The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-07-30
Our Young Folks.
BLACKS FOURTH OF
JULY

I'm make noise" said Jeremy Black,
as the days drew nigh
TO the ron tn of Iuly;
"I'll make mo noise than cannon or pack
OF hre-cra"ke 5 or pistol. o. gun,
Or caiino cracker: II have no luh
With fifty cents than the rest OF IN boys
With n DOH IT ) worth of powder and things
With if cents will make more noise
Than I'LL the rest of the town, BY jinKs!
so he went down
10 Abraham Grown,
Tn unktI back 1T the Blue Bell Inn,
Who mcndcl the pau Tor ali the town,
And he got him to ma >e a Thing of tin.
fncn 9TH Of them tlnkcrcd and talked anu
planned,
Between the mcnding OF pot and kettle.
And drew the patterns with c ak in hand
Until they man lscl the tang to settle;
Ana all the boys were eager to KNOW
Mhal Kind of Il Thing they kept tinkering SO.
Was it anything il%c IL cannon Orr,ckct,
Or Roman lie, or pin-whc i, or gun:
Was it small en- ugh to go into his pocket?
Or could he lift IL wncn it WAS done:
Would the thing 90 OFT, or would powder 90
in it?
And dozen of such like gu 'stions minute.
But jeremy Black Just gave ii sly wink,
And tacV could not tell what in creation -
think.
so Fourth of July came around at last,
And the day WIS tresA and the sun was
bright;
! Then iusl as soon rs tho night was p.l SScd,
At tne ca lest dawn of III" dcwy light,
Z &c bows turned out
With noise and rout,
And loud halloo Il ID luSty n silt.
And racket of crac ,crs, aud b, I'm ard pop,
And ringing OF bells, and III an sputIer,
Till good folks trying to sleep "oll'l stop,
Aud get up aud close the win low and shut
ter.
But Jeremy Black just turned in his bed,
| AMI down in the pillow he II 'stte'l his head,
And thought, with grin,
How the hing o. tin
| Would make enough noise to drown the din
| 1t length ne arose AMI dressed m'elt.
Aud atterwartl managed his breakfast tt
eat;
Then took the Thing from the wood-houst
And carried it will him out in the street.
! Now all the boys came rllniiing tOS G
| What ever the wo !derful Thing cOAll be-
! And 10. twas tish-hOrn SIX feet long.
Nov stand Il little awav.' said he.
And you II hear noise so loud ana strong
| And ieep and mighty that 1t will drown
All popping OF guns an cannons in town.
| Then all the bows stood back while he
Stepped up to the lcplug under the tree,
And rested thereon the cn1 of the horn,
Then took breath that wa long and deep
And blew as he'd not blown since he was born
And out from the Thin came - never
peep!
He stopped, and wiped his mouth for
| minute,
Then blew as if the dickens were in it.
He blew till the hair stood up on his head:
He blew till everything swan around;
He blew till his forehead and ears grew red;
But out of the horn came-never sound.
At first the boys were half afraid
OF the terrible sound that would soon o.
| made: na
But after awhile they began to chaG,
And then to giygle. ana then to ugh.
P,or Jeremy knew tnat the noise was ther--
It only required u little morcar.
Once more he blows Ill! his mu "les strain:
Not so md. And then be BEGAN to know
Though he had endeavored with mi hit an
main,
The horn was too large for him to blow:
| MORAL:
As one goes over this worl Of ours
One fire. ,entlv finds je 'emv Black,
Who OverrateS the natural powers
The Fates have granted him - somewht
SLACK.
Those PEG Die who blild, though they may nc
know it,
A horn so large that they never can blowit.
--HoUdru Pyle, IN Hnrpers Young People.