. Platform echoes: or, Living truths for head and heart . od, 1 shall go toheaven. -Yes, dear. Will grandpa be there? I hopeso. Will yen he there/ I hope so, darling. Will Jemmy and Snsie be there? (>h. yes. dear, and papa, too, 1hope. Oh, no, said the child,Papa wont be there, he cant lea\ e the More. We do not boastmuch of our politicalhonesty. There arehonorable exceptions, it is true ; but ^ lurecan be found morecorruption tha namong our politicians?The object of legisla-tion is the greatestgood of the greatestnumber : but some ofour politicians understand the greatest number to be numb
. Platform echoes: or, Living truths for head and heart . od, 1 shall go toheaven. -Yes, dear. Will grandpa be there? I hopeso. Will yen he there/ I hope so, darling. Will Jemmy and Snsie be there? (>h. yes. dear, and papa, too, 1hope. Oh, no, said the child,Papa wont be there, he cant lea\ e the More. We do not boastmuch of our politicalhonesty. There arehonorable exceptions, it is true ; but ^ lurecan be found morecorruption tha namong our politicians?The object of legisla-tion is the greatestgood of the greatestnumber : but some ofour politicians understand the greatest number to be numberone It is a grand scramble for self, and for the spoils ofoffice. What a mania for office I Anything will do, if onlyit is an office; and what strutting there is ^xcr it! A manhaving been appointed constable in a small town, one of hischildren asked, Mother, are we all constables? No,my child, only father and me. In revenge foi some per-sonal slight, or in gratification of some petty malice, somemen would ruin their country if they could, and when one. ELECTED CONSTABLE— FATHER AND ME. BOYS OF THE PEEIOD. 4,;9 party has thrown them over, they generally have strengthenough to swim to the other. Well, the Constitution saysall classes are to be fairly represented, so I suppose that occa-sionally a fool or a rogue must be elected to represent thefools and rogues in his district. Is parental government acknowledged and enforced nowas it was in the old time? Our mere boys are men now, andour mere girls are tine ladies. They assume to know morethan the old fogies, their parents, and affect the most dis-respectful familiarity with the old folks. Grandpa, havea weed? A what? -A weed, you know, a cigar.* No, sir, I do not smoke ; I never did smoke. Ah, then,Id advise you never to begin. They early evince theirdislike of system or work. I have the tenderest-heartedboys in the world, said a father ; -I cant ask one of em tofetch a pail of water but he busts out a-crying. « Gus, haveyo
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