Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1892-11-24

sheritfs, constables or policemen. ne
lalls, courts, statcs-prisonS or poor
houses. no state officers, but those
To run the above governmental
corporations. and those who assess
the property, collect, husband and
distribute money to parents and
guardians due their children as
pensions.
Our citizens are as little Jealous for
these Offices as our men in the United
states for the Office of deacon in your
churches. We ali try hard and
constantly to be as good ourselves as
we think our neighbors ought to be.
We take as much interest in our
work as we do in our sport. We all
make it our study to make all others
happy. We all do our duty. hence
we all have our rights.
The Land of AS is community
where peace and order. and
temperance and thrift. and industry
ana contentment abound: with us
there is 10 sQualid poverty. and no
nth breeding pestilcn cc. and no
ENORMOUS fortunes. and no protIgate
expenditures OF wealth. no
eXtortionate capitalists who keep
themselves wholly aloaf from the
working classes by whose labor they
are enriched: there are no eve
servants. that work only when they
are, watched. and no discontenicd
and surly and suspicious employers:
in short in this community Gods
Will in every way has found expression
IN Its corporate life.
Vt the court Of Pciander of
Corinth the question was asked.
What is the ideal governments"
i'ia> said: Where the law has no
SUPERIOR"
rhales saic: "Wherc the citizens
are neither too rich nor too poor.
AnarchraSiS said: "Where virtue is
lbnorcd. and vice dctcsted."
Cleolubus said: "Whcre.the subjects
fear guilt more than punishment.
Chilo said. Where the laws are
more regarded than the orators"
salon said: where an injury done
To- The nearest subject is an insult
upon the Whole constituent.
Here aud here alone in all the ages
ri the world is realized at last the
ideal government OF tile seven sages.
MI our people are Respondent alike
infoeval YOUTH placid serenity for
ever smiles on their br0w>, and Light
ems in their eyes: the CONSEQUENCE
Of II Just temperament Of mind and
disposition. both in the parents and
the children, dispoSjng them to do
" nat is Just and to speak what is
"i>c. Neither diseases nor wasting
old age infe>t this holy people they
live happily and escape the vengeance
ui the cruel Nemesis. Here the gol-
den rule Is not electroplated as it i,
In all other lands but is solid and of
tile purrst gold. The will of God is
done in heaven by all alike. all tile
time, always cheerfu!ly and without
ashlng any questions. and thus i, il
done in Tile Land of As.
Here my instructor arose to 90.
took me warmly by the hand and said
with confidence: Every community
ON earth will be like this community
wien Gods will shall bcdonc on earth
a 1t Is in heaven. BE assured. sir.
His will SHALL. be so done upon the
earth, for 81 He taught Us to prav,
and He never taught His children 10
offer a prayer that He did not mean
to answer. Good night and good BY.
The hunch-back. state treasurer,
tol such | atterward found him 10 be.
here left me. | examinedall things
private and public OF which he had
spoken. and found his talk correct in
every particular. And being correct.
have returned IL my old home in
the states. in order To settle up my
affairs, and to return with as many ot
my friends as can secure IL liv.
with the people Of The Land of As. :
rs ne made Is il he would leave me,
! said. SIT. Nnu are Il stranger to me.
but your stclN is TIL" >trangest Of all
the things | ever heard. Your dis
coEerN Is like unto Your name, for il
is good-enough for any one. II | can
only lind the way 10 The Land Of As
be assured THAT shall be my home
hencetcrth.
Now have fulfilled the wish of my
Monday morning caller. can say
nothing more OF this account than
Plato said OF one IF his visions: III
these excellent things are rather as
wishes stated in a fable than actual
facts. still it would be best Of all'it
they could exist it all states"