The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1880-04-16
Aftermath.
From the San Francisco Argonaut-

"A prophet has no honor In his own
country" In other words. the people
among whom be has been "raised " know
too much about him. They understand
and appreciate at their full value his weak
nesses, Joibles and failings. No man Is a
hero to his valet. 80 a prophet must
needs 60 abroad to secure respect and con-
sideration. Thus Parnell, the Irish agita-
tor, came to this country to beg, and when
he returns to his own neighborbood his
begging is repudiated by his countrymen; /;
nay, more-he is retten-egged, kicked, beat,
hustled, pulled by the legs. battered as to
the hat, torn as to the breeches, and appa-
rently only saved from utter destruc-
tion by the Intervention of some priests
who seem to have been on their muscle"
Truly, this is discouraging to prophets !!
To think that presumably respectable
person, a member Of the English Legisls-
ture, after having been wined, dined and
dragged about In carriages in America,
after having made speeches and collected
aims, should return to the country of his
birth--aye, to his own neighborhood-snd
be thus abused by his own neighbors as a
dictator and an arrogant, overbearing aris-
tocrat? o, temporal 0, morss! But
then the idea suggests itself that, after all,
these people knew the party they were
dealing with better than We did. that per-
haps they only treated him as he deserved,
and that probably they were not to be
caught be caught by specious pretense and
clap-trap political philanthropy.
So long as the sand lot remained In the
ascendency the good God soured upon US.
He frowned upon us with chill northern
winds, and wept over us his tears OF cold
and unrefreshing rain. The verdure hid
itself In the ground, the blossoms refused
TO put forth their beauty and their
fragrance, and the earth refused TO give
promise of its harvests. As soon rs we
gained courage TO repress the blasphemy Of
the sand lot and drove out these railers
against bis goodness and his generous boun-
ty be smiled upon NJ. He sent us warm
and genial and copious rain. The earth
laughed In its fatness. Jeweled dew-drops
sparkled in the sun. The fields put on
their mantle Of green and the trees put
forth in beauty Of blossom and buds of
fruit, and Nature promised full harvests.
Gold and grain and wool and wine, great
neet OF richly laden ships to come and 70 !:
plenty, peace and prosperity await us. We
commend to our clergy aud pious laity that
In their morrow's prayers they thank tho
good God that he has not forgotten or
abandoned US, His people.
"Prisoner, said Kentucky Judge,
"before passing sentence upon you for this
outrageous assault which you have con-
fessed, l should like 10 know what prompt
cd the act. What did the complaining Wit
ness do to your "pm ripsnortin' bull
buffaler Of tho windy Wild; hell-bilin'
sky -walloper from tho head-watep Of tho
Big Sandy!i- I'm . bowelravsler and >
bone -breakin' ysarner for the ideal I'm
l,ly-hxnded triner with mems in'srds and
alligeten srewn in sbsst-lightnin' u my
priDclpsl diet Thafs what he's done TO
me-"
MY DEAR DENIS The praise ssrvics Il
the Temple on Fifth street next Sunday
evnning will probably start "a - follows
There's place that II warncr than this.
And It's south, on the line Of The cars;
There they've saved you snug littl6 cell,
Its windows al checkcred with bsrs,
on, the Chinese must eos7 -.