The herald., 1896-02-03
!, HUTCHINSON KICKS
He Psys His Respects to Park Superin.
tendent Meserve
That He Thinks Could Be I'm.
proved Upon

The good people of this city have some of
the strangest habits that ever appertained
to mortals,
Just now they are bowling themselves
hoarse over the discovery that Park Super
intendent Meserve is partner with one
Packard in the nursery business, and that
Meserve's handling of the property OF the
public has not been such as to be detri-
ment to the firm of Packard G Meserve.
This business of the partners never was
kept secret. The brazen advertisements of
the firm stated that the said firm had in sits
employ" certain landscape gardeners, for
lists, experts, etc.
The simple process of knocking down
does not always arouse the sensibilities of
some people. They need little extra
kicking.
How about the wagon loads of tender
tropical plants that were ruined by long ex-
posure in the cold night air at the late
Workman wedding and at other poor rich
mems festivities? Did Meserve ever favor
Jimmy James or Billy Patterson at such a
great expense in the way of flowers that
cost this city large sums of money? Such
rare floral exhibits would add materially to
the bliss at many poor mans nuptials,
and as he could not afford to pay the cost
thereof. there would be at least one honest
excuse for such favoritism. We are warned
that big brother E. A. Meserve will be
present at the meeting tomorrow to lash
the commissioners Into line with his potent
tongue. If he be wise he will refrain from
the too free use of that weapon. His
brother will probably be let off more
lightly If the record be not too closely
scanned.
How about the thrifty county coroner.
DR.. Campbell? If he is guilty of perjury
and embezzlement, and other long.winded
crimes, against the peace of the living and
the purse and pulse of the dead, would it
not be well for us to employ man with no
more than mere average dishonesty to
| transact the enormous business incident to
the coroner's office in this patent medi-
| cine, fakir-doctor. railroad-ridden country
we love so we'll?
G. P. Huntington of welI-merited in
fanny, acting the part of character witness
before the Kentucky legislature, labors
under weary load. His sketches of
Adolph Sutro and other decent gentlemen
are properly classed as roaring farces.
II Huntington could sing bass part as
we'll as he can play a base part he would
make the most ignoble Mephistoples that
was ever Fausted upon the crest of an in
sufferable and insnufferable deluge of di-
dlabOliSn.
This great missionary nation has mill
ions of flannel weskits for the comfort of
the sun-broiled Ethiops and Nubians that
love their native country; it is fearful over
the condition of far-off Armenia; it even
swears a little over Venezuela, but Cuba,
poor tax-ridden, long-suffering neighbor,
Cuba-is too close to come under our ma
tional hyperoptic gaze.
Moral hyperopia is really our great ma
tional disease. This it is that gives us the
true missionary, far-away. hazy, impracti-
cal idea of justice and charity. This is
why we never can be SO just as to prose-
cute and execute murderers of our friends
lies unless we'll paid for ''justice" in the
receipt of a big reward or bribe given by a
great corporation or a rich individual.
| This is also why public officials do not
rob with almost absolute impunity in
every section of this country. Each man
loses small sum in taxes, and thousands
| are willing to bear the loss as a sort o. lot
terry investment, offering small "chance
for each one some time"
AS a matter of fact, most people weep
for Ethiopia and Armenia because they are
too far away to ask for anything substan-
tial in the way of charity-and tears and
flannel weskts are cheap-and we must
seem to be acting the crocodile, sewing
busily all the while, so that Cuba, and Jim
the newsboy, or brother Henry's orphans
in the street will see that our big hearts
and willing hands are already busy with
melting charity. and that no others need
apply.
We are a precious lot, and should not
offer ourselves for sale at the price of
few merely crocodile tears. have often
fhn
into the eyes of the fellow in the looking
glass without blusbing; how any man who
knows he is to die can be as he is! Poor
fellow-poor fellows
The burning of a house near the gas
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