The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-09-29
%Finnegan's Philosophy


What is he" asked Finnegan. Sure
at Injainnypoles he said he was full
OF Annymated Concerv'tism. Fwhat's
that, We say? IT'S the turn-table on
the wan thrack mind. 1t kapes spin
min round and round an divll a man
can tell fwhat switch it Will pick up.
1t dinnau itself, SO We dinnau where
to lay for 1t.
Twas so wild the arrumed freight
ships. They're not warships,' lie says,
'onleJs | change me mind he says,
which / have he says, AN annywan
who says SO Is "A liar he says, but |
refuse to discuss it. he says. III pass
the buck to Congress- he says, 'on'y
| won't he says, for tbs no business
of theirs he says, though they u
vote on the resolution he says, TO
show where they stand he says,
hince yen lay Ii on the table he says,
AN thin they can't vote says Wud-
throw to Stone.
"I-I-thought | seen "a fallacy,'
says, Stone. tlmid like, but the Great
Idaylist brung down his fisht wild a
t'ump.
Table the resolution says he-an'
away goes Stone.
"'Pwhat does this meanP' axes the
Sinit.
bitterly, we can frisk me. But thim's
the orders says Stone, AN IL amy
man liver knew fwhat 1t meant he's
KEEP quiet about it
so wild the fghtin' wurd. We're
too proud to fight says this turrible
delphy. 'Haw-haw-haw.' a y the
wurled IA laugh gets his goat, Jawn).
4 was thinkin' iv somethin' | didn't
say yells Wudthrow. 'Haw-haw-haw,
| says the wurld. laughin' TO split.
"Be this an he that Too Proud Il
Wudthrow. IT'S like the Monroe Doc
trine to Monroe or Emanshipashun TO
Lincoln. Twas TRANSLATED into ivry
tongue. IT'S better known than the
twenty-third psalm or the famous ora
ton Nv the Guv'nor Nv North Carliny.
- oA RRh1A a1OAA0A III Ia
eye he's give him the coon fr Are Yt
Too Proud to FightY an they'd bott
laugh befure they whit to the fure.
All the recruitin' signs abroad had ii,
an the shame 'ud bring three recruits
where 'Tipperary' or run wud brine
wan. oh, won't We PLACE stop laugh
IMP says Wudthrow. but they laughed
the more. SO he sinds Jim Ham Lewis
to explain. He's called Ham by reason
he's so fond of pork.
Three thousand years agone.' says
Jim Ham, or maybe less says he
an ould Dago said, mon Dinny Carey
win Kerry''' Tor the like o. that, Jawn
1t means not to have a chip on yer
shoulder.) Non Dinny Carey win Ker
ry,' says Jim Ham, AN Julius Say
ger. says he, AN Tolmy Philadelphy,
says he, an the Earl iv Cheatem,
says Jim, an william Hatch Sew
ard says Ham. AN a lot more | for
get says Ham, who felt the sam,
way says Jim, although he says
they nivir said So says Jim Ham t,
the Sinit.
Now says he, how, l axe we, cud
the Prisidint know that the cultivated
Christian a~ujience,' he says, Nv Jimmy
grants says he, 'wud fail to GRASP
the %nooance,' says Jim Ham. An
Jawn, they shut the dures the way
the people wudden't see the Sinit lose
its dignity
"'Fhwat's a nooancef' asked NAHUM
ply.
"''Tis a sort Nv intellectual gold
BRICK replied Finnegan, slightly puz
zled, be which We say fhwat We doan''
name an name wye doan't say. The
nooance comes out Nv 1t somehow. IT'S
like ! dinnau what, just exactly like
it, he added after a short pause. 4
cudden't tell thin apart
WELL said Malumphy. the single
thrack mind gets nowhere, I'm think
in
18th gauge Is none too broad re
piled his friend, an the thrafic's
heavy he added"
mon Dlnicare est Vincere.