The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1892-03-26
CORN coBs.
For The Gazette.

any nutrition III their Sered, and
c0rk-llke natures, to sustain life
however feeble, any nourishment,
to satisfy the pangs of want, or in
spire a tamished soul. with graft
] tude, for what is but refuse after
alls Yet how many morttls in this
gr' at, good, world we live in, are
tiinging, to their unfortunate com
panions, the cobs. from which their
plenty has been shelled they hold
within their grasp the door key, of
their Masters store-hOuse, and
waste its wealth of grain, then
think it strange, that poorer
humankind are not content, with
that from which all life has been
extracted, which was of no use 10
themselves, and hence if anything
more worthless TO the needierl
Corn Cobsl how plentiful they
are! The tricky merchant, slips
them in his barrels of flour, which
he must sell on credit, -four which
is labelled with a fancy brand, but
which strings, and pulls, and
clings. in a sticky dough, from
which nothing palatable can be
made. Knowing the risk is great,
most of his goods are of an inferior
quality, and nine times out OF ten,
the purchaser is forced to carry
home, useless cobs, just what he
does not want, and if he does not
take them, lie is told to do with
out.
The capitalist, drops the shin.
ing dollars, one by one from his
reluctant fingers, into the out
stretched hand of some ambitious,
but unfortunate brother, questions
every want, and then finds Just how
little, he can manage TO struggle
through with. He deludes his
victim with the hope, that he has
placed within his weaker hands,
lever by which he can lift his affairs
from chaos and uncertainty, into
security and prosperity, when in
reality the prop beneath is want
ing, and ultimately. the unstable
structure must fail. III success
follows the Investment, the man
can command money in abundance,
if lie fails, then when his affairs
most demand succor, he is generally
dressed hardest, for the "wonler-
ful accommodations" vouchsafrd
by the modern Shylock. Deluslve
corn c0bs! how many fanished
travellers, seek to sustain their
hungry pangs of hopp, upon thy
worthlessness, believing them
selves growing stronger, when in
truth they are but wasting their
lives, and energies, upon the quick
sand of disappointment
Wealthy women, so absorbed
with cares, and the multiplied calls,
which society demands from them,
leave to their poorer sisters, the
eXtravagant and elaborate decora-
tion of their figures. Often, gar
menis which are finished as direct.
ed, must be entirely changed at
the option of the wearer, mi make
to suit, whatever the loss of time.
Industry must pander 10 vanity,
and poverty, must squeeze her
demands into a very small compass.
| have known women who would
search the city over, for the most
expensive, ami bewildeiiug fabrics,
then slip down some cross street.
to find the tas lest. and cheapest,
iress-makeiI Shell every grain of
corn, into their own selfish lives,
and consider themselves benef &c
tors, in fiinging the useless cobs TO
their hugry sister!
There are f,milles, whose par-
ents came from obscure and hum
BILE origin who have struggled IN
ignorance, and self denial, that
their children might rise 10 thar
plaue of intelligence and prom
inence, to which they could never
seek to aspire; who have planned.
and saved, and suffered, aud
denied themselves the comforts of
life, that their oiisp'i"g might
enjoy it's Injuries, and when thai
monument oftheir childiet's wealth
was perfected at last. have bad no
reward, but the cobs of ingratitude.
Tue old folks were not good enough,
to grace the lovely homes. the r
m nners were bruSque and oburu-
sive, their language ungrammati-
cal, and old fashioned, aud they
soon found themselves, pushed
outside of the huge barns of their
children's plen'y, and corn eobs,
must content their loving old heart
aud satisfy their enfeebled, weary,
worn ont, famished b0diesl
When the gram is 50 peitiful,
why thrust upon a hungry sonl,
worthless cob! Life dops not las
always, nor its opportunities ior
good. eontinne long. Then, open
the barn doors wide, and let the
golden corn go forth whore it j.
,eeded most, and Life's harvest
field will ring with the mrrry
oices of grateful harN esters. There
Is famine in Ca1aan, and as our
Lord has filed our barns to over
flowing IN Egypt. should we no
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