The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-01-03
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1t was pitiful place, the graveyard.
The grave stones standing on slant
as though afraid to be read. The bur-
dock and other weeds growing rank in
memory of. The briars, thistles, stink
weed and choke cherry bushes hobnob-
bling together as do the very positive
patriots who sit in country stores night
after night, to keep up the everlasting
quarrel on politics, religion, and the
cause of hard times, when each of them
is a part of it. You ought to be
ashamed of such place for weeds, and
such evidence that you are glad when
some one dies and leaves you fifteen
cents.
Then look at the side walk or the
good place to make one. Look at the
weeds in the fence corner. When you
find weeds in the fence corners, you
will always find unclean vessels IN the
house. sweetcake hidden among dirty
clothes, and man who goes to bed
Sunday afternoon with his boots on.
Never marry into the family of man
who lets weeds grow in the fence cor
ners, or who pays no attention to the
grave yard, wherein he has planted the
one whose body is feeding the worms
and the weeds, and whose memory is
of no more account than the letter OF
, President declaring that he will on no
lo4o
term.
! We will now return to our text.
S He aDent q fishing.
0 Note the cOmpactness of the sem
e tence. Four words. He, went, a, fish
v ing.
t Why did he go fishing?
TO catch something.
d That is proper thing to do. When
S you wish to catch fish, 20 and catch
q them. This is one of the best ways in
# the world to obtain fish, or anything
l. else. Arise and 60 for it. Keep right
d on going Suppose you weary your
10 legs. AS we'll weary them tramping,
a. as to weary them sitting still and keep
y, ing the floor from rising up to welt you
If in the face because of your lazinesS.
If Were none to 60 fishing, there would
,r be very few fish taken or eaten, very
re little market for hooks, lines, spears,
w harpoons, seines, snares, and all the
forcible and enticing paraphrenafia OF
the anglorious angler
He went fishing. This means that
he got up, and had an idea, and stirred
himself, and evolved stock OF ambl-
,u ton and proved that he was not alto
IT. gether picnic place for flies. The
Sc man who goes fishing may catch
no something. The man who does not go
Ii a fishing never catches any fish. No,
N, not any.
as There is lots of fishing in this country,
nj and there is no good reason why there
should not be more. There is fishing
of for Office and this is about the worst
ed kind of fishing man can engage IN,
ere three times out of five. There is an
SITS occasional fishing for candidates, and
to as the woods, idiotic asylums, state
see prisons and Canadian hiding places for
len DOOUlcIS, dIO lull VI CdIu1OoCOo, o1SJ
lev can be caught easily. There is fishing
ITS, for pulpits from which to cast flies as
for far out as possible, in order to draw in
en- those who have laid inside them. There
ING is fishing for lovers and sweethearts
on and this is the daisyest kind of fishing
Ind But, dear hearers, how many of those
who are caught are slid on to string
ait and left to wilt. There is going fish
spit ing for business, and this is eyer lauda
tbs. BILE, as fish don't walk a very long wa,
see from their abiding place, merely t.
rev bite. The man who pulled on his boots
ard yanked down pole, dug his bait, an
ned. started for water, was ten times tn
out man as he who wanted some, but wa
and too dog-goned shiftless to get up an
)ing went.
out, Open your blinds boys and look GU
the See the hosts who have caught SOM
eds, thing. The poor boys who have b.
that come useful and well-tO-do-men. II
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