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THE DENISON DULY HERALD
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Office of publication No. 1*5 W**t Wood-
ard Street, Denison. Tex**.
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that have unsettled the financial stag-
us and make it almost 1mi>osslble to
finance any jig undertaking That
confidence will be fully restored and !
that the whole country Bill he better
off for what it has pone through no
rtndent of conditions has the least i
doubt. The country is really to be
congratulated that it was no worse.
THE DENISOH DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, MARCH «.
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Entered at the Porlofftc* »t Denison U
aacond-ctass mail matter.
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that any publisher could feel proud
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Using, w hich is 112 columns more bus
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Telephones 31.
MONDAY. MARCH 9, 1908.
A FINE IDEA.
iness than was ever printed in any
lBdiana newspaper. Robert S. Carver,
formerly connected wdth t he press- of
Denison and Sherman, is the manager
bf the paper and his friends will be
pleased to learn that he Is making
good in his present field of labor.
The suggestion made in yesterday’s
Dallas News that Texas have a gen-
eral cleaning up tomorrow is a good
cnc but the time in which to inaugu-
rate such a general movement is far
too short to expect anything like the
results that ought to be forthcoming.
Had such a campaign been launched
with two or three weeks time in
The Civic Improvement league has j vrhich to ,j<et It thoroughly agitated
presented a plan which should be im- over the State It could have been
presred upon our people, in arrang-.made an undertaking which would
Ing for the annual di»tributlon of , have accomplished great good. How-
seeds through the public schools the, pVer, it |8 not necessary for any In-
League provided a list of vegetable, dividual houseowner or tenant to
seeds such as may be easily and! have ta ,,e a part 0f any general
quickly grown by the children and has movement jie owea u to himself
urged the planting of vegetable gar- j anf) hlH fam|ly a* w„j, a8 t0 (he cotn-
dens in the back yards. It. was slat-; munity in which he lives to give his
ed that in the larger cities back-yard prem(s^s a thorough cleaning.
sanitation t* one of the serious prob-1 -------
and c»n M M U 1 I t +■»
lema confronting officials and con-
cerning the public health. The back
yards are often filled with rubbish,
unsightly and unclean, the abiding
place of vermin of ail kinds aud a
mogt productive mosquito hatchery.
Why not convert these back yard
epacec Into productive gardens, which
win not only have the effect of clean-
WITH THE EXCHANGES.
Here's a paragraph from the Wich-
ita Times that should arouse some
thought:
Broad-gauged men should be elect-
ed to our next legislature. There in
ample evidence that the last law-mak-
ing them up and keeping th»>m clean, jnp, body was not composed of that
and sightly, but will provide healthful sort of men. Many laws were enact-
and instructive exercise and best of p,J more through a spirit of spite than
all will provide substantially for the for food °f '^e people at large. It
. _ . , would not be a bad Idea »t all to elect
family table. The league urges that ;an ettfjre}y new set. It would be a dif-
the average back yard of a fifty foot | flctilt matter to make a mistake and
residence lot in Denison can be made th' ™ Is some chance of making an im-
provement. Simply because a
favors this or that measure is not suf
to produce enough vegetables to sup-
ply the family table with fresh vege-
tables throughout the season. Every
penny thug saved to the people means
so much for the general betterment of
conditions. Every penny thus produc-
ed, adds go much to the wealth and
prosperity of the community.
Things look a Uttle bit squally in
the Far East but it is probable that
an actual clash will be averted.
Thcge seems to be a growing ten-
dency throughout the country to class
the big army of speculators with the
gamblers.
The bringing of a criminal libel
eult against the editor and manager
of a.leading Oklahoma paper ought
to bring home to the newspaper men
of that section and especially the east-
The Old Man begins to dream of his National Game.
Intelligence here waiting to be arouss
ed to activity. Right now :i the time
for action.—Blossom Bee.
