The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1901-10-24
STANDING UP FOR MISSOURI.
An Eloquent Tribute by q 10y
al and Able Son.

| vegas, N. NJ, W. ". liayd0n respOhu-
ed to the toast, missouri" in a hap.
py vein and q manner BETTING
loyal son, and graduate Of both liter
sry aud law departments Of the Mis-
souri, State University. It wAs ban
quot of states aud forty.eight guests
were seated at the Missouri table.
DIR. Hnydon's response was as follows:
"Twelve years ago landed In
the west at Colorado City, Col. While
riding in q stree. car at that place,
with one other passenger, after a
short while he put the usual question
to all now comers, "Whcrc arc you
fromy' was not ashamed Of II, so ]
promptly replied, From Missouri,
SIR lie said, Young man, let me
give you some advice; never tell any
body out here you are FROM Missouri;
IL you do people will pull their hats
over their face and take the other
side of the street; say you arc from
Ohio, Illinois or some other state L
have never liked that man since.
"Great men and fine women come
from Missouri. Our present Cover.
nor WAS born there, also our ex-.
governor, aud the best governors Of
the territory before them; Hon:
Thomas b. Catrop, Judge Laughlip,
of Santa Fc, ex-Judsos Hamilton and
Baniz, Messrs. Spies, and Easlcy, OF
the present legislature, and oil other
GOOD msmbsrs Of that body. Dr.
Tiptou aud myself were from there.
Senator E!kins used TO mako mid.
night raids on tho neigbbors' chicken
roost when q student OF the univer-
atty, aud Ia still raiding different
kinds Of roosts, and owes his life to
Cole Younger; am told that Billy
tho Kid also; then there is Jesse
James, Bill Anderson, Quantrcll, etc;
Eugene Field, who wrote so bssuti-
fully aud tenderly for the little folks;
Mark Twain, Americas greatest
humorist; Mrs. John A. Logan was
born within few miles OF the State
University, and q score Of Others.
Whatever his occupation, he II bandit
or minister, tramp or lawyer, osteo-
path or regular doctor, you will find
= him an expert. For everything great
that the Lord made, he made some
thing corrcspondingly small. When
/. no made tho elephant, he made the
mouse; when no made the eagle, ho
made the sparrow, and when he made
the Missourian he made daisy. HC
never. gives up or snrrenders, and
4, many have not been reconstructed
yet.
|, "Warm hearted, courteous, hospit
I able. No door Is over closed to tn,
4 stranger, and It was once said that
! stranger might traverse the state and
} never have to pay fora. nights lodg
! ing. I,ranIcmbcI taking once will
! our present Secretary Wallace. who
! by the way, was born IN Ohio, bu
4 does not. generally admit It, bu
y claims Missouri as bome, who snit
= there were more good thiugs TO ca
iu Missouri than any place he eve
saw. What Missourian can ever for
d get a good opossam and sweet po
= tato dinner, prepared by Aunt Dinal
, pumpkin. bread, corn dodgers. ant
hoe cake, hot biscuit aud, sorghum
= stacks Of baked aud fried apple pie
for Christmas, cold custard aud glu
ger bread. Hush yO mouth, chile
p a'The Missouriau TO tho manor bor
10 proud Of bis people, proud Of hi
state, loves his home be It a cabil
No people aside from the Kcntuck
ians has more state pride. loves hon
or more, aud hero and hero worship
E. Most good things originate and com
:, from Missouri: good Methodists 70
rh instance, the school Of osieopath
and Wcltiner's electric plan Of hes
}, inc. Her pcoDic are G. Od fearing an