Carpenter . lawraises h—1 with him; if he is a poor man,he is a poor manager and has no sense; ifhe is a rich man, he is dishonest but smart;if he is in politics, he is a grafter and acrook; if he is out of politics, you cantplace him, and he is an undesirable citi-zen; if he goes to church, he is a hypo-crite ; if he stays away from church, he is asinner; if he donates to foreign missions, hedoes it for show; if he does not, he isstingy and a tight wad. When he firstcomes into the world everybody wants tokiss him—before he goes out they wantto kick him. If he dies young, there wasa great futu
Carpenter . lawraises h—1 with him; if he is a poor man,he is a poor manager and has no sense; ifhe is a rich man, he is dishonest but smart;if he is in politics, he is a grafter and acrook; if he is out of politics, you cantplace him, and he is an undesirable citi-zen; if he goes to church, he is a hypo-crite ; if he stays away from church, he is asinner; if he donates to foreign missions, hedoes it for show; if he does not, he isstingy and a tight wad. When he firstcomes into the world everybody wants tokiss him—before he goes out they wantto kick him. If he dies young, there wasa great future before him; if he lives toa ripe old age, he is in the way, only livingto save funeral expenses. Life is a funnyproposition after all. The Carpenter TRUE AMERICANISM. (By Margaret Scott Hall.)When freedom, on her natal day,Within her war-rocked cradle lay,An iron race around her stood,Hci infant hrow baptized in blood—And through the storm that round her swept,Their constant ward and watching IXD that faithful watchcare has never one hundred andthirty-four years trueAmericanism has zeal-ously guarded the Con-stitution of the UnitedStates of America whichwas ordained and estab-lished to secure the bless-ings of liberty to succeeding the desperate and oppressed men whowere destined to become the patriots of1776, joined in unanimous accord to estab-lish justice, their descendants have made avaliant struggle to maintain that standardof pure ideals. Life, liberty and the pursuit of hap-piness as mentioned in the Declaration ofIndependence, is a thought as dear to ourhearts now as it was to the ragged colon-ists of that time, and we still hold it sac-red as a gift of the Creator to all free andindependent people. The unalienable rightsthat were dearer than life to men of thepast, belong in the same sense to the pres-ent generation. Whenever a violation ofthose rights by prejudiced or unprincipledauthorities becomes unbearable, it will callfo
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