Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1905-03-24
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'Rcmeubsr the Sabbath day 10
keep it Holy" This was COM
manded OF Saturday to the Israel
ties, aud observed until after the
resurrection strictly, and | would
like for some preacher 10 point out
divine authority for the change.
Uncle Gus says the change was
brought in by the Catholics at an
early day in the Christian era and
say he is right; disprove it II you
can.
But from the way the law is OBJ
served in this day and time by
proud Americans | sometimes CON
clude that Catholics or some other
holy people repealed tnat part of
the Decalogue soon after the death
of St. Peter when they chose or
elected new Pope.
The way that Holy day is abused
by our people is too bad. Did YOU
ever think seriously of the matter?
Why sir, were it not for civil law
that day would be known only by
name from the other six. All the
preaching. coaxing and exhorti' g
our preachers could do would not
hold the law i'll force. Our preat h
ers have a big job fighting the
devil on other lines anyway. Did
you ever think of the big job they
have continually on hand? Satan
is not chained, no sire e, but loose
free snake, crawling into every
look and corner of earth where
fallen man has trod the soil, work
ing his plans and seeking whom he
may deVour since the days of Adam
and Job. Whether he be material
or immaterial, a fallen angel or
created devil seems to make no big
difference, for he gets in his work;
and he does some mighty big jobs
too. Just look what work he has
been engaged in near Port Arthur
for the last 3 months, and now if
he can only persuade The Bear"
to pull the Lions" tail a little.
and Germany to "Shoo" at our
bird one big shoe, and draw all
Europe, America-yes all the ma
tons. Kingdoms tribes and tongues
of earth into war, unholy war, how
he will sit back and laugh, for his
Lieuts. will put it through for him.
Yes, war is murder, the same as
killing Goebel or those men in
Breathitt county, only on bigger
Gale, while the murder or assassin
makes one widow and 6 orphans,
Russia and Japan are making TO-
900 weeping widows and 80. 1000
naked. starving orphans. o. sinful
man, say; get behind me SATAN"
and let us forever settle these ma
tional differences by arbitration and
not by sword, shot, shell and the
bayonet. 1t looks funny to a man
up tree to see Uncle Sam work.
ing hard both day and night to
construct a big navy at a cost of
millions simply because England,
Germany, France, &C, have big
boats and lots of them. This minds
ME Of Sally Smith and Betsy Jones:
Sally snapped all her eggs, for a
long while, for a new hat, and
when Betsy saw Sally's hat she
went immediately and did likewise.
Neither of them needed the hat for
they looked better nnder a Bingham
bonnet; nor did their financial abil-
lty warrant such extravaganza
while some of the household was
barefoot at home. Neither have
we right as nation to take the
people S money to pay for big ca
noes and popguns to rot down on
the ocean while irrigation, and coed
roads and bridges are so badly
needed for the little ones at home.
Leave off buying the hat, and shoe
and clothe the family firstly. Start
with the wants of the great COM
mon people, supply the home mar
ket or demand first.
Our farmers put in a ringer"
last week, and will soon have oats
and grass seed sowing completed.
A large acreage will be planted to
corn. Lots of potatoes in P. H.
and they-cooked-are excellent
chicken and pig feed. Eggs worth
only &c each, but what oul women
lose in price they make up in guam
tity. Betsy sold one hen for 55c,
while Mrs Hattie sold one for CSC
by gross weight. Lots of young
lambs, and this is favorable weather
on both them and grass. Say, did
you know that you can pasture
down early wheat with ewes and
not hurt the wheat one toto; in fact
it will help both lambs and wheat.
Betsy went to see her brother
Frank, Sunday. She found him
suffering with, from or of a compli
cation of neuralgia, catarrh, rheu
matism, .&c.-Jack Towery is Still
kept in doors.-March has behaI
ed wonderfully we'll this time, bur
then with the remaining 10 days
and the twelve borrowed by April
we may yet have Billiards, cyclone.
and lots of other ugly performances
Here boys; Rockcastle is one o
the counties that "have" or "has'
few good roads? Give your exege
sis.-Can't some one, two or thre,