The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-08-06
Our Young Folks.
JEREMY BLACK S FOURTH OF
JULY

JULY.
"Pl make a noise" said Jeremy Black.
As the days drew nigh
. TO the Fouth of July;
II make more noise than cannon or pack
VI nre-crackers, or pistol, or gun,
~, Or canno -cracker; I'll have more fun
Win NIFTY cents than the rest of the boys
nv, Wiih u dollar worth of powder and things
" M IN nv cents will make more noise
Than all the rest of the town, by jingsr
So he went down
To Abraham Brown,
Inc tinker back OF the Blue Bell Inn,
" no inended the pans for all the town
n ANA he got him 10 maze Thing of tin.
1heh poth OF them tinkered and talked and
between the mending of pot and kettle.
AMI drew the patterns with Chalk i'll hand
ntii they managed the thing to settle;
ana All the boys were eager to know
Mhat Kind of Thing they kept tiukering so.
was II anything like a cannon or rocket,
vl Or homan candle, or pin-wheel, or gum
was II small enough to go into his pocket?
Or could he lift il when it was done?
would the thing go off, or would powder go
But Jeremy Black just gave sly wink,
And they could not tell what in creation to
think. ..t ..
Sc Fourth of July came around at last,
And the day was fresh and the sun was
Then just as soon as the night was passed,
At tine earliest dawn of the dewy light,
Win noise and rout,
AND loud halloo and lustv shout. f..
And racket of Crackers and boom and pop,
o,. AND ringing OF bells, and SUE ami spIutter,
I'LL good folks trying to sleep would stop,
And get up and close the window and shut
ter. .... .
But Jeremy Black just turned in his bed,
And down in the pillow ne nestled his head,
And thought, with a grin,
How the Thing OF tin ...
Would make enough noise to drown the din.
AT length he arose and dressed himself,
And aiterward managed his breakfast to
eat;
Then took the Thing from the wood-house
shelf
And carried it with him out in the street,
Now all the boys came running.to sle
What ever the wonderful Thing could be-
And 10! twas tish-horn six feet long.
Now stand Il little away said he,
And you'll hear noise so loud and strong
And deep and mighty that it will drown
All popping of guns and cannOns in town."
Then all the boys stood back while he
stepped up to the firepug under the tree,
And rested thereon the end of the horn,
Then took breath that was long and deep,
And blew Us he'd not blown since he was born;
Ana ne out from the Thing came : never
He stopped, and wiped his mouth for g
minute,
Then blew ms if the dickens were in it.
He blew till the hair stood up on his head;
lie blew till everything swan around; 90
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 be
made;
But after awhile they began to chaff,
And then to giggle, and then to ugh.
Poor Jeremy knew that the noise was there
It only required u little more ar. ....t
Once more he blows till his muscles strain;
Not sound. And then he began to know
Though he had endeavored with might anC
main,
The horn was too large for him to blow:
MORAL: .. ....
| AS one goes over this world of ours
One frequently finds Jeremy Black,
| Who oVerrates the natural powers ...
The Fates have granted him - somewha
| slack. .. g..
Those people who build, though they may no
know it, .t ..r.. $50 81 r... - .. .H.
L horn so large thst they never can blowit.
| -HOUdrd Pyle, in HdrpeT'S Young People.