The Labor enquirer., 1886-08-28
DENVER, COLORADO SATURDAY, AUGUST 28 1885,

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wood'nt hev suffered so much from tn,
effecs Nv their ignorance on that pint
nuther.
Talk is cheep'rn dirt. but it take
monY ter by whisky! .~ I.
A man es wanz ter bid a corraal orte
kno, fust, what kind Nv crit.er he is
a'bildin it fur. ..
No man, es nu anythin about 'em
wood make fish. h.pond for turkv-hen
nor, wood he bid chicken-coop for {
trout.
A rinoso,o os up tree wood turn mig
ger white with fear, but fat coon in th'
sem place. wood make his teeth water
This makes me think thet no man he.
a morl rite ter make laus fur critter eI
he don't understand. fust.
The chef glory of our revolushunarl
four-fathers wur: thet they made an ex
ostiv study of the man-critter and artel
they found out who he reely waz, they
imeeietly-at want writ out "Declara
ton of independence" and swore by the
etarnal thet they wood fite fur it. Well
they fit-and fit id hard too-and
got what they wanted-the rinosoros got
outen the tree, and the niger got his
coon.
Since thet time, the studyin Nv hu
man beein as pint in progressive polu
ticks has kind Nv gone to seed, and Pm
Nv the oplnyun that easten folks hev to
to be licked into it. Imebe rong; but
by gosh it looks much like it round these
diggins. Z
The program advocated by sum tame
closet fellers, with good fat salaries
all-us reminds me Nv what the immor.
tai Bill Shakespeare sed, abouten these
yer fine chaps as don't understand hu'
man beein. Bill know'd 'em You
bet and, regarding Nv the program, he
sed, ses he is, lone part wisdom and
two parts cowasdlce" and dog-on my
heart eff it amt 80, By Gosh
Well, the program mebe all rite, but
think the exercises will be different
kind er livelier, like!
Edgar Allan Poe wanst sed, ses he
IL am not more sure that my soul lives
than l am that perverseness is one of
the primitive impulses Nv the human
heart,-one Nv the indivisable primary
faculties or sentiment which give direc.
ton to the character Nv man. Who has
not hundred times found himself com.
mitting a vile or a silly action, for nc
other reason than because he knew he
should not? Have we not perpetual
inclination to violate that which is law
merely because we understand it to be
such? OF this spirit, philosophy takes
no account"
I'm liyen witness to the trooth Nv
the abuv
never got drunk but want. and thet
waz about two hours arter I'd jined g
temperance society as a good example tc
others.
l cood'nt stand the plege l busted
her afore sundown, and wanted ter fite
the hull bord Nv soopervisors fur theil
issuin Nv license to rumsellers.
But they sed well, looney; l sup
pose you know we must hev govern,
ment2:.
sed es 81 didn't know es nv mind
waz quite clear, yet. on that pint"
well" ses one nv 'em, well gin you
time to clear it up Officer, arrest that
man."
Hold on hold on!" ses al want tc
argv the pint with you. You say es we
must hev government
Eyes, looneY," ses he, I'VE must hev 8
government; and in order to hev one
we must hev money to run it; and in
order to hev monY, suthing must be
taxed, and the more dangerous to the
health and the morals Nv the commu,
nity the article to be taxed ls, the more
mony the government gets fur it and the
easier it comes on the people"
Taxed be d-nd you tarnal old bald
heded fool" ses l, "you hev turned the
'peepels government into lecherous
procuress. And so far as making it cas-
ier fur the peepeP is concarned, yer mite
es well tax their taters eff through youl
pro, uring powers you hev made rum 6
social necessity the 'peepep hes to pay
fur it enyhow. You say es only the rich
drink the wines NV the country, and
consequently the tax falls upon them
instead Nv on the poor. Yer develish
cute, amt YER" ses l, "but thet's not the
pint Just now. If all men, as YOU say
are eekal afore The law what matters
it ter ou, who drinks, or pays lur IL
| say, accordin to yer own doctrine, its
none Nv yer bizness. s.-guverments shuo
be imparshul."
Don't yer see, YOU gold-pizeu'd Ounce
thet the hull thing is boomerang,-i
Gums back agen in the shape Nv crime
murder, arson, etc., and you hev tt
pay out to sum devillsh cute lawyer o.
nuther, to defend the state, the sen
mony, and more, es you kerlected from
yer stupid licence, dog-on youW
Immeejetly-at-wanzt a beefv, wine
complexioned feller stood up and sed e
l was "soshlist," and he'd "insulted tn
dignity Nv the court" and orter b.
locked up." was bilen mad but hat
tf, 90 Some Deskv fool told nv wifi