The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-07-08
Interesting to Farmers, Breeders and
Dairymen.
Facts, Figures and Information u
General Interest to the Country
Gentleman.
To John Henry.

John Henry, the wheat and the
oat field, the potato and the corn are
fairly yearning for the bright sight of
your calico shirt. The time has
come, John Henry, when you may
NJ longer bask in the sunshine of the
\ pril sun, nor the schoolgirls smile.
They both b2Ve & ne, gone like the
iierting shadow Of as unTetuTning
Joy, 50 far as you are concerned,
John Henry. The time las Eow
come for you to do something. Man
cannot live GU sentiment alone. He
can come very Eear il in the spring
time, john Henry, but when the days
get longer and the sun little warm
er and The cool shade more inviting,
ae naturally yearns, ii he is we'll
bred Teunerseau, for something like
bacon and gre Gus" for something
like old-fashioned work.
When We passed your home the
"'Eei Il ght We heard you singing TO
s"ut llSui gu,'a
'Oh, lis many year since last we
met,
Beneath yon greenwood tree;
And many a gloomy sun has let
Since first my eyes met thee"
We felt sorry for you, John, be
cause we saw you bad it bad-sO badly
that you had gone to lying, and had
stretched out six weeks into many
year, and All electric light into
the greenwood tree And there
fore we came to try 10 save you aud
to put YOU iLto line of action that
viii get yOu out Of your misery.
We think q great deal Of you, John
Henry; we know the stuff sou are
made out of. You are bred all light
and it is sAfe to say, there is enough
cent up, good solid nerve action il
you and your kind, John Henry.
to run every threshiug machine IL
Maury County, from now Till the
fros, Knocks the pumpkin out. And,
young man, he thresher needs 1t
30 don't be discouraged; all great
men were at one time IN their lives in
bad fix, mentally, and sometimes
many other ways. Napoleon once
spent the night on the banks OF the
Seine trying to decide in his mind
whether he'd quit life then and
there or lot. But he decided he
would not, and l am sorry Of it, John
Henry. Oue life then would have
saved half million two years from
| that day and | am always in for re-
spectacle majority, my son. Danlei
| Webster once spent Il week trying to
| decide, whether or not lie would ac-
cept country clerk-ship. $40 lie
month or GO on practicing law-try-
| ing to decide if he'd go into hole
where his talent would be lost from
| the world or continue to fight for the
! front. | thank God he decided in the
negative. John Henry; for when !
| feel like there is nothing in oui
! country worth living for, with ils
pension frauds and its Wanamakel
| frauds and it's other frauds, | hum
up his speech in reply 10 HGyEe IL
| The United States Senate and / reac
it and read a 9gaiD, and then get vi
and say There il. life in our grand oil,
land yet" AID feel like taking OF
my at to the fiag-pOle at the Arsenal
John Henry.
So you are no exception to the rule
You are not the worst man living
Suppose you did get tight once; yoI
got over it and have quit. Suppose
you did bet on a horse-race once, yoI
had your fun and quit; aye, perhaps
YOU even walked into town tina
night. II you got tight once and qul
YOU are not half as bad as tue old fe.
low who sOaks it every half hour ant
was never known to get drunk. i
YOU did bet on a horse-race once yol
are not near so great sinner as tn
, old fellow who goes to church twIc'
every Sunday and to prayer-meetinl
every Wednesday night, and, yet
when he gets you III q close place
will knock you for twelve, per cent
every time When you bet, JOIN
Henry, You gave the other fellow
. chance; but this chap just makes al
open ard shut game-'tis just he ant
tie devil ana nobody else.
Therefore, John Henry, say, Lr&c
a.. You ale All right. TO cut AM
cut wheat and dig potatoes and be
mau. It is III you. Keep that It'll
, voice that controls your moral char
p actcr right, sW eat cut your sadi:' 81
honest Toll, whether brain work 0
nuscls work, aud let the dead pas
}.lrv itQ dead -