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ESTABLISHED BY

THE FAMILY IN HONOR OF

JOHN S. TERRY

CLASS OF 1918

THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA LIBRARY

UNIVERSITY OF N.C. AT CHAPEL HILL

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This BOOK may be kept out TWO WEEKS ONLY, and is subject to a fine of FIVE CENTS a day thereafter. It is DUE on the DAY indicated below:

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BUSTERBRcWN

BY

R.F. OUTCAVLT

Copyright, 1906, By Frederick A.' Stokes Company

Published in September, 1906

Copyright, 1910, By Outcault Advertising Company

Contents

r. NEW TEAR. ■

II. ILLUSTRATION (OPTIMISM)

III. OPTIMISM

IV. THE EXCUSE MAKER-

V. TRUTH

VI. MUSIC

VII. NONSENSE VIII. VALENTINES

IX. OUR, LEVEL

X. WASHING TON'S BIRTHDAY

XI. KITES

XII. THE MISSING LINK

XIII. APRIL FOOL'.S DAY

XIV. NOTHING GROWS OLD

XV. BIRTHDAYS

XVI. LIFE AND HAPPINESS MIL KINDNESS

XVII). PRAYER,, XIX. GREATNESS

xx. wonderland

XXI . THE LANGUAGE OF ANIMALS

XXII. FOOD

XXUI. DISPOSITION

XXIV. H05BIES.

XXV. JULY FOURTH

XXYI. ADVICE XXV11. ABOUT CALVES XXVIII. ILLUSTRATION (SUPERSTITION)

XXIX. SUPERSTITION

XXX. ILLUSTRATION (REGARDING DAYS)

CONTENTS

XXXI. REGARDING DAY5

XXXII. SYLLOGISM

XXXIII. VARIETY

XXXIV. VAUDEVILLE

XXXV. ABOUT MIXERS XXXVI. SPANKINGS XXXVIJ. AS FOR PIGS

XXXV11I. CARELESSNESS

XXXIX. DISHONESTY

XL, CHRISTIANITY

XL). BOXING XLIL .SERVANTS

XUfL REGRET

XLIV. REGARDING TURTLES

XLV. APPEARANCE

XLVI. SUCCESS

XLVII. THANKSGIVING

XLVJII. DRUGGISTS

XLIX. BELIEF

L. FORGETFULNESS

LI. THE KICKER,

LI1. KEEPING YOUR WOfcD

Llll. FRIENDSHIP

LIV. IMAGINATION

LV. flSH

LVL A STITCH JN TIME

LVII. WHY?

LVm. WATER

LIX. HEART- BEATS IX. CHRISTMAS

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HEJOLVCD THAT DURING THE COH1N6 YEARJ WILL VEAR. JAND-" PAPER, SOLZSoulftSUOtS Ifl MU5T .SLIP ANP TALL IT, WoNT BE ON A BANANA 5KIH THAT I FIXED TOR-W^SEIX I USED To BE ABLEToREilST INYTHING5UTTEMPTATJON;- NoWMtfOlNG To RESIST ~ THAT THIS YEAR. I AW domC TO MAKE A RIAL

business of bong:

HAPPY- NOTHING IS ANY WORE IMPORTANT THAN HAPPINESS.,

HAPPY N£W YEA'fc DU5TER, EKoWW

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ONEWfcOHGFWte

Books will up^t a BALANCE

SoF MILLIONS.- LooKOUT,B0YJ/W>(?ET THE LITTLE THINGS RIGHT. CLIMB EACH ROUND IN TURN,T>IE LADDER fILLDOtTS'PART.

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2E50LVEP THAT IFYOU ARE GOING To IN5I5T ON BEING TRUTHfUL.lEARN

To holt>"i&ur, tongue .

