The Florence tribune., 1899-09-09
TIE TRUTH uNpILuTED.
Vic MurdocI<, in the Wichita Eagle, Speaks Plaln Language to the People Of a Kansas Town, but It Fits Some Arl- zona Baiilwlcks.

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 Kansas Town, but It Fits Some Ari-
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 Professor Septimus Greenwinter delivered his lecture on knockers at Williams Center, Sedgwick county, last Thursday evening to fair andi-l ence composed of the elite of the town.
 Professor Greenwinter took the ground that knocking as fine art was growing at Williams Center and other places in the world, and deserved at tention.
 Brutus and oassius, he said. stwere early knockers. Inste ad of getting out into the ward eauenses ana lining up with the boys, Braeas and cassias sat back in one corner of the lodge room and criticised the gov ernment. old Iule Cesar was buying cider fer some first warders and greasing the good will of everybody with half-mood smiles, and it wasn't long before he had the government in his vest pocket in tin foil. And little while after that Cassius and Brutus murdered Caesar and took to the field of battle, and in few days both their wives were plugging around in the business section of Rome getting bids from the undertakers.
 Passing down the glittering pages of history we come to Richard III. He also was knoclser. He didn't last much longer than Mike Morrisey of Tipperary, and fellow named Henry Richmond walked off and left brand new sword sticking in Dicks $6 vest.
 "Again, after few centuries, we come to Patrick Henry, man who could destroy monarchy. but who didn't have enough constructive ability to set up hen coop. Patrick Henry knocked the continental congress. He fumed around with a terrible appetite for Jamaica rum and British gore, and finally brought on a great conflict. He then had an engagement to hoe his potatoes while the Ameri- can troops rushed by his farm to war and Tom Jefferson and George Wash ] iagton hoth afterwards came to be 1 presidents while Pat remained at home and reared because he wasn't [ the whole cheese
 "Bnt it is only of recent years that the knockers haze beeome go. absolute ] ly thick tlaat, whena man wants to do a decent thing he has to do it secretly for lear somebody will prevent him and defeat his charity. You have 'em right here in Williams Center. am talking to whole lot of 'em right here now venture to say that every one of you is knocker at some staga of the game or other.
 "Keep it up. Knock right and left. Knock your neighbor; !; knock. your town, your state and your nation. Suspect every motive; plant your feet on the shining hypothesis that no one is worthy of trust that good is a dream, bad an actually. that the devil has lassooed the earth and is dragging us heIlward at break-neck speed. See hypocrncy in every profession of re- ligion. Charge your fellowman every time one joins church with monkeyiDg with his everlasting soul for the pur- | pose of selling pound more of sugar and peck more of pink-eyed pota- toes. When a man proposes some thing out of public spiritedness doubt look into it, you will find that he fl sneaking something for himself. If h' proposes to get up 8 concert for tht betterment of the town and manages it and makes $l50 cut of it for him self, knock him. If man has beer busted once and is trying to get ahead knock him. Crush him down Nerlec your own business to mangle hope ii bin and drench his reviying ambitiop If he has not paid all his debts and hi' wife geta new dress, knock him Roar Tell it in his hearing that h might betterpay his honest debts first swipe him. Knock. That is la 1 you are here for.
 If mans wife dies start au ugi. rumor that heE. abused her and cause her death. In the black hours o sorrow it will reach his ears and com
 fort him. He can stand lot more; s
 knock him.
 Tt young girl in the natural vivac
 ity of efesveacent youth lacks some
 thing of dignity and discretion, an
 you happen to see her on the street a
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