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Show DISAPPOINTMENTS , I cannot praise the parsnip much; It runs a lot to pith, It has no fragrant odors, such As fruits supply us with. It is not pulpy like a fruit Nor juicy like the beet. It seems more like a substitute For something good to eat. Pittsburgh Post. 1 cannot sing the paw paw's praise. Although the smell is fair; And poets oft their voices raise To bless its flavor rare, Its succulence they overstate; It seems more likely that ! The thing was meant to decorate I A fall or winter hat. Peoria Journ-1. I cannot give my mead of prairc To cheese when it is rank; I know 'a good, strong s'hweitzr-r-kase Would make an army tank. ; A piece of cheese quite cute may be. And yet I am aware, i Although too small for man to see. He nose the thing i. there, Vonkers Statesman. |