Morgan County Star | 1912-08-24 | Page 7 | Reported by the Grouch

REPORTED BY THE GROUCH here the original hiram J tells of HIS hl attendance at t a country funch function n 11 lla having vIng nothing else to do remarked the ie old codger 1 I attended a Rf function unction while I 1 was over nt at tor pid aidville ville the other day the affair was held in a dispirited grove at the end of 0 a road in which every time a horse popped down his toot foot the dust eliot up in fit the air like ilke a skyrocket A band was playing without the r remorse morse A statesman with a neck eck as wrinkled as aa a pickle dron ed forth redundant without end A end and and rick rickety merry go wound round and round to the sound bound of its own p plaintive lalli tive poe pee dle deedle in a tipsy pavilion a hoarse was endeavoring to sell in brazen defiance of tile pure to food mid and drug act what looked alarmingly like horned toads briw in axle grease A gentleman in a s tent near by hoarsely aasted that ho be preferred to eat snakes at ten cents per ser pent there was the usual balloon which seemed perfectly willing to do ao anything but go up tip scattered around through the festal scene were wera a few old soldiers grumbling a smattering of farmers barme re also grumbling sundry honest voters likewise grumbling and various other folks nothing about whom is worth mentioning except that they too were grumbling I 1 it t may have been a reunion a fair a rally a picnic or whatnot what not but what over they chanced to call it etwas an excellent example of one of our most cherished institutions kansas city star