Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-01-17

botcbet nv his father when a boy, ana
in an unguarded moment the youth cut
down a favorite cherry tree belonging 10
his father. On the return OF the OLD
gentleman he discovered the act, and,
calling his son to him, asked how 1t oc-
curred. George did not know at first
what to say, but finally he looked brave
" up in his fathers face and said: ia
Their, cannot tell lie. / did 1t with
my little Ratchet"
have often wondered that an anec-
dote like this, concerning great man,
should remain so long unknown. am
indebted for the above facts to friends
of deceased.
The monument to George Washington
is a deserved tribute to great man. 1t
is no SLOUGH ofa job to be President for
the first time and pay off the help that
IL takes to run such a government as
this Let those who think it is easy to
he President try TO write an annual
message and see how their brains will
tbrob. A President must not only shine
in society and be able TO stand on one
leg and shake hands with every ten
cent official In the Union, but he must
, he ouiet and gentlemanly in his home
, life and a good provider in his house
hold. Added to all this he must be able
, of a Glance to distinguish between
p aotilla and reciprocity. He must
know how to spell at sight and be able
IN sign his name 50 that it looks like
", h;rd's eve view of stroke of paralysis.
u He must be 1irm with foreign powers,
# and still he must govern his temper and
!. avoid the unnecessary shedding OF other
q neonle's blood, He should be a goo1
business man, a good statesman, gen
r tlemau and a scholar. We can readily
d zee that a successful President cannot
Il he picked up on every street. Ofcourse
;, he has q good deal OF help, but he alone
IL is responsible. George Washington wal
, all that was great, but the NEST success
% ful thing he did was to quit at the rlgh
n time and TO die before he stopped over
:. ate wears great men commit an error
j" some of them at least. They make
ID had break and then die, instead OF dylni
es first. Some of our eminent men hav'
j. saved the American people the expens
o of a tai monument, notice, by proclas
% tinatinp in the matter of death. Georg
IN Washington did not wait till the ma
ne tom craved his death. He now has
g. monument that is tall and attractive
This is powerful lesson to some OF gu
nublic men not 10 overdo the matter
ut lon eyitv. Long life is all righ In otlie
ks walks of life, but in politics may 0
nd overdone.
uu George Washington attracted grei
N' deal of notice, even in his time, by teilln
I'd. the truth. Think what curiosity d
nv would be now. And yet truth is With
w. the reach OF all. We may accustol
10 ourselves to almost anything If we begl
gradually and work our way up TO
ne George Washington to-day would I
he doubt be regarded as a freak OF natar
ct and vet he told the truth without effo
Cor and without his notes. He used to e.
io terrain his friends through the loI
% Winter evenings by allowing them
er, tie his hands and feet and then bllndfo
him, and on top of this he would u
I'D the truth for many hours at time. 1
,ra was what we call in science an anomal
ed But he had to give up at last, and final
oct he Welded to the unequal strain al
te' death ensued. People who contempia
;to a political career with more or less tru
a a,v in it should see that they have stro
.aa constitutions to begin with. Bill Nye'