THE TRUTH 15 A DANGERr -OUS THING AND MUST BE HANDLED BY A MASTER- * TRUTH IS MIGHTY AND WILL PREVAIL" IT DOES N'T NEED >OUR ASSISTANCE. JU5T LET IT ALONE. TKT

will Help You a Great

DEAL &EXTJ5EME KIND- NESS WILL HELP YOU To KEEP UNWELCOME TRUTHS To YOURSELF. DONT LET ANY ONE KNOW YOU ARE HONEST,

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THAT MUSIC HATH CHARMS- ThC , PSYCHOLOGICAL SECRET QFREUGI0U5

fervor, \s music- There oi/ChtTobe

(JOOD MONEV IK MUSIC (t^^Aw^'can)

with Money we Can be Generous

AND GOOD- THE ^CHER WE ARE THE MORI GENEROUS WE CAN BE AND THE BETTER, WE CAN BE: AND Of CoUfcSLTHE HAPPtER- BECAUSE

To be GooP and Generous is

THEOMYWAYToBEHAPPr. IT 15

Avm>LTDi£E People wmf^orHiNG

BUT MONEY

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RESOLVED JTHAT EVERY DAY<5H0ULD,{ 'K VALENTINES DAY * # BECAUSE WE SHOULD HAVE #5WEETHEAR,TCALIYEAR O ROUND. LOVE IS AVERY REFINING INFLUENCE. IT SHOULD BE CULTIVATED AND MADE A HABIT. ■Some one .said

/'HEPRAYETHBESTWHO LOVETHBESTALLllNGS J30TH GREAT AND SMALL'? TRYToLoVE SOMEBODY OR. SOME THING, IT WJLL KEEP YOU HAPPY

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that Water, will ALWAYS

FIND WS OWM LEVEU. 50 WJLL EVERY BODY ELSE. \gU /IRE JUST WHERE Yo\J BELOKG-lFTfoUDONT

think So Ctr busy and Get out

OF1T. EVERYONE 15 DOING JUST WHAT HE WANTS' To DaTHWTfcUE. JF NOT, WHY NOT You ARE; ASfREE AS WATER oRAIfc. BBH AND PERSEVERE.

Nothing can .STop^&u. The World

IS NOT AGAINST ANY ONE.THE\Jb&LD IS TOO BU5Y LOOKING OUT Ft>fc liar- -JELF. CULTIVATE A HAPPY &1SP05ITION AND KEEP BUSY

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RESOLVED THAT WASHINGTON WAJ The FATHER OF HIS COUNTRY AND

its A vise Country that

KNOWS ITS OWN FATHER.. THE THING THAT BoTHER.5 ME IS THAT HE SHOULD HAVE GAINED SO MUCH REPUTATION FOR, JUST TELLING THE TRUTH QNCE.THE TRUTH MUST BE PRETTY .SCARCE. THEY CRUCIFIED CHRIST FOR TELLING THC SIMPLE TRUTH. SOMZ MEN HAVE TOLD BIG TRUTHS EVERY DAY OF THEIR LIVES AND HAVE NEVER HAD ANY ATTENTION PAID To THEM AT ALL IT IS A FUNN Y WORLD BU5TER, BEoVN.

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RESOLVED THAT TlCE LIKES KITE FLYING ,$0 WELL THAT HE 15 JJMPLY CARRIED AWAY WITH IT HElS LIKE LOTS OF OTHER, PEOPLE , HCWtNTUPlNTHE WORLD SUDDENLY AND RAPIDLY, BUT IT WAS Too MVCU foR HIM; Fog, HEWENTUPJOUTH END FIRST.

Now brother,*, beware: OF A

5UDDEN RISE IN THE WORLD. THE CHAP DOES NoT BELONG AT THE ToP of THE LADDER- WHO DID NT CLIMB IT toNESTLY

Round BY ItouND.DoTHfTHiNO

NEAREST To^f5u AND DO HT WELL

THEfcE LL BE A BETTER TA S K AWAIT/NG YOU WHEN THAT I J* DONE. IF You ARE NEARJNG THE ToP OF THE LADDER. E>ONT PUT ON AlfcS WITH THE CHAP BELOW YOU IF HI'S COMING Y0UR.WAY_5U5TEft

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That j cant bear. to think the monkey js a missing link. 1 think the missing link is he who is so bund he will not jt€ how full of beauty and delight this old world js both day and night s"opp05lthat you awoke some day to find your. .sight had gohz away- you could n't seethe sky or. sun . I GUES5 You'd think That all The Fun

THIS WORLD CONTAINED FORYoU OR ME ]$ BEING ABLE JUSTToiEE.

