The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-09-03

the LaUlu L lculChoCA' Az 40
BEGINNING of an ode that Horace
wrote nearly two thousand years
ago. He was terminating over the
dissatisfaction of mankind with
their lot. their condition, their occu-
nation. and he wondered why It |
was that most every body imagined
hi own case a hard one, ard that
other people were better off. Ever
since then history las been repeat
ing itself over and over again. 1t
is the same in the town and country
The humble tenant who rents land
thinks he would be happy if he
owned i. The farmer who owns
his farm would be happy if he had
q few more acres that join him.
Country people imagine that the
town1oIks have no troubles, and thc
toWnfolks long to be rich and live
III a city.
We are all looking over the fence
into our nelghbor's premises and
envy their better condition. flour
neighbor has ice, we want ice.
If he has a carriage, We
want carriage. But the truth
is that the rich neigbor is No
happ!er for he, too, wants something
Le hasut got, and so it goes. Van
dorbjt wont be any happier in his
inl!IoD-d dollar palace that he IS
building at Ashevllle than his hum
be gardener, who lives Ia cottage.
The wrong in building 1t is that
the palace becomes dead capital.
Of course the Six millions were al
paid cut toT labor and are still III
circulation but the money could
have been paid out fOl something OF
mo1e use than a house for one family
t. live in. It would have built ,
thousand houses for the poor in
New York. That is what PeabOCy
did with his money il London. Mr..
E.ser has Just completed grand
balld.n. III Atlanta. 1t cost him d
hundred thousand dollars, bat it
vas wanted and is already occupied
b. the terminal railroad Tor offices.
The house is not dead, no. tie
r0l!rOal either. Rents Will accumu
i1to and build another house. and
the railroad Will carry US and our
products all oyer this great country.
T1eIe is nothing wrong about thu T.
II is fair and honorable business
If 4 millionaire should choose tC
spend a million in skyrOcEets jast
to see the fun, 1t would be sin
CfWeus or some other rich man
once gave a feast, and the principal
dish was hummlng birds tongues
that cost half million dollars t(
get them. That, too, was a sin
and it IS the foilies Of the itch that
make the poor so mad, and keeE
uD the strife between capital and
labor. 4 swell family riding 20(
wards to church in a thousand dol
lar carriage pr0yokes bad thoughts
: Of
The question goes round: How
did they get all that money?
never see 'em work any,
Now if the common people only
knew how little OF real happiness:
was to be found IN the homes of the
rich, they would not be enAious no.
covet6hs. There are more closets
III large houses than small ones
and therefore more skeletons. There
is rats nest under every carriag,
seat and moths in every seal skill
and a proving thief watching tht
silver On every table. The devil i!
asleep II the rich mans palio
waiting for his children. His imp
follow them to the saloon ard til,
gaming table and the ballroom ant
The br0the!. Not long ago ! NE
l-iend-a friend Of my youth
lie has worked had and made
fortune. and is working hard tc
nOre, a1d the lines of toll ans
lroab.e are set deep in his face
Glow are your boys doing?" said ]
Not worth a DID," said lie. 9
course not. They had no induce
ment. They never heard thoi
father talk anything but money
and they knew that when he dies
:ley woulu have enough. The,
were just waiting. And yet Their
are poor folk who envy him an,
would exchange places with hin
Now, II poor man who lives in tn
country could only know and rea
ize the security that his poyeit
and his location gives to his chi
Gren, the security against the TEN,
atoms that Turk around the town