Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1916-10-06
Finnegan's Philosophy
Single Track Minds

What i be- usked Finnegan. Sure
ut lnjaunyp he raid he was full
or Amy mattel Cuucer, tism. Fwhats
that vc >,Nt lie the turn. BILE on
the WIN tutuyE mind 1t kapes spin.
min ruunh aud round an divil u man
can tell tu uat switch IL will pick up.
II dinuau itself SO ye diunau where
TO hay for IT
Twas So wid the arrumcd freight
ships They're not warships.' he says,
oncSs I change me mind he says,
which ! have, he says. an anuywan
who Says SO is Il liar he says, but
refuse To discuss IT, he says IN PASS
the buck To Congress- he says, 'on'y
! won't he says, for It's 40 business
of theirs, he says, though they must
vote on the resolution lie says. TO
show where they stand. he says.
| 'hincc yen lay 1t Oh the table. lie says.
| an thin they can't vote. says Wud.
throw To- Stone
I-I-thOUght seen fallacy,'
says, Stone, timld like, but the Great
ldayliSt brung down his fisht wild
| lump
Table the RESOLUTION says he-an
away goes Stone.
"Pwhat does this meanf ayes the
| Sinit
GiItlemen, says Stone weepn'
! bitterly, we can frisk me But thim's
the orders says Stone, an IL amy
man liver knew .what II meant he's
KEEP quiet about It.
80 wild the 6ghtln' wurd. We're
| too proud to fight. says this turrible
man to bunch iv Just-overs at Phila.
| delphy 'llaw .haw-haw.' says the
wurled IA laugh gets his goat, Jawn).
4 was thinkln' ~ somethn' didn't
say, yells Wudthrow. w-haw- haw.'
says the wurld, laughln to split.
"Be this an be that Too Proud to
Fight has made the rcppytashun "
! Wudthrow. IT'S like the Monroe Doc.
trine to Monroe or Emaushipashun 10
| Lincoln. Twas thranS lated into iyry
tongue 'Tis better known than the
twenty-third psalm or the famous ora
ton tv the Guv'nor " North Carliny.
II an Ashantee poked another In the
eye he's give him the coon fr Are Ye
Too Proud TO FlghtT an tho, hn'h
laugh befure thcv vim 10 Ice lure
All the recrultin' signs abroad had l.,
an the shame 'ud bring three recruits
where 'Tipperary' or rum wud bring
wan. oh. won't we Place stop laugh.
In? 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, Non Dlnny Carey
win Kerry Tor the like O that, Jawn.
II means not TO have 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 same
way says Jim. although he says,
they nivir said So says Jim Ham TO
the Sinit
Now says he, how, l axe We, cud
the rrisidint know that the cultivated
Christian aujience,' he says. iv Jimmy.
grants. says he. 'wud fail 70 grasp
the nOOance, says Jim Ham. An
Javn, they shut the dures the way
the people Wudden't see the SHIT Use
It's dignity
"'Fhwats nooancc: asked NAHUM
ply.
=" 'TiS sort ~ intellectual gold
brick replied Finncgan, slightly puz.
zlcd he which We say thwat We doan't
name an name wye doAn't say The
nooance cones ont " il somehow It's
Ike | dinnau what just cxactly like
IT, ne added after II short pause I
cudden't tell thin apart
" Wen said Nalumphy. the single
thrack mind gets nowhere, I'm think
in
18th gauge * none too broad, re
piled his friend. an the thrahi".,
heavy he added
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