Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1901-07-20
called it tragedy. That is a mis-


nomcr II Is farce
Extravaganza accounts for much Of
| the pauperism Who are these people
whom you have TO help? Many of them
are the children Of parents who had
plenty, lived In luxury, had more than
they needed, spent all they had, spent
more, too; then died and left their fam
lies in poverty Some Of those who
call on you now for aid had an ances-
try that supped on Burgundy and
woodcock. could name a score of men
who have every luxury. They smoke
the best cigars, and they drink the fin
est wines, aud they have the grandest
surroundings, and when they die their
families VIII 90 on the cold charity Of
the world. Now, the death of such "A
man is Il grand larceny. He swndlcs
the world as he goes into his coffin, ana
he deserves to have his bones sold to
the medical museum for anatomical
specimens, the proceeds to furnish
bread for his children.
j know it cuts close | did not know
but some Of you in high dudgeon would
get Up and 20 out. You stand it well.
Some of you make a great swash I'm
life, and after awhile you viii die, and
ministers will be sent for to come and
stand by your coffin and lie about your
excellences, but they will not come. II
you send for me, will tell you what
my text will be: He that proyideth not
FOR his own, and especially for those
Of his own household, is worse than an
infdelw And yet we find Christian
men, men Of large means, who some
times talk eloquently about the Chris /
tian church and about civilization, ex
pending everything on themselves and |
nothing on the cause Of God, and they |
crack the back OF their Palais Royal I
glove in trying to hide the one cent
they put In the Lords treasury. What /
an apportionment! Twenty thousand
dollars for ourselves and one cent for .
God! All, my friends. this extrava-
gance accounts for great deal OF what
the cause OF God suffersl
Funeral Dissertation.
And the desecration goes on even to
the funeral day. You know very well
that there are men who die solvent, but
the expenses are so grea. before they
get under ground they are insolvent.
There are families that go into penury
In wicked response to the demands Of
this day. They put In casket and tomb
stone that which they ought to put In
bread They wanted bread; you gave
them a tombstone.
One would think that the last two OBJ
legations people would be particular
about would be to the physician and
the undertaken. Because they are the
two last obligations, those two profess
sions are almost always cheated. They
send for the doctor In great haste, and
he must come day and night They
send for the undertaken amid the great
and often these two men
are the very last 10 be met with COM
Densation Merchants sell goods, and.
he goods are not paid for. They take
la The goods a Lams;oId. But there Is
10 relief in this case The man spent
III he had in luxuries and extravaganza
while he lived, and then he goes out of
he world and has left nothing for his
3mily, nothing for the obSequies, and
is he goes ont Of the world be steals
lie doctor pills and the undertakers
lippers was reading in q New York
,aper an account Of the obsequies 10 q
amily OF very moderate estate, and the
York OF moderate estate dies. He has
ived in extreme luxury. He departs
his life. The family, desirous Of keep.
ng up the magnifcence. orders the fol-
owing things. They were produced
nd never paid for 10 this day:
asket. covered with Lyons velvet. silver :
moIiings .,.............-...,........ fs3O
eavy plated handles. s........................ 90
did silver plate. engraved in Roman letters rs S
,n linen scarts. 80
oral decorations ........................... 225
usic and quartet choir at the house. 80 Il
genty carriages OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 40 q
zen IS other important expenditures [
amounting 70 ......,..........,.,....... S3o Z
aAing aggregate f.........."..........Sl,S 1876
And all that TO get one poor mortal
} his last home and never paid for.
windled his family. Swindled the :
'orld He is swlndiing II now. Ii is "
ne of the great curses Of this day, the 4
ltrayagance, the wicked extravaganza, h
the country. I,
Must Account TO God. d
And then look how the cause Of God Il
impoverished Men give so much fl
'metimes for their indulgences they II
I'VE nothing for the cause of God and
ligion. Twenty two million dollars
Ipended In this country a year for y
ligious purposes; but what are the .
7enty-two millions expended for re- y
zion compared with the hundred mil :,
ms expended on cigars and tobacco -
I'd then two thousand millions of dol ;,
rs spent for rum! SO a man who had :"
fortune of S750,000 or what amount "
to that In London spent 1t all In in =
Ilgences, chiefly in gluttonies, and
ut hither and yon for all the deli -
cies and often had meal that would =, :,
st 500 or 5000 for himself. Then he Il,
is reduced to guinea, with which he ~
ught a rare bird, had it cooked in n
st style, ate 1t, took two hours for w
yestion, walked out on Westminster
ldge and jumped into the Thames
a large scale what men are doing on
small scale. o.,
Oh, my friends, let us take our stand
ainst the eXtravagances of society. IT,
, not pay for things which are frivO- =,
is when you may lack the necessi-
$. Do not put one months wages or 81
larry into a trinket, just one trinket. ed
,ep your credit good by seldom ask
I for any. Pay! Do not starye TO-
lole year to afford one Belshazzar's
rniyal Do not buy q coat of many II,