Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-07-02

because they used ilrccrackcrs to drive
the British soldiers ont of America; and
then, ~ he prepares 10 light q pnck he
gleeiully sings. II changcahe voice.
"My Country, IT'S uf Thee to the
tune OF God Save the Queen" politi-
cNlly, he believes that the side which
Is In ought In be ont; aud, ny the strcrts
never get any cleaner, nor the postuilicc
service nuy better or the butchers hill
any chcNier, most hpusckecpers nrN
forced to agree with him 50 he thinks
he loves his country.
WHY FAB DlSlll<ES PLUMBERS,
No muttcr what affection one might
have for ones country, one would lose
IL Ia cOnhnt with Plumbers These
gentlemen have u charming way of tax
ing possession OF your house, according
to the laws OF the union to which they
belong, which means that they Will take
half your gus burners OF, stop IN the
middle Of the work when the clock strikes
., leaving you IN scmi-dnrknors Tor tile
night. hspnusc the union orders they
must cease work at niceriaih time, hon
may plead, yun may storm they are oh
durnte; they simply tell on II Is the
umlon, aud being feminine, and having
people coming 10 dinner yoh hrst weep
and then got M aud give phem your
opinion OF the union, One of them VIII
unfortunately say that this Is Tree
country and hc knOwa II Is by the boy
shooting drccrlckers; and you toll him
You wish to goodness Rakrs u WASH u
free country aud you ask him II lln
thinks anybody has got q right 10 tn-.e
your money, arrive az o'clock 10 10
three hours work, succeed Ia tearing the
whole establishment Ia pieces, aud then
pranclng of at > o'clock leaving You
amid the rufus, Then you remember oi
hearing some fool orator talk about the
power Of money. Bother The power OF
money. That griuning plunlber who per-
siHtcntly says, ITS de union w. more
powerful lhan all the millions in the
banks
for anything respectable, aud J don
believe any human being ought to work
longer tlnn eight hours 4 DAY, pul th'y
have g0t no business to time their work
nuion there should he consulting
board Of housekcepcrs, who would state
exactly the hours OF The day most con
yenient for thom 10 work, md The uniou
should agree to H. i.ong before the
days Of unions, good workman had q
little shop Of his own, made laws Tor
himself, aud Ia consequences plenty OF
money Now tho little tin god IN tho
shape Of the pnmbcr appears on ihe
scene with two assistnnts, the iirst 1liiy
* to down al the women IN the house;
10 accuse each one ol having caused a
break IN HE pipe or lOnicned the cham
heller, As that Is none Of his business,
IL seems little Irrelevant hut he nj
ways does il II there are No men around,
After that he cOnHcicniinusly climbs Il
ladder, aud IN testing the chandelier, he
brenks Two globes. for which be refuses
TO pay. One Of his assistants holla The
lnd1er and the other onr stands admir-
intervals remarks; Tlhnfs damn
good piece Of work" A. your house
hold has six foot Of mankind IN II, you
can get all the disappearing yon want
for nothing. but Us this u Il free conn
try. the plumber throws e To- aud
difficult matter for you to ene~ that
have been undergoing spVelu treatment
from those plumbers, ana the only hope
i can express for Them Is that q plumber
may be tile next precedent Of the United
States. aud that, knowing the tricks Of
the trade. he WIN treat the United
Plumbers rs they ought ~ he,
PATRIOTS NOT BORN ~ FLATS
But the Fourth OF .iuly-are you go
Ing 10 have an Grafton aud process
sion, and talk about George Washing
ton and Thomas Jefferson. and finish mp
with Grover clevelandl I SUPPOSE there
ARE people who viii 10 ". People act
patriotism once d year, and. Instead OF
taking liver pills for IL, get rid Of IL by
whit Is vnlggrly called blowing don't
see how anybody can get patriotic WHO
has to live In b city. How IN the name
Of everything good and holy can you
get small boy. raised in Hat. 10 love
bis country? Ills country TO him rep
resenfs the moving every two or three
years and getting higher up town. Poo
pie have got 10 have places that they
win love. and where the living can col
leci around them and their dear dead
are not far from them. 10 grow ALSO
lutely fond Of country.
The men who have had any really
patriotic feeling have seldom been the
products Of great cities; they have cone
from homes that were cndenred 10 them
by assorafions Of two, possibly three,
generations. Suppose George Washing
ton had lived Ia hat on Third ayenne7 |
DO yon think he would have cared d |
coniiuenial for his cOuntryy Suppose
Thomas JeieFson's greatest enjoyment |
had been riding on tho hack Of truck; |
20 you think. as he watched boys 20 By |
~ litile carts; drisips. fat ponies, he
free and epual"f Bgtherl OF course
he wouldn't. He would laye Joined a
union, and hcrated the rich mani aud
the ,Wlits Hcnse that miserable speei- |