Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-08-23
SAID IN SHORT WORDS.
A strong Talk Entirely In Monosyl-
labIes Made By an Ohio Man
Years Ago.


In these days Of turgid eloquence,
when public speakers seem 10 vie with
one another to see how many triple
jointed words they can lug into a
speech, and, seem 10 scorn the strength
and beauty Of short words, an ad..
dress delivered many years ago by A
r. Edgerton, OF Ohio, has peculiar
weight, says the Chicago Chronicle,
and is an eloquent argument In favor
of short, direct methods OF speech. Mr..
Edgerton Is n former member OF con-
gress, and was civil service commission
er under President Cleveland. The ad-
dress was delivered IN 1852 at the COM
mencement Of the Fort Wayne high
school, In Indana, and while II was
impromptu and no' at all q studied ef-
fort at monosyllabic dietion, each Of
the words Il contains Is a monosyl-
liable. Not only that, but as an ora
torieal effort II ranks high. The ad-
dress Is as follows;
This day we close for the year the
Fort Wayne free schools, ana we now
part with you, the girls and boys we
are no more to teach.
II say girls and boys, for when
three score and ten years have come 20
you you will be glad to have your
friends say that health and peace of
mind have kept your hearts warm;
that you wear no brow Of gloom, are
not borne down with age, but still, in
heart, are girls and boys When these
years come, and hope they will come
20 all, the tide OF time viii roll back
and tell you Of your school-time days,
when the fair. the kind and the true
found love, but the false heart found no
friend, no tongues to praise. These days
bring rich gifts TO age, and when you
have ceased to think Of them your fire
has burned low and your light has gone
out. You have been here taught in the
hope that the free schools Of Fort
Wayne would help TO make you Of use
10 your friends and TO the world, would
give you faith IN all that Is good and
true, and lead you TO seek work, for
that you must seek and do II you would
have a good name, wealth, a home, a
charge TO keep or trust 60 serve. 80
firth with a bold, true heart 10 seek
tre work for you 20 do.
keep IN mind that the hours TO
work run through each doy and that
Gods great law Of life IS; In the sweat
OF thy face shalt thou eat bread
"Now, for you, young men. this
truth Is told.
go where you win through tho
world and You will find on the front
door Of shops and mills, OF stores and
banks, and on ships, on farms, on
roads, IN deep mines where men toll
for wealth. where laws are made that
make some men too rich and men OF
worth and work through all our land
too poor where men by law are taught
10 plot with sin. 20 spurn the right,
that charge and cost and soil may
make old Quirk's' law Arms rich;
whore law Is 10 plead that the Judge
must guess TO iind what's laws where
quacka most fight DER sick mems pains
and dead mems bones; where types are
set and none 10 mind the proofs;
where priests do preach and pray. and
where schools are taught, this signi
Brains VIII Find Work Here
Don't fear. Step up and ask for
works brains will get H. Don't let
4 dare not walt on wOuld'-like the
cat that loves hsh, but dares not wet
her foot.
~ it, be- saids- What can you dor