| Show ve WATER ATER HAS USES BUT FAILURE AS BEVERAGE colonel rob as st t the mt mst ing 9 of the bar association of north ar AT caneal and some of his friend thought it would be a merry jet jest to propose that he to the toast water but the colon was equal to the ot said sald he be mr ladies and gen clemen yon YOU asked nat to respond to the toast witter pt the purest and the beet best of rall all thing things erected I 1 want to lay ay to you that I 1 have icen it glisten tn in tiny tear te r drop drops on the sleeping lids of infancy I 1 havo hao been seen it down the blushing cheek cheeks of youth and go in rushing torrent torrents down the check cheeks of ai I 1 have it in tiny dew dev drope drops on the Us big lea les of gras gra s and leabes 0 of tree trees flashing like polished pol ishel dui moud when the morning bun sun burst in resplendent glory oer the eastern ca stern hills I 1 have cen seen it trickle down the mountainsides in tiny rivulets sith with te music of liquid silver striking on bed beds of polished diamonds I 1 have seen it in the rushing river rippling over precipitous falls in it its mad rush to join the father fathers of water waters and tn in the amigh ty fathers of water aters I 1 have een seen it go in elow slow and majestic sweep sweeps to join the ocean ani an I 1 I 1 have seen i 14 in a the mighty ocean on whose broad bosom float fl oat the battle fleet fleets of all nations and the he commerce of the world but ladies and gentlemen I 1 want to ay may to you now that as a beverage it ie Is a failure 91 4 16 51 it |
