The Van Buren press., 1895-11-02

WAMNNMAM Y OF money. Some
wAMMMENsSWM folks say there
Amt enough money f1oatin around in
the country. OF course not. There
never was enough, and there never will
be enough for everybody. We never
Will come to that pass where the COM
mon run Of people will not want jest
few more, II you please. Some people
will get rich and stay rich, whilst 9TH
ers Will start poor, or git poor, and stay
poor. For thus it was written down.
Rocky Creek Logic.
1t raley looks to me like il there was
sgracious plenty of money in the coun-
try, and 1t runnin loose and free SO
every man could 60 and help himself,
you understand, the general machinery
would soon run down and stop. Accordin
to my doxology. it amt money, but the
general hankerin after it that holds this
old government down and keeps up
constant hummin and hustlin all along
the line.
have likewise also took notice in my
bruisin around that whensomever q
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,
never had any money, and never will
have any to speak OF. II you could
manage SO as to work up few bets
that line 1t would pay you better than
. Thousand stump speeches on the ques-
tion Of money.
So far as know there amt but three
or four ways to git money. You mought
be born into 1t, you mought git some-
thin in the way Of boot when you
marry, you can work for it and earn it,
or you can steal 1t. But git out your
little note book now and set this down:
You can't take your hamper basket
and 60 and git somethin for nothin.
When was boy we use to sing q
little song that started of as follows:
"Where greenbacks grow on white oak trees,
Anu tle TlVeIS uOW Wltu DlduuyB
Where the streets are paved with chicken pie,
And the girls are sweet as CANDY
But as yet never have been able to
round myself up in that pleasant coun-
try. The general combination Is quite
altogether too gorgeous like and rich
for plain and common old plug like
me.
So long IS dollar will buy dollars
worth Of dry goods and groceries, with
. bottle Of vegetable matter thrown In
for good measure, you understand, and
so long as can keep few of the docu-
ments put away in my old sock, | am
not the man to go out and kick up big
dust with the general government in
regards to money matters And itdon't
make a continental bit Of difference
with me whether my share comes in
gold, or silver or paper. At our house
money Is money every day in the year.
When Money Was Plenty.
But have seen the times, fellow
citizens, when there was money 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 disremember that time.
When the bottom dropped out of the
Confederate government naturally OF
course our money went up the spout.
We then had more money than most
anything else. You could get your hat
full Of money for barlow knife or
plug Of sorry tobacco. You could sell
one square meal for $50 spot cash.
There was dead oodlea 81 money in
them days, you understand, but it took
heap Of pushin to make it go, and it
wouldn't fetch much when 1T went. 1t
must Of been somewhat like the old
man up in the hill country said about
the State bank money-''too durn new,
and too much OF kind" 1t was sorter
like the man that went to town after
nothin and took along his OK cart to
haul 1t home in. Right along there
before 1t passes out of my mind I want
to saw that another old-fashion shootin,
fightin, KILN war would be a good
thing to make some men out of simlin-
headed dudes. and put stop to the
general howl about "hard times" and
s'skeerce money"
In them dark and tryin days when
money was so tremendous plenty and
times so almighty hard to spend l made
one trade that put me ahead OF the
hounds, as it were, with time to spare
and no fences to climb. sold piney
woods farm over in the hills for $4,000
and bought a plantation down on Deer
Creek for So, 900. I sold Quito old man
Billy Stringer and took his note for the
money. Then / bought from Tobe
Crittenden and give him my note-no
waverly note, no mortgage and no lien,
YOU understand, but jest plain, hon.
est, everyday. Hardshell Baptist note
when Pay Day Come.
All Of the papers in the two trades
fell due along in the fall, and that was
the last year Of the war. The govern
ment was now ruther shaky at the
knees and money was easy and plenti-
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