The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-11-09

tMSgx@KMNSG,V Lin regards to the
great question
W$M&MMNMs M ~ Of money. Some
WN$YAMMMM%M%M folks say there
amt enough money foatin around in
the country. OF course not. Ihere>
never was enough, and there n yer WILL
be enough for every body. Wo never
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 1t was written down.
Rocky Creek Logic.
1t ralcy looks to rae like II here was
q gracious plenty of money in the coon-
try, and it runnin loose and free 30
every man could go and help himself,
you understand, the general machinery
would soon run down and stop. Accord1n
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
tho line.
1have likewise also took notice in my
bruisin around that whensonever .
man goes forth to raise mighty mIss
with the government for more money.
or somo particular sort of money, you
can most in generally bet your Sunday
boots that man nevcr 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 it would pay you better than
q thousand stump speeches on the ques-
ton 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 some-
thin in the way of boot when you
marry, you can work for it and earn 1t,
or you can steal it. But git out your
little note book now and set this down:
You can't take your hamper basket
and go and git som ethin for nothin.
When 1 was boy we use to sing .
little song tina started off as follows:
">vhere greenbacks grow on white oak Trees
eG the tie ei1s are as as
But as yet never have been ablc to
round myself up in that pleasant coun-
try. Tho general combination IS quite
altocether too gorgeous like and rich
| for a plain and com anon old plug like
nae.
| So long as dollar will buy dollars
| worth OF dry goods and groceries, with
q bottle of vegetable matter thrown in
for good measure. you understand, and
so long as can keep few OF the docu'
mcnts put away in my old sock, am
|
dust with the general government In
regards to money matters. And it dom,
make continental bit of difference
with me whether my share comes II
gold, or silver or paper. At our house
money is money every day in the year
When NJ ouey was Plenty.
l. But I have seen the times. fellow
citizens, when there was money plent.
and to spare in this great and grown
country. And some of these old stager
, that have now got the snow and ha.
seed in their hair never can live loni
enough to disremenaber that time.
When tho bottom dropped out OF tn
moderate government naturally O
course our money went-up tho spout
} We then had moro money than mos
: anything else. You could get your a
full of money for barlow knife or
plug Of sorry tobacco. You could sci
one square meal for $50 spot casf
There was dead coolies of money i
. them days, you understand, but it too
a heap OF pushin to make it go, and
, wouldn't fetch much when it went
!. | must of been somewhat like tho oil
!. | man up in the hill country said abot
t the State bank money-''too durn new
l. and too much Of a kind" 1t was sortt
r like the man that went to town aft
/. nothin and took along his OK cart
j. haul it hom, in. Right along thel
l. before it passes out of my mind wal
d to say that another old-fashion shooti
= fghtin, KILN war would be goo
thing to make some men out OF simli
beaded dudes, and put stop to tt
general howl about ''hard times" Ar
n "skeerce money"
q In them dark and tryin days whe
v money was so tremendous plenty NJ
I. times SO almighty hard to spend mac
" one trade that put me ahead OF IL
n hounds as it were, with time to spa
l. and no fences to climb. I sold pins
t. woods farm over in the bills for $40
and bought plantation down on De
II Creek for 81, 300. / sold out to old mi
Y Billy Stringer and took his note for Il
It money. Then I bought from To
z Crittenden and give him my note
waverly note, no mortgage and no lie
In you understand, but jest plain, he
Dr. est, everyday, Hardshell Baptist moi
re When Ray Day Come.
IN All Of the papers il the two trad
- fell due alohs in the fall, and that
the last year of the war. The Cover
lie ment was now ruther shaky at t
cr knees and money was easy and p.en
r full as pig tracks. When pay day co'
on old man Billy Stringer's horse was Ii
81 up to the rack at our front gate befe
breakfast, and the old man come rig
y Gown to business rs soon as he could
=. 81 have come over this mornin