Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-09-04

mans own language. he Is willing TO make
his s.hzppy dzyid'' on this case. How abou.
your books, Mr.. Benson, when you called
rnau TO settle what he owed ron, aud found
yourself indebted TO bin one hundred dol
/ lars: Or are those the books that You refer
to: In your .more anon. please tell u
more about those famous books. am SIRE
il would Dc interesting. Tell Us wbv ven
did not get the mans cow on those books.
II the T. T. {. owes you anything On those
books. send in your bill. II rot, then whv
70 in with farce: l would venture 10 sav
that You could lose fifty per cent. of what il
On vour books. and have = large profit lefr.
The great orator referred to Is, / suppose
M Banks, who made short speech here
August 18Th. instead 81 H. Martin Williams
CT - Louis. who was billed for this place.
In justice 10 Mr. Banks, | viii say, be came
unpreD2red 10 speak but made very good
finland speech.
Nj. Benson laupches Of into the dead
languages, and leaves Us entirely In the
DARK. Now, Mr.. Benson, bow would sou
Ike - IL called ''.ScagsE F'ietc Rats9s',
This, MI Editor, : he ''most unkIndest
cg2t Of z.s'' Bat we think that NJ. Benson
: : Ia>uS9zs4lG and aoR coBsgos meats.
But We are now like the poor feilovg who got
into : row, ard got, a his friend said, she
Latin par, o. his bowels eus ali 20 pieces.
In conclusion. Mr.. Benson. has II ever en-
tered vouT mind that the people on whom
Yo1 make - vile 2 stack are the deceud-
ants q they ~bo drove the sayaEes OUT of
this COUNTY,, and subdued the wilderness:
Who oE2ved the hardships Of frontier life:
Raised sheir children without education:
Brought them up in the wilderness: De-
p.iyed them Of the privileges Of civilization:
And By so doing made it possible for such
men Is you 20 come in and reap where they
have somn: Let the following lines, which
bequeafh 10 the honest poor. be al answer
10 Mr.. Benson's charge Of poverty.
Ola poverty's 3 le2hy boat,
Launched On life's great tide,
And thousands DorD in poverty,
n poverty have died.
Fer once embarked IN poverty.
You're there for veal OF woe,
And you will have TO work the pump,
- down the stream vou 60
Noble souls in poverty
Have struggled with the tide,
Until the pump took al their time
Then IN disp2lr have died.
For poverty viii bear you on,
Though you may keep a1oat,
II sill your energies you spend
To pump this ieaky beat.
II YOU by chance take up the oars,
To pull against the stream,
The leak grows worse 81 every stroke:
This i no poets dream.
For ST the pump you spend your life,
To buy your children bread.
IN poverty you leave your wife
To pump when you are dead.
II 81 your lie you've worked the pump, |
And KEEP; The bottom dry,
And never lost single stroke
I'll you lzy down to die;
In poverty your wife IS left,
An honest heart 10 mourn,
But she viii have u work the pump,
As down the stream she's borne.
But II by chance. no matter what,
The circumstances be.
Yen left little wafer in
When you went cut to sea
That i, behind If you have left,
When ron lay down to die,
Some tTifiing honest debt unpaid.
Dishonesty, they cry.
No us1teE how the beat max leak,
The bottom must te dry,
And not drop q water in
When you lay down 10 die,
Then 10 the old pump bend your back,
As you have done before,
Old Poverty 10 keep sfoat,
And pump forever more.
But If tsy chance your pump gIyes out,
Your dues you cannot meet,
One chance alone is left for you,
That Is the papper feet.
But still you live in poverty,
And there you must remain,
Until your Maker calls for you.
And doth relieve your pain.
Yours Truly, F. P HILBURS,
Sec'y 4. T. Z. c.
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