Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1895-07-20
THE POWER OF SENTIMENT.
Cleveriy Eiucidatcd i,cfore the Lime XII

THE POWER OF SENTIMENT.
Cieveriy Eiucidated Hesore the Lime Kiln
club.
al wish hcah TO displain." said
Brother Gardner as he adjusted his
spectaclcs and brushed up his front
hair, ~ wish to dsplain dat de Hon.
IIigginbottom Lawless, OF Kosciusko,
Miss, am present in dc aunty-room an
burnin TO delibcr his celebrated i'd
dress ON Sentiment lie arrove heah
three or four days a!o, an has finished
my las bar'l of apples, worn my Sun
day coat right along, an will be n
dead-head on me till he can spoke dis
piece an cotch mixed freight train
gwinc tn Toledo. De committee will
escort him. an II dat water-pail am
upset or any lamps knocked down
doorin' his delibery de guilty wretch
or wretches will receive lesson dat
will rem lin solid for n hundred vars"
Hon. Lawless appeared with pair
of red mittcns In one han and a lemon
In the other, IND such was his placid
ity of mind that when he bit into one
of the m:ttens in place OF the lemon
he never even changed color lie sized
up five feet AMI six inches, intelligent
expression, teal cast in the shape of a
pear, and feet large enough 20 trample
an onion bed out of sight. lie mount
ed the platform like Il steer climbing
n side hill, bowed right and left in re-
Spouse TO the applause, and quietly
began:
my frens, l cannot depress lie
pleasure nm gratiiicashun which feel
TO fin myself standin' hcah under de
sacred shingles Of Paradise hall-a
structure whose name am household
worl whareber dc En- .lish language
greets dc car. Applause. would
rather stan heah dan be buried under
ten thousand dollar monument.
CHEERS.
"De suhjicls Oh my iiress am senti.
ment. What am sentiment? Whar' do
we git Il, an what am II wort by dc
pound when de market nm not ober-
stocked? answer dat sentiment am
sort o 'lasses an mush surroundin'
de heart. In some eases II hariens up
an turns to stun, while in odcrs 1t
Trims out until de heart fairly floots In
pond o sweetness. Applause.
Sentiment has considerable to do wild
cherry ackshun in our cberyday life. II
am L;zncss when You start out to bor-
ry pan OF flour or basket Oh taters.
II am sentiment dat causes naybur
to lend. insteai OF demanding spot
cash. wild applause from Judge Ca
daver.
dizziness act;tuates de lazy an de
shiftless to sot out an beg cold vittles
nm ole clothes an dimes nm quarters
Sentiment acktuates women to she'd
tears obcr 'cm an stock EN- up wild
huff to loaf on fur mother mouth
When we have kic'iin' hoss our senti.
ment am 'pcalcd to. We ar-y dat de-
salty of our loved ones requires ui 70
trade dat anamile off to some preacher
who wants q perfe:tlv reliable boss.
OATS one kind of sentiment. When
we buy an excurShul tic!is: to Nia-ra
Falls, an reach d. grand catarac;
ar.cr thirty hours sweat on cattle
cars, de immense waste of water
'peals to annoder sort q sentiment.
When we luv we reveal another
phase of sentiment II de gal am high
toned au' rich de sentiment am all
solid. II she am only average, an in
debt fur her las spring hat, de senti-
ment am purity thin an won't last
lon :er dan de first bill fur meat comes
in. [Cries of "You bet"l
"My frens, sentiment writes poetry
wild one han an tans de backs OF de
chill'en wild dc oder. 1t guides our
thoughts to frens o6er de sea, an
sends ole clothes to rela shuns in Wis
cousin. II makes us shed tears for de
dead, an yit warns us to cut de under
takers bill down twenty per cent
Sentiment tells us TO luz our Teller
men, an yit whispers to US to lock our
ioahs an place torpedoes in our hem
roosts. Groans. have bin loolSin'
into de matter fur de las forty-eight
vars, an has cum to de conclusion
lat 1t was wise thing TO purvide de
human race wild sentiment. II II had
bin lef out by any accident In de mix.
in de bes' man among us wouldn't
have got bid II put up ut aucshun
along with lot OF fence posts.
could talk TO you fur three straight
weeks on dis subjeck, but obsarvin dat
my half hour am up / will chop off
right heah an hope dat 1t may be my
pleasure at some fucher day to meet
you agin. Any pusson who wants his
fortune told will fin me in de aunty.
room fur de next two hours" Cheers
and yells, ana such vigorous stamping
that three lamps and twenty-five feet
Of stovepipe fell down ana Brother
Gardner adjourned the meeting. IN.
Quad. in Detroit Free Press.