Putnam patriot., 1908-07-03
High School Graduation.
AN ApMIRABLE ADDRESS,

S3St>SSs We hsu ' sHasS ttttN VI oosNss aA- Jude to the admirable Address of Rev H r. Henson, n. h., of Fremont Tenn
 pie, Boston. We now give it in part
 as follows.
 am grateful for the gracious intro duction that has been accorded me. It
 WAS handsomer than got some years ago, when l went to lecture in Louis vile, Ky. \ friend who introduced me on that occasion said: "iu passing drug store window, this afternoon, l noticed q picture of the speaker of the evening. and just across his mouth, In letters of gold, the shopman had hung sign bearing this legend: Open day and night I.aughter.l
 appreciate the honor that has been done me in being invited to speak on So suspicious an occasion as this.
 never look into the faces of such a body of young people without wishing myself one of them. And never mar rs young couple without envying them little. Not that am dissaiis- 
 lied with my choice, l would so choose again notwithstanding there Is so much beauty behind me, bat l envy their be- ginning.
 1 have chosen theme that hardly seems appropriate for an occasion like this, but l think it will be found pro- titable after all. will only speak litile while, as l appreciate what has been said about the warmth of this June night--which will grow hotter as l proceed. was once asked, when l went to deliver lecture, how loug talked, and replied until the audience got tired and went out, but tonight will try to finish before you go home.
 shall speak on .Gunnery." Not it's long range, but it's high range, when we somewhat facetioasly say education is "teaehing the young idea how 10 shoots l shall divide 1t into three di. visions: Gun Metal, Ammunition, and Aim. l shall speak mostly in the mas culine, but when say man l shall also mean woman. l take il for granted that every man k gun, or "son Of 4 gun Lauahter.1 Metal k the stuff he is made of, and determines his pos abilities of power. Some natures are SD surchafged that they will break out
 no matter how weighted down. These
 men are arhitefs ol their own destinies
 and will tfiumph-not creatures of eir- eumstances but creators of cifcumstan- ees. On the other hand, there are those
 that ase good for nothing, and never
 will he good for anything You can
 make bricks without straw. You must
 have something to build upon.
 l knew Il man who got To be a preach- CT, and he was always tired; he was born tired, and he wouldn't have lived so long if he had not been too lazy to draw his last breath. He wanted me to gel him position. What Is a pas. tor good for if he can't get one of his congregation position2 l heard of a little church that wanted preacher, and sent him ou. there, and they sent him back: sent him io another, and they sent him back; they got tired and got tired---he was always tired. fi- nally he asked me for letter of reeom- mendation lo Dr. Wilson. He said he wanted to be state missionary, to cover the whole State of Maryland Imagine such man trying to cover
 the whole State of Maryland. He asked
 me if WAS going to give him letter
 and I said, sYes, will give you let ter of introduction He said, "l notice you said introduction, while 1 said re- commendation. Did you mean to state
 it that way?r 1 told him yes, but that l 1 did not mean to make Il quite so pro nounced. l then told him 1 couldn | ]! and wouldn't recommend him, for |
 mad begun to get mad, and when l get | l hit right out.
 They tell this little story of Abraham 1 Lincoln: Mir. Lincoln went once to q
 stable keeper and asked for the fastest horse he had He said he was in hur- " to get to a convention as he wanted to do some log-rolling. The stable
 keeper, being of the opposite persua- sion, gave him the slowest old nag he had. After much difficulty and the unsparing use of the gad, Lincoln made the trip. When he returned, he asked the keeper for what purpose he gsner- ally used the horse. The keeper, be- ing something Of wag, replied: "i drive him to the hearse.n ssToo slow 1 Too slowr' said Lincoln" "you would
 never get the corpse there in time for the resurreetion.'
 The speaker then said; .sThere Is the natural genius and the natural fool. Then told little story illustrating the predestined fool: "It Is true, 1t depends very much on the way the original me tal is moulded. Iron is iron, but ya- l ries in fibre and finish. from the toy pis-
 tol to the powerful krupp gun--from
 Barlow knife to structure that can ent a.bar of iron lt is wonderful what transformation there is when II is pull
 through ihe mill. So fl is with the human mind that has nothing to dis tingulsh it from the common herd when t has been though the rolling mill
 and under tie trIp-hamnsef. Every examination is q drawing. out, and eve ry professor l. more or iess Of trip
 hammer.