Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-12-07

Mr and Mrs Ernest Alley lave
moved their goods To this city and
expect to be IA tnolr new home soon.
which Mr. Ais~ is now building.
over nifty fathers and sons attend
ed the banquet at the Methodist
Episcopal church last evening. After
eating their fill OF delicious supper
given Nv the fathers and which was
appreciated 10y all. Gilbert Libby, one
of the boys. responded TO the calling
III his name SAVING. we boys mere
tonight want 70 thank you for the
splendid supper YOU have given us.
wish that al OF the fathers and
sons OF the different churches would
get together and have some rca, good
talks"
The feature OF tho evening was a
talk by Or. .. q. Thomas. State Supt.
OF Schools. Mr. Thomas said, Il
think perhaps the greatest pleasure
in my life is my associations with
the youth. the young fellows OF TINS
state | am glad to he here tonight,
and | am not going to make long,
tircsome address. but just little
heart to heart talk They say the
preachers boy is the worst out. but
don't think So because YOU see
they always have good mothers.
IF like to see the Father and Son
company. In my family it used to he
the wife. and mother, but l thlnk
the father and son 10 be the greatest.
| congratulate YOU men on having
such a good bunch of boys here to-
night. | don't see how you got them.
but If could see the mothers
might know. Now | am a father OF
real boy. myself" said Mr.. Thomas.
He is genuine, real red blooded
boy. and was as full Of mischief as
any youth Now the real boy Tor
me Is not always the goody- goodN
kind. but a boy w<o is genuine and
| do not care If he eXplodcs once In
awhile. He may get into mischief or
do most anything he wants and all
that | ask is that he be square. !
want To congratulate the boys and
the fathers that they live in this
age with its great advantages. Inc
bows are going to live through
golden age. ! remember when | was
boy that when chap went to sec
his sweetheart he often travelled by
ox-toam, but nowadays a fellow
uoulH 10 able to cut him out by
getting there first with Ford.
There is not n boy here who hasn't
\
hundred boys and test them all out
| would find that each boy could
do some one thing better than the
other 90. Pick out something boys,
and stick 10 it. Take the one nun
dred boys that might examine at
tho age of % and examine them
again at the age of 65. | would md
tina, So Of them would be dead Many
of the dcahts being caused unneed-
fully. and if they had had father
aud son company their lives would
have been prolonged. -Four OF the
hundred | would find independently
rich. six working for day wages. and
all of the rest living on charity, OF
on their children.
II was brought up in the county
next to where Farmer Burns was
brought up" said DR.. Thomas. He
was tho greatest champion wrestler
in the world. For years | never saw
him but followed his career by read
Ing the newspapers At one Tune
had TO make long journey by train
and was introduced to this man
whom | had not seen since his youth.
He was then 50 years of age, and
no man had Ger placed his should
ers 10 the mat. After telling MN
who | was, aud after renewing old
friendship I said. Farmer Burns, you
are now 50 Years old, and YOU still
hold the championship. How do YOU
do il" And hc replied, i am tenn
pcrute In my habits | leave John
BarlcyCorn alone. keep regular
hours. and set aside hours for recre-
alton aud work do not use tobacco
ia any form. II cuts my wind.
,ln not scar lie then said TO me.
I suppose YOU viii want to know
now. Mr. Thomas. what swearing
has to do with resting and said.
YES. that is just what | want to
know
Swearing is beginning of tough
ness. said Farmer Burns, and
tougAncss is tho beginning of weak
ness. and YOU can not he cham
pion and he weak
,"if were to start over again" said
Dr Thomas. Il would not be like an
engineer. who thought that he would
like to be an engine. / would not
like to be an aeroplane or an auto
mobile. but ould like to be boy.
Niust like YOU. We are the only state
in the Union that has more boys
than girls IN the schools. In con-
cluSlon let me say again. that think
tho scratcst company in the world is
the Father X Son company"