Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1893-01-14
ACCOMAC G. Il, VA. SATURDAYS JANUARY IA 1


tho .mountain TO invite Noah and III
family out to terra ir1na. for the noun
tains were submerged. AS a bird frs
heralded the human race into the world
now bird will help the human rae.
back to the world that had shipped a Sc.
that whe!1ned everything.
Noah stands on Sunday morning q
the window Of the erik. III bis hand G
cooling dove. 30 gentle, so innocent. &c
affectionate. and he said, Now, my lit
tie dove, Gy away over these waters, cx
plore and come back and tell Us whether
It is safe to Lind" After long flight il
returned hungry end weary md wet
and BY it's looks aud manners said t,
Noah and lis family, THE world is MOI
1t for you to d.senb;rik NOAH waitci
week, and liezt Sunday morning lie lei
tie dove fly again For second explore
ton. and sunday evening it came bach
with leaf thilt lad tho sign OF Just hav
Ing hcen rluckcd from a living fruit tree
and the bird reported the world woult
co toleraily well for 4 bird to live in
hut not yet sufficiently recovered f.;
human residence.
Noah waited another week, and next
Sunday nlo,rin:, he sent ont tic dove or
the tilird exploration. bat il returned
not, for il found tie world so attractive
nowit dill not wat IL 10 Gagged again
aud then tile clnigrants from the ante
diluviar world Landed. It Wa e t;-i
that told ii.cn when to take possession
of the r.saecitated planet. Sothe bumai
race we're e!vei BY Il birds wing, for. ut
tempting &, l;uld too soon. they would
have reiielled.
TE. Lesson OF TIE DOVES.
Aye. here cones whole Geek of doves
rock doves. ring doves stock doves
aid they mako Isaiah think of great re-
Yivals ard great awalecnings when souls
zy for shelter Ike flock CT pigeons
Dt-oor6ng 10 tie openings OF & pigeon
coop. and he cries ont. Who. ;lre these
that Ey as doves TO their windows:
David. with Saul after him. and flying
from cavern 20 cavern. compares hiinsel!
to . desert partridge. q bird which es-
recislly baarta rocky places. aid hogs
end Hunters 80 this Gay take after it T-itil
stckn. fcr the partridge runs rather than
lies
Dsy;5. chased aad dubbed aid h;lETied
OF lrursucys. Gays. q aln hunted as p.tE-
fridge Oh the mountains" Speaking Of
his for;orn condition, he says. Il AIN like
pelican in the wilderness" Describing
his kraeliness. he says. ii AN 81 swallow
alone on she horsetop." Eezeiiah. in
the o,naciation OF his sickness. compares
kialself to y crane thin add wasted. Job
had SO nifich trouble lie could not Sleep
nights. and he describes his insoHlnia ~
rayirg. Il Fla ccnip;u!ion to owls.
Isaiah compares the dcSolaiicns Of ban
islied Israel 70 an owl and bittcln and
corInoTsnt ainong city'S ruins.
Jeremiah. describing; the cruelty of par
eats toward children. compares them 10
the ostrich. who leaves its eggs III the
r:.nd unca-e,l fo-. crying. The daughter
CT NY I,eo;1io is become like tiio ostriches
CT the wilderness" Among the proT-i-
sions piled ca Soloinon's bonnt;ful table
the Bible .rcaSs of "fatted fowl" The
Tsrselitcs in the desert got tired Of malina
cad they had quails-quliis for break
fast, quaDs for dinner. quails for supper.
end thcy died criasiils, The lille re.
fers 70 the migratory habits of the birds
anl says. The stork knowoth her ap-
pointed time and the turtle and the crane
Gnd tire swallow the time OF their soil:g.
but my l,cor,a know not the judgments
OF the Lczyl.
Would the prophet illustrate the fate
of fraud. he POINTS to tt future ut incuba-
ton and says, "As partridge sitreth on
eggs and hstchoth them not. SO he that
getteth riches and net by right shall
leave them III the midst Of his days and
at his end shall be 4 fool" The par
fridge. tie most careless Of I'll birds in
choice of lis place of nest. building it on
the ground ard often near Il frcqiionted
road Or i'll slight depression Of ground,
without reference to safety. and soo.. s
hoof or u scythc o. y cart wheel ends all.
So says the prophet. a lIan who gathers
under him dishonest dollars will hatch
cut Of them no peace. no satisfaction, no
happiness. no security.
What vivid S;niiiiudn! The quickest
way to a!nass fortune is by sniquity.
but the trouble is about keeping it. Ev-
cry hour of ever: day solne such par
fridge is driven OFF tie nest. Pa,lics are
only tiutter of psrtridscs. 1t is too
tedious worl. to become rich III the old
fashioned way. and If a man can bJ- one
falsehood make us much as by ten years
OF hard labor. why not tell ii? And ii enc
counterfeit check will bring the dollars
as easily as genuine Issue. Willy not
make liz One years fraud will be equal
to half hfctilne's s,.eat. Why moi
live solely by ones wits: A fortune thus
built will lie firm and everlasting. Will
It? Ha! build your house en- volcanoes
crater: go 10 sleep on the bosom of an
avalanche. The volcano will blaze. and
the avalanche will thunder.
There are estates which Fave been COM
ing together fro" age 10 aye. w ui1
years ago hat estate started in hus-
bands industry and wife's economy.
It grew from generation TO generation BY
good habits and high minded enterprise.
Old fashioned ministry WAS the mine
from which that gold was dug. and God
will keep the deeds Of such az. estate in
k;s bucl;lcr. Forciose your mortgage.
spring your Sap Judgments. plot with
acutest intrigue against family proper
ty like that and yor; cannot do il per
manent damage. Better than wTarrantee
deed and better than fire insurance Is
the defense which Gods own hand will
give it.
THE SILLY ONES MUST sUrFER.
But here is man today as poor as
Job after he was robbed b. satan OF
everything hut his boils. yet suddenly