Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-02-26
RAMBLING REFLECTIONS.

RAMBLING REFLECTIONS.
Some one has written that can ass
would rather hear himself bray than
listen to the finest music in the world;
his delight seeming to be in the volume
of the noise he can make" Some men
are built on the same plan, their bump
of self-importance is so large that it
gives none of the other bumps such as
the bump of perception, the bump of
adaptation, or the bump of honesty-a
chance to develope; and eventually they
do so much braying, like the four
legged ass, that they become public
nuisance and are dubbed out of town.
We have observed that there is some
thing lacking in a business man who
always has a pocket full of promises
but no money. And there is fashion
among such fellows that is not only
reprehensible, but is detrimental to
men who have small supply of money
but who make few promises. We refer
to the fashion of fishing in one locality
for suckers until no more suckers will
bite, and then moving to some other
locality to do 1.-The same thing over
again. Such fellows are always fish
ing, the lazy mans favorite employ
ment, but they never cus bait.
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It is stated that man in this county
was sued for $685. back subscription to
one Of the papers in this county. last
week, and that the plaintiff secured
judgment for that amount and S5.65
additional in costs. 1t would seem
that the experience of the defendant
ought to be lesson to all men who let
themselves get in arrears several years
on subscription to their county paper.
AS it was not the DEMOCRAT proprietor
who figured as plaintiff in the case re-
ferred to, we are not ready to state that
justice was done defendant; but on
general principles we would say:
Don't keep the printer man in sus-
pense too long.
While walking about the city Sun
day afternoon we observed that there
are many places in our sidewalks that
need the tender care of the saw and
hatchet artist. Our economic city
guardians, who believe the luxury of
a few gasoline street lamps are too rich
for Great Bend bloods, may have more
light thrown on the subject of defective
walks when some belated wayfarer
tumbles to said defects and breaks
leg, thereby sprouting good sized
damage suit against the city and event
ury a few Of the dollars which men
kick so much against turning over to
the tax collector.
In a certain business house ia this
city the remark was made, recently,
that the most important question to be
settled at the spring election was,
| whether a certain church should run
the town; or whether the citizens, gen.
orally, without regard to race, color,
sex or previous condition of souls,
have hand in it. Our belief is that
the votes Of saints and sinners are of
equal value, and that on election day
the popular ballot will prevail without
relation to sectarianism. 1--WE rather
expect the postofiice to take issue with
us in this matter. and tell US again to
''shut our mouth" but all the same,
Great Bends postoftice and mayors
Office will never be at one and the same
place.)
In these days of uncertainty and un-
rest it requires close attention to busi-
ness, careful figuring, economic habits
and general rustling ability to succeed
in almost any business. The man who
makes up his mind that "a certain
amount of business is due him, whether
he makes an effort to secure it or not,
will either bave to be very successful
in catching suckers or will go hungry.
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been here for years and have gone
through all sorts of experiences and
still kept on top are the ones who will
come out of the present temporary
financial depression with whole hides;
while the fellows who are tenderfeet,
as it were, and have nothing but false
foundation for their pretensions to abil-
ity will find in course of time that the
law of 1.-The survival of the fittest'' holds
good in almost any line of business,
and that hollow pretensions will event
ually be found ont and punished with
| ignOminious disaster.
The Disagreeable "1f."
An exchange, commenting on the
assignment of John d. Knox s. Co.
| Topeka investment brokers. saws: I'll