The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-01-09

To the frst and second success which you
have already gained you add the third for
which you have long been seeking. The
game is yours, and you clap your hands, and
bunch your opponent in the side, aud shout
a f." Tick-tack-to, f,y,r.
| Three in row."
The funniest play that I ever joined In at
school, and one that sets me a. laughing now
as think OF it, so I can hardly write, is
eap-trog" 1t is unartistic and homely.
1t is 80 humiliating to the boy who bends
himself over and puts his hands down on his
knees; and it is so perilous to the boy who,
placing his hands on the stopped shoulders,
attempts to fly over. But alw avs preferred
the risk of the one who attem pied the lea
rather than the humiliation Of the one who
consented to be vaulted over. 1t was often
the case that we both failed In our part,
and we went down together. For this, Jack
Snyder carried grudge against me, because
he said pushed him down a-purpose But
hope he has forgiven me by this time, tor he
has been out as a missionary. Indeed, i'll
Jack will come this way, I will right the
wrong of olden time by STOPPING down in my
study, and letting him spring over nae as my
children do.
Almost every autumn, | see that old-time
school-boy feat repeated. Mr.. So-and-so
says, ''You make me governor, and will
see that you get to be senator Make me
mayor, and will see that you become asses
sor. Get me the office Of street.sweeper; and
you shall have one of the brooms. You stoop
down and let me Jump over you, and then
will stoop down and let you jump over nae,
Elect me deacon, and you shall be trustee
You write good thing about me, and will
write good thing about you" The day of
election in Church or State arrives. nam
once very upright in his principles and policy
begirs to bend. You cannot understand 1t.
He goes down lower and lower, until ne gets
his hands away down on his knees Then
spry politician or ecclesiastic comes up be-
hind him, puts his hands on the bowed STRAIT
egist, and springs clear over into some great
position. Good thing TO have so good a man
in prominent place. But after while he
himself gins to bend. Everybody says,
possible that he is going down too" Oh |!
yes Turn-about is fair play. Jack Sny der
holds it against me to this day because, after
he had stopped down to let me leap over
him, would not stoop down to 1t him leap
over me. One half the strange things in
iChurch and State may be account by
the fact that, ever since Adam bowed down
Iop Ip fo lot ha HIM dc
on him, fly over into ruin, there has been a
universal and perpetual tendency o political
and ecclesiastical Leap frog.''
In one sense, life is great game Of ball"
We all choose sides, and gather into denom-
national and political parties. We take cur
places on the background. Some are to
pitch they arc the radicals. Some are to
catch they are the conservatives. Some
are 20 strike they ire those fond of Pc
lemics and battle, Some are to run: they
IRE the candidates. There are four hunks
youth, manhood, old age, and death. Some
one takes the bat, lifts it, and strikes for the
prize, and misses it while the man who was
behind catches 1t end goes in. This man
takes his turn at the bal, sees the flying ball
OF success, lahes Soou aim, ana strikes III
high, amid the clappiug of all the spectators
, We all have chance at the ball. Some of
as run to all the four hunks, from youth to
mani God, from manhood to old age, from
old age to death. At the first hunk we
bound with uncomfortable mrth; coming
to the second, we run with a slower but
stronger tread; coming to the third, our
step 10 feeble coming to the fourth, our
breath entirely gives out We throw down
the bat on he back hunk of death, and in
the evening catchers and pitchers go home
to find the family gathered and the food pre-
pared. So May We all find the candles
lighted, and the table set, and the old folks
at home.