A new weather prophet has made
his advent In Denison. He says there
ficlent to recommend him as & suit-
able representative for a progressive
country. He should be something
more than a narrow-minded,
sighted curbstone politician whose
chief ability is vote catching. It is
time the people of Texas should cease
their folly of seu-'uig that kind of ma-
terial down to Austin to make laws
which are but seldom held to be good
laws by our higher courts. Texi
a hlg State and she boasts
brained men. the kind that rboul
chosen to frame our laws. Instead of
that, the honor or duty Is more gener-
ally delegated to those least capaci-
tated to perform It.
cultural Interests and put some of the
politicians on the shelf for all time to
come it would materially change the
complexion of things.—Denison Her-
ald.
lack of general Interest Is responsi-
ble for "machine rule" In Texas. If' need be no apprehension of any more
all the people Interested themselves : weather this spring, as a thunder
more In the matter of county. State j Morm occurred the lari of January,
and national government several big and that is a sure sign of an early
bosses would be permantly out of a spring. We don’t know how long he
maP Job. Issues should be considered rath- j has lived In Texas.—Palestine Herald,
er than the men offering for office.
Waxahachle Light.
'H'!■»innun imh-m>
4-
Thpre is a big lot of
short-1 space being worse than wasted in the i
newspaper .>
exks is
of, big
>uld be
State today.—Denison Herald
Undoubtedly the Herald has refer-
ence to those bitter factional editor-
ials which are appearing in many of.
the papers, of the 8tate.—San Antonio |
Express.
ALL SORTS. j
■HWHH ♦* ! 111 K »
A farmer living near Denison re-
ports having sold over $800 worth of
produce from a field of seven acres.
Such reports are not exceptional
among men who have realised the
possibilities offered In our fertile soil
and have turned their attention to In-
tensified farming. There Is a farm
that
An’ Instead of dlssiiiailn*
An' get tin’ on a jag.
I'd travel nil about lh' State an*
Boom th‘ epW-in* drag!
—J. Benjamin Mabry.
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News.
That la what brings in money. It
will not l>e many years until such
cm portion of the State the fact that ghlpmenU wU1 hartJly raAe comment.
In one day last week there was
shipped from Whltesboro 1147 chick-j of fourteen acres near Denison
ens, 256 turkeys, 18« dozen egg* and , produced over $2,000 last year. Truly
180 pounds of butter —Whltesboro j Grayson County is a garden spot.—
[ Denison Herald. t
Any spot in Texas Is a garden spot
conditions have changed materially,
In the old days little attention was
paid to this phase of newspaper work
and about everything was published
that could be put In type. An era of
conservatism can be expected.
The poultry business is something
that requires close attention In order
to make u a success. It is a business
of Itself and must be studied aud
worked out like any other business.
Because one man tries it and fails
i* no sign that it is not a profitable
business when rightly handled, any
more than it would be to say that the
mercantile business is not a profitable
business because a man encages in it
and loses his money, '
If it were only possible to get up
some kind of a split-log drag that
could smooth down the many rough
places that are continually bobbing
up along political roads in this coun-
try, what a change there would be.—
Laredo Times.
People would not make use of them
If It required the expenditure of any
great amount of energy.
if the owner of it will only devote a
little of his time to making It so. And
nothing will pay any batter or quick-
er returns than a well selected and
properly conducted garden spot. It
need not be a large one. In fact,
there Is more danger of failure on ac-
count of too large a garden than be-
cause of one too small. It Is a mat-
The Williamette Heights citizen
handed the conductor of the car a $5
clearing house certificate.
"What's that?" asked the man be-
hind the bell cord.
"That's a clearing house certificate,
the new kind of Portland money,”
said the W. H. citizen.
"Is It good?” said the lord of the
punch.
“Sure It's* good. Paper money goes
these days.”
“All right, old man,” and the con-
ductor immediately handed the pas-
senger $4.95 worth of transfers.—
Portland Oregonian.
• • •
When Governor Smith Of Georgia
wa* Secretary of the Interior in Cleve-
land's cabinet, he was once called
home to Atlanta on business. The
duties incident to bis leaving had thor-
oughly wearied the brawny Secretary,
many nephews hastened downstairs
and peeped around the door. “Now,
air?” he demanded. "I wan'sh know
the time,” said the reveler. "Do you
mean to say you knocked me up for
that? How dare you?" The midnight
visitor looked injured. “Well, you’ve
got my watch," he said.—Argonaut.
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THE HttALD S DAILY
SHARPS AND FLATS
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[Copyright, MW, by T. C. McClure.]
8am Croy was the butt of Yorkvllle
and had been since be wan a stutter-
ing boy of ten. Had there been a med-
ical examination In bin caae It would
have been discovered that there was
nothing wrong about Ham except that
bis brain worked more slowly than the
average.
