The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-10-22

think my son, that funny age
Will surely come about;
That people, in the way you say,
Will milk, without doubt.
The sign to know when it has come
Even the day and date
When Abbott honest Lott'ry man,
Shall sign him Sec. Of State"
CHILD
And, father, do you ever think
Bull-frogs will learn to sweari
That tumble-bugs will go to church,
And paper collars weari
That elephants viii walk on stilts
And tadpoles hunt for micel
That snakes will build their nests on trees,
And fish-worms skate on icei
FATHER
NY son, verify believe
That day the world shall see
A day of grand phenomena
When all these things shall be.
'Tis coming, slowly coming on,
But coming, sure rs fate
When great "Gewhillikens" shall sit
As Auditor Of State.
CHILD.
And, father, have wondered II
The time would ever be,
When golden pieces could be picked
From vine, and bush, and tree;
When greenbacks grew like cabbages,
In garden beds and drills,
And niekels gathered every day,
A rolling up the hills.
FATHER
My son. that day will also come,
As strange things have before,
Unless the age Of miracles
IL past forever more.
Twill be when Jimmy Watson holds
Our treasure and our bonds,
And writes upon public scrip,
Mot paid. for want Of funds"
And, father, 1 have sometime dreamed,
Or, may be, dreamed awake,
That all the queer snd living things
In ocean, sea and lake
The big fish and the little fish,
The porpoises and whales,
Would float ashore, stand on their heads.
And whistle with their tails
FATHER.
Ny son, I've thought Of such time,
And very nigh twill draw,
When Hallowel Of Cherokee,
Tells Kansas what is law;
When Douthitt sits on that high chair,
Serenely squints his eye,
Dozes through briefs and arguments,
And grinds out Syllabi.
CHILD
1 heard boy. the other day,
Say that the time would be,
When biscuits, hot for breakfast, could
Be picked from every tree;
When roasted pigs would run around,
CThe real thing. no sham,)
And every one could take q slice
OF sausage or Of ham.
FATHER
Yes, even that may come to pass,
For aught that we can know;
We see things daily, never dreamed
A thousand years ago.
That time will come, Though folks may call
Us who beisve it fools,)
When Christopher, the Ham Fat Man."
O'ersees our public schools.
CHILD
1t wouldn't be bit more strange,
For cows to roost on trees;
For hogs tn crow when morning comes.
And turkeys to hatch feas;
Or horses bark at passers by,
And sheep catch mice and rats;
And geese sing operatic tunes,
In concert with the cats.
rArHER.
You have q comic fancy, boy,
For one so young in years;
But all these things the world shall see,
Strange as it now sppe:rs-
When Parrott, Of the silver tongue,
When Goodin, Hudson. all
As Kansas Representatives.
Shall sit in Congress Hall
CHILD
Father, 1 do not want to live
In suoh = crazy world,
Where everything's turned upside down,
And topsysturvy hurled
The things that We are used to now,
VIII then be done away.
And We as prisoners on some
Strange planet doomed to stay.
FATHER
Ny son, twill be grievous change,
Fraught with unrest and fear;
But let US keep our spirits up
Until that time Is here.
lift should come before We 20,
II would be vain to Zee it
But should we both Of old age die,
Well hardly live to see it.
TIE HIGH PRAIRIE, October. 1874.