The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-01-01

bisE"n hit him. He got it into his
hail that he wanted to climb up. and
nnlulA could hold hini. He clumh ANA
cluinb II clunlh. He got to de very
top. He got to wilir he could look up
and seq no one on de limb above him.
He got fame. but he didn't have time
to eat his meals. He got glory. but he
made enemies every hour. He won
victories. hut he rome home to find
that de hnwGs had broke into his gar
den and rooted e%herything up. He
;.a"hel &c top only to die. and his
breath had only passed away when de
newspapers was sayin' mean things
! about him.
Napoleon was de man OBJ all de
world fur II quarter oh a century.
From !ibhin' in Il garnet he come to
ltbhin' in Il paiace. From bein' a no.
body he come to he Il ruler Of de world.
Dat nan could 90 out and lick q ken
try and annex it as easy as you or NE
could 30 out and saw half a cord of
wood. I:ut what did it all amount to
in de end? What was de use? Oar
come a day when he was pulled off de
perch and |ibhed and died an exile.
II was talkin' wild Giveadnm Jones
oh dis club last night. He works in a
woodward mt 81 a day. He has got a
cuckoo clock and a red sofa in his
house. He owns a winter ohcrcoat
wild a velvet collar to 1t. He kin put
up a dollar on n boss 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 chuckle ober
1t. He has got Il name dat compels
respect. When he starts for home at
night ellen dc police git out of his
road. His wife gibs a high tea one
week and a low coffee de next, and
she kin hab two pairs Oh two dollar
shoes a year. Kin you draw me a pic
ture OF contentment and prosperity to
beat dat:
Giveadam Jones.
"And yet what does Giveadam Jones
want? He wants to change his front
name to Claude: he wants to find sun.
thin to take de kink out OBJ his ha'r
and pass for Il Cuban: he wants a dia-
mond pin and a plug hat: he wants to
be de mayor OBJ dis city and gradually
climb up to the presidency: he wants
to be known az the it OBJ de United
States. He would leab all contentment
behind him fur a few years OBJ great
ness. Think OBJ it! Think OBJ swappin'
such a name as Giveadam fur dat of
Claude! Why. such a thing would
make de very planets halt in DER
course!
MY fren's. l ask you again. what's
use? It's a question l hab asked
10000 times and shall keep on askin'.
Nobody is brung into dis world wild
any particular objec' in view. If he
draps into a good place. what's de use
OBJ kickin' and wishin' it was Il better
We are bon and lib our time and
den pass away. What's de use OBJ vast
In half a lifetime in a struggle dat
don't amount to shucks If you win?
Hain't 1t better to be content wild what
you've got and sot down and enjoy it
to de utmost? When you've got de red
sofa you've got to begin to look out fer
moths. and so it goes right along up to
de top. Think OBJ desc things. Turn
EN- ober in your minds. Don't let a
day go past widout askin' yourself.
What's de uSe?'
II didn't arrove we're to take up your
valuable time. l iist wanted to git off
what was on my mind. and. hnvin' ac-
dat purpose. l now return
my heartfelt thanks and bid you all
good night"