Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-09-12

The calamity bowler, pure and sim
pie, is considered light weight by
right thinking men of both the great
political parties. The great political
leaders do not mind howl, IL the in
dividual shows a capacity for some
thing outside of fault. 6uding and pre-
dictions Of coming evils. The people
demand something; and the party
that only SENDS up calamity howls is
the one that generally gets left at the
polls. Political parties have found
this out TO their sorrow; and we are
writing this In hopes that some other
kind OF howlers will find out also that
1t does not pay. The history of poll
tics may teach them good lesson.
Things in the course Of time come to
an end; and what wisdom is there in
shutting the eyes to the inevitable,
and when II comes, then bowling as II
the thing was unlocked for There
are trades which disappear In the
course OF time, and the wise trades
man prepares for this end, and sets his
house In order. One time II WAS a
very protIabis business for men to
make shrlnes for Diana (see illustra-
ton elsewhere In this paper and OF
course the silyerstnith objected to
Christianity, for II interfered with his
business; ana 80 like some others In
the worlds history, he tried to fight
the inevitable. The small riot that he
got up showed his folly. When our
forefathers delighted In snuff, the
manufacture OF silver snuff boxes was
trade In itself, and very profitable.
But where Is ii now In our changed
habits and tastes? No doubt there
were mon engaged In this trade
who did not see the coming change,
and we can imagine how they howled
about the party in power, and how
they were promised II they would only
vote the opposition ticket the snuff
trade would booml This Is only one
case. How many trades, or opportuni-
ties TO work In certain ways, have dis
appeared through inventions and dis
coveriesY The old wayside inn, where
the stage and the farmer rested and
Toasted, became u back number when
railroads were built through every sec
ton OF the country. The carpenter
with his tool chest, before the days of
planning mills and sash and door facto-
ries had u years work In his own town
In putting up an ordinary house,
which now only takes q few weeks.
But In all this we fail TO see q place
for the calamity bowler; for where one
trade has gone, or has been injured,
there are Ave new avenues opened for
work. But this thing goes on. The
end of something Is always In sight.
The electric cars have Knocked the
prices of horse flesh 80 low that In
Oregon broncos have been fed to hogs;
and now tho horseless carriage may
settle this business, and the long fare
we'll to the horse trade may be as pa
thetic as Woolsey. We may hate such
changes, but they must come, and we
admire the true American spirit, as
pointed ont by The Times Herald of
Chicago, In its criticism of certain
ones who always love to find fault
with everything in their travels
Nothing suits them. They are always
bowling about their discomforts, The
true American sees and feels them
but he has level head. He knows
that such howls will not change fol
the better what Is inevitable; and 80
he wins what the other one loses The
respect Of his fellow men. Such
fault. finding only makes him butt
and the ones whom he would impress
with his greatness are only impressed
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