The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-10-31
In the Days Of Poor Richard


Is he not breaking the scepter Of {
tyrsntY
Going back to his home where II
the kindness Of his heart he had ask ed
me to live, he endeavored, modestly,
to explain the evidences of high regard
which were being showered upon him.
at happens that my understanding
and small control OF a mysterious and
violent force of nature has appealed
to the imaginations of these people,
he said. L am the only man who has
used thunderbolts for his playthIngs
Then. too. l am speaking for a new
world to an old one. Just at present
/ am the voice Of Human Liberty. l
represent the hunger Of the spirit Of
man. 1t is very strong here. You have
not Travelled so far In France without
seeing thousands OF beggars They are
everywhere. But you do not know that
when child comes In poor family,
the father and mother go to prison
pour mois de nourrice. II Is a pity
that the poor cannot keep their chill
dren at home. This old kingdom 10 a
muttering Yesuvius, growing hotter
year by year. with discomfort. You
will presently hear fits voices.'-
There was a dinner that evening at
Franklln's house, at which the Marquis
de Mirabeau, NJ. Turgot, the Madame
de Brillon, the Able Raynal and the
Compile and Comptesse d. Haudetot,
Colonel Irons and three other Ameri-
can gentlemen were present. The
Madame de Brillon was first to ar
rive. She entered with q careless,
jaunty air and ran to meet Franklin
and caught his hand and gave him a
double kiss on each cheek and one on !
his forehead and called him papa"
"At table she sat between me and |
Doctor Franklin" Jack writes. "She |
frequently locked her hand in the doc
tors and smiled sweetly as she looked
into his eyes. wonder what the poor,
simple. Woodworking Deborah Frank
lin would have thought of these IA
Yet here, l am told no
one thinks Ill of that kind of thing.
The best women of France seem to
treat their favorites with like tokens
Of regard. Now and then she spread
iCl dCiOS1 lut DdCh8 VI OuT !
chairs. as If she would have US feel
that her affection was wide enough
Tor both.
"She assured me that all the women
If France were In love with lie grand
,avant
Franklin, hearing the compliment,
1T is because they pity
a Oa inf frcf r.ft |
hen embrace, as the great Mr.. Pope
las written
1--WE think it compliment that
he greatest intellect in the world Ia
Wiling to allow itself to be, in way,
'aptured by the charms of women
Iadame Brillon declared
"As the dinner proceeded the Able
saynal asked the doctor II 1t was true
hat there were signs of degeneracy
q the average male American.
Let the facts before us be my an
wer,' said Franklin. There are at
his table four Frenchmen and four I
.mericans. Let these gentlemen stand
p.
THE Frenchmen were understood,
ne Able himself being mere shrimp
a man. The Americans Carmichael
farmer, HUMPHREYS and myself, were
lg men, the shortest being six feet =
Ill. The contrast raised q laugh
mong the ladies'. Then said Franklin C
/ his kindnest tones: 4
" My dear Able, l am aware that
anhood is NOT matter Of feet and
ches. | ohly assure you that these C
e average Americans and that they s.
e pretty well filed with brain and o
,irit.' "
THE Able spoke Of a certain print 81
story on which he had based his Il
dgment OF
Franklin laughed and answered: B
know that is fable. because ] fiji
rote 1t myself one day, long ago. In
hen we were short of news" m
The guests having departed. Frank al
/ asked the young man to sit down
r a talk by the fireslde. The doctor til
oke of the women of France. saying: FIR
"'You viii not understand them OF W
: unless you remind yourself that we
e in Europe and that II Is the slI
ghteenth century. Here the clocks 6s
E tagging. Time moves slowly. With III
? poor II stands still. They know cl,
t the thing we call progress pa
= Those who have money seem to be SD
ry busy having fun said So
CTo BE CoNTINUED) "a
Real Color of Gold 90
Few persons are familiar with the =,