The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-09-13

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Come quickly, Lord, thy people wait the rest
OF Thine abiding peace.
He Was Rich.
From New York Letter.
\ few weeks since a pleasure yacht
was capsiZed in New York larbor and
five OF the persons on board were
drowned. Mr.. Garner, the owner of
the yacht. and his wife being among
the number. This accident was in it,
self no more appalling than hundreds
Of others which are duly chronicled
in the press from week to week. still
within Il few hours after it's occur
renee our city papers were filled with
staring head lines, such as ''Heart-
rending Calamity-Terrible Accident
in New York Harbor." etc.. ETC.. fol-
lowed by Il brief account of how it oc-
CURED and q long eulogistic personal
history Of Mr.. Garner, ending by in
forming the public that he was rich.
The Illustrated papers posted off their
artists to obtain portraits of the gen.
tleman named and his wife, which
duly appeared in their columns, they
not forgetting to inform their readers
that the deceased were rich. Even
the very waters which rolled over the
sunken yacht and its precious burden,
and the dozens of small craft filled
with idlers listlessly lowering about,
were duly sketched for the delecta-
ton Of the people. For q week or
more following the disaster, column
after column Of our daily papers were
filled with accounts of it, not the
smallest scrap pertaining to Mr.. Gar.
ner's wealth being omitted.
In the search for the good deeds of
the deceased it was discovered that he
paid the men who catered to his per.
sonal comforts and pleasures :'liber-
ally "a glorious thing to do, and,
Judging from the comments of the
daily press of this city, one might sup
pose it was the first instance on record
OF man spending money freely to
crafty his own personal pleasure.
But in addition to the hundreds of
columns filled with eulogium of this
rich sportsman and the manner in
which he met his death, nearly every
church in New York and Brooklyn
bowed to Nammon, and their pastors
feelingly referred to his loss--and all
because he was rich.
Scarcely day passes in which some
worthy person does hot meet death in
fully as tragic q manner as did Mr..
Garner, but a line-a paragraph at
lnost-is all that the press bestows to
their memory Or good deeds in life,
unless they happen to be wealthy; if
SO, the eulogltm is drawn out to cor
respond with the length of the purse
OF the deceased
vi course we have nothing to say in
regard to the virtues of those who
lost their lives in the Inflated Yacht,
never having heard of them before
their death, and naught we know they
may nave been the very ssalt of the
earth, but neither vices nor virtues
were named in the vivid accounts
given OF the catastrophe in the press
CT our city, but the burden of it was,
bonds, stocks, landed property and
great Wealth-all of which seemed to
stimulate the facile' pens chronicling
the sad event. Neither would we I'M
derValue wealth or the talents a man
must possess to accumulate and keep a
store OF this worlds goods, in order to
provide for his own wants and those
depending on him for support bu
this long-cOntinued laudatiOn and bow
ing down to Mamlnon. as in the case
under consideration, is,t say the least,
disgusting, and unbecoming people
VINO claim to appreciate and eXalt
personal integrity and individual worth
above gold.
" hat Il lesson to our young men and
women. Does it not seem to them, as
plain as words and actions can say,
seek and obtain wealth above all things
else! Get money. and your name and
fame Shall be heralded throughout the
length and breadth, Of the land. and
when death comes you will be remem-
hered in prayers offered I'D from u
thousand pulpits.
IS 1t any wonder, under such a con-
dltlon of society, that men become cor
lupt ana women stOOp to intrigue and
lnf;tmy to obtain that which possesses
the power to silence calulnny and open
gates Of praise
An liable seaman from Arlamur-
chm was at the tiller of his sloop one
night shortly after the introduction
OF colored signal lights on ships. A
steamer was approaching, and Archy
saw the green and red light for the
hrst time at sea. He astonished his
shlpmates by yelling out, lizard a
port-hard port! We're gam richt