| Show THE JOKE IS ON THE SMELTER by W C H I 1 if the horses have the glanders if the turkeys have the roup if the deadly hawk is flying into his chicken coup the farmer has his innings the matter is no joke I 1 for or he traces down his losses direct to smelter smoke the frost may blight the melons the crows may get his corn and the pigs may have the cholera his cow a crumpled horn the farmer grabs his pencil j he charges all to smoke he swiftly send ills hs little bill and thinks it is a joke the water in the streams dry up the south wind blasts his field his daughter has the whopping cough his wheat it falls fails to yield but the farmers never troubled he banks his wealth in town he never feels the want of cash till the smelter closes down |