BUT no The World is Full of Joy

AND HAPPINESS ,F0R YoU MY BoY IN HEARING Too, AND BEING KJND WILL BRING YOU HAPPINESS YOU'LL FIND, IF

Yov BUTTRYiT. PONT Complain,

THE WORLD IS FULL ENOUGH OF PAIN. BRACE UPfORGETYoUfcSELF AWHILE YOU LOOK MUGH NICER, Jfpi^WHEN YOU JMILE

rejolved that april 15 a month of Sweet promise,- all except april fools day. its wrong

To Tool PEOPLE. IT 15 UNKIND AND STUPID To FOOL THEM. THE VAYTo .SUCCEED 15 NOT

to fool people. give them

100 cents Worth for a Dollar

and always keep^ur word.

honesty is the best policy

it 15 the only policy and

to fool people is dishonest

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r'HERBERT JPENCER. S&S aiFtl5PEIirrcT ADJUSTMENT; f-to CMC'S DIVIRDMMtNT 'AND' , 'HCNKf DRUMMOWD^AW THAT MmWESS ISPCRrECTHARMoNm 7V1TH ONL'5COR,RE5PONDENCE5; \

TWATJME, All EXCEPT MY &AI3 \ JUDGMENT ABOUT PICKING OUT ] 'V^THINC5TODO. BUT 1AM. 'A ALIVE AND HAPPY IT5.A. HA&1T WITH ME •_. t

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EE .SOLVED A MAN MAY HAVE A KING- -DOM

IN HIS OWN DEAR, HEART AND MIND

AND BE AS HAPPY AS A KlNq IF HE IS ONLY KIND. A POET "WROTE ABOUT A MAN

"who never Found Content

FOR, HE TooK HIS DISPOSITION

WJTH him

EVERY WHERE HE WENT "

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THAr PRAYER- ANSWERS IXSCLr."

naturally; because honest prayer. 1sdkjre and desire for a thinc makes vs hu5tle out and (jet it. as a philosopher. has w/sely ■sald"work, is the only prayer, that js ever answered ''. does not our Common Sense tell us r-^THAT. (Jot) Would n't spade

YOUR GARDEN ToR.YOU IF You PRAYED TOR A YEAR- BUT HE'LL MAKE IT GBoV VHICH JS THE ANSWER- TO THE PRAYER. YOU OFFERED WHEN, W .SPADED IT BU5TER.

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^ The house ~ that Jack built is a

M HOUSE A5 REAL ASANYOTHEfU

'®f AND mother, Goose is just as

IMtfAL A5 ANY B0DY.S MOTHER . AND .SANTA CL AU5 15 JUST AS TRUE AS ANYTHING CAN BE- THE GREATEST,

, PFORCES IN THJ5 WORLD ARE THOSE iLwE CANNOT .5EE. ANDVONDERLAND W 15 ALL ABOUT WHEREVER VE AUW NF. LOOK j THE SYX, THE FLOWER S OR. & TREES OR GRASS, THE LITTLE m % BABBLING BROOK- THE HUMAN EYE

S. WHICH 5EE5 ALLTHESE.THE 50UL,

vhjch5ees still more,the heart that loves, each day things seem more magic than before . Buster Brown.