There cam* a day whan a man of
sense sat down to talk to Sam Croy In
n sensible manner, and be dug up a lot
of sensible things from that slow
brain and laid the foundation for an
earthquake. He waa a man namad
Boyden. He took Sam aside and talk-
ed to him for a long half day, and be
discovered what others might have dug
up years before. Sam could see through
a hole In a grindstone If given a fair
show and time enough.
Mr. Boyden didn’t take Sam Into Ms
confidence until after several inter-
views bad been held and until sure or
his mas. The town of Yerkville was
in the dumps just then. Business was
slow, real estate stagnant and little do-
ing in any direction. One afternoon In
front of the town ball and just after a
joke had been played on the town
tool Sam turned to a citizen and
drawiingiy inquired wbat be would
take In spot cssh for his bouse and loL
His inquiry wss answered by a roar
of langhter. Sam had been known to
have aa much as a whole dollar In his
possession at once, but never more.
GOOD ROADS.
The split-log drag has not yet in-
vaded Johnson County, but the roads
of the county would be in much bet-
ter condition If this simple method of
treating bad roads were liberally used.
—Cl
Jleburne Enterprise.
T|ic Commercial Club of Stamford
and the Farmers’ Institute of Jones
County have joined forces to thor-
oughly test the split-log drag on some
of the roads leading Into Stamford.
If the right kind of effort is made
the experiments will prove well
worth while. The Herald can also
add that some experiments are being
conducted In Anderson County, and
good results are sure to follow.—Pal-
estine Herald.
ter of cultivation and of Intensifies-i so he retired early to his berth for
tlon more than a matter of broad n good night's rest. Mr. Smith nev-
arres Almost anything properly cul-jer does anything by halves, and the
tlvated In Texas will bring in a good sonorous OBdences of ever-increasing
Titus County farmers are going into
peanut cultivation on a large scale.
They made some experimental efforts
iart year which were so successful as
to encourage the largely Increased
acreage in peanuts this year. The
crop is said to lie far more profitable
than cotton —San Antonio Express.
There is no question about the acre-
age devoted to peanuts being large
this year.
return in money, and some of the
enterprises that are yielding good
revenues are quite out of the ordinary
and surprising. A man In Grayson
volume which proceeded from his
apartment gave evidence that his ut-
terances of the day did not greatly ex-
ceed In forcefulness those of the
County is getting rich out of the In-{night. But after about two hours
diistry of raising weeds. Nearly his tranquil slumber was disturbed
every farmer raises a greater or by the persistent nudging of the por-
smaller crop of weeds each year, but ter. That official was asking, "Bosb,
he does not pay proper attention tojjg you awake?”
day
The Anti Bailey convention at Waco
Saturday a«gtimed |>ro|>ortion.s that
were little short of surprising even to
those who have been watching the
growth of the movene-nt closely. The
character of the nn-n who wont 'herelusain on election
under the i '-million- -hows <■ onclu-! Enterprise,
sively that tfc-re Is that behind the
movement which appeals to a large
and representative portion of the par-
ty. f he w ithdrawal bv Senator Cul- J H E RALD ECHOES.
and Governor Campbell of
the business. It is a scheme of nature j "Of course I am awake,” Mr. Smith
that nothing Is to be created without replied. "What do you want?”
a purpose, and every weed that grows { • Boss, I hopes dal you will pardon
is of some use to mankind. This mPt Bahi hut , wa8 jest goln- t0 ask
______ Grayson County man has found the j fjat you be so kind as to stay awake
It Is not necessary that Texas 1 "eeds that are of benefit to mankind,; for about fifteen minutes 'tell
should suspend its farm operations to'aiu* ',e ra*l,t‘s them as they should be;,je r(mt 0j passengers can git to
i take charge of Its politics this (car ' ond *e’* $°od prices for them sleep."—Llppincott’s Magazine.
