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MARCH SI. 1911
The Commoner.
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To Iiittlo Bill
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Ray G.
Stewart, of CSdar Rapids, Ia on
March 13, 1911, a son. A card an
nounces that "Bill" arrived and
"weighed in at ten pounds. .
Why, Hello, Bill! God bless your
safe arriving.
You're welcome as the flowers are
in May.
We've waited quite a spell, the while
contriving
To wait in patience for your natal
day.
And now you're here vmay every
choicest treasure
Old nature has in stock by yours
until
You've lived to round out man's al
lotted measure
And Peter greets you with a
"Hello, Bill!"
Hello, again! God bless you and
your mother.
My, how we'd like to take you by
the hand
And tell you that there isn't such
another
As you in all this blooming coun
try grand.
And may you live to reach life's
highest honor,
A joy and comfort -through both
good and ill;
And for the little mother, heap upon
her
The sweetest crown of motherhood,
dear -Bill.
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Yes, Hello, Bill! ..Your welcome's
more than, double. .
You're just a little late, but now
you're here
We've quite forgot a lot of things
that trouble
And greet you with the warmest
of good cheer.
May all your days be days ,of June,
and sunny;
Your sorrows quite as light as
ocean foam;
And may you never lack for friends
or money,
Or for the perfect joys of home,
sweet home.
Yes, Hello, Bill! We're glad you
landed
Just when and where you did, you
lucky tyke.
You've got a mother sweet, dad
openhanded
In fact, a pair of parents that
you'll like.
And may their fondest dreams have
sweet fulfilling;
May you their lives with richest
comfort fill.
May you buck up to life and "make
a killing"
Here's hoping that you get there.
UNCLE BILL.
Lincoln, Neb., March 16, 1911.
Prom Friends Afar
My, isn't it good to know that
pcattered all over this broad land
one has friends many never seen
who sympathize with one when afflic
tion comes? The Architect has re
ceived scores of letters from Com
moner readers, each one tendering
a' word of kindly sympathy and mak
ing manifest that miles can not avail
to prevent warm friendships from
growing. To every one of these far
away friends the Architect sends his
heartfelt thanks. Their kindly words
have been a solace and their re
membrance has added light and
cheer. Their letters have been care
fully filed away by the Little Woman,
and our children and our children's
children will have them, family
relics that money can not buy. And,
after all, the best things in life are
not to bo purchased with money.
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A Glorious Anniversary
On March 16, 1911, tho little
congregation of Disciples at Harris
town, Ills., celebrated the fiftieth an
niversary of the establishment of the
church at that point. Tho Architect
(would have given much had he been
able to be there, for it was for the
Harristown church that his father
began his first regular pastorate more
than forty years ago. The invitation
came just as the mortal remains of
the good father were being laid away.
The newspaper accounts of the
celebration contain names familiar
to the gray-haired boy of today, who
can remember them just as they ap
peared to him as a boy in 1868 and
'69. A few who helped to organize
the little band fifty years ago are
still there, and this boy knows them
all dear old fathers and mothers In
Israel. But many are gone. Uncle
Joe and Aunt Kate Maguire have
parsed away. My, how the Archi
tect used to love to secure permis
sion and walk from- home to the Ma
guire farm house, two miles away,
and ride the staid old work horses,
eat with a boy's appetite and climb
the trees around the farm. And well
does ho remember the chastising he
onco redeived for taking a swim in
the hog wallow In the rear of the
old barn! And Martha Ayman, the
auburn haired little girl "who used
to take the trip to the farm with
him! She's a wife and mother now,
and still lives in the old home. And
her own mother only now and then
is one privileged to meet a woman
like her. And but there's no use
trying to hold these reminiscences
within proper bounds if any attempt
is made to recall all the old days.
So here's hoping that the little Har
ristown congregation will celebrate
its centennial, and that scores who
were there on March 15, 1911, will
be present at the celebration in 2011.
Now If a lot of friends like yourself,
interested in those very things, don't
go to work and givo tho alarm and
urouse the maBtor of tho household,
maybe we'll manage to got clear
through from tho back door to a seat
on the front porch. Just exercise a
little patience. A two-year-old colt
isn't mado in a mlnuto.
Brain Leaks
If advico were bread, few would
bo hungry.
Life Is like a cistern it must be
filled if we get anything out of it.
Whatever else may happen mo, I
pray that I may grow old grace
fully. Those who aro always looking for
the worst of it seldom need tho aid
of spectacles.
It would take more than nine
tailors to mako men out of somo
fellows we know.
I'm mighty close to fifty, but I yet
envy the small boy who is always the
first one to go barefooted in the
spring.
When wo learn to keep sweet while
discussing politics we will find our
partisanship a mighty small quantity.
There is something wrong with the
loyalty of the citizen whoso blood
doesn't run a bit faster when the
homo team wins.
And maybe your boy doesn't like
to stay at home because his room is
a stuffy attic while his sister's is the
breezy front bedroom with every
comfort therein.
Tho Other Side
About tho early bird we've' heard
For quite a lengthy term.
Will some one kindly say a word
About the lowly worm.
We can not all bo birds you know,
No matter how we squirm.
So please advise us how to go,
For we are but a worm.
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Vindicated
"It is true I was chaTged with
having bribed a man to vote for me,
and that I blackmailed certain cor
porations into putting up my cam
paign expenses, but I was vindi
cated' said the man proudly.
"Was your vindication complete?"
I asked, desiring to know all the
facts.
"Well, I should say so!" exclaimed
the man. "The jury disagreed and
I'm out on bond awaiting another
trial."
Of course this did not remind me
of anything that has happened re
cently in senatorial circles. Far be
it from so!
Soon Bo Clear In
To D. N. J., Coolidge, Kan.:
Sh-h-h! What difference if it does
come in through the back door, just
so It gets in clear in? Haven't
a lot of big questions that finally
pressed for settlement been forced to
gain entrance through the rear door?
ABOUT THE COMMONER
The following telegraphic corres
pondence is self-explanatory:
"Memphis, Tenn., March 24.
Hon. William J. Bryan, Lincoln, Neb.
A movement has been started here
by some of your admirers among tho
business men to induce you to re
move the publishing plant of The
Commoner to Memphis and to make
your permanent home here among
the people and in a state where
loyalty to your doctrines is more
pronounced than even in Nebraska.
One business man, Duke C. Bowers,
has offered five thousand dolars to
ward establishing The Commoner
here, and the News-Scimitar has join
ed him in subscribing to a fund to pay
the expenses of a committee to wait
upon you to present the invitation.
Please advise us by wire at our ex
pense what date will be convenient
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"THE NEWS-SCIMITAR,
"By W. M. Clements, Managing
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