The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1884-06-07

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"AA, good morning said the
grocerymsn to the bad boy, MS he
vas going BY without looking to-
wards the store. "Come in, and
let's talk Over the state ri tho
country"
well, what part OF the country
shall we begin on9" asked the boy
As he came in and husked a few
strawberries from q box, and com
planned because the groceryman
did not put cream and sugar on
them. "Shall we touch on finan-
ces, politics, religion or agricul
ture
Finances" said the grocery
man, as he laid down a paper in
which he had been reading of the
Grant failure, took off his spectac-
les, wiped them on a piece Of mar.
lila paper and put them in a tin
case. What do you think Of the
trick Grants sons played the old
mani That's about as bad as any
Of the tricks you have played on
your pa, Hennery. | should not
be surprised to see the New York
papers accuse you of being respon-
sible for the downfall of the Grant
boys, as they accus you of running
all the boys that 60 wrong"
80, the Grant boys are like lots
OF other boys all over the country,
and Grant is like many fathers, Of
less business sagacity. Grant is a
good man to sit around and draw a
pension, and vat for another al
He 10 entitled to live like a king,
and all expenses paid by the gov
eminent he perpetuated by his mil
itary genius, but he is not equal to
running a peanut stand. There
should be a law to prohibit him
from trying to get into business,
and no one should be allowed to
kanoodle him into the use Of his
name to catch suckers. Grant
made the mistake that nearly all
fathers make, in thinking his sons
are smarter than other boys. Be-
cause Grant was a successful SOL
der was no evidence that his boys
were above the average. They
were ordinary boys and had ali or
binary education, and would have
stood as good a chance as most
boys in running a grocery, report
ing on a daily paper, or braking on
a freight train, and in any of these
positions they might have failed,
and they might have been success
tul and come to the front. But be-
cause their father was a good sol
der, the boys thought they coul0
run a business that would paralyze
the ablest financier in this country,
and the poorold father was induced
to believe his boys were made Of
better material than other boys,
and he lent his name to their wild
cat foolish enterprises, and they at
once owned the earth. Some one
else owned the earth under them,
but they owned it on top, and they
got the big head, and competed
with millionaires who had more
money than they could possibly
spend, and for a year or two you
have read more about the style the
Grants were putting OF than you
have of the Astors and Wander
bilts. While the latter were spend
ing money that had already been
earned, and laid up, the Grants
were discounting the future and
spending money borrowed ON the
strength of the name of their pa.
Now that it is over, any body can
see what fools they were, and what
a weak old father Grant was, and
they will drop down to their level,
and II they ever amount to any
thing again, it will be from what
they earn, unless they are weak
enough to help spend the money
that a grateful people contribute to
their father. and should think