Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-02-13
HOW LEARNED TO CUT GRASS.

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Read befors he Da"ymsHs Assoeidfio" oy W. h'
I'm not the greatest thinker under the sun
But think theresa way some thinSs shou'u DO uons
The idea came to me one morning IN june
Twas not a poets song nor noVelists uroapi'
But simply the way that things were made TO seem
ltseemed to he tho greatest failure ot men
It's the easiest thing In the world TO know
you hsure' reasoh' anu 'ii'hA as you go
IL reason Is nonp ussei 70 know "hSt 70 40
For Instinct sometmes-ifl say 1t, whit them
Has taught the COW more than reason has meE.
Brother farmers! I'll tel you and tell you true
said things to me one day. what put II tn your head
To think that clover and grass were best when dead
Said l. IN conceit, with much Ignorance hid
Aud l really can't SEQ tho point, indeed
Why you should seek to cut them before they seed,
Said things again to me. you fool, what's the use
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began to see, when my eyes opened vile,
That was on the ebb and flow of the tide;
lnsteau oI pIOgIessoIfs > ueeP, iniSh'y Oceabf
Saitl, little chagrined, perhaps you're night
But I'll never give 1t up without more light.
Thus twas. | asked an ep'curean cow
| knew she didn't understand the when nor how.
pn,,,,..,..,ro.,r, ,honnn, .h. oou,, tall.
And her signs knew, and understood very we'll.
So brought som grass and clover ripe with age
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Likewise some clover and grass Of nvlns green,
A. sha az to,d ma mi nlaIo with a to., Of her head
That she loved the clover best when in tho red.
Tho ronseaved grasses she said stamping her feet,
She loved best when tender, and juicy, and sweet
Dy ner nO" u ',iA no. not,
While feeding on ibis green oats, grass and clover,
She said " were the farmers mind to cater,
ia 'e0eh him. the H'S' 'H'Hs' 'H0 i""' u "n'"''
Thus, but from the instinct Of a cow alas
oafneu i5 ,no ,on~S ~ hsap the tbjngs aid ofwe
While was cutting it, busy as bee.
On. said g Wbv John, can't SEQ into his thoughts,
He'd not cut my grass ifhOd cut it for nausht,"
Some asked 6 Is ho foolish, or crazy or mad
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Now there's ono wora more, Dy way @ o. au'''s
mi. n,ov. ",, the t,ms. hut II thew move too slow
And YOU get " tip-top /" chance to go by, 60,
,oc,Lo I'D r,onnI,c,nrcr-.I,u trv.
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anu "'o'' '"'e'u' "''''''0"'
Ani'hos.''cs "ro '"o'''''' '"' wv "''''''
''es l'o ior''or'
The commonplace exists only rs tlle cr'
"lloh oil colnihO'P'"oo P'oP'o'
Why Is abeeisleak IKE locomotive II
not OF much account WITHOUT It's 'ehuer'
A bachelor friend compares shirt-butto
to life, because It so often hangs by n thread
An iron Will, slvery voice, plenty {
brass and modicum of tin win golde
opinions.
Only what we have wrought into our chai
actcr during life can we take away with III
whats your name, little girl?n "Mir
ME" minnie whatPn minnie Don't
that's what mamma calls me-"
What's the difference between tube an
foolish DutchmanP One is a hollow cy
inder, and the other is a silly Hollander.
sign in "A BARRIERS shop window announ,
es, Boots blackcd inside" 1t is suggeste
that this must be very bad for the stocking
,rho boIo,ol Of ,ho At,,iah,, ,ro the ric
who have tho humility OF the poor, and Il
Door who have the magnanimity of the ric
A, ohi,r,rv rot;co in = ,ostor, nonor co
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