Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-12-08
why Are they Kickfng7


moral and agricultural guide, that
there seems to be such spirit of I'M
rest in the country? 1t seems to me
that people never were SO generally
prosperous as they are now l never
knew time when it was as easy TO
get job as it is now or when people
seemed to me to be living better than
they are now"
No doubt of it, but then it doesn't
follow necessarily that people are
contented in proportion as they are
prosperous. 1t seems as if they ought
to be, but for some reason or other
they are not. You maybe have read
the story of the king who wanted to
find man who was perfectly con-
tented and exchange shirts with him.
The king it seemed had a fool notion
that there would be some sort Of a
charm go with the undergarment and
by wearing it lie might acquire per-
feet happiness. He sent out his mes
sengers TO hunt for the perfectly con-
tented man. They finally found him.
They said they were directed by the
king to exchange shirts with him and
flashed silk shirt on the sight of the
contented man. The shirt of the king
was peach of garment. The con-
tented man examined it with great
interest. He had never seen anything
in the shirt line that compared with
it but finally handed it back to The
royal messengers with the remark
that he would of course be pleased to
accommodate his majesty but the fact
was that he had no shirt and never
had had one.
The most coatented people we have
ever known lived in the most primitive
style. The entire cost of the indivIdu-
al wardrobe of any one of them would
probably not have aggregated more
than 81 so. OF foot wear they had none
and if all the household furniture in
one of the cabins had been sold at
auction it would not have brought
over 4.2O. These people did not even
have plenty to eat according to our
standard of living. Hog meat corn
bread and hominy made up the bill of
fare and sometimes they were short on
hog meat and hominy. And yet they
were content. On the other hand
people who have plenty seem to
have lot of things to worry
about or think they have. They
are generally suffering from some all
ment and have to spend considerable
part of their times recuperating their
physical powers They would seem
not to have any particular reason TO
grumble, but they do just the same.
So you see, gentle reader, content
ment is not measured by the amount
of wealth possessed by people.
According to Holy Writ Jeshuron
"waxed fat and kicked" Why he
kicked Is not stated, but in proportion
as his adipose tissue increased
Jeshuron seems to have recalcitrated.
1t seems to have been always thus
The more men have the more they
want and the more they growl. Adam
and Eve weren't satisfied with good
thing and as a result lost the whole
business and had to get down and dig.
Their descendants are the same way.
Clothe them with fine linen and they
kick because it isn't silk. Feed them
on beafsteak and they roar for turkey
with dressing. The children of lsreal
had all the mamma they could gather
up for nothing but they insisted on
having quail on toast. And when
they got the quail they discovered
that they were better off when they
had the manna-Mail and Breeze.