The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1908-07-31

Jump on Hammer Flanders witt
Both Feet, Even Poetic Feet-Le e'
Us Bury the Hatohet and Hammer.
10 has been said that there is time
ana place for everything ana that
everything has some eooIrnd prac.
tical use in the universal plan. While
this may be true. there remain TO be
discovered the benefits 10 be derived
from the man with the hammer"
This does not refer 10 the man who
wicIds that useful implement Of toll.
bun 20 the heurativc hammer in the
hands of that species of the human
animal known as the "knockcr"
The real man with the hummer is a
builder lie IS one of the most neces-
sary and beneficial of our citizens.
/ The iieuratiye. man with the hammer
IS a tcarer down, a hindrance an OBJ
'taclc. tumor on the body polite. a
municipal cancer, menace 10 prog.
rcss. breeder Of dissatisfaction.
promoter of trouble.
Thank heaven beaumont has not
many of these enemies Of peace and
prosperity editorlally remarks the
Gateway Gazette, published at Beau
mont CAL There may be one or two
# the species among us. for IL is
said that mo- community is free from
Them Some recent editorials and con-
lributions I'm southern California pa
pers indicate that there are "men with
hammers in ncighboring towns. For
This reason warning is here given.
Let us quarantine against the pests.
one of the towns which seem 10 be
infested is Huntington Beach. ana am
editorial in the News Of that city con-
tains So much good and sensible ma
terial that it is here appended.
"Much has'bcen said and more has
been written Of the person who is al
ways bcwailng the fact that the town
in which hc lives is doomed 10 be for
ever small and unlmportant, its people
shIftles~ and incompetent in business.
its streets in filthy condition -in short,
the other towns are in every way
more desirable as places Of residence
To define his qualities. the word
knockcr' has bcon coined II is inn
pressiyc 10 is even emphatic. yet it
is not strong enough
This Kind Of alleged citizen is found
everywhere. even In Huntington Beach. |
The News meets him occasionally and /
tries TO talk him out of his dumps |
No one so quickly contracts disease /
physical as the one who always seems /
to think that he has it. No one con
tracts disease financial so certainly as |
be who is always telling and finally /
himself that he is doomed
10 be a pauper; that his town affords
no opportunity Of earning a decent live
ihOod Brace up Talk chcerfully.
Make your opportunities Boost your
own Join the board Of trade. Try TO
have some enterprise Try 10 believe
hat others have. BE sure that your
own is the best in the country Why.
he members of our WOman's club are
more manly I'm spirit, more helpful 10
he town, more likely 10 build Il mp.
han a male knOcker' An adm0ulti0n
hat has been given ever since the ad-
ent Of the Prince Of Peace Is. Bury
be- hatchet' Quite right Favor al
'ays peace but Bury the hammer IS
Ot a bad motto, either"
Deducing from poetical contrbu-
lon 20 the Chino Champion. the sugar
eet town is not an sweetness The
rticle is entitled Boost a Bit and Is
ontributed by one Of the merchants Of
ne town. II, too, IS worth reading.
nd it IS hero given.
IIcro. you disconnected knockor
Growlin bout the c0untry's Ills.
Chloroform yer dismal talkcr.
Take "a course OF liver pills I
Stop ycr durn klOtee h0wln'
Craw some sand am get some grit.
Don't sit in tho dumps a-growlin'.
Jump the roost y
An boost
A biti
Fail in while the bands a-playin, u
kctch the step an march along.
Stead % pessimistic brayin
Jinc the halcluyah song Il
Drop yer hammer. DO some rootin'. a
Grab horn you cuss an split ii
Every echo with yer tootin
Jump the roost D
An boost
A hiti