Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-04-03
SCRIPTURE.
The "News" Has Added Scripture
Writer to Its Staff.
CHRONICLES.
CHAP. I.

In the year WDCCCNSSll ana In
the month "Ziph" shall 1t not be re-
corded, and be promulgated and
made known, oh, ye people.
In the reign of Abraham the
First there dwelt in the East a
mighty man of sagacity, and in
those days II came TO pass that
there was a great tcommotion among
the people and the powers trem-
bled; section was arrayed against
section, and mighty men of valor
strove against each other until the
soil did swallow up the blood OF
the slain. And 1t came to pass be-
tween the reign of Abraham the
Second and the days of the reign of
Grover the First, after the great
strife had ceased aud the Canaan
ties had been set at liberty and ell
dowed with citizenship, that there
arose in the South a greater strife,
not of armed combat, but among
the carpet -baggcrs, the mastery be-
ing who should get his hand the
quickest and deepest into the money
chests of that conquered people. 1t
now occurred to this mighty man
of sasacity that his time had come,
and lifting up his eyes he saw afar
.,H tnu.nr.l ,ha Cn,,th,aas sl,.. lad
of promise. And he said, this
temptation l can no longer brook; l
will arise and straightway go a
long journey until 1 reach the land
of the Canaani,es, and when l have
found place where there are ten
Canaanites to one of the descend
ants of the fathers of the same
tribe of Abraham the First, there
will l pitch my tent and open my
carpet.bag, and will teach these Ca
naanites the way of life more per-
fectly. Aud, behold, shall they not
see in me from the fitting of my
clothes, the cut of my hair, the size
of my feet and the smooth, oily
moulding of my words that am of
u superior tribe, and then will they
not do my bidding and send me in
to their high councils of state, and
when once there, shall I not feather
my cushion until it shall become as
soft as downy pillows are to the
head of departing saint: Selah !
And, behold, it came to pass that
with the soft, downy stuff there also
became thorns in that cushion. and
he said, this is rough; these Anal.
gamites, Canaanites and Whites
are surely onto my racket and are
making it exceedingly tropical to
my seat in their councils; but have
| not already aforetime captured
and sent away the great sphinx and
the brazen lion of the watch tower
of the house, and even the great
chair of the mighty mogult And
have l not collected in the appro-
priations and appropriated them
Yea, verify; then why tarryeth l
longer! This will l do. will
arise aud shake the dust of the city
from my feet aud before the aurora
of the morn shall illuminate the
Eastern horizon l will HE me away
to meet the rising sun to my habi.
tations in the East, and there will l
dwell in luxury, for these tribes
knoweth not from whence l came or
l goeth. Selah
CHAP. II.
And II came to pass about the be-
ginning of the reign of Grover the
First that the populace began to
compass this mighty man of sa.
gacity on all sides, and he cried
with loud voice saying, my son,
where art thou? And a voice an
swered in Yankee tongue, saying,
here am /. And he called him to |
The inner court, and when he was |
sat in the midst he lifted up his |
voice and said, behold, whom do |
men say that l, Alexander the Sec.
ond, am? Aud he said, some say
hat thou art sharp trader and |
imasseth great riches; others say.
eth that thou art a miner of much |
skill and hath been expert in han
Hing the pick to the raising OF
many pockets of pure gold. But
whom do ye sayeth that am
Thou art Alexander the Second, my
iather, the colonel. Behold, thou
last we'll said, and / say thou art
ny son Benny, in whom l have
great faith. Hearken thou, there
ore unto my words aud give ear to
he wisdom of my sayings. Be-
iold, now, am I not compassed
'ound about by the populace and
ny powers, are they not handi-
And, behold, now are
here none left to do my bidding,
md my votaries are few, aud my
do they not come in slow
" Verify, verify, I say unto you,
hese people are sure onto my
'acket and my powers have they
AIKEN away. Now, therefore. hearken
Ie; this will l do. will arise and
70 to a far of country that ] have
leard of being on boom. in the
midst of which there is a fine city
whose streets are paved with gravel
ind Jig sand. Hard by this beauti-