The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1889-09-14

graves those tiOm whom tAcN
; rang, until came financial uphea
val which threw them out of EN-
lp'oyment and denied them the pri
vilige % earning their bread by tie
sweat of their brows Instead o'
those having plenty leaguing togc
thcr To support and assist those in
want, it would seem IA tho pocket
b okS, cellars and hearts were dou-
bic lock d and holted against them
and they lett upon The outside a>
ou'casts, to stalve. or by lawless
and desperate acts invite prison
walls tor support. We say the
/ trouble is, that men thus thrown
into the vorleXcs Of vice INTO which
they would never have flung them
selves. are apt to remain there.
t'us producing ii shrinkagr in the
moral market Of the world, and Il
corresponding plethora in the mar
ket Of vice. And the evil cunSe-
qurncps vii! hot die out with them.
but will reproduce themselves HIS
seed dropped by over-ripe thistles
arise III following seasons.
t Is easy tor those surrounded
by all the comforts OF home, whose
cellars are tall and wardrobcs well
supplied, to keep ali the Com.
nanGrncntS, bit it is not SO easy
tor such as Ne have pictured, and
1T our soul we iecl and know that
the picture we have drawn has It's
tens OF tn u,ands, aye, hundreds
of thou,ands OF living, suffering
coultcrParts.
Could l!dison's phonograph be
nilztd III sealing up tiIe moal.s
ana walls ot wives. the subs and
tears OF little ones. and the heart
EARNINGS and soul-yearnings Of h,s-
ban'ls and fathers slign.tlz, d as
t.:nps, yet exercising ali human
efforts 10 sccur. labor and meals
To provide for tiieir loved ones, and !
then wore lhe Instrument opened !
and made to give Voice into the |
ear Of al not thus situated, we fan /
cy W. woald hear Il sound uuua, IN /
vo ume arising from the spenta e
Gus unbarring OF bounliiu.y sup
piled larlrrs, the jingle of money, |
and the awahing OF slutpiui; leth-
argic souls, producing such ii con
Sequclit rejoicing on earth as wo'Id /
Cause angels TO look down from |
thclr - here's with gia,ilcss. and /
thc courts OF heaven t. rcsound !
with piaudilS.
Dives has, by holy writ, been
pl e>cnled us as a subject for pious
'alhnlE, IL worlds nave glolted |
as t cV read oi lis wriiil Q IA the
torments OF hell calling upon Laza
rus for water to c""l his parchod
tongue. But cid Dives gave to /
Lazarus the NJ bs which tell |
from lis table, which is more than /
many of modern Dives out Of he'll |
do to the modern lazarus
In this aye man without money /
is without friends. Even in church /
here are none to offer him a pew, |
tApu.;h the noses Of aristocratic /
mon and woinen plainly say 'pugh'
.ls lac passes by diem. Bat let ii
mm whose character is as II fes-
tcring sore on the face OF morality, (
whose face, gait, and entire pre-
Scmce proclaims him the product /
Of Indulgence i'll vice-we say Icr it
be known that such a man is veal 7
thy and doors ore Hung wide open |
M lis unHr1qph and aasV cf, .,irs ,,,
at family tables frr the /
reception Of his lcprous system
while the man whose character is .
unimpeachable, who stands erect .
as hod designed all men should |
stand, conscious Of his own integ. /
riiy and honor, and let it be known
that he is mpneyless, and no door /
save thai leading toprison or grave