The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-11-13

selves obcr II has ailus DIN Gancer.
Gus an allus will he De average.
man am good nun fur dis cold an
cruel world. Nobody looks fur wings
on his shoulder blades. If too bad. he
may be Gent to plison. but If too good
his punishment will be almost as bad
He will be called fule.
"BrudGer Jones has gone back to
swarm an chawlu an smokin'.
hev his solemn promise dat he will
sset his dawg on hc next uaybur who
comes 10 his cabin to borry anythin'.
He has gibben up de idce of ben'
honest, an IL Airs Jones tries to fam
out agin. she'll sit thumped till she
can't holer. l'ze gwiue to sot up wild
him tonight. We am hopin to save
his life an restore him to de world,
but realize dat 1t VIII he clus
shave"
iicnesty In Mule Trade.
The speaker paused to take 4 drink
of hard cider ana then continued:
Deacon Simmons of dis club was
ober to my house last night He cum
ober TO complain to me dat Waydown
Bebee, also of dis CLUB. had dun got
de best of him on trade Brudder
Bebce had traded him II mewl for a
shotgun. Il banjo, Il dawg and Il dream
book. Dat mewl 'peared TO be fun o
bizness while de trade was gwinc on
pranch' around wild his head in de air
an his heels ilyin ont at eberythln'-
but de deacon had sEasSly totcd him
home when he sortcr collapsed an fell
down. an de last report was to de
effect dat his hours war numbered
II want to take advantage of dis oc-
cashun to say few words TO yo' on
dc subject of honesty. \ good many
vars ago dar was strictly honest
man. He began life wild Il determine.
shun to do de squar' thing under all
circumstances. lie had cash capital
OF S25,000 an lots o faith in human
natur. He planted watermllyons an
didn't hire nobody to watch de patch,
He kept chickens an didn't hcv no
lock on dc doal. lie lent money an
didn't aX fur no l. o. U. lie signed
bonds an notes an didn't ax fur no
security
Fortune Gone In Nine Years.
"If he bought mewl he took de
owners word fur It; If he sold one he
conscientiously p'inted out de ring.
bones an spayins am owned up dat dc
beast was gwlnc on twenty vars ole.
My dear frens, how long do yo' reckon
dat man lasted? In jest nine Vars he
was In de porehouse, an Le neber dun
got out again. 1t was an experiment.
All de rest Of de kentry was watchin'
TO see how de experiment would pan
out. Itwas dead failure an solemn
warnn'.
Il say to yo'," continued the old man
ms he looked down upon the score Of
bald heads on the front seats. "dat de
world has no use fur strictly honest
man, If yo am in de pos'oiilce doan
steal no letters, If go am In de bank
doan' steal no money. Donn' beat yo'r
landlord Ts)r butcher nor grocer. Doan'
rob blind man nor cheat an orphan.
Aside from dat go am expected to take
care OF no one.
where Honesty Steps.
"If yo'r mcwi has got de spaylns
trade him of In de night If some
body sticks yo' wild plugged coin yo'
am expected to pass II Off on street
kyar conductor, De tax assessor ex-
rects yo' to prevarlcate De gus man
iiggers dat yo' will turn on all dc burn.
ers If de meter gifts outer order. IL
yo' fail in bizness yo'r creditors am
prepared TO admire yo'r lcetle scheme
by which yo' beat 'em. We am all
honest up to low water mark; arter dat
doan' glib odds TO nobody.
Deacon simmons pears to feel 1t
mo- bezase he an Brudder Behee be.
long to de same club, an he reclons
dere orter be fraterna feelin'. So
dere orter, but all fraternal feeln'a
melt away when yo' swap watches or
trade nevis. am n deacon In do
church, but do yo reckon that I'd
lend one Of de odder deacons SO