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Show VALEDICTORY OF ' JOHN BARLEYCORN Yet for a little while the cup 'that cheers; 1 That lifts the shade of the descend ing years, . . . t Will cheer up still and then wlll;pass , away, . . : ' Leaving us naught but memories and tears. The farmers will quit raising corn j and rye : ! (They'll not be needed in a world gone dry), i And Billy Sunday will be President, And all the brewers will lie down and die! I The morning's morning with Its amber am-ber light, Which now we hail, a vista of delight. de-light. Will soon be gone; Its fragrance be j i no more; j For morning's morning, it will be ; good-night. The oil of gladness that now sooth- I es our woes, j And paints with purple many aj noble nose, At last must yield; brought down to base deleat By the pale stuff that's used for washing clothes! j Even the pallid beer is doomed to go. For "hone-dry" is the edict of the "pro"; And money will be useless when the juice That makes men generous has ceased ceas-ed to flow! The places where we long have drank and fed But mostly drunk until with addled ad-dled head, . We wended homeward, will be closed clos-ed and dark. And nothing left to do but go to bed! Proposed increase in freight rates will strike blow at canning Industry of Utah. |