The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-03-26
The Lesson Of the Hare.

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You will doubtless remember that
there was such o thing a. the Belgian
hare. do. for | was one OF tnH idiots
who saw u fortune running around
in the hutches, and wno ugured II out
that from one pair OF the ovcrgrown
rabbits would CONF IN two years
7,s4g,3l6 marketable descendants; and
thea you would have the old fo.Ks left.
You could estimate II yourself, and
there were many who did The old
couple wou.a rcplenish t.e earth, from
four 10 ten at = clip, every month OF
so, and In a few weeks these would
AXE up the rabbits burden, and 80
on, until the pencil Was worn 10 a
f~razkle, and the mind reeled at visions
Of solid trains OF hare, dressed, iron
on, waiting to supply the teeming mil
lions OF the east, where people buy
/ cheaper aud better beefsteak than we
de here in the heart Of tho COW coun.
try. The hare industry was one o.
beautiful mental proportions, but II
never advanced beyond that stage. Out
here in the west people soon discover
ed that the range was the home OF =
multitude OF rabbits Just as good TO
eat and costing nothing but time and
ammunition, two rather moderately
priced commodities in this portion Of
the vineyard. that ended the hare
business. Those victims OF tue illu.
sion who had any sense left at all stop
ped chasing stray youngsters, buying
green alfalfa and doetoring MARBLES.
Life wa6 too short for such t~0o.shness,
which. like many other things in this
world was ali right In theory, but iail'
ed TO pan out in the washing. Erring
humanity that had one ID after a
rabbit came back 20 their orderly usual
selves, anu counted chimeIa chasing
~ Improbable At best. And
yet there VA in the coming and going
OF the Belgian hare 4 whole sermon
III itself, illustrating the proneness OF
all man kind 10 10 out Of the safe and
ordinary paths for something that viii
give big returns with little work WhsI
was = boy, and coon .huntirF th,
finest OF sports, ! knew many q good
coon dog that was apt at the mos
critical time TO turn his mind away
! from the important point At Issue, anc
leaving the trail Of the coon, take al
/ ter a rabbit, only coming to his senses
after some other dog had freed The
: coon A dog OF that uncertain habt
was, when argument aud coercion fail
ed, executed NJ being unworthy OF paci
: oom We are not so consistent will
the people who go after rabbits, VII,
stray from b hot II arduous trail tba
leads 70 success and take after some
thing tina, is OF little value II IL Ii eve
attained al all. Men doing u fair busl
ness are dissatisfied with their incOm,
and 70 into something else that prom
ises many times the returns, only L
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Of the original coon, they would hAv
gotten something worth having. Boy
who have In them excellent carpenter
brickmasons and general mechanics
stray OF after the rabbits OF tue AZ
/ medicine and the sciences, and ueye
had stuck To the trail that lay hefof
/ them, they would have a~ccompllshe
something, and been Of come use {
> society and themselves. Steadfhstne,
OF purpose 10 what counts at the ma
torial show down and the chief ,emp,D
! tion is 20 stray Oh after rabbits, who's
snowy signals send the blood dancIn
4 and sets the fancy 20 weaving image
3 OF a quick ana sure reward. Any VA
4 can can, II he s,icks 10 the game 4,
starts after, become Independent Of II
rest of the bunch. IL only require
keeping close TO the scent, and 10 b,
ware OF running on after rabuits,
b y q
The Truth About Preachers.
There Ia a big hullabaloo IN ~. Lou
I over the fact that q preacher IN 90
4 Of the leading protestant churches al
! given up his Job aud gone TO workin
I life insurance, frankly stating that !
will preach no more, tnat he consiue.
IL his uuty TO lay by something Il
& the time w."n be should 20 too old
\ preach aud his family would most ne
q money. lie could never do that in Il
= cloth, and consequently he got out
3 II. His faith in the church was u
4 diminished, but his duty to has fami
4 came hrst. To the nan who has goi
, up against nearly svery hard knoe
4 that the world indrlgcs In, this a
! pears Like very good sense, and tho
\ who have been eriticisins tho eentl
q man had best pay up their ddinqseI
3 church dues and shut up. A sinns
\ myself, have Q deep and SINGER
sympathy for the preachers. They ar
! the hardest worked, poorest paid an
least thanked Of all men. Inc dub 4
no more OF q success in the pulpit thar
In anything else nowadays. To prop
srly equip himself the postulant mast
give up eight or ten years Of his Ire
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