The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-28

am fer any one to go from de tail OBJ
de class to de haid
"Ober dar sots Pickles Smith. He
am jist achin' to climb to de top and
own and run a postoffice and reserve
| ten boxes fer his own mail
| ''Ober dis way sots Elder Penstock.
He has been told dat dar am no rea-
son on airth why he shouldn't be COB
ernor OBJ dis state, and he am tastin'
de fried oysters he will have when dat
event happens
IN front OBJ de stove, wild his
years workin' back and 10th and his
eyes shinin wild ambishum. am Draw
/ back White He has read dat hon
Sesty and industry will boost a man to
I de top oh de pole, and he am lookin
forward to ownin' a steamboat and
bootin' de deck hands about
i so it goes from one to de odder. all
wantiu' sunthin' better-au achin' to
climb up No one OBJ you am content
wild his station in life Sich OBJ you
as kin afford CLAIMS don't want to stop
at dat You want lobster. Sich OBJ you
{ as have patent-Ieather shoes am signIn'
fer gold headed canes to match
Z am fur from wantin' de world to
stand still OF discouragin' ambishun-
but I am at de same time compelled 70
ask. What's de use?' We has all read
OBJ Caesar. He made up his mind to
go 10 de top, and he got dar- Befo' he
begun tryin' he was a contented man.
I If de -four and potatoes and bacon
was out, he knowed wnar he could git
mo-. If dar was a boss race, he 49,
his 50 up on de right boss. He had
/ de money in his pocket to pay his
| taxes, and If he went into a saloon
and found a dozen men dar he didn't
| have to drink alone and make a sneak
How was it when Caesar reached
/ de pinacle2 Nufan' but trouble ar
noon, trouble when he laid his weary
/ head on de pillar He had heaps ob
money, but no enjoyment. he had
/ heaps OBJ fren's, but mo enemies; ne
/ had heaps OBJ power, but not huff to
save his own life Some few wept
when dey buried him, but dar was
hundreds who rejoiced.
kin any OBJ you tell me what was
de use?
Oar was Hannerable As a farm
I er's son he hoed corn, MIXED COWS,
fed de hawgs ana had billed dinners
| a goodlookin' gal wheneber dar was
q circus. and he was allus on hand
at campmeetfn's and county fairs. He
was content and CROWN fat till am
bishun hit him. He got it into his haid
dat he wanted to climb up, and no
body could hold him He cIumb and
clunb and clumb- He got to de very
top. He got to wf1ar he could look
up and see no one on de limb above
him. He got fame. but he didn't have
-
but he made enemies cherry hour. He
won victories. but he come home to
find that de hawgs had broke into his
garden and rooted eberything up. He
reached de top only to die. and his
breath had only passed away when
de newspapers was sayin' mean things
about him
Napoleon was de man of all de
world fur quarter OBJ a century From
Hb6in' in q garnet he come to Iibbir'
In a palace. From bein' a nobody he
come TO he a ruler OBJ de world Dat
man could go out and lick a kentry
could go out and saw half a cord OF
wood. But what did It all amount to
IN de end? What was de use2 Oar
come 4 day when he was pulled off de
perch and Hbed and died an exile
IT was taIkfn' wild Gfveadam Jones.
OBJ dis club. last night He works in
a wood yard at 50 a day. He has got
a cuckoo clock and red sofa in his
house. He owns a winter obercoat
wild a velvet collar to it He kin put
ND a dollar on a hoss race any day
in de week. If kerosene goes up a
cent a gallon, he don't cuSs- IF bacon
draps a cent a pound, he don't
chuckfe ober it. He has got a name
dat compels respect When he starts
for home at night chen de police git
out of his road. His wife gibs high
tea one week and a low coffee de
next. and she kin hab two pairs OBJ
50 shoes a year Kin you draw me a
picture oh contentment and prosperity
TO beat dat7
And vet what does Giveadam Jones
want2 He wants to change his front
name to Claude; he wants to find sun