Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1891-03-13
A poor us~eokgt,t&HTe

He Has Pise&y u Asssg, ~ He II A.
wsys AffseA - Dsaog rosr.
We know man who deserves 4 erpe4
deaa at pity.
He is Possessed Il hsuess ard laads and
stocks and boods md AsR30 a.d oatale,
md TIE woriA-sa him zieh.
Almost evsRytbody saxiss hi1.
He wears his broa2e3o<A nd diamonds
sn9y day, and drinks ossa wins, II sone-
So4y easo win ply fse Il.
But this rieh man lse1D Wy peoF. His
whsse lilo b Eou.d Of dirsse appr,hsn-
sion. He h afsnid The beaks viii hruak,
He seadtes tho financial record - II Ais ltfe
aeQenaed on whist he rad. he oa.1oe
saeep Il he hears that any one Of tho rail-
reads whose bonds he holds h noe paying
expenses.
He lhss awake nights and worries about
dre, and II he hears tho alarm he b out Of
bed and dressing With lightning speed. he
u afraid it may be some Of his huildingA
II anybody talks about nurrain he Crews
pale; he has thousands OF dollars invested
In cattle.
He is always talking about hard times.
1t is difficult, he says, for him to make &C.
counts balance at tho end Of tho year. he
h at such An expense and % little coming
In. Taxes are enormous, outrageous, in
fact, and how he is going to pay them II
more than he knows. There ouGf,t TO b
somethiDg done to lower this tax rate; it
Is eating every body out Of house and home
. His family are under tho CLOUD Of hts
poverty continually. He buys tho cheap
est steak and the strongest butter. and
suggests to his wife that they should uss
nolasses instead Of sugar, times axe 80
hard. He wonders where on earth that
barrel At 6oar has gene 70. He never saw
anybody use 70 much -four - they dc, II
they are not careful they'll have - n, to
the almahouse vt.
BE Is always cutting down his wife,s
supply Of pocket money. He knows 10 h
not 80 careful shout her expsoditzres -
she might b, and he says - wishes b
could b . wooan tsr spel. He'd Sc 70
those swtnd1isg d1aDmahe9s al nfllinsss
In way thsy wsuh Hee us2sh.
II aay Of his wegkuDen aze two minutes
behind time In the moEd1g be ersaas ssd
reals bitterly Aggrieved, nd VOW be viii
cut them down 10 pr eat. Il sueh q thing
occurs again. Hen let them know thst
he Is not going 10 pay then tsr iaea,r up
and down the sezeeks. No, DIR.
he beasts evez5hody down. II ssly :ew
eents can BE- saved he says, il - worth
while. He wants to Try and ~ enough
Together to take him through. Dat times
aso 30 hard and fnvestuaaAs 70 HekNsh.
Ask him for charity, and 10 win loek It
you Is Il he deesned You mad. Want hia
to give 'something for Sutth,s family Of
children, ten Of emit Why, COED hesvsA
whatever could Smith b. . shiakinx q .
faise 70 many children. Didn't - kasw
be Wa peer? Didn't he knew Il costa
money TO feed % many mouths1
Tor his part be has ways snoush f,r
Whist little spare cash he gets 10 10 With.
out feedtng those ten chfldreu that had 10
business to be born. What II Smith aiA
ct killed by falling from tho roof Of ooe
OF his buildings that be was repaina9f
That wasn't his lookout; It was 6mithis.
he hadn't any business 70 fall; - vas
PAID to- staying up there and laying shin
s1es. not falling dswn and getting killed
AK him for money for the minister.
He will laugh in your lacs, and instances
81. Paul and several other ane3sat wcsxhias.
who preached for noehlng and found tAen-
selves. He doesn't want any ninislex. Il
everybody behaved as wen q he de-. t.
would b no need Of ministers. -
And We quito agree with hin; fae il II
tho world were like him it ceztatnly weld
not be worth saving. Il would ~ - .
paying tnvestmsnt.--Kate Thaen q -
York Weekly. s$ 7