The Wagner post. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1912-current, 1912-04-05

as much tun in this world as the high
brows and have it a good deal cheaper.
1t is getting so almost anybody kin
run a typewriter, but there amt ne
body on earth who kin run a |
pher.
A woman always will have the last
word ever If she has to engrave it on
her husbands tombstone.
Miss Pansy Tibbitts is tryin' to join
the Daughters of the Revolution be-
cause her father was a bookkeeper and
always sat on one of them swivel toy
stool
Partin' his name and his hair in the
middle don't help a Teller much in q
business way, no more than rollin' his
pants up at the bottom.
Our town was thinkin' OF holdin' a
h~omecomin', but refrained from dom
so for fear some of 'em might come
back.
OF course there is some slight excus
for a Teller wearin' earmuffs if the
weather is chilly, and another good
thing about it is that he can walk down
town without bein' able to hear what
the n%eighbors say about him.
Judgin' by the people we see around
nowadays, them hat amt peddlin'
books are sellin' patent potato bearers.
Leaders Rather Than Money Makers
From the Century.
1t is far easier TO turn out OF our
colleges mechanical experts than it is
to create men who are thoughtful,
men who know themselves n the
world. The value Of the modern man
10 society does not depend Upon his
ability to do always the same thing
that everybody else is doing. College
men should be fitted to make public
sentiment as well as to follow it.
The educated leader should be in
.lro-,a pf bic nariQd ndanpn6ona
BORN of thoughtfulness and self-con-
troll should mark his thought and de-
cision. The world looks to him for
assistance in vigorously resisting those
deteriorating influences which would
commemorative intellect, coarsen Ideas
and dilute true culture.
His hours of insight and vision in
the world of art, ideas, letters and
moral discipline should assist him to
will Alright when high vision is blurred
by the duties of the common day. His
clearer conception of highest truth
should lead him to hope when other
men despair. Our colleges should train
men who will be "trumpets that sing
to battle" against all complacency. in
difference and social wrong.
RELATED SCANDALS.
C--istorians are beginning to tell tales
about some very popular idols. They
nave lIl6u lI1e Illo IloIl liz pAi oSS
lives of so many old statesmen and
have attempted to shatter so many
ideals of late thai it is getting to be a
national scandal.)
They tell us that John Hancock almost
served a term in Jail,
nj that he had to hustle round a lot
to fix his bail.
They say that our George Washington
rode out nights in a hack
And that he never hit that famous
cherry tree a whack.
They say he bought the Indians and
paid 'em off in rum,
And down the gay and festive pike he
used to amble some.
They say he lodged his taxes and that
sometimes he would swear;
In fact they've knocked him something
fierce and laid his secrets bare.
They've tried to pull the laurels from
the brow of Paul Revere,
They say a hobby was the only horse
he e'er was near,
They've dug up family skeletons and
held them to the light.
And say that Lafayette funked out and
was afraid to fight.
They say Pat Henry didn't speak or
Liberty or. Death"
And that B. Franklin often had fru-
menti on his breath.
But let them tell their funny tales, z
really must aHoW,
These "eminent historians have go1
to live, somehow.
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THE WORK CURE.
Old 1iram Binks never had much
HYweafth
Or much of a chance to enjoy poo
health.
He couldn't afford to be downright sicl
Or he could have starved and tina
right quick.
ae never dared say that he was i'll.
FOR he never would pay 4 doctor bill.
So whenever life took a somber hue
And Hiram was tired, sick and blue.
He gathered himseif with . suddel
jerk