The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-08-16

WE SIT DOWN UNDER DER PLUM
TREE AND SMOKE OUR PIPES.
it back. If he talks too much. he Dor
rows So der next time und don't pay it
back at all.
'Out Of adversely may come good
luck. Dot time fell of a shed und
broke my leg don't hat to run for al
derman Of my ward und lose my rep
utation.
''Eafery mans should start out in life
NIT der idea dot he vhas born to be
great. II he fails to get there, he can
always lay der blame on somepody else.
If he wins, he can take all der glory
to himself
'It vhas shust as well to hat some
lawsuits und get posted. You sue a
mans to get square, und der lawyer
takes all der money to get even.
IF der mans who plants der seeds
Will figure dot half der melons Will
be stolen, nobody Will be disappointed.
1t vhas when you leave your fellow
mans out Of it dot you make q mis-
take.
''Nopody should try to please eafery-
body. II you wish it would rain, you
may please der mans who has rubber
boots und umbrellas to sell, but you
make an enemy of der mans whose
cabbages und cucumbers need sun
shine. Shust take a middle course und
talk politics.
1T vhas easy to tell a mans NIT a
wooden leg dot he vhas safe on dot side
from mad dog, but you forget how
she vhas If a policemans gets after
him on der street for beating q saloon.
I'VE all know und agree dot de world
vhas all wrong, but if any changes
vhas made we like EN- to begin nit
somebody else.
1T may or may net be dot marriage
is q failure, but it vhas a dead sure
thing dot after you vhas der fadder
of seven or eight children you hat to
keep hustling to bring in der bread und
butter.
ut vhas poor policy to worry. For
ten years I vhas afraid somepody
would break iEto my barn und steal
my horse. One night thief did come.
und how you belief it vhas? Dot horse
vhas dead NIT sickness half an hour
before der thief got in, und all my wor-
ry went for nottings.
81 belief she vhas der best vhay for
eaferybody to begin on der ground
floor. After a mans can drive a hog
out Of der garden through der same
hole he come in at it vhas time for der
people to see smartness in him.
IF you vhas NIT a mans und find a
cent, he Will quarrel NIT you oafer der
principle of der thing. If he firis $50
by himself, he can't see ne principle in
it at all.
.'If it vhas soech 4 bad world ash
plenty Of people would make out, we
all ought to be glad to leave it for a
better, but I notice dot all der ole
felix's are taking spring tones dis year
der same as usual"
1 speak like dis to der old mans Sny-
der, und he mods his head und smokes
AWAY und don't say nottings for a
long time. Den he looks at some knot
holes in der fence und says:
1T vhas curious how many peoples
belief dot thirteen vhas an unlucky
number, und yet 1 neffer found a man
who'd knock a dollar off der bill und
call it SIP.
1T vhas nc use to wish you could
talk NIT 4 mans who had been hung
und find out if it hurts him much. II
vhas easy to try her for yourself.
Nobody can know everything, but
vhas neffer more surprised in my life
When 1 complain of my neighbor's pi-
ano as 4 nuisance to hat him prove in
court dot 1 kept 4 dog which barked
all night.
1T vhas a world in which things
come out even. Der grocer may give
ar. but when you vhas hit by q police
mans it vhas seventeen ounces or more
if you want it.
Sometimes a mans vhas mad at me
because l don't talk about Noah und
his ark, but If vhas to go around try
ing to find out whether it really rained
for forty days und nights or vhas TWEEN
ty-feur hours short vhas in der poor
house in one year.
81 like to feel dat can trust my fel-
low mans, but If hat some note Of
hand NIT 4 good indorsar my feelings
vhas all der better
1T a mans agrees NIT us in all our
opinions, we say he vhas fool. If he
refuses to agree mit as, he vhAs . bigot
und = liar. It vhas shust a. well dot
We do some dsdging around
when q mans comes to nae und com.
plains Of his wife. don't say nottings.
vhan q womans comes to me und com.