Show 1 1 I 1 wil 57 IV I 1 T H 09 iti SlIk FAff BY i breaking a S tt ng hen an iowa editor com complained compla plainE lna because one of his brood hens insists on steal ing the croquet balls to sit on when a game Is proposed the edi ad I 1 tor ter has to crawl under the barn and rout the outraged biddy off her wooden eggs this Is no easy task like the rock of gibraltar thalien the hen commands the pass against all comers she Is as onrea as other females when strena bously determined and fights against t intrusion with bravery worthy of a better cause than straddling four in sensate basswood spheres the editor has tried ducking her in the rain barrel and tying a spiral spring to her leg but all to no pur pose his inventive genius having been depleted he appeals to bis his sub scribers he says he is a friend of the hen that lays piously cackles joy bously and sets only when urged but is irrevocably against a tool fool fowl that insists on hatching a miscellaneous progeny of croquet and ping pong balls pepper boxes toad stools and frosted fungi croquet enthusiasts who have had experience with hens more or less de ter mined or who have successfully handled heady wives please write and feedle sum ay canna sing soprano but ay can sell bonano and ay can teedle feedle sum da gooda ripe banan ay sella from ma stan ay bella sells grap an plum Pe re anutta pear and gum an ay can feedle sum ay canna sing soprano or playa th piano but ay can feedle sum ay canna mak da money so fas as bees n ak hone ay canna roller skate but ay can sit up lat an feedle a sim im sum day ay gatta richer an then ay haia an teedle feedle oh so fine an when ay sell ma stan sta n ay live in house so gran no more ay raise my han ban to sella da banan zo A ay y teedle feedle alia alla timet S outers of thought when a man feels it in his bonest it its s generally rheumatism r some men seem to think good luck is a dog anyhow they sit around all the time and whistle tor for it r who first found tin asks a mich igan editor who first found it doesn doean 1 interest me halt half as much as to know how to find it right now u h it if men got only what was good for them when spending their money there would be more roast beef on the table of everybody but the doctor r U U the trouble with most people I 1 to they are looking for the garden ol 01 eden on earth and there are still others who would like to improve on or where the adamsey lived u is f the ignorance of city people is re just yesterday I 1 heard a sordid being of the metropolis wonder what people did for excitement in the country districts pshaw there the county fair all week the sociable in the park for the benefit of the band the school chasn t john wilberton Wim berton sold out and gone to ar kansas didn dian t somebody poison polson judge hudson s dog fridae 7 9 wasn gasn 1 squire hinckley s daughter married tuesday 9 D t henry bulls fine driving team run away down main street and break the handle off the town toan pump the jack pott potto comedy co billed to play all next week in the village and wasn gasn t that an awful thing for anne partridge to dc wednesday run away with a travel ing man talk about excitement city folks don t know what the word means 0 unbalanced I 1 once knew a man who was big in the head not round in tl tj e middle but tapered in stead ius 1 caeti es hung upon himmell him well jus just ili ille e a imagine a man who is b built allt ike I 1 ke a tack and when he lay down he lay down foi for all night oil oh my but this man was an unbalanced alced s and then in the morning two huskies a would meet and lift this poor duffer up straight on his feet his ills keys on one side and his watch on tie tl e oti er lr they balanced him nicely er somera er rut er but one day they put all his load on 0 on no side ot of course he tipped over and darn it he died 0 poesy A nebraska poet says the sun 1 14 up once more seemingly unmindful tu fu that old sol is as regular as cloch work mork these poets will be telling u next that the sun has set again just as though the sun were getting so lr tr regular in its habits babits as to call forth talk |