Sumtimes folks get sorta riled up, becus the
Back Porch takes a whack at the poiitishuns purty

frequent.

‘The way I sees it, t’ain’t goin’ to do nuthin’ but
good -- becus kids, jackasses an politishuns have

one thing in common:

A good kick in the backside
ain’t never hurt none of ’em!

It all reminds me of the old
feller wot bust his heart,
tryin’ to point young kids in
the rite direckshun, back in a
littel ‘High School in the
30’s.

We had a Debating Sas-
siety wich he startid fer us...
an it took mebbe forty yeres
to reelize he did it jest so we
cud figger how to use our
OWN brains - instid of
relyin’, sorta blind like, on
wot the Departmint of
Educashun pumped into us
with a funnel wich had the

small hole at the wrong end.

Anyways, I wus goin’ hell
fer leather on wot the
politishuns wus doin’....
wich wusen’t eny_ great
shakes, becus World War 2
wus jest arount the corner. I
wus doin’ purty gud, wot
with seventeen yeres of wit
and wisdome behint me, wen
he stoppt me.

‘“‘There’s a diffrunce’’, he
ses, “‘between a politishun
ana statesman.

“It’s a subtle thing. You
shud meditate on it during
the next forty er fifty yeres’’

- MISSUS POWER

Wich brings us to the
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datelined St. John’s, in the
Big Paper t’uther day.

It s es Missus Power, 66,
wus gettin’ a pension of $147
a month becus her husband

wus a seaman in the
Merchant Marine in the
Second World War. The

trubble wus that wen Missus
Power startid gettin’ the Old
Age Penshun, the  politi-
shuns cut off her war
widow’s penshun!

IT CUM TO SEVENTY-
ONE CENTS A MONTH!

And so- in their infinite
wisdom, the politishuns de-
cided to pay it twice yearly,
with a $5.00 cheque!

An this brings us, sorta
gentle like, to the diffrunce
between politishuns an
statesmen -- wich I wus tolt
avout by a quiet man in a
quiet littel school room more
than forty yeres ago. It
concerns ANUTHER Five
Dollar cheque. It’s ; probably
the history of this tired old
world. —

IT SEPARATES POLITI-
SHUNS FRUM STATES-
‘MEN WITH ONE HASTILY-
SCRAWLED SIGNATURE.

Y’see, the feller wot writ it
had the agony of a nation on
his mind. Battles had been
fought...

and lost. The

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streets of the Capital were
haunted by soldiers who
stumped about on crutches,
or roamed the streets: with
empty sleeves pinned acrost
their breasts. Without mo-
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desperation wus a cry in the —

wilderness. .-

They wanted to go home... .

wel.

People usually have more
time on their hands during
the summer months... time

‘that can be spent pursuing a

creative hobby or craft. If you
find yourself with leisure,
why not try a needlecraft
such as crocheting, knitting,
needlepoint, quilting or. cre-
Or, you might enjoy
making scented scap, cand-
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baskets.

_These kits include instruc-

carry supplies for all types of

‘Crafts occupy the hands,

the eyes and the mind. They
are hobbies that allow the

_ person doing them to express

her or his creativity. Ancient
crafts such as wood carving,
weaving, batik fabric dyeing
and ceramics have occupied
people for centuries. These

and other crafts produced

important items for the
home. In fact, most crafts
originated with ‘‘homespun
art’’ where people made the

things they needed.

Today, we can. easily buy
assemply line, machine-
made goods, giving us more
leisure time. However, with

to dying parents an starving SPace-age technology, we

families. In frustration again-
st fumbling bureaucracy,
they turned to one man.

ancient crafts that required
time, patience and a certain
creativity that cannot be
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ONE MAN -- WITH THE >
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‘are full of hastily-scribbled
notes, written by that one
man to.whom they could
turn, in faith; in trust and i in
desperation.

And the Five Dollar
Cheque? It’s a bit Diurred, an
I sorta like to think it wus
becus of tears that fell on it:

WASHINGTON, D.C.

AUG. 11, 1863

PAY TO...... COLORED
MAN, WITH ONE LEG.......
FIVE DOLLARG......... $5.00
A. Lincoln

All of wich sorta tidies up
the folks that have been
hasslin’ me fer. hammerin’
politishuns -- an explanes

wot I wus tolt forty yeres ago

an diden’t unnerstand:

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