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SAID AND CHAT AWHILE WITH ME. *SAID HE, A fbXDONT LIKE ToTSTEAL. HE WOULD N'T LIE OR CHEAT, BUT fOXES ARE LIKE OTHER FOLKS, THEY HAVE To DRINK AND EAT. AND PEOPLE NEVER^ SEND THEM

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OR ANY KIND OF GAMEV; So THEY HAVE To GO AND GET ITl, HUMAN BEINGS AfcE THE 5AME. AN OLD GRAY MULE ToLt> ME ONE DAY THAT MULES WOULD NEVER BALK, F MEN WOULD ONLY GIVE TOCM JUST AN HONEST GAME OF TALK,

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injtead of picking up a club which certainly 15 wrong. <5*ajd a mule was never, .stubborn tjlla nigger came along, i vas talking to a pic one night Down by the old mill dam^ he jaid he Could n't understand why we're So Fond or ham. Tor there: are other things t& eat l1k£ vecatables or pic . and what* the use or killing hogs Why Not wait until they die . the otter and the chipmonk the possum and the coom

ARE ALL PARTICULAR FRIENDS or

MINE; AND OFTEN WHEN THE MOON IS SHINING BRIGHTLY OVERHEAD WE MEET DOWN BY THE MILL WITH MR. RABBIT, MR». SQUIRREL, THE OWL AND WHIPPOORWILL

and ^pend a pleasant evening ih a profitable way discussing books and music , And the Gossip of the day.

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AT BREAKFAST WHEN THE COFFEE 15 AWFUL- , AND NOTHING IS FIT To EAT, The CAR. VoNT 5ToF» FOR. YoU AND You HAVE PICKED OUT A HANDKERCHIEF THAT IS FULL OF HOLES. VHAIS THE USE

ofgettjnq mad. You're not the only Thing on ea&tu

EVERYBODY HAS HAD ITwSf

REJOLVE1D ITHAT 1 HAVE NAILED MY I BOAT ADVICE SO NO ONE JWOULD TAKE IT. THERE (HAVE BEEN SO WANY j BOATS MI#ING AfcOUND'j iHEfcE LATELY. BUTNQJ | BODY WILL TAKE ADVICE.' Itme only man WHO VILL |TAK£ ADVlCE'lS' THE I MAN WHO DOES N'T. NEED

Jit Y)u~can get ToMi or

"ADVICE WHEN You DONT NEED 1L BUT DIRECTLY YoU NEED IT YOU MIWT. PAYWEtLTbRJT

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RESOLVED TWAT 1 VAS KIND To TAKE THAT VEAL OUT FOR, A WALK. J DONT KNOV WHAT I SHAZL . BE VHEN I GROW UP, BUT I WONT BE A CALF MINDER,. I HAVE 2 CALVES ON 2 LEGS BVT I DONT LIKE ONE CALF ON 4LEGS.VEAUSALLfcIGHT ..1CASSEED, BUT AS A PAfcLOR, LAMENT IT JStfT A BIG SUCCESS. THms A DlFFf ftENCe |BrrWEfcN A BoY COW AND A CoVBoY. BUSTEItBfcoWN

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Says it is our Subjective mind! but

WHATEVER IT IS; IT IS NO MORE WON- DERFUL THAN ANY THING ELSE IN THI.S WORLD OF WONDERS. I'M GOING To BE

good ant)hndout all about 1tonthe other .side of jordan, we've gota cheek to jay we disbelieve any- -thing in This age of wonders . BU5TE& B&OWN.

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fRfSbLVED "HAT JbME DAYS IN OUR, LIVE S ARE LIKE GEMS. SotAZ ARE ROSE TINTED WHILE OTHERS AR.E BLUE THEN THE&E5 A HO*5T OF DRAB DAYS ThATDONTSEEMToCOUNT. BUT NOW AND THEN TO BREAK THE

Monotony Comes A BLACK.

DAY- THATS THE DAY IT RAINS A ^JSMAL DAZZLE AND THE WATER- BACK >N THE RANCfE'&URSTi- THt MILK MAN .LEFT JOUR. MILKTHAT WoRNJN(j AND THE) CooK HAS A .SICK HEADACHE .You MISS JHZ TRAIN AND YOUR M0£NJNG MAIL CONTAINS NOTHING BUT KICKS.

thats the DAY IT Took lots"

Of RESOLUTION.

