The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-08-16
loa,er. he /. always looking Ar worx.

FOR months and years; like the ore-eyed
tramp whom the good lady Was giving
his breakfast and sympa.hizing with
him In his cadaverous looks; and she
asked him how he lost his other eye
lie ~ ehat he lost II looking FOR work.
Anvboiv who wants fob bad enough
can get n 500. never saw the dAv In
my life when could not find something
70 do. soon or late. drunk or sober:
though have rpcnt many an idle day
ostersihly loolSIng for fob. I have
seen a loafine doctor. loafing lawyer,
loahng preadhav. losfng dentist, q
loafing farmer sMf themselves out Of
house and home, decency and respecta-
htliiy.
Nearly every lahoring man In keep
ing up some loater connected with his
own family or related 20 his wife We
do not need any more loafers. We
have got about as many now as we can
carry till we get the free and unlimited
coinage OF silver. And most of them
nre for the free and unlimited coinage
Of silver and a radical change in our
financial policy. II positions were
hatched out like chickens the loafers
could furnish tho world with r,osi,;ors
FOR they are settipy-but. like the old
he-, eo.-;n, n, por,,o,oi,, door l,ro,..
The only thing she does in her setting is
20 sct q bad example without special in
jury TO the door knobs.
II the negro had the correct way he
would cau oil +bas.> 10, tcra IN v,.ers.
,o- y.ho, , la,rr,.. Voc. r,,,,e+ior;r,
,,s-ro ~, tho witness sto,d n. r.rco ,,.l
.bc c,cs.tc,, "a hin, s,,.l,,c. trro-,
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vvos9"
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on tho s+r.o, al ,hn ,i,r1o al.sia
s;..i,.r. -, l.. 49,. -
jnr checkers n ,,orcbo,t ont ,iI,viro
tnsol,nu o,d ,c,,nis ord a 1i+,,n -
c,cr,, ,,,r,,;,,o, III. hrs,,,,.s :, .,.,5aa
thot the sber;p or n rocc-i,or ~, COW,
take nossession ~ VIA, ;s ,,ft n;l;.
ye,,cc fd.lit, industry ho,.s,,. o,-,
mo hosic rrircinI.a q, - wv. ,n,,, ~
s,irk and cnorl :, liz ont ord law.
10 eat other noonle's c7,h and eniov
the toll Of their s,yeat ,,itbout r...urr 10
r1,c,n o,,o-h, IN ~, n nc,iten,iary otro,,,,
II we had uont-antia,;ee orou,,,, +o t,l,,
care NJ tho nu,,bars lint would ,ro
there. A man who cniovs Ioafnc bis
constitution is pono and HE hv-I,ys
need amending bndlv. had rather bo
n doodle dirror than n ,ootcr Thod
rather be n dead man thnn n LIVING ,nn,,
wh.ec only lob src1ncd TO he the ,h-
er.ine, Of tho hlossorna oip NJ n centurv
plant n lob that lostcd for only thrra
every hundred vcors had ro.bcr do
like the fellow did and take n lob Of
clerItinr nj ten dollars a month enl
what can picl, nm. than 10 loof. Ibod
rather work for nothing than TO do
nothing for nav. TIL. Djb,e teaches II.
to he conient.d ST Paul said. 81 bave
learned in Whatsoever s,ate am tbere.
with To Il. content" INN satisfied ST
Paul was not advising or counseIing
vneabonds or loafers Mt that time
There is work cnourh for olI and
the fact that ". hay. 40 many over
worked men is hut n d, ,nnnst ntion that
we hax. ,o,, r,n,,v ,,,,der-,,c.rl.1 ,,o,
wa ueed To lot nm II ,,., ar. ,y,.r,fi,g Too
hnrd and to pet mn ond ,ro M IL II wa
are ,vorl,ine, too l;,tlc Cornelius Van.
derbu, wos renor,od nv tho pnnors
u f,,v DAYS non AZ hsir,, s,rionsly IN
moo. ond ~ tcll ne MT .ho sto,l,