, 1881-01-02
GRANGER BILL.
DY CARL PIlETXEL.
En,% Ill., frktf+t,7n tTrsh1fr1 q


Der mid day sun for sc1sy years had played der.
deuce nit old Bills face, :
Und turned der tint from ret to broun, dill nos
white E!eat left truce.
His hnnds broun. und der great big lines rat
.phloughed deep In der shkin-
Vas told der years OF toll und work. dhroo all his
HIs fhramc don'i sas rat it yoost to been, tall,
und shtrsli%ht, nnl shtnut.
But had shIowfuliy doubled itsen indo, while der
muscles vas playin' out
His kueeses too, vas yittiu weak, alnd his lecks
Und bis % JAWS vus w loos'n I'LL its dooths, ur,a ho
g1lmnled it in his dalk- e. i. FL
But of der outside In OF his manly breast some
Und tihey vas bloon, und shprout, und shmeil,
vheEcfer be vas yas 20: g: ,.u. 49,. ,,,.u,,;. nm,
Nix grief, nix cure, could tnmplo doun der soul
It vas pooty :utf to shtiae grief when he lookt
und saw saw fsols M % efry htily top some oadcr mouad-
Und all 100 life dose hills vas dhe1e to block der
olt mans vny,
Und no sooller gwsek be climb der one der odder
But yoost look OF dem acres Of farmin' 1andl
Veil, for cfry herb dhcy shprour, -
More as sexEy trops ct vasscr-shweat from old
Bills brow toinc out
You vas saw der pr,ofs in der golden corn. In
der mcddow Of der field:
You rlls saw der proofs in dcr orchart-1ot, und
in der froot dhcy Yield
Old Bill rus farmer nuns for shure, honest,
sbgware und true.
Und would ask Of you yoost vat vas rccht, una
expect der sanlc OF YOU:
But, make him aggraynt1on once, by tam, he
He knock you down 50 higher kite, vhile you
shtaud ubou der shpot.
Ho vas lfed to been d grcen olt nec. und Ind
shoullcrcd troubles sore:
He vas shtruggletl hard to lite der wolf und keep
hi Rf RIG
But, der mort he worked. dem wolrses yelled
mid mouths all open vide,
70 bhduF 'cmsclfs OF dheir uutsides In nit der
farmers beef und hide
Aldo,l.h dem :s:imnis vas der fattest kind shdE
der satotnachs doiIt gut futi;
Dcy keep .oxpandln' as dhey cut, und on der
Dey eat 1 der meats na. Of der boduloc, corn, der
.und oniyita.f dur hus5audmau vet he wouldn't
: gK u shoat -:
Dot male OIL bill sIt sotno dander up: 50 he
Und allowed be wouldn't plant anodcr seed, or
grow him noting more
for a loud II wood
Before ned shweat him single hair for oddcr
Now dis yas dosc yot old Bill preach uud pructtee,
Und on bis farm dhere vas noting ra.tst,i-not
cfcn II Disturbance dhcrg+
He wouldn't alto. olt MuddeT Earth to grow
| Not efen eaaf for der ortndle cow. nor his
odder chcken-fced-
Veil. der wolrses coined. as dhoy had done Root
| many times before
TO st,tleul der fruits Of der farmers land, und
: rob hfu OF his shd0rc.
But dose vat shdruck for olt BilTs farm-velt,
der shdory was casy said:
| Dhey only found sotne ut post-holes u1d vason-
trucks insteud.
|
.. MORALE = -..-
| Dose wogfses vas dem monobolfes ynt shdeal der
| =: farmers shJutf,
| To fill ub bioated arishdocrats vat uefer could
| got enu1: =" +.
| But Granger Bill vas make EN- sing, song ahcy
| don't could tanz: #E
| Uod tlcached 'e1n some new deorics bout rail-
| - roats und der banks: =
Uud ofcr dhey donI look ponty veil out, der
! Granvers git up dhcrc bttcks,
uud only feed 'e1n init oit post holes uud empdy
/ wagon tracks.