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v DOING the public Good

; I) T}OEEFTRU5TJ5SELUN6 i OLD VALL STREET BULLS FOR, VEAL. BUT YOU KNOV BETTEE THAN I DO-

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THAT I hope thet&e:

WILLBCN0 5PANKINGS IN HEAVEM. NOT EVEN VlTH dOLDEN mm- BRUSHES 5ET WITH DIAMONDS

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A PIG AGMH

BE JOWED

THAT THEREJ NO USE CASTINC PEARLS BEFORE 5WME. ^&U CANT MAKE A SILK PURSE OUT OF A S"OW$ EAR*, Ofc You CANT MAKE A PAfcLOfc ORNAMENT OUT OF A HOG. ALL OF WHICH MEANS THAT THERE.5 No USE W PREACH/NC To PEOPLE Till THEY ARrBEADM" BlCAUJE EVERYONE IS JUST WNATWE WANTS 15 BE . I KNOW WHY CLEANLINESS IS NEXT To GODLINESS, BECAUSE. IT MAKES YOU FEEL ALMOST AS GOOD To BE CLEAN AS IT DOES

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RESOLVED THAT THE HEIGHT Of CARELESSNESS IS THE SURGEON WHO iSEWS UP HIS PATJENTAND5EWSHIS WEDDING RING AND HIS NOTE BOOK INSIDE OF HER-. THEN COMES AROUND NEXT DAY AND RIPS THE WHOLE JOB OPEN To dET HIS THINGS.

people have no business to be careless when they ;are working for others.

BUSTER, &KOVN.

RESOLVED THAT THE. JEfcVANTjfllfcL PROBLEM IS THE QUESTION OETHE HOURAND FIFTEEN MINUTES. POOR MA HAS TO

keep'StealYnc' HERTHING^ BACK FROM THE SERVANTS ASKA5TASTHEYJTEAL THEM BACK FROM HER,..

BUT What are You Going

ToPO-ABoUTIT?

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RESOLVED -THAT WHEN I SHALL DIE AND CIO To FACE /AY MAKE.lt I 5WALL ONLY HAVE ONE THING To MAKE 'ME HANG MY HEAD IN vSHAME. NOT THAT I JlNNED-To ERR 16 HUMAN —

And w Poor, little «sins hurt

k) ONE, .flWE PERHAR5MYJELF.) BUT I JHAIL BE ASHAMED To THINK

GOD put me in This lovely World

OF HIS WHERE EVERYTHING IS SWU.T Mt> BEAUTIFUL,AND I NAVE SPENT Jo MANY IDLE HOURS WHEN I MIGHT DO LIKE ALLTHE BIRDS AND BEES AND FL0WEW,K NAP PIWjJHPttMAC THE BLESSINGS THAT ARE MINE ■

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RESOLVED THAT WE DONOTCilVE ENOUGH THOUGHT To OUR APPEARANCE OUR. CL0THE5 ARE OUR CRED- -ENTIAL5. HOV ELSE CAN ONE JUDGE US AT FIRST ? SHAKESPERE 5AID*C05TLY THY RAIMENT AS THY PURSE CAN BUY* ONE fEELS MORE .SA5.SY AND MORE CONFIDENT VITH TINE CLOTHES ON. AND CLEANLINESS" JS NEXT TO GODLINESS BECAU5E ITMAKESYOU FEEL NEARLY AS

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!3Ev50LVEDTWAT WE ARC NONE OFU5 ALWAYS" RICMT ^QMe FELLOW JAID"WHEJM YOU KNOCK AT THE DOOR OF SUCCESS DONT BE SURPRISED If mDOOR, JS NOT OPENED QUICKLY VQK- SVCCCSS 15 HARD OF HEARING n THAT 15 NOT TRUE

SVCCZSS IS BUSY AND AWAY5 VA5 BU5Y, BESIDES YOU DID NT KNOCK TILL HE WAS SUCCESS. AND THEN You £»£ KNOCK AT WS DooR, AND BEHIND HIS BACK.

