Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1893-05-25

'Perhaps, said his wife, the reason
they were rich before was because they
were willing to work when they had
money.
Nov it struck the ex-factory hand
that there might be some truth in that,
and, after thinking the matter over,
he went back and got some more coal
and some more -four. Then he rented
barn a few doors away and put his
horse in it, He had to look after the
horse himself, as no millionaire was
going to play hostler for him, but he
was rather glad to have something to
do.
No such state of affairs could not
last very long. Whether millionaires
or not people had to have supplies,
even if they had to carry them home
in baskets, and it wasn't great while
before every one in the neighborhood
discovered that the ex-factory hand
would not only sell them supplies, but
would deliver them himself, and he
had great rush of trade.
Might just as well do this as sit in
the doorway and smoke pipe all
day" he said. Theirs Just as much
fun in one thing as in another, and
besides it makes that million of mine
get bigger instead of smaller"
And it so happened that there were
other people in other localities doing
the same thing. And-well, given two
men. one spending money and the
other earning it, and every one knows
what the result will be. A farmer
woke up one day to realization of the
fact that his wealth was fast dwindling
away. People who still stuck to their
stores had raised prices also,
production has ceased" they said,
"and we are not particular anxious to
sell. There is no telling when we may
want this stuff ourselves.
The farmer scratched his head,
thought the mtater over for half a day,
and then went out and bought horse
and wagon and started back for his
farm.
II reckon" he said as he drove
back, that there are some folks that
goin to want wheat and corn and vege-
tables awful bad before long, and the
man that's got 'em is goin to be pret-
ty big gun. There's nothing to amuse u
fellow in the city now anyhow.
A few other men got the same idea.
Some were farmers and some were in
other lines of business. Of course
there were no employees, and when a
man did go to work he had to work for
himself and do all the work alone, ex-
cept in one or two instances where
partnerships were formed.
Things got started again slowly and
in very primitive way. One man
who felt time hang heavily ON his
hands hired street car and some horses
and began making regular trips on
one of the street car lines. He had to
look after the horses himself and he
made the fare fifty cents, very reasona
BILE sum under the circumstances. He
only made three or four round trips
day, but he took in fifty or sixty dollars
trip and carried his money home in
sack every night. Then other people
followed his example.
1t was long before any "L'' or steam
railroad trains were running, because
it required more men to run them and
things had to reach point where one
man was willing to enter the employ
ment of another before anything could
be done That time came. however,
and gradually everything was started
again, Of course wages were higher
than they were before, but SO was
every thing else, and times were hard
very hard. There seemed to be a
shortage of nearly everything, and a
man with only 800 was poorer than a
man with only $40 had been under
previous conditions.
Ofcourse, when every thing got to
going again things eased up a trife,
and when q man had chance to look
around little he found that some peo
pie were poor, some were in moderate
circumstances, and some were rich.
In fact, the conditions were the same
as they had been before the distribu
ton of wealth.
''All may be equal in heaven" said
the philosopher who found that he
had "a 93 left of his $1,OO0,O00, "but OIL
earth we can t all bosses, and it strike,
me that the man who works when he
doesn have to, all other things being
equal, is the man who doesn t have tC
when he doesn't want to, provided, Of
course, that he is not in a chronic state
of not wanting to. Some people are
rich now who were not before, anC
some are poor who had money before
but can't see that the rest of us have
succeeded in securing anything except
a brief vacation. Chicago Tribune
A Remarkable State of Aflairs.