The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-04-22

You can't be q good father, a good
business man, q gentleman, or a good
citizen IL you swear. If you swear,
tear down your sign, you are losing
your manhood. There are three
things which will give any town a
bad name. Those three things viii
keep people away from 1t more than
any other-a lot OF swearing, ours
ing, foul-mouthed men on the streets.
stores open on the Sabbath day, and
away than all the printers Ink cam
counteract. Many men have asked
me where there was a good town.
where religion and education were
above a
Young ana old men swear. Why do
you do it2 Does it add anything To
your manhood? Does It add anything
to YOU home? Does It add TO your
integrity Does it give you a better
rating in Bradstreet or Dun? What
do you cuss for2
God said, 'aThou shalt NOT steal
and stopped. He said. Thou shalt
not bear false witness" and stopped,
but when he got TO swearing, He
said. Thou shalt not take the name
Of the Lord, thy God, in vain, for the
Lord will not hold him guiItIess who
taketh His name in VAIN The Lord
knew that a man under certain
ditions might be tempted to steal but
there is absolutely no reason why a
man should cuss. / can see where
you get some pleasure out OF some
other things in this life, but I can't
can wHrhawn van sroN onNy&htn~ n.ak ~
swearing. You done hear OF any
body having a cussing bee to see who
could cuss the Ioudest or longest for
a prize.
Nothing in II.
I can see where a man will be
placed in circumstances where he win
steal to get food and fuel for his
starving and freezing wife n chill
dren. ! can see where q man could
be placed in circumstances to kin to
save his wife and children, but / can
not see where he could be placed in
circumstances that he would have TO
cuss and damn God.
Women and Men.
Not a man but who would be dis
gusted IL his wife would swear or IL
oAlS WOh4u NhSSS AAIA npC" AhHuL LAG
house. he would be hanging about the
courthouse seeking a divorce. He
told a story Of a woman who once
gave her husband a taste OF cussing,
which she had been compelled 20 stand
for years. He promised to do any
thing in the world If she would only
stop it and she did, after making him
promise to quit the habit. Your wife
has Just as good a right to cuss and
booze-hght and side-step her virtue as
you have, and for every fallen woman
there are 100 fallen men. There are
men prostitutes as well as women
prostitutes.
A Boy Not Wanted.
Here is a man that has got the
habit of drinking. He comes home
one day and finds that his whisky.
bottle has been touched. He says to,
his wife:
"Have you drunk some Of my
whisky7'
NO"
He says to the boy:
Have you been drinking thai whis-
ky?"
mo"
He finds that ne has lost some
money and he says to his wife:
wife, have o been in my pocket
and taken some OF my money!"
mo"
Il had 81 cents and now / have only
90"
Well the old man sees an advertise
ment In a newspaper. He sees where
a merchant wants a boy. He takes
the boy to the merchant and the old
man says:
Want a boy2"
The merchant says:
Does he smoker"
"A little"
"Chew2*
YES"
'Drink?s
Sometimes, he doesn't get drunk"
Does he steal +"
%oh yes, a little bit HE'S tricky
just the thing for you In your busi-
ness"
Il don't want him at all"
Well he goes over TO the lawyers
Office. He says the boy ought to
a a good lawyer with all these
habits.
He walks unto the lawyers ONCE and
says:
"Howdy, want a boy7"
Eyes. Does he smoke .cigarettesT'
Yes"
'iStea1?'
"Yes."
Does he Ter
"oh. yes, / think he would make a
good lawyer"
well / don't want him take him
out OF here, do you think I want to
disgrace the profession by hiring a
good for nothing nka tfa47 Take
him out of here.
do you know that the United
States is run by lawyers4
Most of the governors are lawyers.
Two hundred and ffty-nina out OF the
500 representatives are lawyers.
Twenty of the twenty-six presidents
have been lawyers. The head of ev-
cry department in washington is a
lawyer. The founders of this country
were lawyers.
Take him away
Turned Down by the Saloons.
The old man takes the boy down
the street until he comes to a sign,
Saloon; Say loon. That liz a.
pretty good name for il. He's come
at last where you've been coming
alone for the last twenty years and
now you're bringing him with you.
He goes to the bartender and says:
do you want a boy? ?"