemizer., December 08, 1898, Image 1

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WATER VALLEY. I.IISS,, DECEMBER 8, 1898.
VOL. 5.
NO. 11.
If our spirits were as gloomy as
lire weather lias been for some
time, The Itemizes would be in
mourning, but bless your life, our
spirits have been standing on tip
toe looking over the fence for
Christmas, that glorious time when
even the prospects of the editor for
fatty-bread and other rich and deli
cate food, are as bright as the cor
ruscations from the beautiful face
of radiant Iris. We came as near
as one having a dream about the
benevolent holidays, but some kind \
of an intellectual vapor dropped -
_ I— 4 r*\VT> rl then, ma<l do
stroyed the plot. In just a little
over three weeks from now little
hearts will be thrilled and eyes
brightened by the resources that
spring from the most abundant of
all times—Christmas—and the
abundance is going to be let off
in benevolences. Don't you for
get it, old Santa will be here, al
though he lias new acqusitions and
territories to look after that have
recently jnst about become posses
sions of the United States. It is
his intention, as soon as his plans
are mapped out, to send a represen
tative to Cuba, Porto Rico, Hawaii
and Manila. He intends to see after
the United States proper himself,
and you little tots of Water Valley
will be looked after just as well as
ever; and you older people, while
that gobbler may not be counting
the moments, yet they are slipping
away from him, and the time is not
far distant when you can fasten
your fangs into his savory flesh.
But let us remind you of someth mgr
it is tough on the gobbler. Now,
we don't say this to knock you out
of any of your pleasure, but the
gobbler is the sacrifice.
Don’t be too severe in criticism
before you have examined the in
tention of the offending party.
There is a big difference in the
construction of intellects.
THE ORPHAN’S HOME. j
Haying visited the above institu
tion a number ot times, by special
invitation, and having been a close
observer of the superior manage
ment and discipline administered
by the excellent Manager and his
unexcelled wife, I therefore feel
assured that they are God-given
and God-sent, and should not only
have the unqualified support and
co-operation of every true Christian
man and woman in the State, but
also of everyone who sympathizes
(with a poor, destitute child who has
been oereavea or its parents, and
left upon the charity of a selfish
world.
Let the Water Vallians especi
ally rally around this noble, conse
crated pair who have—through a
sense of duty—taken upon them
selves this gigantic work for the
Blessed Master -assuming its ini
raense responsibilities as well ns
the great mental and physical
strain consequent upon the deli
cate and difficult training and
moulding of such a diversity of
mind and temperament as have
been gathered together from every
part of the State into the Home;
and how pathetic to see the tender
ness and love manifested by Mrs.
Burton towards the little ones,
while at the same time discipline
is enforced with firmness, and
everything is done so systemati
cally and in such perfect order as
to call forth the admiration of all
who have visited there!
Not only does the training and
moulding of these diverse intellects
fall upon Brother Burton and his
dear wife, but the maintenance of
these helpless ones is another
problem for their solution, which
necessarily gives care and anxiety.
Let all, then, rally to the support
of the helpless Orphans in “Our’’
Home and thereby cheer and en
courage those noble ones who have1
them in charge. I
Mrs. M. W. Morrison.
Busy, busy, busy—that is the
way things are going in Water Val
ley. One thing noticeable about
our people, is their health. And
another thing that attaches, with
great importance, to their charac
ter, is the good-natured way in
which they go at everything they
undertake. They are not slip-slod
in their business, but do not fly all
to pieces, whenever things do not
go to suit them. Well, this disposi
tion. as well as the best water in the
world which they Wave to drink,
has much to do with their health.
We are very much of the opinion
that the people of this flourishing
city do not pay as much attention
Jo their liver as people of other
communities; they act very much
like they have not found out they've
got one, for you never hear them
talking about calomel and grieving
over spilt milk, or gnashing their
teeth about evil times. It is busi
ness and business, cheerfulness and
cheerfulness from beginning to
end.
Some monts ago the Illiois Cen
tral inaugurated the idea of
allowing operatives to become
stockholders in the road by
depositing a percentage of their
salaries every week for stock. This
move was followed by many other
roads. Now, the Illinois Central
has adopted another new feature,
which will doubtless prove as bene
ficial to the operatives. That is
the doing away with barrooms in
the company’s offices throughout
the country, and the establishment
of branch organizations of the
Young Men’s Christian Association
all over the system. This move is
in line with the other, and shows
that the Illinois Central is inter
ested alike in the moral as well as
the financial success of its opera
tives. Indeed the operatives of a
Railroad to-day are a very different
sort of men from those who took
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