The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1876-08-23
a PERSIAN STORY.

hhuitaHiS VI WHICH Neic VIII lHc IiIuscht
l'ersians- IN whicl, these things Of which
|you complniu very seldom occurred In
thai blessed land there werc no crime 60
speak of. uo accidents, no mistakes, no
nothing. Lio llirro was like calmly
floating river. Tho people lived happily
aud dled regrctful.y. dislking very much
q leave. which II quite different here. W.
had in koamud. which wnr the name IL the
kingdom, no prntrntiarics. no reform
schoois.iip civil service examinations. no
boards uf any kind nothing Of the sart. II
tllc government wanted u postmaster. Wo
will say, it did not 80 botbcring about
qualifications Or any thing Of that sort. lt
simply posted up en the door ui the Vacant
post~,ihcoa printed .tmcment q WIN, would
10 required u tie post master. Then ilie
lirst mal, who said hc wanted The place was
appointed.
Were not bonds needed of hims'
.Nu lie iouk tie place and went on
with his duties
hut suppose he proved .lcfaulicr?'
lie has Immediately caught aud hanged.
'llung fordrfalcat !!
Certainly. nni FOR mistake as we'll. Ii
there was M error IN his accounts by 80
much NJ pound IL wrapping twiuc be was
hung out u hand.
.Iiut suppose bis irregularities were Tie
result u bad business qualiiicsF
Then hc Was hung for being bad hl-i-
nc.s man. Mhnt We wanted was lmncsty
aud capacity aud as We did with poslnns.
,ers We did with everybody else. Suppose
n railroad train was oil the irark--a coro-
ner's jury was convened over the bodies Of
the klliod. SnmaNo they discovered The
fact that "a rail Was ont of order, ur il,al
The road was not rairollcj. wc hung one
president. director and superintendent. IL
tic accident uas caused by any neglect on
the par, u The Teheran aud Ispal,am Road
aud from TINT time there was no accident
oh their line. Their successors were toie.
rably careful aud the company hung mp
miniature gallows in the cab of every lpco-
motive. to remind tho engineer of his Gel. !.
unn fate 10 the event of trouble.
Then ~ carried the same rule intn eycry
thing. The pooploJcposiicd With tie Firs,
National l'ank u liGallY. Very govd.
The bank suspended one morning. Exact-
ly. Tho authorities took Tie president.
e-sldcr. aud bvari 81 direction. al our aud
hung them. because they had been guilty
u suspension.
i did NJ steal a dollar of this money.
said the president. 'lt was lust 10 spccu.
laiiug IN Persian Gulf Mail,
Never 4 diiTcreuee. said the jndgc. where
IL was Inst. luu have NJ roc u.
But yon won't hang man who has not
stolen. will youy .ays the president.
4 will hang yUu. ny juDel. for bcin' m
idiot. shall hing yon fcr riskin' money
iilat was moi yours to risk
Aud up be vent.
In fact they have hung them more mcr.
silessly for being fools than for amy other
crime. II man sid 4 stole IT, they felt
. sprt of pity lOr him. II he sid / Iost
IT, lhey fcltnnc Il an, and strung him ~
IL minute
Did they hang always far murdcrY
.vcrtaiuly all they wauted ~ know was
that itc killing took place.
hid lhcy never adult the plea of insan-
ityi'
Not any of that. II man put in the
plea they hung him !or being insane. They
were won't 70 remark that Il was not sale
10 have iipnne men running aI,uut isss
with rcyolscrs. and rlrb-. aud such things.
u they hung ihcm FOR fear ihcS might Gu
danger some ono clsc's life
"what. rraj. was tho eject u tlis .ig.
orous hanging Oh ihin1s IL gcncralf'
'.Sliondid. Bank officials made no mis-.
.akcs ~ their figures aud mono in their
business The officers u The government
we're rather careful about thcir accounts.
for they we're hung Tor mistakes ~ we'll as
fot thieying. The presidents and directors
u railroads. kept their tracks up. aud \
more watchfnl ~ careful tet ~ nc1 than
tie cunlnclorS. engineers. aud Miicbmen
you never saw. There bcing no plea pf
any kind permitted. the fact being al that
was considered. there was wholesome care
used IN all departments Of lifo.
Tho effect was good in another way. This
system reduced the population terribly, but
i made magnificent race q mcn aud wo-
men. You zoe. tho vicious aud tie care
lcss--- which il 10 my tho naturally dcpray-
Cd aud weak. minded were al hung. leay-
ing only tie indapiri us aud clear headed
70 live and perpctuatc the spori,s. Ton.
sc1ucntly Il va. splondid people am.
perhaps. fair rpccimcn. There wore no
lunntics, idiots. trincrS. or dishonest msn
LETT 10 spread mischief and danger. Tho
population Was sorted aud slted.
Is that government still 10 cxisicncc1'
Alas no. There sprang up class Of
people who got pitYing criminals. They
~. into i wny of visiting ilicm just before
thcy wcrc stretched. and sending them buu.
qucis. and bcggiug tho governor 10 pardon
them they gt np sympathy for them. aud
Ilually some escaped. Then the game was
up. The moment there was any doubt as
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