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Show THE NEW ROAD. i By Wm. M. Wilson) I-'ann.T Jn,.s St,.,,),,, Ins t.-m.i to talk with n.-i-libm- Brown, U l.o, seat.-,! m ins limosin,. was on his wav to town '' S,"'i'" ;S"Kl J"""S' "tliat -vou 1,avo h,,ll-ilt wtiiw coup,' Ami don t you know I'V(, always thought I'd'lik, on, too so,,,,-day.'" so,,,,-day.'" "Vou hot," sai.l Brown, "that is'nt all that's lately conn- to pass, For I have also bought a truck to haul my gar,!,.,, sass " "Ami neither is that all" sai.l Brown, "I'fmd that I can load lust thrice as much by -oin to town on this here concrete road." "One day we fanners thought that it would he a big expense But now we've all begun to see its just good common sense. J o-day we're going to town and back in less than half the time And saving much m wear and tear that dirt road was a crime." "The money that we yearly spent on trving to make it stay Wouid in short time have easily built the road we have to-day. For tins new road lias brought "the farm much closer to the town And folks can 'go to shows and sich.' " continued neighbor Brown. The children on their way to school instead of wading skate, They never stop to play around and get to school to late And after Sunday meeting's out and Preacher homeward oes, There is no mud to spatter up his brand new Sunday clothes." ' "And don't you know that I don't give a continental darn I low much it rains or snows or hails while I am on the farm ? For since the concrete roads been in I always can rely On good roads in December as well as in July. " "And old Bill Sykes' skinney team which had so much to do A hauling one ton into town, well now is hauling two. And Old Bill says this surely proved to him a bit of luck For with money saved by saving time, he's going to buy a truck." '1 too," said Jones, "am going to buy an auto and a truck For now the roads are smooth and dry no mud and ruts to ; buck. ; And any one who says to me that concrete roads ain't right, -Will surely have an argument if that won't do a fie-hf" ' ZD And thus these two old cronies who had met upon the way ' Discussed with homely logic the topics of the clay. They argued long on taxes on farming a-la-mode, But at heart they were a unit for THE CONCRETE ROAD. |