Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-04-23
"THEY SAY

1--WE Just been wondering" said
the maiden of many summers,
awhy more of our would be re-
formers don't try the effect of ex
ample, as well as well as precept,
to bring about a betterment of
mankind. Why don't people who
are forever barping on Solomon's
advice to train up a child in the
way ii should go, try travelling
that way themselves, once in a
while2 Many of the most notori-
Gus black legs. and the most con
firmed drunkards, want their
children to become model citizens
and honors to humanity and so
express themselves, but when it
comes to leading the ways they
go in the other direction. In fact
it's my belief that nine tenths of
the failures are due to too much
precept and too little example.
III | had children to raise, I'd try
the example and let precept be
the side ISSUE"
"Who you goin' to vote for. for
Governor ~ asked the man from
Way Back Crossroads.
"Dunno, dunno.7 replied the old
veteran of political pow.wows.
You see they all make mighty nice
promises, and treat a fellow like
everybody was brothers, while
they are runnin' the race, but l
have my doubts about how they'll
treat old dodgers like us, when
they clinch the Office. Time was
when | took everybody at his
word, but | was green then, my
brother, and have been roasted
enough in my life time to dry up
in some of my political opinions.
The Honorable ID. NJ. Cog was a
runnim' for a big Office, when
was Younger than / am now, and
he says, SEE Zee, 'Just keep an eye
on my fences in your precinct, old
pard, and when | get into the
mansion, one rooms going to be
set aside specially for you. It'll BIT
your room, same as home.n
"Dld you ever roost in thai
roomq' asked the friend.
marry time! "When l called
to see the successful candidate
he didn't even remember me
Had had a stroke of paralysis o
the faculty that old fashioned
folks call gratitude. And broth
er, the disease amt died out yet
and look sharp or it will breal
out thicker than hops after tn,
August primary. Pick your maj
in votin', friend, and don't let tht
candidate pick you.n
"pve just been reading of a
woman said the street corner
oracle, "who had a mania for eat.
ing nails and bits of iron. She ate
them for years, and when she died
they held an autopsy and found
several pounds of nails and iron
IN her stomach. What's strange
it didn't seem to hurt her yet a
heavy weight biscuit can raise
Cain in a household any time the
cooks makes a miSft in bread
mlxIng.n
81 knew a fellow" said the man
who could't be beat, "who could
eat broken glass and crockery
ware like hot cakes. Seemed to
relish 'em, and they didn't hurt
him a mite. that anybody could
see. He just went around making
money a showing off at it,"
swell | knew a man, said the
old citizen. "who lived in this very
town, who swallowed a good 500
acre farm, a block of business
houses, and his home.n
"Good gracious, you don't say
So" replied his listeners in a
breath. "Fact! But it hurts him
worse than glass and iron. His
eyes and nose got red, and he
bloated up like he was stung by
bees, and when he turned up his
toes to the daisies, his wife and
girls went to the poor house, and
his boys to ruin. l think Its well
enough to have a care about what
you swallow, and / rather think
what comes out of the glass may
burt more than swallow wing the
glass ITSELF"