Show 1 ODD TANGLES Perplexing Questions of Various Kinds for Fireside Solution IWord definitions unless otherwise stated stat-ed are according to Websters International Interna-tional Dictionary Lipplncolfs Gazetteer or Phllllpss DlPtlonary of Blosraphical Reference Original contributions will be welcomed oiinunlcallons for this de partmcnt lo bo addressed to R JL Chad bourr Lewiston MtJ r i AN JASTIR i L p1 It boars an Inscription appropriate lo the season Y C DECAPITATION I Now again the welcome Of tho spring with all her Vakons with tho April i I rOn r-On tho vordant sunny Beasts will graze and browse and Where the hidden violets nr Amid hedges brooks and s Find In pleasant country Vhcro with lazy foot Tlrno s k kM W 217SIMILAR OCCUPATIONS 1 When Felix has gathered together all his scattered sheep along the hillside and Ind them down tim steep bank lo the river to drink he looks over Into the green valley and besIde his little cot with Us strip of bloom In front ho sees his wife rciicia She has a tiny pot In her hand and ho smiles at the plcturo of her hero among tho llowcra for oddly enough her occupation Is the same as Ills own 2 Honest John Smith a lumberman on our own Mississippi may have a similar gratification If gratlllcatlon there be In It All day long ho tolls with his heavy logs against contrary tides and rapids that Impede his progress while his wife who believes in sharing his burdens is often doing the same thlngr > on shore In her tnoal lllllo bakery whcro her fruitcake fruit-cake and buna aro justly famous MABEL P a C S 2 IS VICE VERSA Good farmer Joe has wed a wife I think ho calls her Ploy And having found this of Ho leads a of sat Bound heart and handi4for good or ill No quarrels they have known Whllo he delights to her She makes his her Her house Is neat below above No cobwebs there may como As soon as Joe brought his She learned to his She keeps her dally duties planned Exact as any clerk And always has some at To keep her I at S She never 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