The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1900-02-15

ham Lincoln and raferred TO by
Czar Tom Reed In the great tariff
debate in congress few years ago.
And knowing too, that silence is
sometimes more significant than
the most expressive eIoquence, I
had pledged myself not to mix In
again, but "a boys will Is the
winds WILL" and the reference by
Bro. Woodworth to that historical
fruit Of the Garden of Eden Illus
trates the wonderful power of tho
"tie that binds" and irresistably
we are borne to that elysium, that
seventh heaven of mundane things,
the barren knobs and sandy bot
toms OF the Homer Wright farm;
and there with nature, "holoing
com mission with her visible FORMS"
In perfect trust, without fear Of
grammatical breaks or mispro-
nunciations, we speak the "varlous
language" that brings the healing
sympathy; that makes easy the
shrift before our Maker which
comes voluntarily there in Gods
own house where we feel that we
"know even as also we are known
And the thoughts come troopins
up, that perhaps DR.. Dollison is
right; may be God does not count
until all is past. We are living our
cipher life now, and indiscriminate,
vain and useless existance, watch
ing the growth and decay all
around us-puzzled to know, but
not worried, If we shall be counted
at all--and truly does He count
even when all is past? What for
these aches and longings, they
grow not from seed-what for these
tears, this mother-love, this hope
faint glimmerings of the source Of
all-are they all unrecorded, un-
needed by the Hand that made
them? No, love forbid: our con-
scienceness tells US nay; each one,
each thought is counted and no
blindness of ours can bar the light
without, nor dim the light within.
All! gentle reader, drop back to
the old farm again and see the
sights we see. Here is this fine old
motherly SOW with her litter of
pink-skinned, frisky, cunning little
pigs, than which we have not bet
ter example of life and hope, and
those who have failed to see this
family especially at meal time, de-
serve much pity. But, lets count
the brood, how many pigs have
we? One with curly tail; no, do
not count that one because he is
not finished; wait until his end
comes, when he is in sausage and
sidemeat. Or. Dollison would count
him-next is piggy with two black
spots on his side, and a stub-nosed
phiz which brings memories of
"Erin go Bragh," but don't count
him because he too, must root and
delve through this vale of tears un-
til his destiny Is fulfilled.
Well, best not count any-agreed
but who comes here? The asses
sor, an honest, fair-minded man.
Is he clear-headed and unprejudic-
ed enough to view things from our
stand point? No, he is schooled in
a different school and there must
be some consanguineal relationship
to Dom Paul so obstinate is he, and
therefore ye hear throughout the
land the wall of the tax-ridden
farmer.
If not considered rude and un-
kind L would say I despise most
argument and argumentative per-
sons. They use appearances pre-
sented so rashly and carelessly,
neither understanding demonstra-
tion nor sophism-nots seeing what
is consistent in questioning and
answering-making all their specu-
lations uous-forgstting that
il what we state is reason, it re-
quires another reason to analyse
it, and that other reason will re-
quire still another reason to analyse
that other reason; and so on to in
finity. Argumentative persons, IL
they could find an adversary would
be glad to renew the old dispute Of
the Monks long ago as to just how
many angels would dance on the
point Of q needle, and surely no
needle point could be finer or more
impalpable than the moment of
time between the passing OF one
century and the opening of another.
1t Is easy to make statement,
but science to make one without
Inconsistencies. For instance, the
reference by Col. Taylor Feb. 1st to
"what follows since the first GEN.
tury extended from the first Of A.
d. to the first of A. d. l01" is
false and Intentionally misleading,
And then his diagram of the square
of century, while correct itself,
the use he makes of it reminds me
OF the supposed intelligence OF
those good old times when our
grand fathers swung by their tails
in the forest primeval
Lawyers have met just such wit
nesses for the truth, and Judge and
jury have wrestled with such cases
always with one result When q
witness makes statement (dia.
grams it too) and then explains
that where he said this he meant