The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-07-26

ALL DAY.
where. Tlele isn't Il lazy animal to be
found il the Whole of natures cate
gcyy. ana the same holds good right
down to the tulnhlehug and the skee-
ter. Even the alternating bear Is
sharpening his claws as he sleeps.
It's only when you ascend the sliding
scale to man that you find something
with legs that can sit Oh the shady
porch Of Il grocery Ill day and tell lies
and talk politics and then go home to
supper and wish he was rich.
There may he Il thief or a sheep dog
or IL liar in your community, but none
Of them is as great a public nuisance
as the lazy man. Wherever six or eight
men are gathered together you will
hear some lying. but the lazy man is
too lazy to even entertain any n with
a lie.
Now and then he might furnish a bit
Of infOrmatiOn-at least. as far as tell
ing whom he has seen pass the store
within the last hour-but it is too much
Of IN effort or he is too busy cussing
the fate that made him the son Of Il
poor Il
A lightning rod man is satisfied with
beating you out Of Il dollar if times are
slow. but the lazy man feels sighted
II you don't waste $40 worth Of time on
him during each month. The more
work you have to do the more OF your
time he wants. Now and then from
some cause that no one can solve he
throws off his lethargy and begins to
talk. 1t is always about his GRANDPA
TIERS boils. his grandmothcr's rheuma-
tism or his W misfortunes. and the
nal who won't listen to him til the
last moment Is not counted q friend Of
his.
Once in "A great while the lazy man
seems to feel that he needs an excuse
for being lazy. Then he tells how the
crows scratched up all his corn. how
the hogs devourcd his seed potatoes,
how somebody's bull tore down his
fences and trampled his grass under
by the roots. how it rained too much
or too little and how Il score Of other
things calculated to discourage the
greatest hustler m earth. If he gets
along to where his Oldest girl died
with the measles while he was getting
In his hay and he had to stop work
and his hay WIS rained on and spoiled
there are tears in his eyes. If he
doesn't get that far he is content to
ask some one for Il chew Of tobacco
and pocket the whole plug.
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community was overrun for Il year or
two by p%olccats. You could smell
our township for five miles. The price
of real estate went down 30 per cent,
and many families had to move away,
but yet it was calculated that our one
lazy man did more damage than the
cats.
Read Of Cato. l'liny, Socrates, Alex
andcr, Nero and the rest Of the Old
boys. my son There was no beef trust
nor Standard Oil to push Il man along
in those days. If he wasn't up at day
light and hust!ing about he got left.
He couldn't sit on the head Of IA crack
err barrel and nov Il nation with his
%elouucnce or lick the enemy with his
tongue.
Read Of Napoleon. Washington.
Grant and Lincoln. You didn't find
them down ut Snyder's IN the evening.
wondering what was good for q lame
back OF il next winter was going to BE-
cOldc" than last. They might quit hoe
Ing corn for a few minutes to see a cir
u parade, but with the passing of the
last camel from Sahara down went
their hoes again ana the sweat started
afresh.
The mar who invented the steam Ell
CINE, the steamboat. the telegraph. the
reaper. who gave us gas and electric
lighting. who first hcl!Geu through Il
telephone, do you imagine that any one
Of them spent a day looking ut Il dead
horse in the pasture and wondering
whether he died Of the bolts or u bro