The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-04-22
THE FARMER DREAMER.



The Hearth and Home, of April 10, pup
ishes tAe following poetical conceit oy
voupr citizen OF Greenfield, Indiana WHO
mas repeatedly contributed, by his literary
and dramatic genius, to the entertainment
:, pohsrts PARK and other churches IN TINS
ritv during the past twelve montiis'
PART 1.
he was dreamer OF the days:
frdolent a. lazy breeze
an mid .ummer. that IDLY lays
And Iol 5 a out in the shade OF trees.
11nss farm er turned-as he passed nitl Dy
Hinder the hillside where he kneeleo
piucking fi0wer- q EcOrnlui eye,
And rrrio anead in The har est Held,
Wondering. Aud Tumor saIo, -
Trapping wi h fingers shaking heau-
.s:dtsnch curious kind o wey;
Wonldn't surprise me mucii, say
wing prone With upturned gaze
Idlv dreaming away ms days
50 CO.. .,..a4I.--sy les, "A oOOk
Sometimes uuder his arm he took
~ I'D aloud to a lonesome brook;
49, schrol. boys. truant, once had heard
A strange voice chanting, faint and dim
Followed the echoes ane Iouha . II hiAN
perched in n tree top. like q Difu,
Ssincing clean from the highest limb;
And. fsarfuily awed. they all slipped by
~ ryonder in whispers II ne couiu n.y.
aiet rim alonew MS father saiu
Wlen the village teacher came 70 say
ale took no part IN mis- books TO-DAY
onlv the lesson the readers read
fIis mind seems sadly going astIAy
81 i - hirn sionei" came the mournful tone,
aSd the fathers grief in HE sad eye shone-
fn;Stnc his face In his TREMBLING hand
Mnaning al would l could understand
Snt as God wills II accept,
'rHen went ssthe Dreamer" as he wilied.
nDcontroIled as light SAIL nlled
FIutiers about With an enlp a;sd D otoa,
mined out of the busy quay
0fd1lI schOOl-moOTings hstlessiy;
DYffted of on the talk1ng breeze
with his TeNefleNs
T1rifted on as his fancies wrought
ont on the mighty guiIs oil though''
Pact II.
-r,,s farmer came in The even ing gray
Ard took the bars OF the pasture down,
called To the COWS ia coaxing way,
.spasSs and =. adv ''-white ana brown;
While they paused with wide-eyed stare,
AsTho' surprised at his coming there
TiIl another tone, 10 higher Key,
Rrnnont their obeyance Faithfully;
Ihen. as ne slowly turned and swung
The topInost bar 20 its proper rest,
Something iuttered along and chung
1aoment shivering at his breast
A wind scared fragment Of legal L,- cap, -,
Irnon his breast with sudden slap,
And hurried sailing across the land.
Rut as IL chung he had caught the glance
slfs little pencIled countenance,
And a glamour OF written WORDS; ana hence'
A moment later, over the fence.
ssIere and there gone astray
over the hills and far away
He chased il into thicket OF trees
And took il away from the CapllOuS DtSSIc-
= scrap of paper, with rhyme,
Written there of summer time;
A mcneil sketch OF dairy maid
Under farmhouse porch s shade,
working merrily; and was blent
Into her features Sucn sweet content,
That a song she sung In the lines below
Made IL most DeSu,ii ~ apropOS:
SONG.
.sWhv do sing -Tra-la-la-la-la-
Glad as a king Observation-Disclosures.
KIr.r Cd, azlx Il "A
task
can not help but sing!
..Whv do smfle-Tra-la-la la-ls-
WOr cling the While?-Tra- la-la-la-ia-
Work like this is play, so I'm playing all "a
day;
l. can not help but smile!
$50 II you please
Live at your ease-Tra- la-la-la-lai
You've only get TO turn, and, you see, IL
bOund TO churn-
1t carinol help but pleaSe!
The farmer pondered and scratched n
head;
Reading again each mystic word.
ssSOme OF the Dreamer's work. he said
.-sAb. here's m rel" The good mar read,
"Pstent applied for July third,
\ Eighteen hundred and seventy-four!'
The fragment fell from his nervous grasp,
His swed lips thrilled With thejoyous gasp:
al see the pint to the whole concern
Hes made = patent on churn!