The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-12-10

INV summer squashes when he wcnx
home at night was hidin' begpo u
curraut bush when he went. ana no
had n SQUASH under each arm Dsd
git up and whoop and howl and cry
ont acin dc wicSc,lncss OF de wortdf
Not any. I suoWe1 human natur and
took IL as n l.rattsT uf co'se- Wasnt
de least disappointed nor mad about IL
1T was only three nights ago DAT
Elder walpole come runnin' oher To my
nbin 20 tell me dat his wife bad bren
took wild cramps and must have hair
n dollars wuth OF brandy TO save hcr
life. didn't fall outer bed on de
aooh. didn't fall ohcr no chars
Neither did | gin de elder de haIf dol
lar. | know c,l him fur liar. was
'spcCtiu' some such Job. and ! bad ne
vinegar aud de kyaun pepper TN do
same bottle and waitin' fur him. ] m
sisted dat he take big dose himself.
and Mrs. Walpole was around as usual
next r.Hvu!n'. hain't said nuthtn'
20 Ge elder. and hain't gwine to- it
was n sort a. duty fur him TO beat mo
outer n half II he could. and IL was
my duty 10 protect myself
Man come TO me last week and
wanted TO sell me a mcwl Was IL dat
mans duty 10 pint out dc ringnoncs
and spavins on dat animal and To tell
me furdcr dat he was blind I'm osne eye
and as deaf as n postT Course nnf- III
was my duty 10 see fur myself. and
when had sawn offered to trade
him watch I'm which sixteen wheels
was missin'. We lied 10 each ctder,
and we parted de best Of friends
DE chickens was layin' mighty fine
last month. and one day ! took three
dozen eggs down 10 Ne grocery aud
bought soap and tea. De grocer charged
me too much. and not only slipped n
couple OF de eggs back in my pocket.
but three herrings besides. He wRs n
cheat. and had TO be n cheat to- mntch
| him.
"Size de World Up Right"
"T hear folks tellin' what bad world
| dis am To live in and dat good man
| gifts no show. You jest size de world
| up right and you'll slip along same m
odder folks, and as fur de good man
| he'd better rub some OF IL OF. Too
! much goodness is like putin n woolen
| blanket on n hoss in July day It's
hot fur de blanket and uncomfortable
| fur de hoss
"I hain't sayin word agin truth
and honesty and gineral integrity. Az
! long as de world seemed 10 have any
use fur 'em dey was handy things TO
have around de house. What i say is
dat you can't be heap different from
anybody else and make II pay or have
any fun out o. It. II you do business
! wild a man you have got TO do IL an
odder folks do.
'T hain't sayin' dat it's fur do best
dat men lie and cheat and deceive and
stand ready to do each odder up, and
neither will I deny dat IL adds Zest 10
life and sharpens up a mans wits.
reckon I rather injoy It when Ebuiu-
ton Brown comes ober to my cabin
fur an hours visit and tries 10 take
de doah mat wild him when no goes
If he was a good man he would be n
bore. As it am, I'm wonderin' when he
will succeed in gittin' de mat.
"JesT look upon men as men.
"If YOU hain't lookin' fur truth and
you git dose Of 1t de surprise VIII be
pleasant
Don't expect de big end OF de trade
OATS what de odder feller Is also look
in fur
"Pe reasonably honest and Ire rea-
souahlv truthful. but don't go 10 braI'
gin - or Il or you'H no thought n
| rhic" ,.'d - Inv
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