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THAT EVERY DAY should BE THANK&WBW. VE XHOVLDBE THANKFUL EACH DAY WE CAN SEt. <TUPW)$£Yol/ WERE BLIND AWHlLE,You'D ONLY WANT YoU& jlGHT. AND You'D cm UP ALL FOR It WELL IT 15 ONLY ONE THING YOU HAVEBBETWANKrULfofe.SOMEfOLKS CANT

See With Good EYes,BEcau5ethey have a bad disposition they only jee toe prosperity and mappin €ss or other, s

THEY DONT SEETHAT THE OTHERS WbRK, HONESTLY* EARNESTLY

while MY At Around andkick. come Boysbethankful you

LIVE IN A3 A6E WHEN WE CAN BELIEVE V/HAT WE PLEAS£ ANP SM WAT WE PLEASE . WHEN REUSES ANPSC1ENCE ARE THE OTIETHINO. SUPERSTITION a IGNORANCE JoRM 8c CEREMONY AND HATE HAVE OONC. LOVE AND GOODWILL ARE WITH V$

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THAT DR-UGGISTJ" ARE JUST LEGALIZED RoBBEfcJ; THEY .SELL YOU .SODA AND CANDY To MAKE YOU &CK THEN THEY JELL YoV MEDICINE To MAKE YbU

Worse:, Then They aid and abet

THE DOCTofc, ALL For. 4oo Percent PROFIT. OM !" DR.UCGISTJ9DRU6GIST5

THINK Of THE JUNIPER, JUICE AND

SPlfciTS ffcUMENTi That i$ JolD Fofc MEDICINE- NAY- NOJ SPIRITS

fRUMENTi but Wood Alcowol m l1c0wce,the like of which ne'er came across a Bar..

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RE50LVED THAT IT DOES N'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE WHAT YoU BEUEVE.IT IS WHAT YOU DO. THE DRUNKARD BELIEVES THAT TEMPERANCE IS A GOOD THING. IF WE ALL LIVED UP

to what we believe what a 5weet World this would be.

BECAUSE EVERY BODY BELIEVES IN HONESTY VIRTUE & WORK BUT THEY PUT OFF PRACTISING IT UNTIL— WELL, TOOLATE.

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TWAT WHAT 1 CANT REMEMBER, I PROBABLY FOfcGET- LET VS ALL fOKGlT ALL UNPLEASANT THlNfiS THERE'S Too MUCH UNPLEASANTNESS LOOSE ON THE MARKET NOW. SotAt ONE -SAID fVToY AND

temperance and &eposc , sl am the Door on the Doctors nose" I've got the joy and

TEMPERANCE, BUT f'H SHY Oti

reipose. I'm Com to organise an "Oh' be Joyful society "it will soon empty our Hospitals

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THE KICKER. IS A JELF15H CHAP. HE 15 MORE; HE IS AN IGNORANT ANDEGOTISTIC AL HOG. ToHIMTHEfcESNO ONE ON EARTH BUT HIMW. HE \S A MULE". HE WlLlTEtL

You That he cets What he wants by kicking. qh! but who wants' the: Scowls and corses we gets ulth

iT^WHOVANTjTHE'JbUK DJSPOilTiON HE HAS. SOME DAY ITWlLL MAKE HIM SiCK HEMAY(<!C!iAT,ANDJXQLPA PWT/REDWAITEH.BUTHE DOES NT KNOW THAT THAT WAITER (TET5 EVEN BY MT WECTORATINO IN HIS g OH. BOYS UTS SE

REJOLVED ""^> *THAT I WILL KEEPMYWORD/ IJF I HAVE To KEEP JT IN COLD \ .STORAGE- 1 WILL KEEP H" TJLlJ

IT.SP01LS- BUT, NO. because; THEN TVOULD BE A BAD WORD NEVER BE ITJA1D OF BUSTER. 4 THAT HE .SHOULD USE A BAD LWORD- 5TILL1S0METIMES I 3f EEL MY5ELF YEARNING FOR ^sj A GOOD 5TR0NG WORD OF l^^e^^OME^ KIND..

