The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-07-27


esd the JOURNAL. for one wear.
We remember to have read an au-
skeutic narrative of certain people call
I'll Israeiites, who were held in bondage
81 hard-hcarted, hcathenish set of fe!-
lows called Egyptians. These Egyptians
we're cruel dogs. The only one of them
sve ever saw, Ia preserved mummy had
no feeling in him They probably never
read Shakespeare, and if they had, would
not have believed. what he says .about the
sweet AID blessed quality of mercy. They
put the poor Israelites through. In the
strong and sinewy language oftho record,
Taey made their lives bitter with hard bon
raGe, lii mortar, and in brick, and in all man
,.cr Of service in the field; all their service
L.rein they made them serve, was with rigOr
The head man of the Egyptians and
rDiat boss of the Israelites was rich,
hardened old scamp named PHARAoH.-
loses and Aaron were leading men
1,yng the Israelites. They saw their
ole were worn down with hard work
Iii thought little recreation in the shape
- p picnic excursion to the big woods
"oa.l be capital fine thing. SO the
.-oIl says
nj aftervard Moses and Aaron went in
..:,.. - Pharaoh: Thus saith the Lord God of
israel. Let my people go that they may hold
@s m the wilderness.
his ri.el the old gentleman. In fact
&c as "mad as March hair" He
'.aei over" as the saying is, and very
aaugit..y answered:
Wlo Is the Lord. that ! should obey his
,n.-.- to IL Israel 90, ! know not the Lord,
fs,.f,.s-r viii lei Israel go.
1T satisfied with this short and saucv
r....n.er, the mean old skoes;cls called
,,-.i,er has subs and said:
Sc i Al, no more give the people straw TO
:.aI-r s.. *, ash retofore let them go and gath
=. straw for themselves.
-+lJ lie tai. OF bricks, which they did make
y
:. .ls.5i.:-h ought thereof: for they he idle:
'-... f.. FL. y cry. saving: Let lis 60 and sac
i. H.. ts.u.sr tr,.i
j..i ,l.-., ....~,. work be laid uron the men.
;.., ltss atcr therein, aud lei them not regard
Sass .--r-a
ST. -ia licked subs went out, gr.nning
...tu 5.. Of devilish delight and said
e., tIla ,'y>,.iscd 'mnd-slIs"
r.. Won straw where We can find it.
q - 49,. ht of yuur work shall be diminish
. poor fellows scattered suddenly,
.... - .or stubbe and the task masters
le... aus.iiny them up, saying;
i'u'in Your works, your daily tasks as when
mere was straw. @R
No wonder the hard driven IsraeliteS
came to Pharaoh, saying
TL,rc IS no straw given to thy servants. and
So. -a1 - liz: Make brick and, behold. thy
s-.rv-...t> are beaten, but the fault is i'll thine
o7a people.
But the old fellow was obdurate. He
lras rs deaf to their cries rs a Southern
senator to the petition of q Massachusetts
alolitionist. He rather enjoyed their po-
s;tion and sarcasticalIy observed:
Ee are idle. We are idle: therefore We say;
1t Us go and DO sacrifice unto the Lord.
Ne will not pursue the narrative fnr-
thcr. The ready sympathy of every hon
rst heart is with the oppressed and toiling
children Of Israel. Mourn for their sor-
rows, dear reader, but spend not all your
sympathies on them. The living present
IS sewn as thickIy with toll and trial as
tac lead past, and the service exacted of
lie Is;aelites, is paralleled by that exacted
:rom-country editors.
Inc main points of similarity between
these two classes of people are these.
!. The Israelites were poor, but wor-
tur-
Editors ditto.
9. the Israelites worked too hard.
Dlitors ditto.
3. The Israelites could not get straw.
Editors cannot get money nor local
Items.
r. A full tale of bricks was required of
ice lsraelites.
4 first rate paper is required of he cd
it2r- rssz@eaaa
We do not object to the first three
~oints ofthe comparison. We are willing,
If not DESTROYS, to be poor, meritorious
AMI Industrious We have pretty well
learned to do without money. Our great
,vant-the urgent need of every country
editor is local items. rs-xa
No Egyptian task master was ever
more clamorous for the full tale of bricks,