Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-03-29

way robbery Tnen there n Q meui-
cal humbug. II your naighbor had an
acute attack OF indigestion-which Is
nothing but an old.fashioned belly
ache-and that doctor, after feeling
his pulse and making him poke bis
out, told him that he had
appendicitis and that the only way
that his life could be saved would be
to cut him open and take out his YER
inform appendix, and the man was
enough TO believe him and
allow him to perform the murderous
operation and lost his life thereby, and
then that doctor sent the widow bill
as long as his arm for medical services
could that poor woman believe that
that doctor was anything but q hum
bug and q licensed murderer? Then
there is the religious humbue- When
you 20 into a church on Sunday and
see a slick and fat preacher get down
on his marrow bones, roll up his eyes
like a dying calf and make a long,
winded prayer, and then stand up on
his hind legs in the pulpit and knock
the stuffing out Of the Bible with bis
fist, and then proceed to tell you all
about that awful lake OF hellfire and
birthstone that you win be mercilessly
chucked into to everlastingly bubble,
boil, roast and burn, II you are not
credulous enough to believe and DO
Just what he tells you to.
And then when that preacher winds
up by telling you that be is the am
bassador of the meek and lowly Jesus
| Christ, twho told bis disciples TO so
and preach the gospel to all nations
without money Oh price, and that what
you give to him you are giving to the
Lord, and then tells you to dig down
into the bottom OF your pocket and
chuck In your plunks when the hat or
contribution is stuck under your nose,
could you believe that preacher was
anything else but a humbug aud a
licensed beggar? And now | come to
one OF the worst humbugs in the
whole deck, and that is the political
humbug. The professional politician,
when he Is a candidate for congress or
the legislature, is all smirks and
smiles and he will squeeze and shake
your hand when be meets you asthough
you were the nearestand dearest friend
be bad on earth, and then be will try
to convince you that he is the very
soul Of honor and that all of the money
OF old John d. Rockefeller couldn't
bride or buy him. Well, you just
watch him after he is elected and
when you see that the first move that
he makes will be to ride to the Capt.
tol on a free railroad pass and then
collect bis miliage when he gets there
which comes out Of the pockets Of ''the
dear people, that be raj SO anxious to
misrepresent. He is strictly on the
make and is going to feather his OWL
nest whilst he has the chance and be
is going to make out of the soules'
corporations every dollar that be cal
get. Now don't you think that be is
the meanest, lowest down and worst
humbug In the whole outfit?, 'Nov
Bart" said /, don't you think thai
you are a little too hard on the ''pro
fesh." "Not a bit, said be. They
are the human tigars, vultures and
sharks that prey upon the Ignorance
and credulity Of their fellow men.
think that SHAKESPEARE put it about
right when be said, ''what fools thess
poor mortals be-.
Bart then threw bis quid into the
fire, rolled up in his blankets and IL
less than ten minutes his loud snoring
was an exact imitation OF a man saw,
Ing dry gourds. Poor old Bart II,
shufied off the mortal COLL" severa
years ago, crossed the nGreat Divide
and is nov probably, prospecting il
the mountainous regions, running {
canal boat or shooting big games OF
the red planet. Mars. Who knows?
w. W. CLENDENTN.