I The thinking tnen can nrt Intelligent ; from ,he variou* dr»K houses of the) •* •
| ly on the one ,| o „f the primaries and "n,ntry- othf*r men are very rapidly [ The house answered the description
Thar would make it pretty hard on
| the politicians and offici
! wottldn t it”
Beaumont 1,'arnln* that money Is to be made; In the papers in every way. It had all
front crops that have heretofore been the modern conveniences—one could
considered of little consequence ex-; tell from the outside, it even faced the
eept for local use on the farm. The east and had a southern exposure. But
possibilities for making money out of it was inhabited. Perhaps, however,
Every town in Texas, barring none,
can use the split-log drag on Its
streets to advantage. It will do equal-
ly as good work as on the country
roads. Bonham has demonstrated
this for months.—Denison Herald.
So far as we know, Bonham was
the first town in Texas to test the
value of the split-log drag in street
work, and as a result It has today as
good dirt streets as can be found In
any town In tbe%nlt*d States. We
The property referred to was valued at
$3,000.
The owner finally replied that he
would take two-thirds of that amount.
Before he could laugh again be had
$50 in his band to bind the bargain,
and next day the papers were made
out and he was banded the balance of
his money. That was the clown’s
thunderbolt Of course be was ques-
tioned by a hundred different people.
That he should have $2,000 in bis pos-
session was an amaslng thing. It waa
so amaxtng that the local papers dwelt
on It to the extent of half a column
and a constable walked him to the town
lockup on suspicion. He might have
walked him Into a cell If Sam hadn’t
paralyzed him by threatening a suit for
false imprisonment and assuming a
dignity no one had ever seen him car-
rying before. He would not tell where
he got the money, and It was the gen-
eral opinion that be bad found a treas-
ure somewhere.
In the course of a fortnight Sam
bought three more bouses and lots and
a farm In the suburbs. Then he waa
fairly mobbed by Inquirers, and the
two constables In town went looking
for clews. Both local papers had some-
thing to say—much to say. They had
so much to say that scores of people
went down and tore the abandoned
sawmill to pieces In their hunt for
treasure. They also searefd through
woods and fields and missed no stamps
or hollow loss. The town fool went on
whistling “Yankee Doodle” t*
all property offered him. Th*<
so long carried the Idea that I
always told all he knew wtti
coaxing that It felt hurt to $
by his reticence. Now and p
reporter” had Interviewed hUa
a column of aarcaam. The
waa now left out and oar rep«
solemnly Inquired of his reads
had a murderer among them.
If any one else than a tows
started In to buy real esti
would have been a boom on la
There were plenty willing t«
cause they could get their j
because In a way they felt t
were doing the buyer up. it
until he had laid out $50,00$
greenbacks and announced thi
more left that one of “our r
got on to the snap. He wouk
hit It then but for a tin ped
came along and gave things a
called “our reporter” a dot
for not bavins seen through tt
at the very atari He called
stable* asses for thinking tl
any crime connected with it
and around the town for a dl
ten mllea square was an <
from which millions of gallo
be pumped. Tbe men who 1
for salt several years before n
discovered this, but waited i
could enlist capital. Capital
raised and Bam Croy put fon
dummy. He would make i
clean dollars out of 11 and
who had taken him for a fc
get left
It was now as plain as di
Bugle and the Clarion, and
their best to make up for 1
They devoted pages to tbe
field. They issued extras. 1
llshed 8am Croy’s picture a:
tory of hla life and spoke c
Mr. Croy, the intelligent and
citizen. They published pi
drilling machines and den
spouting oil wells, and In t
they jumped the price of n
200 per cent It wasn’t a t
set In. It was a mad acraml
at any price. People came fr
a thousand mllea away and
good cash. There were least
tlons and sales until tbe cot
almost went crazy. This 1
weeks. Then the bottom dr
of things. No oil, no natun
nothing except that Bam
bought at the lowest notch
at the highest. He was tbe
who had. How much hie pod
er divided or how they dlvld
never be known. Mr. Croy
llshed a business In Yorkvlllt
also got married. Fnrthei
money to lead on good sec
the other eminent citizens
him at the postofflee bow in
cordial manner and say:
“Morning, judge. Fine day
U.
- .o'oxrut
bar none. If our fanner friends
could be brought to realize the enor-
mous value the drag would be to the
rural roads they would not hesitate
one minute in giving them a thor-
ough trial in every community in
the county. They have been given a
thorough test in other counties and
have proven to be highly satisfactory
and a very inexpensive machine to
operate. Let the farmers of old Fan-
nin awake to their own best interests
and proceed to work the split-log drag
overtime.—Bonham Favorite.
