The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1888-12-01
The PesrIseRovs ANEoooTE.
DISCRIMINATION F;ct,vccn GOOD stories
and Poor Oncs-sEo.se Sousc.

DISCRIMINATION rsctNvccn GOOD stories
~ Poor O~ncs-sEo.se Souse.
tBll Nye in Dcur. it Ere ~l'rca,l
Out Of every 1000 people born into
this world of sin and sorrow, JIJ ether
do not know a good story when they
hear it, forget It alter thcy have heard
II, do not know how % rrpuat it them
selves, or haven't good judgment about
when to introduce it. lay down this
grand principle, u, | am Ia: ing Town all
my grand principles tais reason, with
out fear of success iul contradiction.
! listened to Il very fair amateur cam
paign speech the other clcnnE-ycry
fair, with exception. The anecdotes
were not made to Must ate tn speech,
but the speech lId been distortcu to lit
the anecdotes. Iou know an artist
sometimes strikes a gOot idea in II pict-
urc and somebody writes up 90 ihe illus
tration instead OF wiring Il goot thing
and then having 1t ii.usl.t cl incident
ally. That's tho way it was with that
speech.
To discriminate between a good story
and a poor Onc, TO rcm,ml cr the good
ones and forget the lOur ones, to bring
in the right one IN al tie rlg.t moment
and to do it Us naturally as tAc SERTED
mud turtle SEEKS the bo5Om ui the roll
ing deep, requires sang troid, nalyetr,
chic. pro bono publico and hO $: scnse.
These qualities are rarely united IL one
individual. Chic is useless WltuOut pro
bono publico ana both are y. q. wiih.dt
what Herbert Spcnccr has 80 ch%arminGly
characterized As horse sense.
r., ,r,u-,l - ,.,.l.l with 1npiyang
vino are constantly telling anec, .otcS
that claim to be facGtioIs, but do not
stem to get there. lloH often is the
Joyous group thrown into SpasmS by TIC
scrap book story-tcller, who is always Il
century behind the patent inSidg%, and
who JoyOualy sows ih1 seeds Of hypU-
clondria evcrywh. re.
Some men can never take n hint. They
90 through life telling tie same Gloom
cnyironcd funny stories, chccr.ully
showing thor paintings of the a~lic-t..
brain under the nCscs Of love ar,ung
citizens, inviting corn AMI coItULnc.y,
braycly laughing at tAcir own at rncum
bLm,r and never acquiring the moral
coura &c 10 take grand North American
tumble to thcmscl\C 3.
Most reoplc dislike 10 give needless
pain. Unless a man is cruel and devil
ish in his disposition, he VIII not twite
in the SAINT Hlauncr WOCnt the feel n
of this friend; and yet We are con,;a.I.y
running across tie MAJ who haS ag@il
and again grieyed and siudenet tie
hearts of his friends with the same de
pressing tale, resuglectcd frOn tie hu
morous catac3mbs OF tie almanac t
poison the pure air wish its pesti.ontia
breath.
One thing is absolutely certain to me
] feel it rs strongly as ever our fore
fathers felt the first thIoD Of r.c,iom,
and | wonder that neither political party
has embodied tn" principle in is plat.
form. This can never be n peaceful,
prosperous and progressive people, NOR
ally and physically free, until TIE strong
hand of the law shall reveal itself like a
club flush, and quarantine the eltetc
pesti'erou4, miaSmdtie, luugu, &lecdOtl
of our boosted American in titutions
which, like the large red picnic ant, Ia,
planted itself between the shou der
blades of liberty, and deIics the civil
the military and the naval forces o. tn,
nation TO dislodsc it. Lllcart-broheI
sobS.