The Red Cloud chief., 1882-08-25
WHAT TELEGRAPH POLES ARE
MEANT FOR.

in the isisnd of Susaatra, nj the bottom Of ~
Where Asia holds such giant land. In ne, o..
pscious Ian.
The elephants rise nercely. I'm the m.ddcs,
Kind 81 mob,
When the telegraph employees have finished
Aud toIned by wires electric places very IA,
away.
Forthe purpose Of c~onvesins-if they've any.
These animals uproarious will throw upon the
ground
The Geographic poles and wires whercvc,
they are found.
while wires and tnsulaton are carried on n
hide
in the deep, gloomy ~junsIcs where tho angry
All the labor goes for nothing when the poles
are act sgain,
For the elephants are watching these pcrse-
Who stick poles where they don't want them,
across their right Of way"
And they tear down in the nighttime wha,
the men have done by day.
With the monkeys and balloons It 10 quite
For the tclegraphic wire. make the nices,
And just the frmest tight rope for any sort Of
antic.
While rambling on from ..poIe To milo >,
sounds really quite romantic.
Its very cute arrangement, far better than
the trees,
Which do for common purposes. put not for
And those lovely colorcd slasscs!' says dc
lighted Mrs. Ape.
"Tbis really looks like living In some decent
sort az shape:
The cocoa-nut shells hold water, which il all
that one can say,
But these glas.c. for tho future shall cover
my buffet"
80 the monkeys haste TO gather all the prizes
they can reach,
And twis, of every insulator with q trium-
While they chatter and they gibber, and they
dance and they play
On The ielegraphic wires all the night and all
the day.
We read IN Mother Goose" OF quiet little
Miss Mnrct.
Who was eating curds and whey. and sitting
when. I'm the midst OF happiness. there came
along "A spider,
And. without waiting to bc asked. sat down
Now the spiders In japan treat the telegraphic
wHcs
Not dnuntcd in the least by their being such
AZ this spider did Miss MuYct, and coolly take
seat
On the pole, pcrhsps. beside the wires so high
For they bring their spinning with them. 90
dainty and so fine,
And they drop, 10 begin with. an experimental
line.
With such a handy framework ms these teIe-
grnphic wires
Mrs. Spider soon can weave a web that meets
With drap ries for the parlor that's 70 catch
IA, silly fly,
And it I. the p~rctticst parlor that ever you
did spy.
On the bare Western plains there's a dreadful
lack OF trees.
And nothing for the buffaloes TO scratch them
selves at ease:
50 II telcgraphic pole proves n blessing In dis
giise.
That brings the tears Of gratitude to many
Though nrst with some suspicion: "what
ever Is this thingr'
Esciaim.. IA great perpiexity. the dauntlcss
Then makes "a sudden onslaught, as Is his
mighty way,
To- nnd = pole for scratching. and mo-, . foe at
"How jollyt' says King Buffalo" how very
Kind of man
To get up this convenience on such an easy
One grand good scratch. and then I'm Off,
but SO the pole Is. too,
on from its cquiIihrium-a sorry sight 10
That sudden rush of matter lays 1t hat upon
the plain.
Until the Geographic men have set It up
again:
And when they seek with roughest nails to
brtstlc IL all DER.
Tn buffalo pronouncos them even kinder
For what are nails for hut TO scratch? and as
scratching is his plan,
lie feels under obligations to the thoughtful
ness of man.
so he scratches all the poles down. rejoicing
ON his way,
While the men who set them up again have
something else TO say:
That something Is not Gathering TO friend buff
falo ut all.
But ne Is on beyond tho sound of voice or
muskct-balL.
Rodman Church, In Hdrper's Young Poo-
Jac.