Get on the good roads platform.—
Waco Times Herald.
The split-log drag has proven a suc-
cess on McKinney's streets as well as
on Collin County's roads. It is grow-
ing in favor all the time.—McKinney
Courier-Gazette.
PERT PARAGRAPHS.
Many people actually think that there
la something degrading about high
grading.
A atate of society in which nobody
was to blame might perhaps be found
extremely stale for the laity. •
Don’t get a sunstroke trying to pat
something by for a rainy day.
Yon can’t call him tactful, no matter
how much you would like to admire
him, who invariably, prods your aore
■pot
aO£J»KEN
levch
TkLthcoPC!!
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.
seekers.
.........r;...... '“"u-ro oil the He™ has an idea that
■be.r names as delegates at bids t this talk
f the Houston
th«* hues more sharply' dimpled, red headed w idows is for
Bf-natur Halley follows!th* P»rP°«e of inducing unmarried
to the Bayou
fair to in a
drawn uni
in their and also withdraws
his raise from consideration.
No honest man wards to see
railroads or the big corporations
these crops are being demonstrated
every day, and yet the people of
Texas are just beginning to learn of
the wealth that lies at hand.—Fort
, i Worth Record.
Host about , ___________
ABOUT DENISON
the worst uf it. The)* arc a;-; much en-j
titled jo a square deal a* any individ-
mon of means to come
City.—Den' son Hera hi.
If 'hat is true, isn't it a little unfor-i
H tunate that the Post s.
’"flows with that parti,
get, hair?—Bonham News,
the family in there were to move out.
Therefore the house seekers went up
the steps and rang the bell.
A woman, fair and young, opened
the, door.
"Beg pardon,” said one of the house
seekers, “but how much does this
house rent for?”
The woman hesitated a moment
The Denison Civic League is dis-
tributing flower seeds through the,. .... .. . „Th,nt_ ..
public x'hools with the idea of inter-1 Jn ,,„h.
‘‘ ted the wid- j estiiig the little ones in flower culture,
lar brand of! Prizes will be offered for the best dis-, . „
play of flowers raised by the children : 0 •' sai‘' .’ef;
The man w im , „, , • at the fall flower show.—Beaumont j n<d enthusiastic.
... man u,m nothing butt Enterprise The party peeked in every crevice,
“ Ib‘ rubies the, are experienc fr m "‘'of" vicT.'‘ ^ °" <,VPry,Mn* and
icz, however, are largely of their! Courier-Gazette. i
May we sec it?" asked another.
Again the woman hesitated, but fin-
However, she was
Investigation would reveal that
only a small percentage 0f them have
a P0" ,a* receipt,— Denison Herald.
And, being ahy that, receipt thev
amenable to no will but ‘«rP not citizens at all.—Paris \dvo-
tbelr own. Tneir well paid attorneys j cat(r
kept « close watch that the law was The Wills Point
i
own making and are due to the fact
that the men in control had come to
look upon themselves and their prop-
erties as amenable to no
not fo violated as to cause
trouble and things went along
mtolUv The
qn»"
ex'pp*nri"-‘
the past two
. Tnnr
years
swim- j
safe"1!
Chronicle :-av
serious | "There is entirely too much politics
in the governing affairs of
firnmant la — ■swiw hu* w
our gov-
TTOW
i and in another It b not. The main
have. trouble is that we do not take suffi-
opem-d tbe ej'es of the public and a: f |eni Interest a* a people, in political
great many erstwhilp big men now | ma,tm We let bosses run things
look like very big Maoris. Those are* Vim* Tt h?thin1 U1?*' '‘,rinF o1
** more than any other j would line np wW'-h,1' leading'agrb
Denison will hold their monthly j decided to take the house. They said
salcsday tomorrow, Saturday. Deni-1 'n The woman again looked surpris-
son is doing much towards awaken- j cd.
ing an interest In diversified farming "The house is not for rent," she
and towards making our country a said succinctlv. “I guess the one you
belter place in which to live. Sur-1 are looking for is further down the
rounding towns should profit by the j
good work being done by our sister l
city and get in line.—Whitewrlght
Sun.
Speaking of Denison’s Civic im
the I Tent Id says
street.'’ 1
There was silence for a minute, and
then the houso seeking party filed
slowly and thoughtfully down the
street.—San Antonio Gazette.
