Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-05-16
THE LIME-KIIN CLUB.
WORDS OF WISDOM FROM PARA.
Disc HALL.
An Interesting Discourse on Wan and
His Nature.

His Nature.
"Feller mortals," said the lecturer,
as he gulped down a glass of water, and
cautiously looked at the three shirt
buttons in the bottom Of the glass. eds
human natur' Of ours am a strange
muddle. We kin feel de sentiment Of
hate, love, indifference, sentiment, adj
miration, fear, reverence an disgust in
one short day. We attain de highest
eminence, an we sink to the lowest
Sums. We reverence one man an hate
another. We feel hilarious one hour
an shed tears OF sorrow the next.
Stranger dan all de winds dat blow
more valuable dan any weather fur
nished by ~natur'-bold an fearless
weak an vascilatin'-human natur' can
be praised an condemned in de same
breaf.
'If we studied de natur' Of man a
3lusly as We do dat Of a boss we would
not tread on his cons SO often. Man
am as pliable as 'lasses if you take him
right. If you take him wrong he am
as brittle as glass an as hard as stun.
Dat am a matter we seldom stop to con-
slider. We take him as pleases us-not
To please him. Our ideah is dat he
mus put up wild our style-not to
bring us to his. ! has seen dozens of
men who war BON all right split by
contact wild de world. Nobody took
EN- jist right, an dey wouldn't study to
take odder men right.
"Some men kin be bossed-some has
to be coaxed. Some am materially mu ish
some plastic. Some kin be reached
frew der Weaknesses-some freW DER
strength. A modest man an a pro ud,
vain man mus be handled on ~teetotally
different principles. We make enemies
and meet wild needless rebuffs an re-
fusals bekase We fail to consider desc
troofs. If our boss has a habit of
bitin' we lay awake nights to devise some
remedy fur it. If our naybur am a
material kicker we ridicule his grievances
an burlcsqne his ~tribulashuns. If our
boss am too high-strung to take de whip
we are keerful to keep de lash away
from him. If our naybur an too
proud-spirited to borrer Il wheelbarrer
an lend us his washboa'd we dec!ar him
beneath our motifs an wash our hands of
do hull family.
at am de easiest thing in de world to
make a FREUD. Fust, locate your man.
Second, size him up. If he am a vain
proud man praise his personal appesr-
ance, his home-his wife, cbillen an
speeches. No man am so poo an lowly
dat his words of praise won't SCUM
sweet to an egotist.
III he am a cross, sarly, out.o'-sorts
chap, feelin' sartin III his own mind dat
ro world wasn't built on correct princi-
piles, doan' try to argy wild him to con
vince him dat dis alrth am NIL o. X.
from cellar to garnet. On de contrary,
side in wild him. Growl rat de world
abuse mankind, an tell him how sorry
you am dat he wasn't on han to manage
things about 300 vars 3. G.. It will be
like dom up a sore toe in q creased
rag.
"When you meet a man who am sort
o sneakin' frew life on de ~quiet-nebbar
heard of outside of his own nav burhooi
modest, u~nassumin', an Clly wantin'
TO he let alone, feed him gum-drops.
rell him You have heard his name men
shuned as candidate for alderman. Ask
what var it vas when lie ran fur &c
Legislachur. Inquar' when his next
book of poems am to be published. AK
him il he am de Smith who Invented dc
comet. He will cringe and vince. bat
he will go home an think /, ober an be
your friend far life.
Oar am cranks to he humored. D.
Am cccentrics to be praised. Oar an
circlin' round us day by day 4 chain of
men an women who doaT know beans
from br0omstlcks, but who mas be com
plimentcd on DER exquisite tastes an
high order of inte!leck.
"As de time allotted to me las 'bout
expired, let ne say TO You, in c,osin' di:
discourse, dat de man who makes enc.
mics am no reader OF human natur'. I
am iist as easy to make ten good friend
as oae enemy. Abuse no mans poly
tics. Slur no mans religion. Hold NJ
arguments wild a man who has beer
soured lay misfortunes. As fur womei
treat all alike by praisin' al. NJ,
%ircus," said Brother Gardner as he mad,
ready to close the meeting, stud,
human natur'. Begin tonight. Begin
hy giyin' dc ginera public half de side
walk on Your way home, an keep it III
Ivy promisin' de ole woman "a new pa
Of shoes If you fiul her III de su.ks. lie
us nov circulate.