Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-06-10
A TRIBUTE.

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the exercise of your patience in our
behalf while we free our mind little.
promising at the same time that the
affiiction will not be continued in our
next. We merely wish to contribute
our humble share of praise to the
composition, the style, and the rheto-
rio of the essay of Young Cub in
last weeks CAT. We have lived for
many years and the evcntiGe of life is
upon Us. and as We see our share of
the beautiful sunshine slowly but
surely fading away and feel ourselves
slipping quietly into the irredeemabie
beyond. there comes into our old scar
ed battered heart kindly feeling OF
charity for the unfortunate. and I GER
tain indeScribabln sens If reverence
for any sample of the Great Creators
handiwork. which seems 10 DE cast
adriiC IN this great cold world with
out sufficient stirring apparatus and
yet has managed To slip by the rocks
and snags so long without shipwrcck.
We are common man and rs sim
pie i'll our requirements as in our hab-
its, AMI rs a plain and unoiiending ci-
tizen we utterly fail to comprehend
the major part of Young Cabs essay
YET we f.aow It is above and bevCnd
Us. and We uncover and bow our old
gray, gri2zled head III recognition Of
the elegance Of an arJicle whose
length is only equaled by its verbose
ty. We are not unhappy. We are
willinE to SIT on the fence in the sun
shine OF permanent peace and smile
ut ta2 shadows which are thrown to-
ward us. Only one thing that hurts
us, and that is 10 DE told by such in
diSpatabIe authority. that We are nc
poet. If there was any one thing
above another that we thought We
were, it was poet From the happy
days Of or childhood until now We
have carried the firm impression thai
We were q poet r. int along with oul
faith in Santa Claus and Robinson
Cruise, and Jonah. and Bill Tell. ant
Moses III the huilruSheS, came the be
Lief that We could grand uut about a:
good poetry us ANYBODY. First SAINT:
Claus proved 4 myth, then the reaiit,
was kno2acG out OF the Robinson
Cruso story. and :" one after anotileI
the CHERISHED iacts OF our childhood
were torn from us until our faith ever
in the tisa story and the bulirush talC
wavered in the balance but still w,
thought We we're poet until now on
learned young friend thrusts his colo
glittering sv;;Iping knife around th;:
last fond belief and takes that two
leaving oLr Self-conIi,ienee with on,
OF the worst black-eyes it has eve
got. Fear rules the world. has rulet
1t. viii rule ii, and when our youn:
friend gets his temple completed ant
the world is governed by love alone
then will the world be honest ant
doomsday near. Then will our youn.
friend have reached the apex of hi
glory, and although he may never b,
president, he will. we doubt not. b,
honored in other ways For all tina
he may Yet tread the sunlight height
of MONDAY glory. Plerty of youn.
Kansas babies will prefix ". G.. p. t,
their names IN his honor. Gen. Win
field Scott lived to see Gen. Winfield,
Scott Hancock the hero OF Gettvs
burg. Daniel Websters aame still
lives il the American Senate in Dan
lei Webster Voorhees,. Oar youns
friend is still young. May he not liy,
to see IL the scar and yellow of bi:
years William C.. T. McGinnis. %
Kansas, IN the white house or VII
liam O. McGraw high up on the lad
der OF fame Let him not despair
then but press forward. occasionally
as at present, putting his ear to the
ground to hear what posterity viii
say Of him. The ORB MAN.