Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-06-05
THE LIaHTNINa-ROD D1SPEN SER.
4 Farm Ballad

THE l1aHrN1Na-RoD DISPENSER.
4 Farm Ballad.
If tho weary world is willing, I've little word t,
~of 1ishtnins-rod dispenser that dropped down or
With a poem IN hts motions, with sermon in hi,
With hands as white as lilies, and face uncom.
No .rnk'e hal his vestments, and his linen slis.
And his new-cons:rxctod ec<tic was an interest,"
ing sight;
Which alp sss wish his razor had made red thai
hangman's knot,
ere se bro ght his .'eek-trimmed carcass for m,
women FOLKS to see,
lind his rifrsaw tongue buzzin' for to gouge a
cash in me.
but Ieouldnt help but like him-as always think
1.-The gold Of my own doc,rino, in tsllo heap oil
when fred my own opinions At this person
They drew an answering volley, of a very similar
sound;
touched HIM on religion, AMI the hopes my heart
He sad he'd had experiences quito similar of his
told him OF the doue:iu'. that made dark my
He had laid awake till morning. With that Same old
breed of fears.
l told :tm Of the rough path hopsd to heaven to
20;
He was on that very ladder only just round be-
told him of my visions of tho siufulness Of gain
He had tho sel'same pcters, though not quite
Our politics wasdfv, ent, and at rst he CALLED and
WINGED;
But arged him 50 able, he was very soon con-
WINGED.
And twas getting toward the middle of hungry
summer <sy;
and he SIT down among us, everlasting trim and
Ana asked short. crisp blessing, al.nos: good
Then p. he fired up on the merciss Of our Great
And for fun an hour We listened to the sugar
coated scamp,
Talking like blessed ap2el-eatng like a-blasted
tramp.
My wife, she liked the stranger, smiling on him
1t always hatters women when their guests are
AID hs tinted that some ladies never lose their
Aud kissed her latest baby, and received it in his
arms,
nly sons and daughters liked him, for he had pro-
And chewea the qud OF fancy, and gave down the
latest news;
And couldn't help but like him, as fear alw avs
must,
The gold OF my own doctrines, in fellow-heap of
dust.
He was spreading desolation through piece of
apple-pe,
When he paused, and looked upon us with a tear
And said, ., happy family!-,our blessings make
me sad;
You call to mind the dear ones that in happier
days had:
wife as sweet as this one; babe as bright and
fair;
little girl with ringlets like that one over there.
"osshipped them too olindly!-my eyes with
love were dim!
God took them to hi, own heart, and now wor-
But HAD Lot neglected the means within my way :,
Then they might SILL be living and loving me to-
cay.
"One night there came tempest, the thunder
peais were Gire;
The clouds thas 1ramped above us were shooting
In my own house, 1, lying was thinking to my
bla.ae,
How. ht.'e l had guarded against those shafts of
VIVA, crash!,;through roof and ceiling the deadly
Ans Killed ny wills and children, and only was
~: Since that dread time I've wandered, and naught
Save to save Others loved ones. whose lives have
yet been spared;
Since then, it is my mission whe.e'er by sorrow
tossed,
To seA to virtuous people gooi advantageous at
With sure and strong protection I'll clothe your
buildings DER,
Twill: cost you fifty dollars (perhaps a trae
What little else it comes to a. lowest price Ill put,
ta"n signing this a ;reement to pay 50 much per
I eigned it. while my family all approving stood
And cropped te,r upo IT'D 1t it didn't blot it
outD
That very day With wagons came some men, both
great and small;
They climbed upon my buildings Just as if they
ewnei 'em all;
They hacked EN-, aad they hcwed 'e.n, much
against hay loud desires;
They srima.el 'em up with sewgaws, and thej
bound 'em down with wires;
They trimmed EN- and they wired EN-, and they
trimmed an wired 'em slill
And every precious minute kept a-running up the
bill.
3dy soit'spoke guest a-seekins, did and rush
and run;
He vas supping with neighbor, just three-mic
Do you think" 6ercely shouted, that want
To save each separate hay-ccck out O. heavens
Do you think to keep my buiIdin's safe from some
uncertain harm,
I'm goin' to deei you over all the balance of aly
farm?''
He locked up quite astonished, with face devoid
Of guile,
AMI be pointed to the contract with a reassu1ing
smie
L vas the first occasion that he disagreed with me;
But he held NE to that paper with a irmness sad
to see;
And for that thunder story, ere the rascal finally
went,
paid two hundred dollars, if paid single cent.
And if any ligatnin' -rodder wants dinner-dia-
logue
With tue restaurant department OF an en- terprisng
dog,
Let him set his mill a-runnin' just inside my out
Adc gate.
And I'll bet two hundred dollars that he won't
have long to wait.
WI Carleton, in Chicago Farmers Reviev.