The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-07-31

of our entire financial system. Neither the
reinsurance Of smore money nor the collection OF
isss sax wil1 alone; do the people any good.
THE entire financial ii stem Of the Government
mist Be changed before nFthing else that
nav be done can correct the existing evils
Here is b broad field for revolutions.
Folk foresees that the movement will not
stop at the sub-treasury scheme. The Al
lance will still he unsatfsfed. Agrarian
movements never go backwards. They
must continue to advance to live and de-
Jude therestless elements who will still be
in debt. The next step will be to wipe out
all Indebtedness, to wipe The slate clean
with sponge. The new constitution of
Kentucky is an impulse Of the same spirit
IA step in the direction where our great
est danger lies.
REFRESHMENTS.
These rambling outgivings are sent you
from place of shade and present safety.
Oddly enough they are written within the
sound of twittering birds and surrounded
by beautiful shrubbery and blooming
flowers. The air is laden with perfume and
full of freshness. The foliage of the
trees is wide spreading and battles the
rays of the sun; the blue grass is assum-
ing the tingc ofDamascus steel; the spring
is pouring forth its crystal waters, the
milk house is rs cool as a morning cucum-
Der. and the churn is in the back yard UNI
der an apricot tree burdened with, fruit.
The peaches have the lovely tinge of a
young girls cheek and melt like kisses
from her lips. Vines trail along the YER
anda, stretching their tender little arms
for new objects Of affection which they
may cling TO when buleted hy the rain
and shaken by the storm. Cows are
browsing on the meadow and burying
their yelyety noses in the dewy pasture;
there arc bowers to the right aud left;;and
westward is the sultry city where COM
mercial riyalry.is driving men along hot
payements and eager, care cut faces are
bending over bank accounts and striking
balances. There too, women are flirting.
and worrying in iealons rage oyer lovers
who are not true. and gallant dudes
swearing because of saturated shirts
and collars that won't stand. The spires
of The churches arc cleatIy seen, pointing
the aspirations and hopes of mortals
hcavenward, as If they would lift the soul
from the dust and CRIME and sweat of life
to.a purer place, all glorious with the
spring time Of paradise.
Here too is Ryan, the greatest of living
hunters; Bismarck, the Mastiff, and Wee
Wee, the fox terrier, the latter SO trim
and white and clear cut that she seems
carved from Parian marble by some Gun
ming hand of the time Of Pericles. There
is no "Whiskers" to mar the companion
ship, nor old Tom to disturb the rcposc of
rabbits. Everything Is lovely. The veg
etables are so fresh, the butter so yellow
and richly favored, the cabbage tender
and we'll cooked, the cucumbcrs crisp,
the tomatoes red and juicy, the caulitiower
delicate, the chickens fat and tender, the
guinea eggs laid but yesterday and the
fish, brought in ice from the Chesapeake.
The plump beans, enriched with butter,
the cantelopes, the ripe pears, the cream
and peaches, the black bottle, the ice and
sugar and the second growth Of mint, and
the fragrant Havana, Gentlemen of Big
Stone Gap, am looking toward YOU
c. i. s.