TIME TO QUIT.
1 r is a. «j cat thinu tor people w ho u^o strong ill ink to know ju-.fi when to quit ; and t o possess and act upon tin-, know led»;c makes all the iHflercnee between hutety and dostiuetion. Theio ate people who can t'ikt. e.uo ot llh'in.-vhe-, and iheie air people w ho have tound uml that (he\ < annul tiuoeaie tlieni-tUo- : but thoio aie com puatnelyleu who know ju-t' how lai the\ c.m L, r o and bo >-aio, and pi 1 -! when to tuni alum! and take tin opposite eon'-s^. The South Uend .^nn tell-- ot a man who once leeened wholesome instruction concerning this nvillei. lie wa- a protniiu nt piotcs^mi al h\ inu m the ci(\, who one inoi 111114 -tupped nii>> a -almm to tret lu^ cii-loma'y dunk. Attei pas-in^ the otdinan -alutai ions vll h tin <. t v\ tuit <vi loaleis who weie hanu'nii; about the plai c, lie went up lo the b.n and eill<Mi tot '.1 -liaiulil whi s k\,' whi<h w<i- hamled !o h.m. As 1r (died ihe ;-da*s >md wa- 1 u -tnu it to hi- lips, a ini-i table, wulclir! diunken tiami) -tepped v* 1 » be-ide Inn and "Sa^, S(]iiiie, 1 au't \«,>vi mv' m< a dunk i.ul ot that bottle ' ' Not wishing t'> be annoyed b\ a--.Hi.i ( "s ot that class, me j^entU u.viu louu'nly told him to L r o aw.i> -'i\d mind hi- own Ihwik'--. The tiainp au^nh u-plnd that lu> nerd not be -o ('lanky about the inatt'i, tot beloie he not to di mkinjx he \\ a- )u--t as ifspcet.tbU a- he wa-, and \\'Ul a- line ilothesas he did "And what i- tuoie, -ud he, '"I alwa\ski)(. i w how t o act the -_;< nt \in in The ijent leinan -teo t a hw moinenis 1') liti'4 the beii'_ r ai 1> meteh lioin head to loot, nutiiiH with dtn p disgust his |)[ ( ,ud hot «.>*.-. his blotted iae< , his Kuii: unkempt hau, histihiu. la'^^ed uain\» nts, ami his mi-mated bums, att 1 whu h In -ml '•Then it wa- ci rikiii'j 1 h it nuuh \mi ."1 (I'itta-t hum -o'\t\, and tin 1111-. labh man \ mi ai 1 " \ c-, -anl t lii t , amp " / /i t 1; </ / s //,// 1 01 id '<> 'i "'' . -udl he and |.mii it •.; the '4 la-- ot whi-k\ on the iktui hi tinned and Itti (.he -iiioon, ne\ 1 1 to entei it i-^am '1 hi- 101 0 - ~ )n was unnu>.di lo' him, and sin h h —ons an diundant (.\ei\wheie Tlii oui^li all t lie haunts ut \kv, iih! ikiMit 1 t sine and inKi'i'\ . >i- well a- in'hepolne eoiiit-, [>iis'in-, ,i-\ lvii's, and altnliou-e--, tiies aie unnumbe.(d e^ampUs ul pei-ous \" lv) mn_rht -i'i\ c a- w.iinim,'- to ptojile w hn aw willing to be wainol. i'iiou-aiwis an 1 thoi<s,iad who aie lo da.\ -t i^'j.ol m c ; down to duk, itislionouu d uia\ts. weu intvHi iji nt, ie-it L.bk', aiul honouii d nun, hihue thi'\ weie ens-Mied i-i thu : d d loiU ut this dn.epti\ c and dt nil) \ni The\ wlil wanud, tiu) wtie lautiomd, but the} w tie si 1; < otitidi nt atid neea 1 it no .idmonition-, md -o ha\e ;;one 01 to imu doom (Hhel - a 1 c 101 l .\\ i:i'4 the in. 'L'n >u -.11 ids au taking tin tn-t -kp- whuh 1 >ul d-/w n this daik and datiijeums. \\ a \, \\ hen w ill ny n leai n w i-dom ' \\ In. 11 will iih\ leun to ptneut \\ hat is /j /<(,•< th"in, a- well a- what i- mound them ' When w ill they be warned b\ the o uuples ot otheis ' \\ i.tn will the> luiui to s iN , a- (he\ -cc the wieek and mm wi niu'nt b\ niiempei<"iicc upon otheis, " \i '- /'///• /()/ hu I') >i>i>( .'
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Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 269, 2 June 1888, Page 4
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634TIME TO QUIT. Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 269, 2 June 1888, Page 4
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