Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-03-11

w Ihe taking, FOR they own the sources
Oh information. We the millions, have
no organs and are dumb. So when
"nen they are having good time the
country is prosperous, when they gorge
themselves God is good, when they get
INTO senseless quarrel with the same
breed across the water our country
must prepare for war and when one of
.neT youngsters has the stomach ache
oad weather is prophesied But We.
the people who have been left out in
the cold have mouth-piece now in
the Daily Journal, and we are going to
speak through it and be interviewed
ourselves. Those of us who have sor-
rows are going to tell how we think
they came upon lis and give any advice
we wish, to others in danger of ills
that may be prevented.
A Journal man met an old soldier
coming out of the postoffice yesterday
ana as he did not claim the title of COL
onel interviewed him.
Have l got anything to say to the
public?" he calculated in answer to the
iirst inquiry. 81 should think I have.
have enough to say that If the peo-
pie would listen to me and had hearts
instead OF grisley blood pumps they
would rise against their present rulers
before tomorrow.
l went to the war as healthy smart
young man, from a pleasant home and
even left my sweetheart, to give my
life to save my country. I generously
laid my all on the altar of patriotism
and when 1 returned home wounded
and only wreck of a man I found
that the country thought 1 was saving
had been captured in the rear by band
of scheming traitors headed by John
Sherman. I worked hard to make a
living but because would not become
a partner to the Eascals who looted the
public treasury to enrich national
banks, was refused pension.
Last year my only daughter who all
her life has been devoted to me and
hursed me like an angel through every
Illness and who used to sit up nights
to make me delicacies-she was forced
to work in a factory on Washington
avenue. The boss son took liking to
her and don't blame him for she was
the 1oveliest creature you ever laid eyes
on. He told her how pretty she was
and she was fooled into thinking he
was going to marry her. He came to
our house many times, and knew he
meant to marry her / knew he was a
good-intentioned fellow and generous.
but his grisly old dad said he would
disinhcrit him if he did. My daughter
m FOL mr. will 4
my neck all the things she was going
TO do for me when she married Fred.
But one day she came home as pale as
death. She said she was sick. l
knew she was sick in her mind and got
her to tell me that her sheewheart was
not going to marry her. thought this
was all, poor child, but one week later
she did not return one night, and told
me in a note that she was not worthy
to live with me any more. and that
would never see her again. The poor
youngster, have been looking for her
ever since, but she is gone, 1 am
afraid, forever. 1 would not condemn
her-I would forgive her-I would for
give even the young man. Both are
angels beside the prostitute editors and
preachers who uphold system of soci-
ETY. that makes Christian marriage i'm
possible, and sells the love of both man
and woman for gold. The young man
had been sent away by his father for
fear would kill him. No, wouldn't
hurt him; he was only weak; 1 know
he really loved my girl. But 1 would
not object to killing few of the fellows
who have made it impossible for me to
get work and support my daughter, and
who make social laws against men mar
rying those they love when poor.
would not object to shouldering my rife
the second time to abolish slavery. this
time of sixty instead of four million
slaves, whose sons are made drudges
or criminals, and whose daughters arc
regarded as the natural game for the
sport of the idle classes oh. 1 lust
wish they would try to count out the
peoples choice for president this year
If the poor people elect him. I would
just like to get one whack at them.
Curse their souls, if they keep on break
ing the laws and splitting on the people
they will find enough just such broken
hearted. simple minded fellows of my
stripe to make short work of them. No,
l amt got no more to say and if you
publish half I've told you you've got
more spunk than William Lloyd Gar
rison.'
Muttering a few curses the old
wounded soldier walked away. He gave
his blood to save his country-to-day
his country denies him the opportunity
to earn living and drives his daugh-
ter to what Is worse than death.
Walking into the postofice the Jour-
nal man saw an old woman writing on
postal card, but after she would write
each word she had to stop and wipe
the tears from her eyes. She first re-
sented being asked the cause of her sor-
row, but after being assured she was
talking to friend explained that she
mad raised family of three bright
boys, but all were now dead. and that
although they once owned their own
nome and store, doing a prosperous
business, the millionaire's department
store had caused their failure, and now
she and her aged invalid husband were
about to be separated and sent to two
different charitable houses for the aged.
My youngest boy killed himself by over
work trying to make the business go
and when he saw we were all going
under in spite of his efforts, he lay
right down on his bed and died in de-
lirious fever. And to think after los
ing all our children and working hard
all our lives we must now be separated
in our old age and be sent to different
institutions among strangers! Oh.
Ny God it is too muchi I wish we're
dead too.''
When asked IL she thought God was
to blame for her misfortune she an
swered: "Oh, no: He made the world
big enough and rich enough for all"
~Then why is this world flied with so
much pain and wretcHedness7" con-