The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-01-09
The Liar.

For ages-yes for all time past
truth has been eXacted. 1t has beer
looked upon as the foundation of ev.
erythIng of Importance and of beauty.
Poetry and beauty rest upon the con.
genial substance of truth.
1t is solid and substantial. 1t never
fades.
George Washington as a truthteller
in connection with the historic Ratchet,
has been held up to the youth of sever
al generations in association with the
cherry tree,
The cherry tree, which George hack
ed with his Ratchet has long since ceas-
ed 10 bear red fruit and gone back to
mother earth to enrich the soil and
make some shrub or plant to flourish.
But the lengends live as well as
young Westinghouse ambition to tell
the truth in the minds of the rising
generation.
l respect and revere the truth and
have endeavord to live'as close as pos
sible to the maxim, "tell the truth and
shame the devil"
None are so well respected as he or
she who never varies from the truth.
They should wear a crown-they do
wear a crown that never furnishes or
fades.
But the liari
He has a place, such as it is, that is
hard to fill.
Who built the Union Pacific railroads
The liar gave it its first impetus and
then the government did the rest.
Who set atloat the greatest enterprise
OF the age?
The liar.
The Georgetown turnpike and the
Lexington bridge across the Missouri
river have not been built, because the
liar did not materialize to any great
extent.
If the liar had got in his work
enough both of these enterprises would
have been accomplished.
Who originates vast Investments,
erects your tightening rods, sells sew
ing machines and patent churnsP
The liar.
Who settled the wild and woody west
and made it possible for the pioneer
husbandman to have a home?
The liar.
Who floats bonds, discounts the pa
per and manuevers the initial steps of
corporations and consolidationsp
The liar.
Who originates boomsP
The liar.
Who is it that makes wildcat mines
successful and sets a prize upon human
ingenuity
The liar.
Who gets elected to Office and makes
politics Interestingly
The liar.
Who marries off her daughters the
in life?
The liar.
Who gets the best girl and the most
darling in the community for
q wIfeP
The liar.
Who gets tho largest Judgement in
he courts of Justice when railroads
and other corporations are the defend
The plaintiff, the result of witness
IS toying with the truth.
Who is it that extends the circula-
ion of the village newspaper enor-
nouslyP
The colossal liar. =.
The book peddler, the quack doctor,
he old settler, the life insurance solic-
and the amatuer fisherman chal-
enge my admiration, in their respect
We lines.
For they are liars.
The liar has many guises-he wishes
o make your fortune and he wants to
DOrrOW n dollar.
But he is always pleasant, affable
nd agreeable whether engaged In the
.oliciting of millions in world stirring
'lans, or in attempting to secure II free
inch. The truthful man will affront
GU with rude oandor and hold up your
aults brutally to your notice. But the
ar he will do nothing of the sort. He
Jill make you comfortable and hap
y. He will put you at peace with the
and with destiny.
Whether he is in commerce, i'll poll
.cs, or in the show business, whether
e Is offering you Il position or asking
favor, let him be respected in the flu
ire, and his merits be recognized.