Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1881-12-23

them away entireiy. IL must oe remenl-
bered that Russell il poor county, and
the toiling men and women, who wiring a
.canty subsistence from the sterile soil, do
not look with favor on those who make
money with apparent ease. Poverty is
nearly always suspicious, too, and ready to
take up any report that bears down upon
those who seem TO be more favored in the
capricious dist ribution Of good things
than themselves SO Satan found ready
market for this kind Of produce. $500
for two weeks work. Mercy that is over
5000 a year. Why, the man will soon
be ricff." And absurd as this Is, in fact,
il vas credited by many to whom explain.
atoms came too late, again, to remedy the
blunders Of attendance on the meet |
ing. i mention this. only because ] hope
it may do something towards rectifyine an
evil that in this and other cases is very
mischievous mean the wretchsd prac-
tice Of telling in the public prints what
ought to be, as the Savior commands, 20
transformations, that the left hand will not
know what the right hand does. The one
thing that msrred the exquisite delicacy
with which every thing was done for ne in
Somerset, was the publication Of the
smount given to us as free gift. Charity
d~ells upon the hope that il was as dis
tasteful TO the donors TO see it in the pa
pers, as to the Evangelists. | will think
that, until assured TO the contrary, for the
dear Somerset friends acted with such
rare and delicate courtesy, that have no
words to express my admiration Of it.
Newspapers will be newspapers, to the
Millennium, suppose, and one must not
be hard on the i'l-rsquited and hard work
ed men who cater to the morbid public
appetite, which, like that Of the Atheni-
ans in Psul's time could not be Satisfied
without continually hearing and telling
something new" | know we'll, the public
makes the press, while yet, in the newt
able reaction, the press makes the public
Still one cannot but regret that the words
"delicacy" and conscience" are so often
quietly dropped from the editorial vocsbu-
larry in the raging epidemic Of gathering
up news items" to give this awful pub
lie" its "daily bread" Suffer this ro1nd
of .xborta,ion. and be no, wro,b. O fellow,
of the Royal Steel Pen and Pencil socie.
Nv. and Knights of the Ancient and Illus-
,rious Order of Ink Splsshers. Al apy
rata that 5000 the good people of somer.e,
yav. IA. DAMAGED ths Russell county meet.
ing no little. by its indelicate and min.
dicious notification. Satan ia n mean
devil. and we must take him as We find
, him. He will never be any better. and Of
course would neyor tell these good peopl.
) of Rns.ell that somepsst,. 5000 was , va.
:. nv s.ceptional thing and tina, Bro,he,
e Barnes and Sister Marie only got "yictual,
and clothes" for all the work done thro
them, and that was all they iranfed. o no
He conceals all this, "liar" AS he is, and
only multiplies $500 by the number o.
fortnights in the year, and then exclaim,
in holy horror "will you 20 to hear
man that is thus making merchandise O
his religion" lie is mean devil, friend.
and will never be any better. Let US moi
give him handle by any thing we do, I,
strike at Jesus precious cause. in any
way.
Let me say in bidding adieu to Jane.
town, that il will always be a dear it'll.