The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1882-04-20
Herd Times."

Rev. Sam Jones, OF georgia, Is report
ed as having uttered the following re
Gently in q lecture at Palmetto, in tia
State:
1. AS to the origin.
Darwin would say they were evolved
from the nature Of things in the garden
when Adam saw he must be clothed, anc
no money, no means, no credit. John
Stuart Mill would say that, abstractly
considered, they were brought into the
world by the concurrent action OF atoms
space accidents, but these things can't
carry them out Of the world. Expe-
rience teaches us tina. they have their
origin in false economy, laziness, prodi..
ga!ity, etc. The farmer sits doTn and
calculates on paper how much cotton,
corn, etc, be will make, and how much
he will get for them. He never calcu-
lates the cost of production. and leaves
no margin for short crops, loss Of stock,
etc. Wherever or Whatever il costs more
to run farm than you get for the crop,
hard times is the result.
Merchants invite the presence Of hard
times in the style of goods they sell to
farmers. Six dollar hats, five dollar
shoes, twenty-five dollar suits, and the
exposition thrown in, don't grow legiti
mately out of our present system OF farm.
ing. The merchants this year will realize
about sixty-six cents on their collections,
and they will find, On examination Of
itemized accounts, that they have about
received pay for the actual neccssaries
furnished the farmers. Clear headed
farmers and merchants Of fine judgment
is the antidote for the present trouble.
THE PARTIES AFFECTED By THE HARD
TINES.
/. Those who trust to luck, or fortune,
or genius.
9. The ind0lent.
g. The prodigal.
The child who expects to find bag Of
gold at the end Of the rainbow is not
more cbimerical than he who trusts to
luck. The man who otis in the shade
and bosses crippled negro make crop,
or who wastcs bis substance OH the cray.
ings Of his pride, have each clear case
of hard times. The farmer who puts his
forty acres to the mule, and buys his
corn at $l.25 per bushel and his other
supplies at credit prices, l tell you, the
grass will get his crop, the buzzard will
get his mule, and the sheriff will get him.
After hard years work he comes out
like younger brother Of mine, who ran
away from home one morning and re-
turned late in the afternoon. HI said TO
me, gleefully, Buddy, have made one
dollar and seventy five cents today"
How" said /: "Peddling cake for Joe
Craig, Well" said I, "Thn, ~ did you
for the dollar" well, what did you do
with the seventy five cents?" 81 took
another cake &c: :hat," said he. Cakes
without other things are dead, being
alone. Some violate every law Of econ
omy, and blame Providence for results.
Like the brother at the camp meeting,
who gave literally to the collections be.
cause he left bad fence around his crop
at home and wanted great Providence to
keep the stock out of his fields. When
he returned home, he found, to his aston.
ishment, that the stock had demolished
his crop. He went back to the camp
meeting. complaining to the preacher Of
erality the day before. WELL" said the
preacher, "the stock ought to have eaten
up your crop. Anybody that would
make gap.boy of God Almighty should
be eaten out OF house and home" How
many men in Georgia have assets enough
to pay their debts ii they were forced on
the market? Alex. Stephens may be c
croaker. but he is no joker. We have
one class Of citizens who are easy. Thry
and their families do not pander to the
fashions and extravagances Of the time
Like the irishmsn, they do without the
things they are obliged to have; they
will do without rather than go In debt
A man said to me some time ago: 81
can't run without help next year." He
had corn enough and meat to do him.
His wife remarked: eve can do without
sugar in our coffee" "No," said he,
"not rs long as can get credit"
asked him in the presence of his wife {:
(Which would you like best, to be man
aad have no sugar, or coffee either, or TO
be big baby and have sugar and coffee
both p There is more true manhood in
u glass of cold water with corn bread
than in all luxuries Of life with the con-
seriousness of dependence. Manhood
lived out in economy, honesty and truth
fulness never tastes of hard times. Hard
times has lesson for all, and that lesson
is, Every dog has his day." A man
who has met ell demands up to the hour
he goes to bed, and then worries and rolls
sleepless upon his bed because of the de.
mands of tomorrow, is as unjust 10 him.
self as he is unwise. Let us never meet
hard times on halfway ground.
REMEDY FOR HARD TIMES.
Economy economy Industry in.
dustry!
Some one Of the, Methodist preachers
of Georgia got up tat Conference, few
years ago. and said he had O wife and six
children, had to pay house rent, and only
received 500 for his yoar's work.
Another brother asked, "How did you
do that?" He replied, "By financier.
ing!"
Let us do MS we ought--do what we
say we will, and Ispeak for brighter
future. Remember that paying debts is
more honorable and manly than making
debts.