The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1893-05-10
Every why bath a Wherefore.

| Every why bath Wherefore.
Mr.. Editor:-The following essay
was read before the Luther Alliance oi
Luther Chapel by Mr.. H. A. McCul'
lough and so pleased all.who heard il
that he @as requested to give his con
sent for publication, which ne did:
Far back in Shakspeare's time we
hear the servant Dormio eXclaiuing
Hold, sir; stop, I beseech you, pray you
sir, why am thus beaten. And the
master Antipholus answered, Dos,
thou not know? Nothing sir, but that
I am beaten. Shall I tell you why:
Ay, sir, and wherefore; for they say
every why hath q wherefore. The
master said the why is for fouting with
me, and the wherefore for urging it the
second time.
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tered by a man IN an unpleasant
situation, SO it is repeated by a man OF
like passions and desires. Now I ex-
claim to the committee, Hold, beseech
you, Why have ) ou thus placed me:
But suppose they would answer, dost
thou not know? 1 say nothing, but that
J I am here. Thus they say, shall we
tell you why? And I answer, Ay,
snesdames, and wherefore; for they say
every why hath wherefore. Bat
they will say the why is for fouting
with the subject, and the wherefore
for urging it the second time.
This sentence is not only pernicious
! to the whites, but also throws the good
| old darkey out of his equilibrium, and
causes bim to say what mortal man
never wished to say; yet as bold as au
apostle he will withstand her to the
face. This sentence was once given on
a public examination for school teach
ing to diagram and parse. And of
course the impetuous old darkey at once
| leaped upon it with both feet that he
might conquer it before it got away.
And this 5Rsassbis mode Of procedure:
'Every is de subject, cause it tells the
number of dem why's. and must always
be kept on the line. Why is de prepo-
sitlon, cause it tells what de people
think, and should stand close by de
subject. Hath is dem compliments,
'cause it 'grees wild de subject in de mas
culin gender, and should come on a
| broken line near de end. Doth is de
monstrons pronoun, 'capse it stands
next to de wherefore, and should be
put upon an infnitive Erase. De where
fore is de interjection, 'cause it 'spresses
strong or sudden feelings, and should
come down on lebel wild de subject"
After he had thus diagramed and parsed
his sentence be hermetically sealed his
paper, handed it to the examining COM
mittee trusting in Providence to bring
him through.
From a psychological view, every
event has cause, which is equivalent
to say every why hath a wherefore
This term is applicable to our Christian
Alliance: the Alliance is the why and
the object we had in view in organizing
is the wherefore. Aud if we abuse the
why, we also abuse the wherefore, 81
if we erase the why We have no where.
fore; or erase the wherefore and the
why is superfluous. And as they are
so important and inseparable, let us
foster them as a mother her infant
knowing that the Alliance is intrusted
to US, the young people Of the church
and if we pale her fair name we are re.
sponsible for both the why and the
wherefore. So we should be jealous
and cautious and learn lesson from
the kind old darkey, viz, to keep the
subject on the line. And not to be
sacrilegious at all, but simply deviate
a little, we may get another important
phase from our subject. To be or not
to be, that is the question. Or to love
or not to love, that is the watchword
with the young. To love and to be
loved is why with glorious where
fore, but to love and Lot be loved is 9
why without a wherefore; he is like
the old darkey's compliments, he is on
broken line. Let US for moment
assume that the boys are the why's and
the girls the wherefores, and how nice
the sentence reads: every why hath a
wherefore. While this may not be
applicable to all, it is surely true with
some present. 1t is often the case
where two boys are rooming together
for one to be taken and the other left.
Now let US repeat our sentence and
close. The boys are the why's and the
girls the wherefores. The superstitious
old darkey said, "de why is de preposi-
ton, cause it tells what de people think,
and the wherefore is the interection
'spressing strong or sudden feelings"
So we are the proposition and shall tell
you what we think, and you are the
interjections and must express to US
your strong and sudden feelings. And
finally we shall seal our lives as the old
darkey did his paper, and stand before
a committee to be examined and trust
in Providence that they may bring US
through.
Bessie H. Bedloe, Burlington, VT,
had disease of the scalp, causing her
hair m hooonnp vary harsh and Gry and