Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-12-30
A JOB LOT OF THOUGHTS
From a DOg-Fennel Ranger.

EDITOR AGITATOR Inclosed find chron
of "Betore and After Taking Our Present CT
ilization," together with job lot of though
from brother g-fenrel ranger
got the chrome whilst standing beside tf
historic Wyoming monument, and, reversin
my kodack back to the sd day of July, 177{
when the skirinish line Of civilization went OF
from their block house on the Susquehanns
Then this valley was tilnbered isle, nhabite
by wild men and animals. Now it is a beaut
tul park, occupied by coal barons and thei
slaves. The electric cars run over the old In
dian trail The great coa crackers stand a
sentinels over the valley, some of which con
tain million feet of lumber. The palatio
residences OF the owners of the valley and til
huts of the miners occupy the sites where ono
stood tha Indians vigwams. In fact, e,erv
thing is now here that goes into the make Il,
OF our rno1crn MISUNDERSTANDING tn
church, the corporation and the saloon. Th
Lehigh Valley railroad trains go thunderin;
over what used to be the tow-p path of the Nortl
l'rsnch canal--a grade of only two teet to ths
mile. This canal cost Pennsylvania forty-sever
miliens OF dollars to construct, aud the HoNoE
OF her state legislature that gave it to rail
road corporation,
From Wilkes Barre your brother rang :,
boarded mountain train that wound its way
heavenward over a track somewhat resembling
a Kansas corkscIew, and, looking down upon
the beautiful valley, felt to sympsthize with
Father Abraham when he was pleading with
the angels to save the wicked eity but as the
train climbed higher and higher, became in
hated with oxygen, and thought perhaps the
next station would be the Pearly Gates, and I
was wondering how St. Peter would receive nv
pass that had required Atty years of constant
devotion to the church and her tenets to obtain.
You can imagine my surprise when the train
stopped and | saw Oh the depot, "Bcenville.n ~
But, with the aid Of bracing atmosphere.
hopeful disposition and powerful engine, I
reached the summit and got off at lumber
camp instead Of the Pearly Gates, and he1e |
found the trinity Of our present Christian civil
ization; the church, working for the preacher
and the Lord; corporation, working for its Of
ficers and stockholders, and the saloon, working
for the Devil and paying q revenue TO the best
government on the face of the earth, which is
now under the mansg of the "Cssd-and.
party.
This lumber company Is manufacturing hem
lock and haId- wood lumber, and has efnploved
an average OF three hundred men for the past
nine yesrs, and has enough timber left to run
len or fifteen years longer. 1t was supposed,
forty years ago, when your brother ranger was
a native of this state, that this timber could not
be got down to the markets, but the railroad
Nagnstes have solved the problem The land
here is considered worthless for agriculture. Its
value consists OF its timber and anthracite coal
deposits. There are three veins underlying the
valley, interayed and covered with thousand
feet of dirt, Gilt and iock with the Susquehan-
aa river flowing above them ALL
The fool geologist thinks these great deposits
If coal have been formed from erowths of veo
etation and the deposits Of dirt and rock be-
.ween and above them have required thousands
If years, or ages, to perfect. But believe the
Lord made the whole thing in six days, and
went to church or the seventh. If my theory
s correct, it accounts for His not knowing it
vas round in Moses time, and that it turned
over IN Joshua's You see that in doing such
IN immense job in so short time, He could
not be expected TO know its exact metes and
pounds.
My dear brother, l hope You will inform
your sheep that you ale not responsible OF ac-
,ountable tor any Of tie ideas hat may en-
ertain. You see, am self-nlade man, which
a1inuea the ord of Il.