The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-22
OSNABROOK MAN
SHORT TALK

j.. S. Gogin Of Osnabrook was one of
the speakers at the Tri-State
ton yesterday morning. Mr.. Gogin
was heard with considerable pleasure
by all the members of the convention.
Though impromptu, his talk was much
enjoyed. In part he said
In justice to myself, fellow citizens,
| must tell o that not until last
Wednesday evening was l notified that
I, as a representative tiller of the
soil, was to address you on this occa-
sion and the subject assigned vas
new to me; while there are about
sixty head of four-footed farm stock
on the Nora farm and I, when at home,
am the only laboring man or bow on
the place. However, for twenty-five
or years I have maintained, to
myself, that whatever other men can
do. the farmer can do as we'll or bet
ter if he undertakes it, and far he
has failed to make good in each
OF many test cases. Therefore, I am
here and have not any notion to apol-
oglze for being in such distinguished
company.
My subject on this occasion is Con-
serVation Of Home. And I want to
say to YOU, my countrymen. hat the
greatest, the grandest and most sub
lime word in the English or any other
language, is the peace and content
inspiring word-home. Oh! how very
much it meant to us in childhood, that
home of our parents. How all the
memories of joyous a~wakenings. sur
prises, discoveries, and everything
else worth while of our. childhood,
youth and early manhood and woman
hood, cluster around and hallow that
home! And how plainly we a see or
feel the influences Of that good old
home following and abiding with us
all along the pathway of life. And
for US who have established a home
of our own. no matter how humble, if
it only be a real home On the ground
somewhere, near trees and flowers
and other children Of nature, how it
hurts to have to be away from it for
very long. And oh, the joy of return-
ing to it again. What a grand thing
it is to see the lovelight in the eyes
and receive the welcoming caress of
that greatest n best gift which God
ever gave to mana good and wom-
anly wife. And to hear the patter Of
little feet, and the joyful music of lit
tie voices as the children from the old
est to the youngest, come scampering
to meet and greet daddy. All, my
friends, there is absolutely nothing on
this earth which we men of America
should so jealously guard, and so res
olutely endeaVor to conserve and pre-
serve in all its grandeur and purity as
the home n home influences.
The ten commandments of God are
the strong outposts of the citadel
Home. The teaching of Jesus Christ
Or Christianity are it's ramparts, and
the laws of nations are it's walls. And
therefore all these, in reverse order,
are dependent upon the preservation
and sanctity of the home. Destroy the
home and the government; all gov
eminent must perish and disappear
from the face of the earth until the
home is again. enthroned thereon.
Are we men of America striving to
preserve. protect and perpetuate the
homes. If we are and have been our
faces should now be deeply shrouded
in a mantle of shame. Past history
and experience tells us that the best
n truest; the most nearly perfect
or ideal home is, and always has been,
the farm home. There may be many
others that are quite as near to the
ideal Or desirable kind Of home but
there are none which are nearer, and
in these days there are many, very
many indeed which, by comparison,
are not homes at. all. If any or every
man and woman among you will rise
with me to the sublime heights to
which knowledge and intellectual
power ever and always permits man
to rise; and will, from that height.
look down upon, this, great and expan-
sive country of ours that has been so
richly endowed with all or very near