Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-07-14
Professional Grumblers and Old Maid
Masculines Dangerous Increase of
Wealth.

PROFESSIONAL Grumblers and Old Maid
Masculines Dangerous Increase of
Wealth.
The horde of national grumblers-
to be found anywhere in village and
countryside same who for twenty
years, to hear them talk, have been
losing money, and every body else
losing money-the farmers all losing
money, the lands unproductive and
not yielding enough to pay taxes,
merchandising losing business, the
mechanic arts a losing business, los
ing and bankruptcy all round, arc
just now holding a general grand
howl over taxation affairs, each be-
ing DESTROYS of reducing his own
taxes by the naked force of grum-
bling, If the people would rise up
and kill few of these old maids in
masculine attire, it would be mer-
ciful deliverance. Dressing them up
in petticoats would do as well, only
for the offence to the women.
The facts are these all men pos
sessing tolerable industry, good sense
and habits of saving, have been get>
ting rich during the past twenty
years, especially within the eight
years since the war, and most es.
pecially since the close of the war
The masses of men so qualified for
success have risen from poverty TO
medium wealth and will soon mum :
Der among the rich We happen to
know hundreds of men in Grant
County, who, dozen to fifteen
years ago, were so low in the scale
Of poverty that their credit was good
for nothing, only for the Grant Co.
Herald, but who are now worth each
their ten to twenty thousand dollars.
That nearly all such, life and health
holding out, will double their wealth
the next 6ve to seven years we have
just not a doubt.
Look at the farmers, merchants,
tradesmen, lawyers-all classes
about Lancaster. where grumbling
is the greatest endemic, and you will
find that every well doing man has
doubled up his fortune every five to
seven years since his residence in the
town. And still those who have
been the most successful are the
greatest grumblers over high taxes,
dearness of living, losing money and
other Observation-Disclosures by them
selves to be false and damaging to
the public morals because great lie.
ing among great men is always de-
moralazing upon the masses.
The impending danger is, that
wealth is dangerously on the in
crease. To step up from the power
ty of generations to sphere OF
princely wealth is especially danger
Gus to family morals, aad almost in
snres to the family line certain,
perhaps quick descent to some low
grade of physical and moral wretch
edness. But few families have the
natural abilities for standing upright
over their fathers mounds of quick
piled up wealth-certainly not one
family in ten can so stand upright
and hardly one in forty can stand
through to third generation. The
fathers ate sour grapes, and the chill.
drens' teeth are on edge ruth all man
ner of 0ice and prodigality so that
moral and physical death as we'll as
death to estates must come nrema-
turely.
Ii the picture we offer, designed
from facts, be hard one and calcu
lated to cruelty the soul of the rich
so much the better. 1t may lead
some to give greater attention tc
their children than to their swine
Rich people are raising up their fam
lilies without any soul anchor.
By soul anchor we mean God, OF
rather a right view of God, and
Christ with spirit which moves the
heart toward righteousness and hui
manity. Anchor the child thus anC
so, and wealth cannot spoil the man
Neglect the anchor and pride follows
with the artificial stimulants, and ;
void conscience quickly invites ev
cry vice that can scatter the sub
stance.
Perhaps there is no way to insure
to the heirs Of fortune lives of moral
ity, industry and prosperity equal tc
their fathers, but by means of SOUND
| physical and mental training, with
right impressions of God and true
i holiness of heart.
Very true, the scriptures almost
deny that Christ can DE welcomed
among the opulent-affirm that, " tc
the door the gospel is preached" and
thus imply that to none others il
it worth while to offer terms Of
salvation. Admitting that Christ
and the poor are as the polarities Of
the load stone, we still think that
the rich may make terms some way
or other and be saved. 1t would
surely be worth a trial, in view OF
the increased inducements offered tC
the rich. tall events, we know OF
no anchor by which the heirs of es-
tates may be held fast from the fate
awaiting them, except Christ. The
children ofJews appear to save their
estates without Christ, but they
seem TO be exceptional.
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