The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1869-11-06

IN fAloons and spend their dollars or eagles
thepthers are abused for venturiDg into a
dert for five cent dFaught Of beer a five
ce1l draught, too much 1t may be, when the
Policeman gets a chance to make his
doNAr by locking them up for oscillating
anti vociferating on the streets. A nights
lodgings and bed on the floor Of watch
hoIse and a fine for breakfast, are cOnsOliDg
itehs. These are some of the privileges Of
M6{pO0r; whether they are suspensionist's
or h5Ot, if they drink beer.
ly the Monitor | see that an honest
nan honest il too cool word-a generous
wa in hearted soul Of a paymaster, bel )nging
TO ! certain coal company, brought some
kicks in his pocket TO pay out to our unruly
sutpensionsts These kicks were leaden
onEs, conical shaped, suppose. They were
caAfullY packed in barrels over little gun
/ Pof4der. The gunpOwder was under the
control Of the generous rm-hearted pay
msster. lie could by pressing trigger,
etf out leaden kick and direct it at plea
SUB towards any point he choose. He
britught our suspensionist's pay ia his
poi;ket-in one Of his pockets kicks
wste in the other. lie kept our suspension
istF pay in bis pocket to tantalizs him 10
mske our suspensionist mad; to excite him,
piean, so that he could have no excuse for
ki44ing him with a conical leaden kics,
fo:Eed out of the barrel by the gunpowder
TED suspensionist did not get excited. lie
haH been advised not to do so, by his other
frignds, whom we have ignored in this
pager. The sus lensionists did not get the
kids, and further the suspensiOnist did
nod get his pay. lie went home with an
enbty pocket and to bare cupboard poor
Eel ow Ct can not help plying the rascal.)
Gay he went home to his wife with an
empty pocket. lie says, all my pay is kept
fo1rent. She says, are fifty dollars kept
fOfrent lie says, fifty two dollars sky
6v cents have been kept for rent; that ls
over twelve months rent In advances paid
upI She says what shall we do ? there Is
sc4cely anything in the house to eat. Sus-
peSsionist's wife looked hard a: suspension
list, Her look melted something in suSpen-
sGlIist's left breast He fe.t Outrageonsly
so4. little rufian of three came to his
relief. This rufian of three voeiferatsd for
" T. piece" The tears werJ in the mothers
ey,s. The susDensionist went out Ut the
hokse with iece" and that paymaster
in bis head and his wife's tears in his heart
S%pensionist's breath came short and thick;
his eyes dilated, his uOstrils expanded, his
temples throbbed, his nerves were fiery, and
hi1 muscles strung; he felt the elements Of
Ary within him. Just then that paymaster
sh4uld have met him sbere would have
been an opportunity for dispensing some OF
thu kicks he came prepared to administer.
A Auuder storm came and caught our sus-
pe5,sionist and cooled him Of. He went
home and found his wife, and warm hre |;
thi children were in bed. This is to say,
thd little rufian we have referred to, with
lit3e sis older, and a little sis younger, were
ini6ed. We leave them to Providence.
The text from WHICH the above was Ella
botated, you will find thus written for the
po3r and helpless, there IS much abuse F.; a
lORg purse and superfine coat, are ample
protection even in extreme cases poverty
is Kicked away from the door, that opens
wife for influence poverty travels through
a harrow lane beset with thorns, which
slIsk into poverty's flesh when poverty
we.vers. These thcrns are plan By the
ridh, to keep the poor in due subsection. IL
pckerty find the road between the hedges OF
thtrns, too hard to travel, those thOrns must
batrampled down, and the bounds broken.
THOSE thOrns give pain while they stand;
bVs when they are laid PROSTATE they are
hsemless. There are many thOrns IN the
poor mans way, that must be crushed out
Of.exstence, by workingmen's organizations.
T4is should be a wnrkingman's country
Tie capitalist is buying it from him as fast
as be can and when the capitalist gets the
DO yer the lash of licenced slavery is at his
bsbk. Kicks and lashes are not at all times
ad ninis.ered by whips thongs and leather
bolts. God help the poor and our sus-
peAsionist
r. H. W.