Show MEMORY OF RIfI RINGING GING SCYTHES when mowing was the portion of tho the farmer and hla hie aids aide u alas thero there aro are no scythes nowadays tho the work la Is dono done with horses and ren re apers pers tho the economical reform has swept our romance unmercifully in those days there wore were scythes scy thos and there wore were men who know knew how to swing them it was a fine sight to seo boo four or five well built lads ads led by tho the father mowing down tho the meadow and the timothy was nearly us its tall as their heads beads but tho the swing of their scythes fell ell true find their trend tread was oven and they wore glad birds sung sling overhead and when they camo came near a ground birds nest tho mother told them of it and they wont went round leaving it unharmed but a bumblebees neail festl that was another thing and they went round that also but at night the boys did not forget for bumblebees ble bees honey la Is good and they did not know in those days that tile tho bum binn were very essential in a clover flold I 1 remember ono one tall follow with u touch of indian blood who wont went down vie th 0 held field on a trot cutt cutting ang a good honest swath all the way no ono one could keep near him and ho he was tho the envy of all the boys and men at noon lie ho marched arched in like a general find and at night ho he spoke patronizingly why not tor for it wits was a grand achievement such ait was wag aurely as good an aa scan scanning 11 homer otner and tile tho feet never lost time they wore hexameters meters that rhymed E H P powell in a outing magazine |