Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-06-04
GEORGE GOES FORTH

GEORGE GOES FORTH"
home on certain night. When he
got his first uniform he had to run in
debt for it. After waiting three years
for his pay the taller offered to take
half the amount and give a receipt in
full. The offer was taken by young
Napoleon as an insult, and after Civ
Ing the taiior piece Of his mind he
kept him out of the bill for five years
longer and then paid it in full. AS
colonel of regiment he insisted upon
truth above all else. AS general he
could have had divvy VIII army
contractors, but he forced them to be
honest by threats OF hanging. As
comnanderin-ch of great and vic
torious armies he insisted on paying
for pancakes and pumpkin pies, even
when they were taken from the enemy
One of the saddest things, to him,
connected with the battle of Waterloo,
Was the fact that he owed a farmer
fer a f2ed CT cats for his horse and
couldn't SO back to pay for it.
we now come TO our George Wash
ington. History tells us many things
concerning him, but not all. He had
hardly got away from his nursing bot
tie When he began a life of integrity.
That was to be a foundation to build
on. His father always got the best of
a man in horse trade, and his moth
er was busy making cheese, and young
George didn't get much encourage
ment. He should be honored the
more, however. Our picture repre-
Gents chat historic incident Of the
cherry tree. Not knowing a cherry
tree from a blackberry bush, George
goes forth with his hatchet and CHOPS
out a generous slice from his fathers
favorite tree. When asked about it he
could have laid it on the hired man or
the Smith boy, and then gene about
hacking at the pear and plumb trees,
but he was ready to speak the truth at
once. | observe a sarcastic smile on
the face of the pug-nosed man in the
third row back, but let me assure him
that | have seen the identical cherry
tree with my own eyes, and that ii
was the i}lustrious example of Wash
ington which determ ned me to get
out Of the circus business and into
this great moral stereopticon exhibit
tiCn. in his integrity Washington was
consistent. He didn't pay cash for his
whisky and run in debt for his clothes.
He didn't tell the truth to his father
and lie to all the neighbors. His word
to one of his slaves was as good as to
q governor Of a colony. When. the
time came for some one to step in and
father this country Washington was
all ready, and even the British in thsir
defeat never called him a horse thief
or liar. | do not wish to be thought
conceited, but it gratifes me to know
that l physically resemble the great
American patriot, and / am happy, too,
in believing that l have laid the foun-
dations of character which may later
on uphold more or less greatness. My
friends, let US profit by the shining ex-
amples of those humble individuals
who have conquered fame by sterling
worth. The red-headed boy who sits
directly in front of me nursing a sore
eye may become second George
Washington if his character is properly
nodded and his face washed once in
awhile, and for the want of proper
molding the kid next to him, with a
wart On his chin, may become a pirate
1t is a matter to which fathers and
mothers cannot give too much thought
While this exhibition is not yet half
concluded, | shall, while arranging for
other pictures and counting UP the re-
ceipts at the door, ask one of you to
pass around the hat All contribu-
tons viii be scrupulously forwarded
to the American Association for the
Relief os Tongue-Tied Women"