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Show if JUST FOLKS " Hj KAfs A. Gmtm i i i i REV. ALEXANDER LENT ; The Rev. Alexander Lfnl lis.- Iive.t his little da. 1 And up In t'ceksklll, where he tolled, they've put away his eiy. Kor nine and twenty year hr preached the word of 'i-nl in men hlch In ItSelf would not hav e brought this tribute from my pen But day by day and week by week he tolled to earn his bread And i inoldiM meed the hent of metal flrery red. St. Paul that he might pa) his way. mnde many u canvass tent So many a sto- was fashioned by this Ah-xnnder Kent He a.sked nu favors from his flock, no tabk of life he shirked I He earned the admiration of the men with whom he worked; ; Stove Molders' union No. 6 held him In him re.trd. I He understood the men and knew where In their lives were hnid The record of tins modest soul is one of servd e, true ' lie did with rugged manliness whate'er h- found to do. Six days euch week with mold and core and running metal hot. 'He served, a follow of his trage. and hin.-l lion- his lot I An admirable- citizen In every a m he ln lleii and 1 i I to what in ihuu-ht .i Christian ought (o be. The little town of Pecksskill Is a richer town toda Because of Alexander Letljt, whom God has allc-d away. His me,mory ahull long survive. In all of Peekskill's elan There's none hut what Is better Just for having known th man .-nd so this tribute small 1 say to Alex ander Kent Who molded stoves as cheerfully as SL Paul sewed a tent OO 4- 4 I Walt Mason j - A TRUE STORY There was man who otvnid some flats out Jn u western town fit dwellings for aristocrats, all painted white f.nd brown; and renters took their kids and cats to them and settled down in time the greedy rent hogs rose, on cet i lch courses Bant; the hearts of man landlords froze. lhe grasped at overs- cent; and people soaked tnelr furbelows io pay Qui monthly ront And landlords sot on -ll name throughout that plundered giM the! played a profiteering; frame that made the victims mad said victims said It was a shame as thc dug up ihe scad AVhllc other landlords raised the price, the hero of this tab- enld old t!mc- prices would suffice old contracts should pn v;ul he would not ask an oxtra alien of hard pressed tenants kHle These tenant-beint: tenant-beint: safe and sane, to gratitude not d od when lent da enme did not complain', com-plain', or fear the landlord's tread, tun they gave him a handsome cane, that had poiden heud oh. all the Fenanta stood in line, nnd then, with seeml! mirth, they sprung Iheir tnbuie. high and fine, to one of sterling worth; and he was moved to shedding brine thai trickled to Ihe rarth He gets more pleasure from tqla gift than do the pirates gay. the prof ileers who strive to lift the prices every day. from all the coin their evil thrift hos won and filed away. |