The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1907-02-13

q week.. lie drove to town wild a Good
lookin' gai whenebLer car was Il cir
Gus. and he was alius OF hand at camp
meetu's and county fairs. lie WIS con-
tent ard CROWN fat till a!nblshun hit
him. He got it Into his Laid Gat he
wanted to climb up. and nobody could
hold him. He clumb and clumb and
clumb. He got to de VERY top. He
cot to whar he could look up and see
10 one on de limb above him. He got
fame. but be didn't have time to eat
his meals. He got g.o:y, but lie made
enemies ebery hour. He won victories.
but he come home to find dat de hawgs
had broke into his garden and rooted
eberything up. He reached &c top only
to die, and his breath had only passed
away when de newspapers was sayin'
mean things about him.
Napoleon was de man Of all de
world fur q quarter oh century.
From libbin' in garret he come to lib
in q palace From bein' nobody he
come to be ruler oh de world. Dat man
could 60 ont and lick a kentry and an-
mex it as easy as you or me could 60
out and saw half a cord of wood. But
what did it all amount to in de end:
What was de use? Dar come day
when he was pulled of de perch and
Ibed and died an exile. ..
II was talkin' wild Giveadam Jones
OBJ dis club last night. He works In a
wood yard at 81 day. He has got
cuckoo clock and a red sofa in his
house. He owns winter obercoat wild
q velvet collar to 1t. He kin put up
dollar on q boss race any day in de
week. If kerosene goes up cent gal
lon, he doa't cuss. If bacon draps 4
cent a pound, he don't chuckle ober it.
He has got name dat compels re-
spect. When he starts for home at
night, eben de police git out of his road.
His wife gibs high tea one week and
a low coffee de next, and she kin hab
two pairs OBJ two dollar shoes a year.
Kin you draw me a picture OBJ content
ment and prosperity to beat dat? !
"And yet what does Giveadam Jones
want? He wants to change his front
name to Claude; he wants to find sun
thin to take de kink out Oh his ha'r
and pass for a Cuban: he wants a dia-
mond pin and plug hat; he wants to
be de mayor oh dis city and gradually
climb up to de presidency: he wants to
be known as de it oh de United States.
He would leabe all contentment behind.
him fur a few years OBJ greatness.
Think oh it! Think oh swappin' such
name as Giveadam fur dat Of Claude!
Why, such a thing would make de very
planets halt in DER course!
"AIy fren's, I ask you again. what's
de use? It's question hab asked ten
thousand times and shall keep on ask
in. Nobody is brung into dis world
wild any particular objec' in view. If
he draps into good place, what's de
use OBJ kickin' and wishin' It was q bet
ter one? We am bon and lib our time
and den pass away. What's de use oh
wastin' half q lifetime in struggle
dat don't amount to shucks II you win?
Hain't it better to be content wild what
you've got and sot down and enjoy it
to de utmost? Wnen you've got
cuckoo clock, you've got to have red
sofa to match. When you've got de red
sofa, you've got to begin to look out fer
moths, and 50 it goes right along up
to de top. Think oh desc things. Turn
'em ober In your minds. Don't let
day 80 past widout askin' yourself,
'What'sde use?
Il didn't arrove yere to take up your
valuable time. I fist wanted to git of
what was on my mind. and, havin' &C.
complished dat purpose, now return
my heartfelt thanks and bid you all
good night" NJ. QUAD.