Show I r r Jottings From Froma j t a Prodigal Son Sont Dear BISh For the next t two to months all we old old old- timers down and outers so to speak are going to have the time of our lives It comes et e ery erp two ears to us u uWe We expect It and oh how ho happy happye we e weare eare are that we e are known n by so many of the politicians Why brother brothel how v are arc you How Ho Hoare are all the folks I m so glad to see you why you al aie e looking fine Remember me to the wife and family rd like to see them all My how we oe all puff up and think we wc are somebody Do you know that election day is coming Do you ou know that for once in your life Ufe you OU are on a par with the offIce Do you know v that your YOUl ate for fOl him or her counts one more In the list that he is 15 seeking My hand is not going out to anyone any one of them thIS sear ear just for fOl the mere pleasure of getting betting the grIp that means nothing to hIm but a vote he hei heis is 15 fIshing for Just take a tip from me fellow voter and let rum him shake hands i wIth hIS own clan but don t let him fall all ow 0 er himself to know you once only e eer ewery er two years ears At any other othel time he IS a stranger to you ou in fact he kno knows s not whom horn you are and cal es esa a h l of a lot less lessi I i Joe SImpson a gentleman construction of color got a Job on the raIlroad constructIOn gang The first day the boss seemed I to pile all the hard work on Joe He carried hea heavy y timbers and raIls HeI all allday I day dav That night tired out from the 1 laborious t work ork he approached the boss I Say boss am you shur 0 got my I name on de pay roll Why I sure Its Joe SImpson S r ni p s o n Is that I right asked the boss flat Dat s right fight I you shun ShUl had me down n as Samson I just thought I d gIve you that Joke I to read so that Sou ou could catch your I breath after your shaking hand with the politicians that you are now en- en enI I so la I am really ston aston aston- astonished how well known n I am In some parts of the state as the da days s come II and go Wh Why en e es en some ome entIre strangers seem to know me and be be- be believe I IlIe lIe lieve e a me I am jut Just wondering how m in I thunder I am so popular there But its no rIddle when you ou know what hat ButI is I coming m a few short weeks A shrewd d old gentleman once saId to toI I his daughter Be Be sure my dear you newer ne marry a poor POOl man but remember remember ber the poorest man in the world ord Is he who has money and nothing else How man many girls take tahe the old oldmans I Iman man mans 5 advice m in this day and age of the worlds arId I am not trying to even I give gI gIe e y ou Oll the number I ra leaving that i for you to gu guess I 1 There s a magical tie be m in the land of I m home That the heart cannot break tho the 1 footsteps may roam Be that land landhere where here It may on the thelme theline line or the pole I It stIll holds the magnet tint that oran ora back my soul I Author unknown n to me meThe meThe The same may be applied to the old home town tc where here you ou were ere born and raised That ole ola home to town n ramble as e v e may holds fIrst m in our hearts Ho Homan man many times IS as our feet ha hate hae e trod the sidewalks of the cities cf the i world ord ha hawe hae e ne e not sunk J down do mr some lonel seat and one lone sigh has gone out not once but a 1 thousand housand time Just for a e of ome familiar face whom we e once knew h that dear old torn How Ho gladly e hate e grasped that hand band and ard re- re leI rejoiced I Joked m in the fact that some ole o ue in inthis this world knew US in the long ago in that old home town where we e fIrst aw the light of day dayI I YOU KNOW ME M |