The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-04-03

SOuu 1duCUGkg k1e Wde SAt eA6Eu
patriot from the first Mrs. Hancock
wanted the colonies to be free, bat she
iidn't want Johns coattails burned
m the doing Of It When he started
or that meeting In Philadelphia that
vas to result In cataclysm she
sought to keep him back. She finally
threatened to go home to her mother
If he went to Philadelphia. and what
was his reply: You may have never
-sad 1t, as great many historians
Rave DELIBERATELY left 1t out Of their
pages. but It has come down 10 me
= ror1 an authentic source. He told
Der just what any patriotic husband
.ahouId tell his wife under the circum-
stances. | have a picture Of hi.n In
~ minds eye as lie stood facing her.
8 she gives him her ultin I'D Il he
!raws himself up. folds his arms. and.
ooEing down on her with the pride
md scorn Of king. he replies:
Then go and be hanged TO your
He went to Philadelphia and aligned
hat declaration and got others - sign
(, and you know the result Suppose
re had stavea at home and gone hue
,;Ieherryiug instead!
When Futon began working on the
steamboat that aftcrward voyaged on
ne Hudson and rerolItionized the
worlds transportation. Mrs. Fulton
told him thu &c was wasting his time.
Size had the idea Of the patent wash
ing macht..c f. ter mind. and she In
sisted that he drop his idea for hers
She was at lin night and day to do
tIis. She had il al figured out how
much soap an1 starch and rubbing
would he saved, and as a matter Of
fact she did tanl him off his own work
for a week or two. When he went
back to ii there was family row, and
she wouldn't speak to him for a month.
Even when he had finished his boat
and she was moving majeSticaIly up
the majestic river Mrs. Fulton was
SO mad about things that she denied it
was success. / see that chills are
running up your backs and your hair
standing up at the thought of what
this world would have lost If Mrs Full
ton had been permitted to interfere
with her husbands ambitions. We'd
have had a washing machine warrant
ed to save 10 per cent Of elbow grease.
but what Of the thousands Of steamers
that come and go?
Not a Washington.
Take my case for another I ain not
q washington, Hancock or a Colure-
bus, but l have always had my aims
and ambitions just the same. / wasn't
ten years old when l decided to take
the lecture platform. My mother tried
to spank it out Of me, my father tried
to CAD it out Of me, and my school
teacher, who was jealous, tried to cuff
1t out Of me, but it stuck. 1t was there
when / was hoeing corn for 30 cents
day. It was there when l was in Jail
for licking a lightning rod man. 1t was
there when l finally got married.
AS soon as told my bride what fu-
ture l was working for she insisted
that / become hog driver-buying
hogs Of the farmers around and driving
would have given way, but l stood
firm. We parted almost at the altar.
but where is that woman today? Who
has ever heard of the next man she
married and insisted on his opening a
hen farm? They are not known from
the sands OF the seashore, while ]
stand here before you tonight with the
laurel leaves crowning my brow.
Wives, beware! Hands off! Every
husband in the country has an am
bition. You see yours sitting on the
fence by day and down at SINNERS
grocery at night and you abuse his la8i
ness. 1t may not be that is all He may
simply be nursing his ambition-wait
ing till the time comes fer him to make
his mark in the world. By jawing
enough and by threats Of the rolling
pin you may stir him up to cut suf
ficient wood to last over Sunday-even
to get himself into the potato patch or
the cornfeld-but in the doing of 1t
you may destroy a future president of
the United States and topple down the
bulwarks Of American liberty"
NJ. QUAD.