The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-08-11

rnK srREAk OF ORIGINAL SIN THAT MAKES
PEOPLE ESvroUs OF ONE ASorBER--FAsH'
tosApLE pryIYos AND IScEssAsT woRE-
SENT Day IN THE LEGISLATURE.

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PEOPLE ESvIoUs OF ONE ASorBER-FAsb'
roSApLs prEINos AND IScEssAST WORM
vyyr-A DAY IN THE LEGISLATURE.
IAtlrnta CONSTITUTIONAL
Tbeye IA a mower OF comfort In meeting
with bappy-hearted man, and especisily
woman. when / go to Atlanta most every
hody Is too busy to talk long, and by Tue
dime they get through asking about the
crops and when came down aud when Im
Going back, the Interview Is about over,
and move on with my organ. But KNOW
some genial spirits who make me ieel az
home and cheer me up and are always
bright and happy. love 'em. ana some,
times think that II was IN Heaven ana
an angel was 10 come aud tell me tnat one
NJ ,em was dead and was knocking NJ tue
golden gate | would run or ny TO meet MIN
and Give a welcome. | was talking 10 one
NJ ,em the other day about lie ana now
m live. and saws he, "You are right, slr-yo1
are right. 1t Is as true as the gospel 1
know all about It. PVe been through nre
and birthstone since the war. i've Deen
roasted I'm a cTucible, but kind Providence
hoe hroupht me out aud purified me. l
was horn TO luxury and generous love OF
INV neople, but the Internal war swept away
NV foundations and had to knuekle gown
| IN work-hard work. | have toiled all DAY
| iono in the town and walked home, nVe
miles after nv DAVIS work was done, ana
then taken nv cross-cut and put my Gear
| little how az one end TO balance IT, anu
saved the wood for next day-sawed IL
in the dark. when | couldn't see the iAu
across the log. | have plouGhed my little
new ground with a steer, my shoes OUT az
The toes. and an old three.story nat on
nv head, and by night l was so liIeu
would Law down in the corner OF Tue iencT
and n,nt like a lizard. Many time 1
have wanted to be a child so that c)u'u
cry and not be ashamed, for was not useu
To these things, snd they went naru WIN
me. Bot there was the dear Wle anu lue
little children, and | didn't care 10 IoOA
hack. Since then | have compared one
wear with smother and IT. got better slowly,
but surely better all the Time and no"
am rich. thank God for bis mercles' SIn
rich. Immensely rich, for my llttle nome u
maid for, and the fruits aud mowers plaht,
ed are mine, and we have goou nedi'n anu
decent clothes and plenty TO eat ana oIoAs
TO read, and kind Majors, ana all 10y naI1ll
meets our daily wants, ana Nandeiol,t n s,s
no more. The difference Is that NAndei NV
doesn't know what be wants, Out i ~,
Therefore he buys painting for SlOo,OVO
or a thonSand.dollar carpet, and the poor
fellow is miserable because DIS money won
buy peace and happiness.
| Now. am raising my boys TO be IaFnn-
ers. for il. the happiest life TO live. would
ratber thew should make hundred dollars
clear at farming than thousand at law OF
msdirine. or ten thousand by speculation
II wilI do them more good and pay better
in the long run. / would rather SIT uoWh
| 10 nv own bread and butter and mix tnan
| the richest feast that money Will BUY"
That sort of talk suits me exactly. The
trutb Is our people cook too much and eat
roo much. The trouble OF having COOKS
and Keeping 'em and always spreading a
honntifrI table Of meats and sauces ana
nuddinos aud pies is the curse OF tue 40
mpstic circle. When we owned the nlg'
GERS and the little darkies was hang
mo around the door in their shirt-lailS
waiting for the scraps and leayings II dldn [
matter how much was cooked, but IL does
now. Every family ought TO make thelr
own lghtbI cad aud prepare tneir own
preserves and pickles and be always ready
10 entertain a friend with simple lare'
These everlasting dinners with two or three
courses seem mighty nice ana nospllaOIe,
but the wear and tare and trouble OF 'e'h IS Is
more than they are worth, ana tuey VIII
keen poor mans nose to the grlndstOne
all his Hfc and leave his children poor
when be dies. There is pardonable PRIDE
mixed up with little envy that keeps our
neonle on A strain-a sort OF lemOnade
with whiskey in it. Most every body is ehVl-
Gus more or less, for it's human nature
IL began with Cain, ana II loohs
like we can't help handing 1t on
down. Good people are envlous and
they don't know it. The good wife
wouldn't banker after new carpet II MIS-.
Nabor Jones didn't have one. III one man
is getting head Of another It's very natural
for US to want to catch him by the coat-iail
and pull bim back a little. III the drought
burns up my crop don't 90 on ana weep
because my naborS are in the same n4'
There's a streak Of original sin running
down everybody's spine, but stu we are all
right clever aud kind, and love our people,
especially il they don't get ahead OF us OF
keep Just little behind.
We'll, have been up about the capitol
for A day or twO-lOOking on and peruSlng
the members on the floor and the ladies In
the gallery. The ladies looked mighty
pretty and sweet, OF course, but what Is
| their sweetness to me wen, dlu STE one
oood.looking mstronly woman up there,
and il there had been half dozen little
chaps clustered around her / could have
dreamed | was at home basking In the sun
shine Of a queen. The lawmakers are a
goed-looking body Of men, and l think
are doing their level best to please their
constituents aud be sent back again. The
watch.dogs of the Treasury are numerous
and noisy, and whenever Teller wants an
appropriation you can hear 'em bark for
half a mile The trouble IS that when a
bill comes up teller don't know whether
his neople are for it or agn it, and
therefore he generally votes No.
think he ought to have time to 60 home
and confer with his constituents on eve
rvthing that comes up. Voting No is n
mighty safe plan, for il the bill passes and
turns out 10 be good law nobody is going
to be poking into the records to see how be
voted; hut II it proves TO be bad law be
can swell and strut and say, voted against
that bill, and prove it by the record, and
then the people will send him back again.
It's a good plan TO suspect every man who
wants The Legislature TO do anything for
hin. The presumption is he's after some
devllment.
Utterly Utter.