From an eastern city comes a sad
PToWniehf LeSgueT
its work in conjunction with the
Board of Trade has already -shown
splendid results, and that it has been
of a cumulative nature In effect Bios- him to the window with
som Is not so great as Denison, but in 1 “What's the matter?’’ he
proportion to the work to be done i “Come down,” '■*----
story of a pawnbroker. He was en-
joying a beauty sleep when a furious
knocking at the street door brought
a Jerk,
shouted.
A man may wax impatient even
when the barber Is waxing his mus
taehe.
Make your own mark If you don't
want some other fellow to make a
mark for you.
It's a good thing to keep your plans
to yourself, unless you happen to be
an architect.
Don't be a bigamist. Too many
cooks spoil the broth, so only marry
one at a time.
Truth crushed to earth will rise
again, and it is kept pretty busy with
its up* and downs.
Wouldn’t It be fine if we could dis-
charge our obligations with the usual
two weeks’ notice?
The reason there are no women aft-
erdinner speakers Is because women
tell ail they know before dinner.
A man may have an impediment In
his speech, but that doesn’t matter so
much if there is none in his nerve.—
Philadelphia Record.
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
A girl doesn't care whether you kiss
her or not If she'll let you.
The prouder a man Is of "his citi-
zenship the more he dodges jury duty.
What a woman likes about a new
AaMs-bew mortr more s?re pan say she
1 paid for It than she did.
A widow is pretty smart to ask a
man’s advice about Investing her mon-
ey. especially when she hasn’t any
It would be much easier for
wife to believe you were
& Stta J U
■to. Is >, much HUM enw m, 0[|nc teTcphon,.^R5rT«rr*M.
your
working
Yon can often
tell a lot about a
a man by the
clothes that he
doesn’t wear.
Assume a mil-
lion. though yon
have It not, Is or
seems to be the
policy of the op-
erator in; high
finance.
When love turns his telescope upon
a young man’s salary It doesn’t look aa
■mall aa It did.
It Is hard enough to bo In onopoaoo
without being In expense at tbe ««M
time, but tbe one too often Includes the
other.
A mental pickpocket is frequently so
deft that he wears your own property
before your eyes, and yon never recog-
nize It
There is nothing that does tbe rank
nnd file so much good as to meet some-
body who la both able and willing to
live for others.
It really seems impossible to set a
good example if you can’t find om to
set
The fact that we didn’t mean it may
rip tome, hot tt doesn't pay the fid-
dler, sad fiddlers come high.
Hard en the Subject.
"What la hla idea in shaving htmfty
-trying to beat the barber?”
“Trying to get even with h
'
nvhr
looks of Ms face.
m up
For Discipline.
“I bear she Is golag to i
chauffeur.”
“Awful, lan’t It?”
“It does seem too bad, bu
almost driven to do It In st
tlon. She just couldn’t do a i
him aa It was.”
Feared the Worst.
“What la the name of yoni
Ing machine?”
“I think I will call It the I
“Why not th# Red Herring
Almost a Winner.
“That was a delightful
bridge w* had at Mrs. Skin
fy."
"Did you lose any money al
"Not a cent—only a couple oi
me Maddening Aft#
Could I bare bat thought
on last night
The things I can think ol
Mr spoooh, I am mirt, wc
turad tha crowd
And carried the peoplo ai
For eloquence, argument, Ii
And all of the goods tn tl
That unwrittun speech wo
handed down.
A model for all. I opine.
a i
That joka about Johnson, ■
fair,
The on* that I did not relati
Because, though I needed tt ha
be,
I thought of tt ten hours too
I'm sure ’twould have made I*
taking war
A swell and aanaatlonal hit.
Eatabtlshing mm right away os
A wag and a wonderful wit.
And had I but sprung at tbe <
speech
The pathos that Comes to me
The audience would have she<
am sure.
And bawled like a calf bereft.
Great tears would hare spla**
flood In tha aisle
And mad* quite a muss on w
And women haw* stopped In t»
their sobs
And asked mo to do tt some ■
w6
Great Christopher * gheet.
derful chance
For just a day later had c*™
To do something splendid aw**
But what Is tha use to b« fM
And wsar myself wrinkled J
I# the -
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