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that Love is the: greatest Thing in The World, it is a force A s Potent as

THE LAW OF 6BAVJTATJON- BUT FRIENDSHIP. THERE IS NO SUCH THING- YoUR FRIEND IS THE CHAP WHO SHOWS UP WHEN HE WANTS SOMETHING- HE BREAKS WON THE QUIET OF>£>URHOME AND HONORS >OU WITH ALL HIS TROUBLE. HE PAYS W THE GREAT COMPLIMENT OF ALLOWING VOUT0L0AN HIM THE MONEY OR GET HIM A JOB. HE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE VERY TJtoUBLE HE-IS IN BUT W MUST .SHARE IT WITH HIM .

while You Were the ant he was the gay

GRASSHOPPER. AH ! BUT HoW ABOUT THE ONE WHO HELPS You WHEN Ycti ARE DOWN? PONT HAVE 5UCH FJJfENDS- IT IS .SELFISH or YOU To BURDEN THEM. DONT GET

into Trouble, be a fairveathek,

FRIEN0 AND ONLY WANT TMTKMD. BUSTER. BROWN. (OH( T7GE- til) DIFFERENT.

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knows A tew Things and he 5aid:'the

ONLY SEAL SURE ENOUGH THING IN THIS WORLD IS IMAGINATION" THAT5 RIGHT- THE 5NAKES THAT THE D.T. VICTIM HAS. ARE WORE REALTo HJM THAN THE REAL SNAKE5 ARE To THE CHAP WHO DOESN'T DRINK . *AS A MAN THINKETH IN HIS HEART So IS HE" YOU CAN HAVE ANY DISEASE You LIKE BY JUST IMAGJN/7VG YoU HAVE IT. OR VICE VERSA. CET YOUR IMAGINATION KEYED.UPTOAHIGH PLANE

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RE50LVED THAT I'M GOING TO LEARN ALL ABOUT THINGS -VEBSTER. SAYS THAT''AFI5H IS AN OVIPAROUS, VERTEBRATE, AQUATJC ANIMAL COVERED WITH -SCALES AND w BREATHING BY MEANS OFGILLS''0EEJ HOW DID HE FIND THAT OUT ? 1 'LL BET THERE ABE LOTS OF FELLOWS WHO MAKE A LIVING FISHING WHO

dont know that. i'll bet that a Fisherman knows somethings about fish that webster djd n't.

MORAL- DONT TELL FISH SToRIES, 1T5 Too EASY lb BELIEVE

them Yourself. BUSTER BfcOWN.

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worth two in the b\j5h as the Rolling stone .said as HE tried To Gather, some. Moss. Which only proved

THAT THE NEXT TlAlE I DO A THING iVfoNTDoiT OH,VELL

nothing Venture nothing havp 5aid the mws who is as good asa mile. the" hardest Thing on eaijtw Tor some people is to be easy.tbe easiest thing tor, others

IS To BE HARD

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NOV WATER ISA BLESSED THING: NICE DRINKING WATER. FROM THE .SPRING. ANDVHEN" YOU BATHE YOU FACE of?. FEET NICE WATER 15 A LOVELY TREAT. BUT 1 HAVE HEARD Of PE0PLE,V/HO WWEBRcWNED IN WATER ;HAVNT YOU? DfcOWN.

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HEART iS IN THE RIGHT PLACE AND THAT IT BEATS AIL RIGHT. HE JAYJTWAT IT BEAT5 THE BAND. HE SMS I HAVE A GOOD HEART AND THAT WHEN I DIE THEY WILL Tf AVE To TAKE K1YHEART OUT AND KILL IT WITH' SUCKS. THE PREACHER THINKS. THEY OUGHT To DO IT NOW. BUT m WONT LET 'EM BECAUSE SHE JAYJTWAT 4 HEART So FULL OF LOVE R>H J/ERYTHING AS MINE JS SHOULD BEAT TOR A HUNDRED YEARS. HURRAH FOR. MA !

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DEAR, 5ANTYCLAU5 MrXECoRD jhTlast Year, has BEEN RATHER.

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5ANTY 1 DO WANT A FEW THINGS NOY ENOUGH TO MAKE A iPoJLEP AND PAMPERED CHILD or ME , BUT ENoUCH'Tb MAKE ME HAPPY AND FILL MY HEART WJTH LOVE AND "6KATJTUDE, DONTEoMETTHE • BOXJNG GjLoVE5.

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