Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1873-12-20

-espeshually 10 rie OLD hen keeps up a respes
;ase cacdiu 10 the rear " Keep movir
old man. keep movin aud never say de
Bull Rau's shoes are out at the toes, Chikahom
my basent 20, whole coat to his back, aui
you know he's bcsinnia 20 notice tie girls
little and wants 20 go decent; Shenandoa must
have a meriner dress for the winter, aud the
baby is oblccscd to have pair Of little blank
cts fr his crib. Five or six Of the Others want
shoes and stokcDs jus, as soon as you are able
& get en-. The shugar is ont. and the coffee
is low. and last weeks washin aiu't paid for,
and you must send man to fix that leak in
the roof tomorrow"
Ny wife is thoughtful oman, and when
she tells me she wants anything, as soon as
cit able. know exactly what that means Il
means she wants it by tomorrow night. isnot
sooner, and tell you always display my f.
nest taktks in such emergencies In fact, |
DO the very best can It's the comfort of
my life to look back aud say I've almost Al
ways worked up to her skedue. Ifthc future
looks dark shut my eyes and dream over the
past
Ike FL Newton because he keeps his spir-
Us mp. He's drummer ~ New York, and be
ed that in an this tremcucious crisis, which
have sbul, the nation from centre to cirkum-
ference the New York drummers had stood
arm and solid as the rock Of gibrawlter. He
scd they was all doln the very best they
could. Sid Iiushs San cnyious man, reck-
on, Cor lie sel tie New York drummers was
even With the world aud had nothin TO bust
on That they owed about as many as they
dilent owe and dident keer darn. Well.
know that El is nifty clever lor lie give me a
bat-wlich hat, however have excited some
inyilious and random remarks sense got
home Sch remarks are very natural when
man gees to wearin new cloaths before he pays
for the od ones
Ny motto aay always been ,o,.. do the very
bes, you can, aud keep one eye open. to the
bright side The mountains. most always dis
appear jest before YOU get 10 EN-, aud il you
hav to climb over okka,ionally, you are shore
T. fad few flowers on the way up il you look
, flr en- 4 chesnut burr has got a sweet nut
bid away in the middle of it, There's a heap
of good things with burrs over 'em, aud hes
sensible man who knows how % sit the good
les out without stckin his fugcrs. I'm not
goiu % % crazy ahonl panik or lost money,
or busted banks or any other ertnnstory sereum-
stance. A litle meal aud few potatoes will
D. my family iiil times get bctter, aud know
a dozen clever farmers who will trust me for
that. Farewell sifhus farewell, old clown
ThercIl he a biz gap in your aujience this time,
shore Ne and the boys can make mp res
poctkabul rim. aud play hos At home il We
want 10, and Mrs. Arp and the girls can set
around and hoiler whopee At any rate we
are bound to DO tie very hes, we can.
It's every mans duty these times to be koer-
ful aud prudent Paradise wasent male for
fools I went a chestnut huntin one day with
q reiler, aud he got out on a limb aud cut il
on bctwixt him aud tho tree He broke bis
arm, and bad like to have broke bis neck
oe doggei bis cats if he woulln't lay down and
die before he'd work for less than two dollars
q DAY, pauik or no panik. don't feel rcspon-
,.b'e OR no sich. They may z, to Heaven in
their own BILLION, if they want to- BE aud
josh Billns was . lo,kip atthe .Grq9ik blloon
the other dly, aud after il was gone he heayed
a sigh, and says he, carp, don't like billoous
About IS years ago tux around bat to raise
75 collars to hire a fellow 10 60 mp in one, and
be went up rs strai lot a. an arrow IL was
cam still day in June, and gazed at him and
saw him 60 up, up, untell ho went clean out
Of sight. Nobody hls ever seen that BILLION
Or that man from that day 10 this, and my
hope is tha, be went ded strait % heaven; tho
| amt warrantin that line 70 nobody at this
time" Wei, don't lie EN- either but will
advise them who aspres 70 60 that way TO
heaven to Do the very best they eau.
Lastly, Mr. Neyn, want TO remark that
these pauiks, the .colapses, these bust ups,
these top no;s crm down, are just as ueces-
,ary for the good Of the country as an emetik
is 10 40 oyercharged stummak. Money to be
healthy must be shattered round 50 that every
body can cit sum- When is most all piled
up ia few pyramids the least josile will tum-
be it O. the ground II was King Ia fix
remedy for bloated fortunes nifty quick. Ia
tx man nuthin ou an incum Of thousan
loilars and under. I'd tax 10 per cent. on all
between 10 aud 20 thousan, and 50 on doubHn
up t. so tbousan Above that IA take it all.
eyy dollar. tel you that will git en-
That will keep down these Wall st. mugs. i.
wiil let O man have enui for an decent and re-
spekmble purpose, aud after that he must do
his sheer FOR them who swet and toll aud hav-
cut been as smart or as mean Or as lucky as
himself 1t Will put limit upon a uian'say-
arice lnd keep money IN better employment
than p1yin $4,000 for horse OF 100 thousan
fora diamond pla. When this law is passed.
Neyin. our family supplies vii be 80 cheap
taat the hkcs Of me aud you aud our wives aud
children can iroIik half our time. think
your to,her leg would grow out and tie hair
cum back on the top Of my lead, the place
where the hair Ort o. grow Until that olofi-