The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-07-30
him mourning like the Ephralm'te w men

. him. Eye have taken away my
Gods. and what have I r'iore ORE IN fe re-
ean to hoard hjs money, and tor .; .n -
Es s.t If his life cont nued To ''salth
down. in odd PLACES, known g '" on'y W
- 'l' 'MisanthropB is q, disease snd apt = ~
be an incurable one. and incuraole u.s
eases always grow worse; Vos massi
unhappy prejudices naturally 'nc Ct - If
With Ills. yesss. What David, ssa!a o.
" ..a,i nen" in Ills nAyte he said at his
,e;surs To-hfs a1tottuns she "~oFsd q eo !, ''
tanned nobody bat Ishmaelites and fhll.
;stines. and the Church was a category
Quite unspeakable. Ii there was 'aus
aho;ca or difference in his universal aus
IKE he last beings in the world wnom
Va No. would trust were the ''Presbvten-."
au. ., christians were his pet aversion:
smS al, Christians were 'tsPresbyterlans' n
for his ideas Of religion and religious $
neonle were as narrow as they we're Peg
fanpa The word "Presbyterlan con-
aensed into twelve letters all his mean
onInion of men in general. !. .-,..i'
oPbf" ,,t t,,;s donbter and natter of his kind
hoh one belief. He believed that at
some time Tine OF other ne would d'e.N',one
dar happening into cabinet MAKER .
sSon he saw the mechanic making
coff;n His habit of seeing to every
thing himself that concerned ms owl
interest led him to PROPOSE that the m$u
should take his measure ana maze OIL
QUIZ "fo or vou" said id the astonished me- e
chanic. "Make a coffin for you WINE
Vol, are alive! Why, IpeYer heard Oh
such thing. It's horrible, it, ,,..,
! . !. rs business quoth the. old farm
or, crimly. If tend to it mysel1 l.
shall know how it's done: > "' .-. ,:
So after considerable demur the caol-
! net maker measured him and under,
7 tobk the lob. Morally speaking; he had
: taken his customcr's "measure' gooa
] while AGO.. He knew he man, and had
known him a long time y. OF Y.
: The coffin was made, ana eHac'l w. g.
4 cording' to orders. It was an enor-
&mbusly heavy box OF two-lnch' p'tcn.
!, nine blank. lined with sheet leayd, Il the
9 iasd attending above the efges ID TAPS
It NJ a to fold down over The prospective
9 dead body like toverlet. :" The eccen.
"a trio miser' e. last freak was the lax o.
J; ha.town. j"Whatt in ',the world pos,
y seesed YOU to get such thing as tha'
l. td he buried in?' was one of the ques
y = tidns he had to answer more then once
L. dnrinc the "nnine DAYS wonder ~ f.,
III Ana the old mans only, answer was
70 s. THEY'LL carry me to the graveyard
re it's likely, and on'tmesn'to have m:
y DIST :mived with them dead ifresoy
be terians.'' o..v4.ih q bar ,,a9li..,
No i AT, last the time, came when tn
IL owner Of SO many broad acres ii; mg !;
tn give them UP and 60 to occupy ms 81
~ ~ Feet Of earth. In his death.bed tn
~ ouestion who should settle his est t
~ troubled him much. He had locke
on afer his property SO entirely ana e. y
t 'tn ct,sivelv himself. and so long taken
al. fdr, granted that all the rest OF ma!
an. kind were knaves that nowlheWss J
al despair what, to do, Even The memplle 3
;ra 81 his own famlv--yes, he had ia m
10 The could not trust. He worried ov y,
ont the matter terribly, canvassing tt
Id. whole roll Of his acquaintance up ar
in down, and before he breathed hts Ia
mr. he named a man for his adrn'nlstrate
III. one man among allhe knew AZ was
re. pbod ndeaoon Of the. at.'Pre'byterlar
as Church, 4, aGg u .&,sE II! .sh7il =,
,eir; There cqpes "a ,spasm q lhe oNnleesS .
$ Of co y'er to most self.deluded people
lem tbes Article 81 death-a con'essioh' II
,,sxe :' Vim be sure to come later II 'it"con
,lief not then. The rich man in the nara
TO- despised Lazarus and sighted 4: 40 .
was l,aI1 Tn his sstorment" he turned
q is them and was quite ready to let tn
rec. l,oln, him. ~ Rss.ii Theron Bro,o't," IN
'rsal K,noaserper' "t'..t ..ss-Iln ~. 4d' I"