The nonpartisan leader. [volume], December 02, 1915, Image 1

About The nonpartisan leader. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1915-1921

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lOOKS like a nice, friendly doggie, doesn't it?
J=L. A nice friendly shepherd dog would be a good thing
to have to watch those sheep over there in the distance.
This fellow is applying to the farmer for that job.
But the farmer has got his number. See that sarcastic
smile on the farmer's face. He sees that wolf-fang sticking
out from under the shepherd-dog skin.
The dog is the farmer's best friend.
The wolf is his worst enemy.
That's the reason the wolf dresses up like a dog and then
comes around and applies for the job.
The wolf assures the farmer that he is his friend But
the farmer has heard that old tale and seen that genial smile
before.
Every election year the wolf comes around and smiles
beamingly at the farmer, barks softly and licks the farmer's
hand and wags his wolfish tail and begs the farmer to let him
look after the farmer's interests.
The farmer has learned by repeated and bitter experiences
that no sooner is the wolf safely in the sheepfold than he be
gins to despoil and devour the farmer's interests.
These have been expensive lessons for the farmer but he
has learned them thoroly. His mind is made up and his deter*
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mination is fixed. Calmly and firmly he will refuse to admit
the wolf. Coldly and indifferently he will turn Mr. Wolf away.
What becomes of the wolf, he does not care, he
should worry.
But it is certain that he will not willingly consent to the
wolf entering his pasture again.
That season of the year when the wolf gets busy is now
approaching. He will appear from unexpected directions and
in many forms. Even Satan himself, it is said, will transform
himself into an angel of light. Even so it is with the wolf.
Beware of the gentle whining-bark, and the friendly-wag
ging tail.
To change the figure, beware of the soft, sweet words of
praise, gushing orations of flattery and the highly scented
boquets. The words are curses dipyed in honey, the flattery
shields a sting and each boquet encloses a deadly viper.
Thus it has ever been in the past—that's the reason wo
know. We judge the past by its fruits.
As to the future, we shall see what we shall see.
Get the wolf number, and keep it pasted in your hat.
You 11 need it every day from now until election is passed—and
then some.
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