The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-07-26
THE POWER OF SENTIMENT.
Cieverly Eiucidated Before the Lime Kila
Club.


Club.
II wish heah to displain," said
Brother Gardner as he adjusted his
hair, Il wish to displain dat de Hon.
Higgin bottom Lawless, of Kosciusko,
Miss, am present in de aunty-room an
burnin' to deliber his celebrated ad.
dress on Sentiment He arrove heah
three or four days ago, an has finished
my las bar'l of apples, worn my Sum
day coat right along, an will be q
dead-head on me till he can spoke dis
piece an cotch mixed freight train
gvine to Toledo. De committee will
escort him, an If dat water-pail am
upset or any lamps knocked down
doorin' his delibery de guilty wretch
or wretches will receive a lesson dat
will remain solid for hundred vars"
Hon. Lawless appeared with a pair
of red mittens in one hand and a lemon
in the other, and such was his placid
ity of mind that when he bit into ono
of the mittens in place of the lemon
he never even changed color. He sized
up five feet and six inches, intelligent
expression, head cast in the shape of a
pear, and feet large enough to trample
an onion bed out of sight He mount
ed the platform like a steer climbing
a side hill, bowed right and left in re-
sponse to the applause, and quietly
began:
MY frens, cannot depress do
pleasure an gratifcashun which feel
to fin myself standin' heah under de
sacred shingles of Paradise hall-a
structure whose name am a household
word whareber de Eng lish language
greets de ear. Applause. 1 would
rather stan heah dan be buried under
a ten thousand dollar monument
[Cheers.
''De subjick ob nv address am senti- !
ment. What am sentiment? Whar' do I
we git it, an what am il WORT by de
pound when de market an not ober- /
stocked? ] answer dat sentiment am |
q sort o. 'lasses an mush surroundin'
de heart In some cases it hardens up /
an turns to stun, while in oders 1t ]
thins out until de heart fairly foots in 4
a pond o sweetness Applause 4
Sentiment has considerable 70 do wid
cherry ackshun in our eberyday life. 1t
am bizness when you start out to Dor.
~ a pan of -four or basket oh taters
1t am sentiment dat causes . naybuf
TO lend. instead of demanding spot
cash. Wild applause from Judge Ca.
iaver
"Bnness acktuates de lazy an de
to sot out an beg cold vittles
an ole clothes an dimes an quarters
Sentiment acktuates women TO shed
tears ober 'em an stock 'em up wild
When We have kickin' hoss our senti-
nent am 'pealed to. We srgy dat de
,afty of our loved ones requires us -
trade dat anamile of 70 some preacher
who wants a perfeckly reliable moss
OATS one kind of sentiment When
We buy an excurshun ticket 10 NiASFA
Falls, an reach de grand cataract
4rter thirty hours sweat on cattle
,ars. de immense waste Of water
peals 10 annoder sort o sentiment
fhen We luz We reveal another
,hase of sentiment. If De gal am niSa-
oned an rich de sentiment an All
old II she am only average, "a n
Ieb; fur her las spring hat, de senii-
nent am purty thin an won : iass
onger dan de first bill fur nes; cos0ss !
D. Cries of You oetP'
MY freos. sentiment writes poetry
sid one han' an tAns de backs Of ds
niilea wild de oder i. guides our ,
houghts TO frens ODE, de Sea, al
ends ole clothes 20 rclasEaas IA "ir
oasin- Il makes us sae3 tears Tor as /,
cad. an yit warns us 10 cut &c unaeF-
aker's bill down twenty per cent /.
entiaent tells Us 20 Inv oar tslier'
Ten, an yit whispers 20 Is 20 ioc< our ,
oahs an place torpedoes ia our hen- .
aSsis IGroaaA have e-s hoS<iH'
} 70 de matter fur de lss' fortJ--lZhs
'Srs- an / h2s cam 20 ds coaelasssoo
a; i was wise thing ~ parsice De
L man race wii seatinenI X i bad
an le. ost b. any accident u &c iaix-
! de hes man among Is sossoSt !.
are got bid Il pat uP ~ sae>s11 !,
lonx wsth a lot o. fence posts !
paid talk 20 roo far three straight
esxs on dis ss seyeex. bat oo<arssn 6s& =
- half aozr An ao I viii ehoo oa :