The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-12-22

that could tell what is the matter.
have talked with various and sundry
sunsrv eos and
in the case. Whereas I have finally at
last come to the conclusion that if there
is anything in Particlar the matter with
the country the common run of other
people don't know much more about the
Vvherefores and the whenceness thereof
than do. But Mt any . rates it cant do d.,
pu bile as they have been give to me in
private.
'.The Good Lord 10 in IT,
About the oldest and best and straight
Rocky Creek country is Old Parson Gabe
Stribblin. He is full blood Uncle to
Handy and the other stribblin boys,
though you mought not think it on first
blush from what You have heard me
was to come down and live for fifty
years in the same settlement with him
you never would hear anything contra
TO Of Pc Gane So
as he was returnin back home from
round of his circuit olic day last week
he rode by to pass the time ct day with
tielar.
The good Lord is in it, Rufus''-says
certain as the creek runs down stream
the good Lord is in it. For more than
twenty years to my certain knowledge
and belief He has been tryin His level
best to show the people the errors of
their ways and bring them to their SEN
scs and stop them from plantin SO ever
Der way back yonder in my young days
| when we Cidn t know nothin about such
4 thing as caterpillars and boil worms
to eat mp the ; fottGn IN eh na Gays
in and maxim right slap up till frost
come to kill it down. I can remember
eral bales of what we called frost-bit
cotton every year-cotton that come on
late with the top crop and got caught
and damaged by the frost. You never
hear tell of any frost-bit cotton nova
days. IN the run Of time the people
go: to maxim SO much of it till the good
Lord sent the worms to eat off the
leaves and destroy the top crop. where
as the whole entire crop is generally
open and Piclsen out now: before the
than the Lord. and so they went right
on planti1 more and more cotton every
year. The good Lord also sends the
ts and the ,ney p3Gh ; ,n a eo
ton. whilst at the same time the grass
is worth more than the cotton if it was
tended to right and cut and cured for
hay. lie has likewise also sent the
drouths and the floods and the rust. but
it didn't stop the people from their
head1ong fool ways in pla ntin more
has tried new plan and fixed the sea-
50 }hn he 1pld in ts
business. 1t is now down to cents
pound and it wont be no ways surprisin
to me if it keeps on goin down hill:
The good Lord is in it, tell you, and
way, Rufus. if He has to run her down
to three cents a pound The people
have been maxim too much cotton and
consequcntially not enough of other
things, and the time is about ripe now
for the country to make change in the
general order of business"
Aunt Nancy Comes Next.
Right up next to the preacher will
put the opinions of my aunt Nancy
Newton. which the same got from her
in a little runnin talk the lnornin she
left for home on her last visit to our
house.
What is the matter with the coun.
tG, h, the h dear old ID
that same thanlSy bag of hers. Want,
want, want. We want too everlastin
much. Rufus. You have heard that old
song to the extent that man wants but
little here below. but you couldn't sing
that song nowadays without tellin a
pine blank lie. Man wants anything
and for common thing woman amt a
blessed bit better. Whensomcver peo-
pie git to where they want more than
thing you know they will be cryin out
hard times. and wecpin and wailin and
s,nashin their teeth. It amt buyin
what VIC need. II Ifus. that keeps us dog
pore and in debt. but it is buyin what
we want. We amt willin to swim cloSt
to the hank and let we'll enough alone.
You ought to be plum happy if you
have got a good horse to ride and COM
mon little spring wagin to knock about
with and take your folks to meetin in,
but you amt. If you have got the horse
and wagin instid of maxim out with
these things till you can see daylight
ahead on somethin better, you vant n
top buggy. one of these here roclsa-
Minis on the top And if you want these
high fyin things that generally settles
it, You are bound to have them. Com
in right down to rock bottom and hard
pan, you don't to say exactly need
them-that is you could manage to wor-
~ along somehow without them. But
You are bound to have them simply be-
cause You and your folks want them.
If You had the cash money to pay for
them it would sorter debut money or
no money you are bound to have them.
They viii cost more on credit than
they would if you was able to pay for
them cash dovn-but that is neither
here nor there. You and your folks
want them. ant; SO you go right on and
buy them Whereas You buy them like
the merchant says he sells thcm-re-
CARELESS of cost.
Well. it is about the same thing
with other people all down the line.
People want this. and they want that.
and they want the other--and that's
what is ailin of the country. Old man
Want, and old lady Want, and the
whole entire generation of the Want
family are holdin the bride and run