The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1895-08-31

Is Tile autllOIity ~ opCoh YWID
nv sentiments. l an WH
going to tell these fell M
lows who live in Lex kMN
ton some things they
know but seldom think
CO. GOOD 1a ssiag s'e f hers, ~
and there are 9TH ~ ~
ers" not so good. About these l shall
speak plainly. Some will take excep-
lions to some things l say. l am going
TO tell the truth in truths Owl words.
and that hurts sometimes. But as long
a, I am not shot, can get three meals III
,summer and two in the short days OF
1ssnnda little raipeDt wherewithal
III 7 x<Gznn continue to
SIS Els to osGh
and UfxflS GTl6< and honor, it
matters not whether be known as
''liamhler" in the INTELLIGENCER, or
dennis" in the county jail:
Sincerely yours,
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If O will come down town and take
a stroll with me some time L Will ShOW
Won something that hadn't Orter. be-
1 call them "things," because it would
not be telling the truth to call them
men. Men work and they try to make
an honest living. Things don't work
until a man gets a hold of them. A
man ought to be ahold of these. They
are loafers and they belong to at least
three generations. They are here in this
town, toO-many things who live with
out work, and these things eat, some
times drink, and yea good clothes. Ii
an investigation was instituted you
would find out that they are being sup.
ported by the labor of some poor. old
father or widowed mother or over-bur-
dened wife, who is not able TO bear the
burden. But that makes no dl1erence.
Suppose they can stand it. The TOW n
can't. No town can ever amount to
much and support q lot of parasites who
won't work. One young man reared IN
idleness, may contaminate q dozen, and
then the dozen will cOntaminate as many
more and SO on, and finally q whole town
may be subjugated to the evil influences
Of idleness,
"Six days shalt thou labor" saith the
good book, and 1t Is but proper that l
should quote that book because l am
going to tell the truth. The above CON-
mand was not given alone to some pool
widowed mothers, aged fathers, or faith
full vet forbearing wives, but to all who
inhabit the universe. So along this line
of argument it would not take me long
to tell you where these idle things are
headed for. But I am not so much in.
terested in where they are going, as /
ann in where their influence Is taking
Others.
These loafers that I am talking about
are not able to loaf. Not one OF them
as far as l am able to learn . bear the
expenses Of Q loafing career. They dc
not belong to the wealthy families Of this
town. None Of them are members OF ram
lies of even ''easy circumstances" They
belong to the class l do; they have to work
or dead beat their way. The young men
and middle aged men OF this town wne
have anything Of this worlds goods an
ting rich, but they are plOdding along
sticking to business, paying their debts
living within their incomes, and enjoy
ing the respect Of everybody.
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Rambler is proud of Lexington, but
he is dead a9in" q certain class of ole
fogies here whose sole stock in trade Is tr
abuse the town. There are men herr
who never say q good word for Lexing'
ton or for any Of her institutions. Not
long ago i was standing on the street
talking to q drummer, commercial tour
lists, l believe they call them these days
I was telling him what q great town ]
live in, Why, said /, ''Lexington's pros
poets to-day are brighter than they have
ever been. Our citizens have signed
notes, In the heart Of q panic. for $780,
600 for q public enterprise, the bridge.
We are to have an electric light plant
q new opera house, Q national park.
These things are all about as sure q
death and taxes. Besides these we have
four fine schools, 9 l~ourishing young
business college. Our mines give em
ployment to 100 men, our coal Is unex
celled. We manufacture the best fnrni'
| streets are all In excellent shape, eeveral
| fine residences have Just been completed
our merchants are enjoying Q good trade
| the most of them W their business
houses, buy on q cash basis, and have
gilt-edGed credit. All legitimate insti.
tutions here r doing Q fair business
! wa just getting ready to suggest thai
he subscribe for the INTELLlaEkcHH
and pay $1.50 In advance, when up can't
one Of those old f0gies and saluted my
| victim: lyon have Q nice city here,
| said the commercial tourist. oh, II
used to be . good place for business
ysarS sg0 wnS n.,t tn y Z. ~ SaaS now III
On tho tivea, DuS !. - ~ ue nova n0 = hr,doo !.
W., Uus tn ~. yCw ~. .Tt viii nsve,
he built" was the answer; costs to!
much money, Q " v to0ilsn snynCw;
"Aow Q 5ne opeIs noS, ~ IA sHav
!1ss P4Pe nn sei S:sSH thsm a % % ,i0sf,
and dont pe!ieye taem esec.t,c Sa aas ny
t;nno ey msy ~ .s GR', Nay 81 fo sHSSs too' ' To- C
much trouble for the good IT WI 90
listened to AZ this. ! 9ad neen @sai
Out Q lar. ina ! conia ssa99, ~. /!
did not want my young tneno 20 le.vt
town under sucn impressio1s. WSl.es y
LII .n nS t Iou 1 TtHok nv vonn1 friend
OF IN nna aide and told him not to be
lave the old fool that he had been deai
for tsn vesrs. hut that nobody cared
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