The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1895-08-17
THE POWER OF SENTIMENT.
Cleveriy EIucIdatsd Before tho Limo Kiln
lluIl

ne FoWCH of oCN
E~iucldated Before tho Limo Kiln
Club.
81 wish heah to displain." said
Gardner as he adjusted his
and brushed up his front
hair, 81 wish to displain dat de Hon.
H~igginbottom Lawlcss, of KoSciusko,
Miss, am present III de aunty-room an
burnin' to deliber his celebrated adj
dress on Sentiment He arrove heah
three or four days ago, an has finished
las bari of apples, worn my Sun
day o right along, an will be a
dead-head on me till he car spoke dis
piece an cotch a mixed freight train
gwine 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 q 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 hat when he bit into one
of the mittens in place of the lemon
he never even changed color. lie sized
up five feet and six inches, intelligent
expression, head cast in the shape OF q
pear, and feet large enough to trample
an onion bed out of sight, He mount
ed the platform like a steer climbing
q side hill, bowed right and left In re-
spouse to the applause, and quietly
began:
my frens, / cannot depress de
pleasure an gratificashun which l feel
to an myself standin' hesh under de
sacred shingles Of Paradise hall-a
structure whose name am a household
word whareber dc English language
greets de ear. Applause. 1 would
rather stan heah dan be buried under
ten thousand dollar monument.
(Cheers.]
de subjick Oh my address am senti-
ment What am sentiment? Whar' do
we git 1t, an what am 1t wort by de
pound when de market am not ODER
stocked? I answer dat sentiment am
sort o. 'lasses an mush surrouudin'
dc heart. In some cases it hardens up
an turns to stun, while in oders it
thins out until de heart fairly foots in
. pond o. sweetness. Applause
Sentiment has considerable to do wild
cherry ackshun in our eberyday life. 1t
am bizness when you start out to bor-
ry . pan of -four or q basket OBJ taters.
Il am sentiment dat causes a naybur
to lend, instead of demanding spot
cash. wild applause from Judge Ca.
dsver.
"Bizness acktuates de lazy an de
shiftless to sot out an beg cold vittles
an ole clothes an dimes an quarters
Sentiment acktuates women to shed
tears obsr 'em an stock 'em up wild
'nuR to loaf ON fur mother month.
| When we have q kickin' boss our senti.
msnt am 'pealed to. We argy dat de
salty Of our loved ones requires US TO
trade dat anAmile of to ZONE preacher
who wants . perfSckly reliab BILE boss.
OATS one kind Of sentiment When
we buy an excurshun ticket to Niagara
Eslls, an reach de grand cataract
artsr q thirty hours sweat OF cattle
cars, de immense waste of water
'peals to snnoder sort o. sentiment
When we luv we reveal another
phase of sentiment. II de gal am high
toned en- rich de sentiment am al
solid. II she am only Average. an II
debt fur her las spring hat. de senti
ment am purity thin an won't las
longer dan de- frst bill fur meat come
In (Cries Of "You betp'1 h
my frens, sentiment writes poetry
Wild one han en- tans de backs of d.
chilren wild de oder. It guides oul
thoughts TO freps ober de sea, an
sspds ole clothes to relashuns in Wis
cousin. II makes US shed tears for d,
desd, an yit warns us to cut do under
tsksr's bill down twenty per cent
Sentiment tells us to luv our Teller
men. m yit whispers to us to lock GU
doahs an place torpedoes In our hon
roosta. (Groans. I have bin lookin
into de matter fur de las forty -eigh
y'ars, an I has cum to de conclusion
dat It ives q wise thing to purvide d
human race wild sentiment. II 1t ha,
bin lef' out by any accident In de miz
in de bes' man among us wouldn'
hsve got q bid II put up at aucshul
along with Q lot of fence posts.
could talk to you fur three straigh
weeks on dis subjeck, but obsarvin do
my half hour am up I will chop OF
right hssh en- hope dat it may be m
pleasure At some fueher day to me
you agin. Any pusson who wants hi
fortune told will In me in de aunty
room fur de next two hours" [CheeI
eud yells. and spoh vigorous stampin
that three Tampa and twenty-five foe
) of stovepipe fell down and Brothe
Gardner adjourned the meeting. In
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