The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-08-13

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You direct your attention now to the bet
ter class Of citizens who people the place,
and you find among there business men,
honest and worthy, and workingmen, the
latter the prop and support of Coaldale.
This part of Coaldale starts the social
wheel and keeps it turning. Ii sends loco
motive engines off through the mountain
pass freighted with long trains Of coal cars,
ana large masses Of iron ore, and long bars
of rolled iron, and ponderous pieces of
machinery. You hear in the street, on
week days, the click of the weaver's loom,
the crack Of the shoemakers hammer. The
carpenter knocks at bis building, and the
blacksmith hammers on his anvil. and the
machinist chips at his casting; nav, what
trade is not represented in Coaldale You
find yourself now among a class Of people,
some Of whom, | believe, get to heaven.
These are the fellows that have raised Won
church spires above the tops Of the houses.
OF course the miner forms by far the largest
proportion of these people. This particular
part of COaldale you see going off just after
8 six ID the morning breakfast, with leath-
" cap 90 its head and a mining lamp hung
10 front Of it, His face i clean, bis coat
dirty and greasy and bis boots and pants
muddy. His hands and face are blue, be-
ing made SO By the cuts that the sharp
edges Of the Goals inAict as they fly from the
point Of the pick 1t comes home at p
m with a face black a. ebony, with a streak
of blood traced here and there which con.
trasts admirably. His boots aro muddier
and coat, and hat, and shirt Urtier and
blacker than they were at siX anti Tidiam
Clean water and soap bring al q coal
dust, and plasterS cover over the duts from
which the streaks Of blood have run. This
part Of COadale comes home with a keen
appetite, and il eats a hearty supper Of
such articles as it can afford, which are not
Of the sort that cause troubled dreams, or
night mare. When this Coaldale eats its
hearty supper, which plain as il is be rel
ishes, it takes itself out for a walk up street
with its plasters on its checks and nose, and
it is dressed III clean checked shirt and
suit Of clothes that-if they do not suit the
other COaldale's taste-are those that have
been earned by the sweat of the wearer's
brows to say nothing Of the wounds and
drops of blood 10 addition, the homely arti-
cles have cost.
The other Coaldale values such things at
so much money they are very light in his
heavy scales but our present Coaldale
thinks them quite acceptable, that he does
The only drawbacks to his enjoyment as be
walks The street are the long legs Of Mr.
Coaldale thrown over the street, and the
stares he is subjected to. At that time be
bis breathing pure air, or such pure air as
CoaLlale main street affords. 1t is much
better air than Goa dale allows to enter bis
badly ventilated coal mines, and which has
made our present Coaldale's useful head
ache and bis pulse beat too fast by far Mr.
IGoaldale seems to object to our present
Coaldale breathing in the same atmosphere;
but owing to the " free institutions " Of our
common country, be has no right to ope'aly
object So our present Coaldale runs the
gauntlet among the stares that encounter
bin, and past the laughs and remarks that
follow him, which, however, are not intend
cd for bis honest ears.
Then we have christian () ministry as
many ministers Of our Saviour's good gospel
words in fact as there are churches, if there
are not more. These, with deacous and
other hangers on, in a body-with an honor
able exception or two-hang 90 TO the tails
Of Mr. Coaldale's super6ne broad cloth
coat.
This fact adds very much to the tremen
duOus importance of Nr. Coaldale. 1t
seems to him as if the very angels of heaven
were dependant on him nc wonder the sam
pie man is such monomaniac, an egotist Is
too plain a word 70 apply. These ecclesias-
ticals, wheI hey fail to convince Coaldale
on the necessity of some urgent subscrp-
ton, pull at the laces Of Mrs. Bounty Coal
dale. In such matters they have two
chances, and in the name Of Jesus Christ
they get out of them large amounts yearly
But these sums placed on the church books
to Mr.. Coaldale's credit, may not be accred-
tied to him, nor the beggars of them, by the
son Of God This blessed parsonage. |
hope and believe, does not wish for ANYTHING
in the shape Of second hand money that has
been arrested from those who have honestly
earned it. ] think that such books as are
kept ABOVE, in the realms of bliss, will have
these large sums, with the interest due TO
them, credited to other names than Mr.. |
Coaldale's. Up there THEY know to whom
credit is due depend upon it, and it would
be much better for all concerned to have
let Mr.. Coaldale's so called money alone.
Tor its face has dirty dishonest look with
i. The present Coaldale's mite is certainly
much more acceptable than Mr.. Coaldale's
much. When Mr.. Coaldale pays the money
be devil breaches the sermon, depend upon
hat too. and there are many devils sermons
preached all over this christian ID country
very good Sunday, and many more during
be week. All are such that are bought
With bad money. What i'll effects these
hings have the good God only knows, as
he is the only Judge, and therefore the
My one that can justify, condemn and com
nsnd for their are many people in Coal
ale who are commeDdable. and who do not /
Dake any very great professions towards &
pnctity either. These have not much out
pTd show Of any inward spiritual grace,
they happen to possess. Z
NQaldale like other places has its heavy I
IS; it is taxed with lot of gOOd-for- d
T as is almost every other place. c
eeDNW themselves. gamble, -un in f
70 aloof from good honest hard q