Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 August 1895 — WHAT SENTIMENT IS. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

WHAT SENTIMENT IS.

An Orator Gives a Clear Analysis Before the Lime Kiln Club. At the last session of the Lime Kiln Club, Brother Gardner Introduced as the speaker of the evening Hon. Higglnbottom Lawless, of Mississippi, who addressed the club on Sentiment. Hon. Lawless, after mounting the platform like a steer climbing a side hill, bowed right and left in response to the applause, and quietly began: “My frens, I cannot dlspress de pleasure an’ gratlflcashun which I feel to fln’ myself standin’ heah under de sacred shingles of Paradise Hall. I would rather stan’ heah dan be burled under a SIO,OOO monument De subjlck ob my address am Sentiment. What am Bentiment? What do wo git It, an’ what am It worf by the pound when de market am not oberstocked? I answer dat sentiment am a sort o’ ’lasses an’ mush surroundin’ de heart. In some cases It hardens up an’ turns to stun, while In oders it ihins out until the heart fairly Hoots in a pond o’ sweetness. (Applause.) Sentiment has conslderabull to d 6 wld ebery ackshun In our eberyday lift. It am blzness when you start out to borry a pan of flour or a basket ob taters. It am sentiment dat causes a naybur to lend, instead of demandin’ spot cash. “Blzness acktuates de lazy an’ de shiftless to sot out an’ beg cold vlttles an’ ole clothes an’ dimes an’ quarters. Sentiment acktuates women to shed tears ober ’em an’ stock ’em up wld ‘nuflf to loaf on fur ’nother month. When we have a kickin’ hoss our sentiment am ’pealed to. We argy dat de safty of our loved ones requires us to trade dat anamile off to some preacher who wants a perfeckly reliable hoss. Dat’s one kind of sentiment When we luv we reveal another phase of sentiment. If de gal am hjgn-toned an’ rich de sentiment am all solid. If she am only avlerage, an’ In debt fur her las’ spring hat de sentiment am party thin an’

won t last longer dan de first bill far meat cetnes In. “My frens, sentiment write* poetry wld one han' an’ tans de backs ob, chlll'en wld de Oder. It guides our thoughts to frens ober de sea, an' sends ole clethee to relaahuns In Wisconsin. It makes us shed tears fur de dead, an* ylt warns us to cut de undertaker’s bill down 20 per cent Sentiment tells us to luv our feller-men, an' ylt whls-

pers to us to lock our doahs an' place torpedoes In our hen roosts. I have bln lookin’ Into de matter fur de las’ 48 y’ars, an’ I has cum to de conclushon dat it was a wise thing to purvldo de human race wld sentiment. If It had bln lof’ out by any accident In de mlxln’ de bes’ man among us wouldn’t have got a bid If put up at nueshun along with a lot ob fence posts.”

“I'D RATHER BE HEAH DAN UNDER A $10,000 MONUMENT.”