Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-11-30

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" - the hsart Of grstituds will allow.
which may mean every day. or once
in seven days, at least. We know
that occasionally. in meeting, per-
haps, . person confssses that he il .
poor. miserable sinner, but you tell
that person the same fact. out Of
doors, and he wili get mad and tear
round dreadfully. We are all hon
est, good. conscientious people, my
friends, no matter what sny body
says.
Nov. We rroprose, friends, to state
. few Of these things for Us to be
thankful for-when We are in the
mood, Of course; for when We are
not inclined, Who can make us give
thanks for any thing? We should
be thankful that We know more than
any body else; for, are We not capa-
BILE Of talking and giving lectures
upon every subject ever talked Of.
should like to see the man or NO.
man in this audience, who didn't
know great deal more than any
body has an idea Of!
We should be thankful that we
are all good looking. Amt We?
Just look around this audience, and
see if you can "spot" the person
who is, in his own estimation, not
good looking. 1t would be a cur
ious study to be sure, to find in
what particular some people are
good-looking; but it's none of our
personal business If man has car
roty hair, eyes like q new moon,
nose like split pear, mouth like a
gander's, and body like q crow-bar;
comparatively he is good-looking;
that is, there are homelier men and
animals than he; so everybody is
good-looking and has a right to put
on airs. Let us be very thankful,
friends, that this is SO; for other
wise, some of US would be shut up
in homes for the scare Crows"
which government would have to
provide. We should be thankful
that we are more pious than any
body else. That we are pious is ev-
ident from the manner in which we
treat poor creatures who have most
unfortunately been driven to sin;
from the fact that We pay our
preachers occasionally, and always
require them to be unexceptionable,
in all respects; from the fact that
we don't work on Sunday, and eat
the big dinners which it has made
the women-folks almost tired to
death to prepare. Who is the per-
son in the room that is not pious ?
do not care to know him for the
present.
We should give thanks that our
house is. in many respects, superior
to our neighbors. True it may not
be as big, nor as 6ne-looking. nor,
indeed. as attractive generally; but
it is superior, nevertheless, as we
always Inform any man who wants
to purchase. We should be very
thankful that we can turn things so
iavorably for our own interests.
We should be thankful that our
teachers, and our editors, and doc
tors, and lawyers, are such superior
men, as We learn they are, when
they come TO die and have their ep-
itaphs written.
W. should be thankful, in fact.
that this world was especially ere.
sted for our own comfort, conven.
fence. and use; that we have per-
feet right to life, liberty, and the
pursuit Of happiness, mo matter if
these do conflict with some other
persons wishes. and happiness. and
rights.
We hope you will thank us for
this recognition Of your good quail
tiles, your rights, your glory; and
We trust that w shalt be permitted
to say, in closing
"Hers lies IN honest young man."
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