The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1892-02-11
Extravaganoe Of the Times.

want to write the many readers of
Che Enquirer q letter today, based on
tha hard tiues, and I want to give them
my remedy. Many people are disposed
to saddle these hard times on the wrong
hore. Some blame the alliance, some
the merchants, some Congress, others the
ahnlls and BEARS" others what they call
the money ring, and still others lay the
trouble to class legislation. Nov, I be.
lieye that all these blames are correct
toa certain extent, but there is still
another that has hurt the people worse
than all the others combined. That is
what We call false pride. IT has broken
more people than you would suppose.
In fact I will tell you big truth when
] say that it has broken ZIP nearly all
that has ever been broken up. I am
sixty years old on the 9th day of next
September, if I should live until that
date, and I never knew a family in all
this time that was proud that did not
finally break. All went down to the
grave as poor sas Lazarus, except the
sores, snd if Solomon had been as proud
as some people that I know he would
have died poor man.
But you wilIsay that poor people are
snotproud, that they have nothing to be
proud Of. You are mistaken. They axe
all prouder than rich folks. To prove
this, I will rite you to the negroes.
They are prouder of mule than white
folks are ofa plantation. I know what
lam talking about, for I have been along
there.
When I was married was the proud
ess man anybody ever saw, and all I had
was q good wife and stumptailed COW.
I managed to get an old horse on
time, and when my wife and myself
went ashort distance ue-let the horse
,IssE Bnt wien NE wantsd to make q
big rhow, ne mounted the old horse. I
rode before, and my wife rode behind,
and ne thought ourselves somebody.
One day my wife says to me, willie,
let Us buy a buggy" / says, "very
well, If you will hoe I will plow, and
iHs will get onesin cahoot." The first
syear We failed, but the second year We
succeeded in getting second hand bug
sgy, and you ought to have seen US riding
lin It. Don't you know We cut shine |!
VOL, We have been cahoot ingeyerythiDg
sise until this day: II makes the times
better for both Of us, and Itbink bet
tsE On all euEfriends. ats
twill not do for poor folks to try to
follow, the fashions Of this day, # they
40, somebody Will Be hurt. TT may be
the poor folks; but ifnot, look out msr.
chanti taSsssti
The young men of to; dsy, before they
narry, must have fue horse, fine
buggy anda lap robe tina, costs more
than an old mans overcoat. The bride
frequently breaks mp her fa, her in get
ting her wedding dress, aud even the
making of it has to be done BY q seams
treas, because she herself cannot make it
according to the fashion, which requires
that sill that cannot be gotten on the
back, be dragged behind. The seam
strsss frequently bis 70 10 Unpaid. and
likewise the! milliner, and as a result
they often have tomove to another town,
aud finally to the poor houae.f The re-.
3snls Of snch extravagance is often sui
eide, insanity and bankruptcy.
There Is no doubt in mr. mind that
nriia has ruined thousand IS Of people,
,sad II biiM III ruin ntholsan sna aols. Solomon
says: Pride goe.h bsfors destruction,
and 8 hsnghty spirit befofs, fall."-
Proverbs, wi, 1s.-W. B HAYES, in
YorkriAe EngziTer.