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Show WHAT FRIENDS MAY EXPECT In a good humored way friendo are Indulging In banter and asking what they may expect in this political campaign. cam-paign. Having made a mental Inventory of our worldly possessions, we aro reminded re-minded that, if called on, we could give all that Charles Lounsbury jrav when he made his will. Lounsbury had but few riches, yet he had enjoyed en-joyed priceless blessings which he proceeded pro-ceeded to devise and bequeath. He gave to fathers and mothers, in trust for their children, all good little words of praise and all quaint pet names, to hatred justly but onerously. He left to children exclusively, the dan&e-Uonp. dan&e-Uonp. of liald pjzi ibz, di.oUu gr5-of, gr5-of, with the right to play among them freely; also the yellow shores of creeks and the golden sands beneath the waters thereof, with the dragon- flies that skim the surface of said waters wat-ers and the white clouds that float high over the giant trees. The night, the moon, the Milky Way, were bequeathed to all, and the meadows, mead-ows, with clover bloom and butterflies, butter-flies, and the woods. To the boys were given merry songs and sports of rivalry, streams and ponds, and snowclad hills where one may coast. To the aged was left memory of the old days to be lived over again; and knowledge of what a rare, rare world this is. So our answer to our friends Is that their reward for services rendered will bo limited to the above. They need not expect favors, privilege, patronage, but they have a right to demand and be given honesty of purpose and fidelity fi-delity to a great trust. |