The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1895-10-11

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not. There never was enough, and
there never will be enough for every
body. We never will come to that
pass where the common run of peo-
pie will not want jest a few more,
if you please. Some people will get
rich and stay rich, whilst others
will start poor, or git poor, and
stay poor. For thus it was written
down.
ROCKY CREEK LOGIC.
1t rarely looks to me like if there
was a gracious plenty of money in
the country, and it runnin loose and
free so every man could 60 and help
himself, you understand, the gener-
al machinery would run down and
stop. Accordin to my doxology, it
amt money, but the general han
KERN after it that holds this old
government down and keeps up a
constant hummin and huslin all
along the line.
/ have also took notice in my
bruisin around that whensomever a
man goes forth to raise a mighty
muss with the government for more
money, or some particular sort of
money, you can most in generally
bet your Sunday boots that man
never made any money, and never
will have any to speak of. If you
could manage so as to work up a
few bets on that line it would pay
you better than a thousand stump
speeches on the question of money.
So far as / know there amt but
three or four ways to git money.
You mought be born into it, you
mought git something in the way of
boot when you marry, you can
work for it and earn it, or can steal
it. But git ont your little note
book now and set this down:
You can't take your hamper bas-
ket and go and git something for
nothin.
When l was a boy we use to sing
little song that started off as fol
lows:
"where greenbacks grow on white oak trees,
And the rivers flow with brandy,
Where the streets paved with chicken pie,
And the girls are sweet as candy"
But as yet l never have been able
to round myself up in that pleasant
country, The general combination
is quite altogether too gorgeous
like and rich for a plain and COM
mon old plug like me.
So long as dollar will buy dol
lars worth of dry goods and groce-
ries, with bottle of vegetable mat
ter thrown in for good measure,
you understand, and so long as /
can keep a few of the documents
put away in my old sock, / am not
the man to go out and kick up a
big dust with the general govern
ment in regards to money matters.
And it don't make continental bit
of difference with me whether my !
share comes in gold or silver or pa
per. At our house money is money
every day in the year.
WHEN MONEY WAS PLENTY.
But have seen the times, fell |
low citizens, when there " as money
a plenty and to spare in this great
and CROWN country. And some of !
these old stagers that have now got
The snow and hay seed in their hair
never can live long enough to dis
that time. ]
When the bottom dropped out of
he Confederate government, natu-
ally of course our money went up
he spout. We then had more
than most anything else.
You could get your hat full of
money for barlow knife or a plug
# sorry tobacco. You could sell
me square meal for $50 spot cash.
There was dead coolies of money in
hem days, you understand, but it
ook a heap of pushin to make it go,
nd il wouldn't fetch much WREN it
vent. 1t must of been somewhat 1
Ike the old man up in the hill
ountry said about the State bank {
durn new and too