Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1899-08-31

| most admirable. bu. when they com
around with drum aud m And flag from
their scasoldings. from their factories.
then they are nihilistic, then they are com
rnrnistIc, then they are barbartc, then they
are q curse. I; man wants to stop WORK
let him stop woIt, but lie cann0t stop ne
from work.
Bot how suppose that all We iaboring
classes banded tOgetb", !5r benefcert pur-
| poses In cooperative association. under
whateye. zane they put their means to-
ge;ac.. Suppose they take the money that
they waste Ia rum AMI tobacco az! Use it
FOR the elevation ot 'te!t families, for the
education Of their chiiirtr, f3rtheir moral,
intellectual ani religious Improvement.
| what f different state q :hings We would
! have IN this country and they would have
Ia Great Britain!
Do Won ut realize the fact that men
Wort letter without ,tinulant? You saw.
VIII you deny the iaboring men this help
which they get trOm strong drink, borne
down a. they are with many anxicties and
exAaus.ing work." l would deny them
nothing that i good for them. I would
deny them strong t-.rk. Il I had The power.
because IL i damaging 10 them. MvfatheT
said. ~ became a temperance man il
early life because I found thai in the
harvest field, vnjle WAS naturally weaker
than the other men, Icould hold out longer
than any G them. They took stimulant
and Took none
everybody knows they cannot endure
great fatigue-men who indulge IN stimu-
lants. All our young men understand
that. Wien they are preparing for the re-
gattn, or the bah club, or the athletic
wrestling, they abstain from strong drink.
Now, suppose al this money that is
wasted were gathered together and put In
70 cooperative institutions. Oh, We
would have q very different state Of things
from what we have Ecw,
rnnark nyaiD tta IahOr{pO fIoGcar ~
this country are to find great relief when
they learn, all ofthota learn, forecast and
providence. Vast Numbers Of them put
down their income and they put down
their expenses, and It the income meets
the expenses that is all that Is ne :essary.
/ know 1abOring mon who are in a perfect
idget until they have spent their last dol
lar. They fly around everywhere until
they got it spent. y case came under my
observation where a';younc man was
receiving 500 II year and earned 1t
ny very hard work. The marriage dav
came. The bride had received $500 as IN
inheritance from her grandfather. She
pat the $500 in wedding equipment. Then
the vain hired two rooms on the third
story. Then this man, who had most ar
duous employment, just as much as he
could possibly endure, got evening en-
ploymcnt 50 he could earn q few dollars
more and by this extra evening employ
ment almost ~eNtfnyui5hel his ovtsight.
Why did he take this extra evening m
%ployment? Was it TO lay by somethin: for
.rainy day? No! Was it to get a lite in
surance 50 tilnt if he should die his W TO
would not be a puuper? No, 1t was for
the one purpose Of getting bis wife a $3.50
sealskin sacque. ] am just giving Won a
fact | know. The sister of this woman, al
though shei5 a worry poor girl, was no. to
be eclipseu, and 50 she went to MorH day
and night and to.leu and toiled and toiled
| nj 0nSf tnfn tho r "a ~ nfH Chn pnt n S1S0
sealaktn sacquel Well, the news went
abroad All through the street. Most aftha
people on thai street were iabOrIng, hard
working people, and they We're not to be
outshOne in this way, aud they all went to
work in the same direction anl practically
said, though not literally: "Tbough the
heavens fail, W. must have q seal-kin
Sacque!'
A clergyman in Iowa told me that his
church and the entire netghborhood had
been ruined by the fact that the people
m%ortgaged their farms in order to 90 down
to the Philadelphia Centennial in 1876.
First, one family would 80, then another
family, and finally it was not respectable
not to go to the Centennial ut Pniladel-
ph!n, and tiey m~ortgaged their farms. Tie
church onG the neiyhborhood ruined in
that way. Now, between such fools and
pauperism there is only 4 very short step.
In time OF peace prepare for war. In time
of prosperity prepare for adversely. Yet
how many there are who drive on the
verge Of the precipiee, and at the least
touch Of accident or sickness over they 80.
Alb, my friends, it IA not right, it is not
honest! He that providrth not for his own,
aud especially those OF his own household
Is worse than an infdel A man has no
right TO live i'll luxury and have ali com
forts and all brightness around him, TAX
ing his family with him at that rate
everything bright and beautiful and lux
urlous until he stumhles against q tomb.
stone and falls In, and they ali go to the
poorhouse. That IS not common honesty.
l am no advocate OF skinhint saving. !
a'hor It. But l plead :or Christian provi-
ience.
Some Of eha older persons remenbcr
very well Abraham Van Nest, OF New York,
one o! its Christian merchants. He was
often called mean because he calculated
so closely. Why did he calculnte closelyi
That he might have the more to give
There was not q Dible society or Il tract
; society or 4 ~reformatory institution in TIE
/, city OF New York but lie hadHis han | ia SAP:
porting It. He denied himself many Iuxu,
RE, that he might give to others the neces.
| sites. he has been many years ~reaIinl
I his reward In heaven. but l shall ueveI
: forget the day when Z, Il green countr
&. lad came 10 his h0lSe AMI spent the even
lnH. and al the close 81 th. evening. a.
was departing. he accom- panied me 20 Iii,
q door, accompanied NE to the step-, cam,
! down of the steps ana sail! Here. d,
Wit, is $40 for DO IS. Don't say any
g thinS f,bout it II Is mean or it Is mag
~nitceut to save, according "a YOU save 70
: u Eoot' or bad object.
: know there are many ? 'ople who hav
q much to Say against savings lauhs an,
? life inAUrdnces. | have to tell YOU that In
vast majority OF the homestetis in thi
country have been the result II such insti
~tltttoLs, .1d | have 10 tell You also tina
the vast majority Of homesteads ~ the fu
tlre fer tie lahorinc classes will be the re
i suit cf such institutions. II will ID q grea
n day ior tho working classes Of Incian
+ aud the United States when the w0rkinl
D man can buy Il barrel Of -four instead {
-four 10y the small sack: when lie can la
. a Barrel ~ sugar instead Of sugar bv III
3 pound: when he can pay cash for coat
ani hats and shoes rlther than paw an a.
5 ditional amo1nt for the reason that he hs
4 10 get il al! charged.
Q know a gentleman very we'll who ha
: over 1000 hands IL his empiav. sa{i :
+, him some years - when there was CrAa
tTouble IN the labor market. "How are vG
q getting on With vour menf oh. hesai,
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