The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-04-14
MOST ANY7T7ING-A Toast
L. NJ. DAVIS.


This question. MOST ANYTHING" is broad in its meaning n bound
less. in its scope. 1t begins most anywhere, extends erywhere, and ends
m%nng of the Fourth of July at sunrsea and tmkw without ceadngu until the
crack DE- doom" III would b att fbertyt to discuss every question under thu
sun from thu Darwinian theory ito he cause OF an aching yoid"
@&eSDarwin5 says that man is descendant from tn monkey and in tho Ian
guage % h great exponent OF a we'll known socaned hair restorer h @ claims
queer bird 81 him to squeeze a 1872 collar on a 1919 shirt n he vii
roar until the cash register ratues like tn roof Of a green house in a hal
storm u ne will force collar four sizes to- small N the neck of his horse
short as. thu pastors salary"
I would like to approach this subject with the same degree of self e.
the road and crowed defiance in h face O. a seven asscn tourfnp car
approaching at III rate of sixty miles an hour.
go q would like ito follow this subject with all its interesting meanderngs
rom Dan to Beresheba ut such a course would b G a greater ishn nan
~ am willing to infict and would keep you away rom YOUR meals 81 N liza;
your families would eve know whether you had met with foul play OF
8&@.aost Anythtng!" This question extends ron he beginning or ,no
down through. tn dim nfrky past o the last regular meeting If thu
ioownsc council; It covers tn plan OFFS salvation from the time or Adam ito h
Ast nome rnn scored b. Billy Sunday; it takes IN tariff reform n the New
Jerusalem 1t treats Of the feasibility of opening q Goa mine with raverl
INC warns u OF The danger ofo opening a Jackpot with a pair of mines. In
faetsit covers III questions ron politics to measles, M from measles 70
Halifax %S AeNs :"
n. y Is international in its scope 1t covers the universe, 1t takes us TO
ne Snines EmpTe tnow republic, thanks to the liberty loving "Chmks) and
lace OF y Bun and with equal impunty twists h tail OF the Bengal tiger;
Il sweeps tn country with mighty CONGREGATIONS nd blows the breezes of
s cIrost across tn Great Lakes; like cheap whiskey. it will u 9 a m a
Z sptd ehance and tobacco Juice in the face of n enraged cyclone. md in a
moment OF sraci assasnate the canary with a sedge hammer it iri
ta.es ares ne Missouri mule causes him to forget kind treatment kick III end
put oIt the Darn n the rim on the Milky Way. 1t is Ill things at all times
n terrible Ito contemplate! 1t is like a buzzsaw O roller skates. propeIed
" cnalned hghtnfng n running down grade n a slippery track Will brake
tut OF order. This subject is o. much for M
EHT&And when man hs climbed % the crest of h Hill of Life IN begins
yhat slow and solemn marchd own the western Slope Of Time; as b glances
kwaa With MS dim vision through the gimmer o the vanishing past and
scans M Peaks of Adversely; thu thorns IN thistes o. a rnissnent lne. III
ne aas OF via oats a has sow in his youth; the vicssitudes and pleasures Of
2 5usy career; and asthe Good Shepherd leads him gently by h sl waters
q nead bookkeeper who balances the Book of Life; lie peeps with h eager
y OF Hope through the gntterng portals of the Great Hereafter, N a.
lnMKs. - hear MIN Say Il would nt ave missed n Of these fol MOST
#8AS4 II. A. DAyIS