Show GRATITUDE there is IB no word in the english language the mealing of which carries moro more go gold id than that word which appears at the head ot of this editorial for years yeara it has been generally conceded everywhere that about the meanest creature on this earth la an ingrate and yet each succeeding gen oration seems seema to contribute the usual percentage er of 0 such individuals and tho the world continues to label them an and d classify them properly as aa the bevis go by wo we dare say bay that in every state in the american union yes yea ta in almost every village and hamlet this breed of human sponges Is present in numbers sufficient to mark their presence we have discovered them in churches schools clubs and farm organizations but they also aist outside the ramparts of human society they are as a rule the tree riders tudors of 0 every community they are long on lung power when complaining la Is the order ot of the day but extremely short on muscular ability when the collection plate Is being passed around to secure funds tor for the common mon weal or to relieve the suffering 0 oc somo some fellow being they want the earth and a fence around it bui but spend one cent to help construct anything they are ever ready to tear down and criticize but always absent when a little aid from them won would id assist in building up the see section in which they live they are good borrowers but very poor payers they feast on scandal so long as aa it involve them but run like march hares it I 1 their activities are placed under the microscope of public opinion doubtless every sane citizen in any community can point out these human warts warts ou on the other hand it Is refreshing to humanity to find in almost every section of america a goodly number of grateful souls who show by their dally daily lives that they fully appreciate everything that is good and wholesome it if a neighbor Is in distress theirs Is the first hand to offer assistance si aiice if IE an effort Is being made to ji prove the community you can P sways count on them to help in overy way possible their hearts see seem to control their brains and they always have a kind word tor for everybody and look with pity upon those who have 9 gone one ostray caray they are some of at gods noblemen and reveal their birth and breeding in their every move such persons are a decided appet aspet to tc any section and the more we have ol of them just that much better the community seems beems to be national paric farm news |