Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1896-05-28


or falconer, or q fIerc attendant.
and 80 they lounge about the scenes
tai 'hcy shall be called to something
great. After a while. by So,nc acti-
dent of prosperity ~ circumstances,
they get into the place for which
they have no qualification. And
very soon, If the man Ice merchant,
he is going around asking his creditors
to compromise for ten cents nu the dob
lar Or, Il u clergyman, he is making
TRADES against tine iugra,i'udc of
churches Or IL m attorney, 10y I'M
slSillful management he loses ease 10y
which widows and orphans are robbed
of their portion. Or, il a physician, he
/ 10y malpractice gives his patient rapid
transit from this world to- the u".t,
Our incomprtcn, fricud would have
made a pasSahlr horSr doctor. hut he
wanted Ia ~, professor Of anatomy in y
university. lie could have S''ld enough
confectionery Z" have supported his
/ family. hui he wanted to have sugar
refinery like the llavcmeycrs.
/ lie could have mcnded shoes. but
/ he wanted To amend the constitution of
/ the United States. Toward the end of
life these people are ont of patience,
out OF money. out of friends, out of
everything. They go Ia the poorhouSc,
or keep out of il by running In debt Ia
all the grocery and dry goods stores
that will trust them. People bcgin to
wonder when the curtain will drip un
the Scene. After a while, leaving moth
ing but their compliments to pay doc
tor. undertaken, and Gabriel Grubb.
the grave-digger, they disappear. En-
cunt Kissed of the stage.
Others fail in the drama of life
through demonstrated SelfishncsS Thry
make all the rivers empty into their
| Sca. all the roads of cmolumcnt end at
their door. and they gather all the
4 plumcs of honor for their brow They
help no one, encourage no one. rescue
no one. "llow big pile of money can
/ ! get?" and How much of the world
can ] absorb?" are the chief questions.
! They feel about the common people as
the Turks felt toward the Asapi, or
common soldiers, considering them of
no use except Ia fill up the bitches with
] their dead bodies while the other troops
walked over them To take the fort
/ After while this prince of worldly
! success is sick. The only interest Sd
cicty has in his illness i the effect
that his possible drceasc may have
ON the money market After a while
he dies. Great newspaper capitals an
nounce how he started with nothing
and ended with everything Although
] for sake Of appearance some people
/ put handkcrchiefs Ia the eye. there is
not one genuine tcar shed. The heirs
( sit up all njght when he lies in state,
discussing What the old fellow has
probably done with his money. II
takes all the livery stables within two
miles TO furnish funeral cquipagcS, and
all the mourning stores are kept busy
in selling weeds of grief. The stone
cutters send in proposals for monu-
ment The minister at the obsequics
reads of the resurrection. which
makes the hearers fear that if the I'M
scrupulous financier does not come up
in the general rising he will try to get
corner" ON tombstones and grave
yard fences All good men are glad
that the moral nuisance has been re-
moved. The Wall street spectators
are glad because there is more room
I for themselves. The heirs are glad be-
cause they get possession of the long
delayed inheritance. Dropping all his
plumcs, every certificate of all his
stock. every bond of all his invest
ments. every dollar of all his fortune,
! he departs. and all the rolling Of Dead
! ~
his intermcnt. and all the cNquisitencss
of sarcophagus, and all the cNtrava-
gance of epitaphology can not hide the
fact that my text has come again to ire
mendous fulfillmeut: Men shall clap
their hands at HIM and shall hiss him
out of his place"
You see the clapping comes before
the hiss. The world cheers before it
damnS SO it is said the deadly asp
ticlIles before il stings Going up, is
he? Hurrah! Stand back and let his
galloping horse dash by, a whirlwind
of plated harness and tinkling head
gear and arched neck. Drink deep of
his Madeira and cognac. Boast of how
well you know him. All hats off as he
passes. Bask for days and years in the
sunlight of his prosperity. Going
down, is he? Pretend to be near
sighted so that you can not see him as
he walks past When men ask YOU if
you know him. halt and hesitate as
though you were trying Ia call up a
dim memory and say: We'll. yes,
yes. | believe once did know him, but
have not seen him for a long while. "
I Il. =.
one where you used to meet
him lest he ask for financial help.
When you started life he spoke a good
| word for you at the bank. Talk down
his credit now that his fortunes are
collapsing. He put his name on two of
your notes; tell him that you have
changed your mind about such things,
and that you never indorse. After a
while his matters come to a dead halt,
and an assignment or suspension or
sheriff's sale takes place. You say:
He ought to have stopped sooner.
Just as expected. He made too big a
splash in the world. Glad - a,.opr
has burst. la. ha." kpr'an. Wbr
he went up, sibilant Ge,isicu when he
sspe dsS~n. "Men shall cIal their
hands at him and hiss hia. Out 81 his
place" So. high up amid he evags lie
eagle fiutters dust into the eyes uf ,ht
roebuck, which then, witheycs blinded,
goes tumbling over the preciU sc, the
great antlers crashing on the rocks.
Now, compare some of these goings
out of life with the departure of men
and women, who, in the drama of life,
take the part that God assigned then
and then went away honored of men
and applauded of the Lord Almighty.
Ii is about fifty years ago that in a
comparatively small apartment of the
city n newly married pair set up a
home. The first guest invited to that
residence was the Lord Jesus Christ
and the Bible given the bride on the
day of her espousal was the guide OF
that household. Days of sunshine
were followed by days of shadow
Did you ever know home that
for 50 years had no vicissitudes:
The young woman who left her faith
er's house for her young husband,
home started out with a parenta
benediction and good advice she will
never forget. Her mother said to hel