The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-10-02
THE ,CoBBLER' s CORNER.

THE COBBLERB CORNER. \, a.
l never he'd this shop g full %
twas yesterday" said Cobbler ~,
.sbut 'twasnt customers-'my, mol
twas a mad dog scare. A poor
little yellow mongrel, looking ~ Y
it he'd mt been fed of q week, he'd
some kind Of q fit right out in the.
street, mong tho market wagon. D.
Well yud ought to see the people
run! They come crowdin' In here
till the door wouldent hardly shut,
nd the women screamed md the
ohidren's eyes wuz as big as sau-
GERS. The dog he wuz feeling bet
ter, the policemen come long md
shot him, putin enough lead in
him to kill an elephant. Twas in
the paper last night, md they say
tho council is goin' to inforce the
ordinance about lettin' no dogs go
round the streets unmuzzled. That
ordinance is right, too. -.
Never heered of real case of n.y.
drophobia happenin' Of real among
folks now. But I know there is
such q thing, md no mistake, md it
is better to keep every dog in a muz
zle all the year round than to hev
one child bitten by a mad dog.
"But what seems to me is how
folks get all worked up to prevent q
thing that doesn't happen once in
hundred times, as while they let
other things fifty times as certain
go right along without oncet tryin'
to stop 'em. Why the very mint
that yeller dog was hevin' his tit,
Ben Davis was drivi'n his brewery
wagon down the street, piled high
with full barrels. There was more
destruction in that load than
ever mad dog could make, even
if he bit right md left. Mad dogs
don't break up homes nor bring dis
grace to families. They aren't equal
to drink. Yet nobody noticed that
brewery wagon. Council 'aint 60
ing to pass an ordinance muzzing
the brewery-no indeed. Nd if
you d ask them to, you'd be laughed
at for a temperance crank. That's
the queer part of it-tolks don't
seem to know real danger when
they see it.
Why as I said, I've never knowed
a real case of hydrophobia among
my acquaintance, md I've been a
Twin here nigh on to.haf century
But if you'd ask me how many
cases of Destruction by drink I'D
known of, I'd hev to tell of twenty,
or fifty, or hundred, either. Jest
that one saloon ON the next block
it's not been there year, md l
could tell you dozen young fellows
that I've sec go reelin by here from
it's doors, with the poison of drink
dom it's deadly work on their souls
md bodies.
Cobbler Cy's words are only too
true We see the awful effects of
the drink habit brought to our
minds 80 often and so forcibly. You
fathers and mothers who have your
boys with you tonight are doubly
tender and patient. Even planning
a little extra trouble for their pleas
ure and comfort. But while thank
full your home circle 10 complete
think of that other home circle 80
recently and 90 terribly broken. Oh
Christian People arise to action, let
US use our weapons against the
worst evil that threatens the hui
man family. Is there anything We
can do in the future that We have
left undone in the past to help over
throw this great evil. If there is
let US do with our might what our
hands can do. May nothing tempt
us to compromise with the enemy.
For what shall 1t profit a man if he
gain the whole world and lose his
own soul We all desire improv.
ments in our town, cement walks,
paved streets, etc., but in the name
of all that's good and right let us
not pave our streets with blood
bought souls.
Mrs. G. W. Davis.
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