My resolutions, Buster Brown

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JOHN SKALLY TERRY

MEMORIAL COLLECTION

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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

00022228091

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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YEAR,

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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NAMEI>6USTEP INS i LAD oF
ITS ONLY THE DIFFERENCE OF
LETTEfc,VHICH 15 A§|G DlFFE^
ItCVSZ MAKER, )5 THE CHA,
COME^CK WITH THE Gc
WEX£U5£ HE SAfSToV
£WS ONLY A DIFFERED
-Butthe Word was
Ton The END OF JT,

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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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,

they willthink you are
A*Comeon"andwilltake

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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

BUSTER BfcdWN.

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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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PaoR. Ti6t GOT
mJCHTMM

Tvltil AND LIT
IN A Ml To?

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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RESOLVED

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

BUSTER BRoWN

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RESOLVED

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.
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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 "

EE.SOLVE.D \1

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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KE SOWED
SINCE 1 CAN TALK To ANIMALS
AND KNOW JUST WHAT THEY .SAY
I HAVE LONG CONVER.5ATION5.WITH
THEM NEARLY EVERYDAY.
THEY NEARLY ALWAYS TELL THE TRUTH
THATS MORE THAN SbME ToLKJ DO.,
AND ALL THE ANIMALS I KNOW
ARE VEfCf GOOD AND TRUE . 1
I MET OLD MISTER, FOX LAST NIGHT
OUT BY THE APPLE TREE ._
*SJTDOWN HERE BUSTER BRoWN HE

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

. ■ £ i. GEESE,

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,

mm.

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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£ YoV WAHTTO CULTIVATE
A METftMO KIND DISPOSITION

Commence Tomorrow Mnino

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

si BU5TER. 5ROWN .

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Cw? i liver,
vith Bacon

is THt V/AY
1U HAVE AY
CALf AFTEfc
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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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REJQLVED
THAT I'M AFRAID MABELIEVES JN
GHOSTS. OH WELL, WE'VE GOT A RIGHT
To BELIEVE WHAT WE PLEASE IN THI5
ENLIGHTENED AGE- (jHoSTS CANT DO
ANYONE ANY HARM. N0B0PYCAN DO
YoV AS MUCH HARM AS YOURSELF, ALL
THAT GLITTERS IS NOT {jOLD^LLThAT^
MYSTERIOUS IS NOT GHOSTS. Dli.UVDSOH

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.

BLISTER,

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THAT MY IDEA OF A
iSYiWGSM IS THE
' TRUSTS' MOTTO.
THEY^AY THEY ARE-
.,, DOINd THE PUBLIC GOOD.
« THAT5 RJ6HT THEY ALE

v DOING the public Good

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

BUSTEK brown:

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M^THAT IF VARIETY IS
v " A THE^-SPICE OF LIFE ",
y THEN LIFE IN A GREAT
^METROPOLIS ISA PRETTY'
"'HIGHLY REASONED
* AFFAIR. AND BAD FOR.
JHE DIGG5TON

BU5TE& BfcOWN

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LIFE,
TOR. ME

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RESOLVED

THAT I hope thet&e:

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

BUSTER,

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HI NEVER,
TRY To RIDE

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

TOBEft^BUSTEHBROWN.

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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

(JooD. 'BUTTER BROWN.

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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.

BUSTER BROWN.

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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$

BUSTEfe BfeOWH !

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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..

BUSTER BfcoV

WELL I
OUGHT TO
KNOW
BETTER,

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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.

BUSTER BROWN.

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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

BIOTER BR,0WN

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RESOLVED.

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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EEJOLVED
THAT THE PROPHET Of EAST AURORA

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

BU5TER. BROWN

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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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EEJ'OT-VED
THAT A 3TITCH IN T/MEI IS

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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re .solved
that i vould like toKnow •
ju5twhyitjs jome things abe so.
why 5h0uld a milkmaid 'be forlorn,
is .she not busy night and morn ?
can people who have work to do
be ever lonely ever, blue f
work 15 the best thing we can find,
for, health of body peace of mind,
why is it any one'5 forlorn ?
and wish that they had not been born?
DoTHEYnot Know They'll weep alone ?
this world has got a heart ofstone.
if they but laugh they'll have a

CROWD-

50 LAUGIiDEAR BROTHERS GboDj|ND

BUSTER

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REJOLVED
THAT Too MUCH OF A GOOD
THING IS A CHESTNUT

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?
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the doctor, says my

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 !

BUSTER BROWN

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

AJNSATJ5FACTORY,BUTirYoU AR,E

Kind like my mother, and father,

YOU VJLLfoRGlVC EVERYTHING. To'

"THE PUKE ALL THINGS ARE PURE YoU

KNOW. *HONI 501T Oui MALY PENSE'

or .Something like. that, and

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.

BUSTER, BR,oWN,

P.5,.MCJtlcr CHRKSTftAJ.

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