The Home advocate. (Farmerville, La.) 1885-1???, 1885-02-27
RUINED BY POLITICS,

"A ~"S1AA 3IoH; L'AJ ~ ~
I Saw Ex-Governor Bishop of Ohi1
Oh the street d few days since with
a sample case III his hand, trying
to sell some cigars. 1t made me
sorry that l was not III the cigar
trade, for if | was, and his goods
came anywhere near stiting my
customers, l should buy trom him
in preference to any one else. The
, sigh, was provocative of sadness
in me, and | hurried on without
stopping to speak to the Old gen.
tlemap, tor / could not change his
condition, and did act wish ny
mind tOdwcll Oh it. | say the sight
provoked sadness il me, so it did
Not because [ til K the occupation
of a travelling s&lc.,lnan o. drum
mef is in any way degrading, for
it is an honest and legitimate call
ing, in which 10 one need be a
shamed to engage. Nor was it
because ! thought there was any
sacrifice of dignity Oh the part of
Cover or Bishop in e. ga ling in it..
1t was cIei!;ta5'a to him that he
. should have gone TO work for him-
self rather than fold iiis hands and
become charge upon others, and
l honored him for il, But st.!! i
was sorry that he ha;l to 10 it. i
| know what poverty is; I know
what the constant strain is Of hay>
ing to seek ones daily bread by
his daily labor, and / Know bow
hard it is to feed the little mouths
and clothe the little forms that are
dependant on the father for every
morsel and every shred. ! have
fought with these Wild beasts at
Ephesus, and still do battle with
them daily after the manner c men.
though mayhap it protiteth me
nothing But I look forward
more or less hopefully to the time
when old age l can icst and let nv
days go out i'll peace undisturbed
BY carking cares about next week :
market money. The time may uev-
or como but | wish it would come
10 every man whose threc-score
years have pissed.
r. NJ. Bishop has hcen 4 promi.
nclIt man here as well as in his
home in Cincinnati. as one of
the leading men in his church he
became president Of the board of
curators Of Kentucky University,
/ believe from its organization. 1T
all times he took 4 lively interest
in It's welfare, and spared 10 pains
or trouble to ady;tnce it's interests
He has been Lar figure for
many years, and he mas had warm
friends and ardent we'll wishers on
all sides among the people. His
great wealth d:l not make him
proud, nor bis official posi-
tion tempt him to be naughty !
While Governor OF Ohio and presl. !
dent of our university he was still
the same simple, unaffected gentle
man he would have been had bis
station been humble and his means |
limited. Misfortune came and he
failed in business l supposed he
must have made an honest failure,
else ne would not to day be trave~
ling selling cigars by sample. IT
is honorable and commendable in
tie Old gentleman to knuck!e down
10 work, but Iwish he had his fort
une back, and if the prayers Of one
poor sinner for his success would
avail he you'd not haye long to
wait until he did have it back.
The practice ola new and infa
nous kind Of rascality has beeo
discovered in New York and Brook
]yn. DIR, BARLEY, a chemist: has
detected butchers using Venetian
red and Gthes reds to give a bright
color to sausage, head cheese and
other meats that have lost their
color by decomposition and have
become unfit for food These dyes
usually contain arsenic. The seor4-.
drel who uses them and thus causes
death is thn worst lind IF a uur