Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1885-12-16
lDLEsiDE PAPERS,
BY DEACON DOoL1TTLE.

There is vast amount of moral shall
lowncss in the expressions that bubble
from beneath the turncd-up nose such as
"She works out" and Hired hand"
What if she does work out, and is COM
PEELED to make living? What if he is a
hired hand?" Does it in either case
impair their moral worth or affect their
true merit? Seven out of ten who insist
upon social inferiority for the ''hircd
hand" and the girl "that works out"
never earned the money that gave them
tcnths are as poor as church mice but,
by dint of starving their stomachs and
dressing well, lean up against the tombs
OF their dead ancestors and dcride the
girl that "labaws.' Very we'll. The
world wags on, and the "hircd girl and
the "hired man" arc more to the worlds
economy every day than all the shallow
dudes and Flora McFlimsys amount to in
a lifetime. Away with Goldfish aristoc
racyl The other and genuine article is
slam shaped enough. As a rule, where
wealth makes social distinctions it is
money and appearance VS.. character and
brains. All the heroes that garnish the
tablets of life's illustrious benefactors
were hard workers and brainy. Not one
of them would tarnish the meancst side
OF his character by despising or degrading
human being because he worked
whether for himself or othcrs-whether
compelled by circumstances to do SO OF
not. THAT was left for the chnff to do.
The bandboX chivalry, all combined, do
not possess the elements necessary to
make a world as big as juneberry.
They absorb, but do not produce so
does the barnacle on a ships keel.
But why this hare -braincd nonsense?
Has character nothing to weigh in the
balance that decides social standing? Is
the upper blood so weak that it must boil
stcr itself with such an unscemly prop?
sustaining power, that it must maintain
its visibility alone by thrusting worthier
people aslde2
Deacon Doolittle honors the man or
woman that works out" when to their
advantage, even though it set all the So
cal dogs a,barking, SO to speak" He
puts them all upon their character and
conduct--rich and poor, high and low
and then gives additional credit for in
dustry. honesty, and perseverance, wher-
ever found. A good many "high-tiycrs'
manifest by long odds Il finer blood than
was manifested by the meek and lowly
difference, as he will not force their COM
panionshIp upon Himself, as it would
degrade their social standing to associate
with the Carpenter Of Palestine.
With the heavy hand of wealth and
poor pride weighing upon them, the la
boring class has maintained quite rs dc.
cided Il spectability--numbers consid-
ercd-as their tormentors, and. in addi-
ton, must be credited with the worlds
colossal improvements. Though they do
not always enjoy the full fruitage of
their labors, they are the founders and
builders that give prestige to every age.
Sheer it you will at the "hired hand, or
ut the girl that works out" and you
sneer at your superiors, if for no other
reason than because the sncerv element is
of very inferior origin.
Simply BECAUSE Il fellowheing is
servant it is the shallowness of idiocy to
presume that another is of superior caste
because he is not. 1t would add vastly to
the satisfaction Of the stomachs of many
proud people, AS we'll as to their credit
ors-if they would "work OUT betimcs
and dote less upon their fine pedigree.
But, OF all the human apes that wear
the form divine, none disgust so much as
those who assume to be what they never
were and never can be for, behind the
ganzy form they pretend to represent,
the coarsencss of reality bulges out all
around. Sand-papcrcd vulgarity is not
a high premium, even with
DEACON DOOL1TTLE.