Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-03
sIazs OF SPRING.
Fair Warning TO ali Aspiring
Young Poets.


q month agone, and Virgins is better
authority than George Washington
ever was. What did George know
about the weatheS anyhow, Be that
as it may that dreadful catastrophe
knouss as blythssOme spring is on
hand, as usual about this time of the
year, and We must bear with it as best
we may.
By some hocus pocus, Nature has
evolved a genus whose full occupation
it is to inAict sundry stanzas on = pa
tient public, heralding the arrival Of
this savage monster, and actually in,
sisting, in many instances, that his
visit fills them with stalactiles OF joy
These beings belong to the dangerous
classes, and as these have long been
the study of this journals police re-
porter, he was instructed to head them
of in his most exhaustive and fly"
detective style. The result will be
found below. 1t may sound cruel to
you, my dear children, but you live in
a cold and heartless world. You have
been deceived. Common mortals,
misled into sickly sentimentality by
the dangerous class before referred to,
could not have thus hardheartedly
siezed spring by the neck, as it were,
and choked his coated tongue clean
out of his mouth for the inspection of
the unfeeliug world. They would have
paused before lifting the veil of charity
from his malarious countenance. But
the police reporter, who has inter-
viewed the murderer in his cell, and
poked fun at the plain drunk, didn't
pause worth a panzy. 1t will be seen
that all the ground is covered-Or
sodded rather-and that future spring
poets have no show at all. All the
alleged charms of gladstone, bilious
spring, have been appropriated by the
horny-handed scribe, not a sprig is
left.
The best way to extract the in
t,Dsely musical rythm Of these modest
lines is to clamp clothes pin on your
nose and lean over the slop tub.
GsNTLE SPRING.
When the thoughtful pollyWOg.
On the deep, secluded bog,
Ways his tail;
When Sal dreams Of dresses fine,
And the nimble legged kiLe
Kicks the pail;
When the chigger lays its egg,
And the rid bug on your leg
Takes bite;
When the budding Frauklinole,
On the te'egraphic pole,
Hangs the kite;
when the yellow cro,us peeps,
When tne irosgies vig:ls keep,
By the pond;
When the lovesiek, lorn galoot,
Toots his everlasting hutei
All night long;
When the zephyr Ger the lea,
AZ q the omnipresent flea,
'GiRs to hop;
When the troubadour 20 gay,
As he means his plaintive lay,
Dodges slop;
When tbs bullbat's mellow note
Steals al eve from yon remote
Woodland glen;
When the angle worm Il rad,
And the hockey little tad
WaLts to swim;
When the chubby little twin
Mixes mud pies in the tin
Cuspidore;
When the hummer tells the Judge.
Berry buck hen surely dodge
Evermore;
When the corrugated ram
Takes the place Of eggs and ham
On your plate;
When the snakeI from slumber wake.
And the liars toward the lake,
Grayiiate;
When Old Boreas breathes bis last,
And your Derby hat you cast
To the pup;
When the coda fountains siz.
And the cream and sherbet biz,
Opens up;
when the transcsndental fool
Sbncks hannels for a cool,
Airy shirt;
When the yiele:s fume is flint,
And the awful smelling paint,
When love deftly tunes the Tyre,
And the blue bird On the wire,
Lightning shocks,
When you buy a liver pad.
Also some strawberries red
Dollar box;
When the hen with mien demure,
Scratches up the fresh manure,
EV'ry SEED;
| Wush 0aSu DIceGt lI0tu IIhBfhuce OTlnkf
And the robin gently swings,
On reed
When the bug mounts later vine,
And the champion base ball nine,
| DO to bat;
Vow no more need TO sing,
For TO tell you this Is spring,
So that's Cat,
And pat,
b'oatl
THE TIGER STILL LIVES.
His Unique Receptions TO Con
! tinue for Forty Days.
Banner, 81.
Some sensation was created thi
morning among the sporting fraterni
ty, when it became rumored on tn
street that the act making gambling
felony did not take effect until fort
days after its passage. There wer
IVarioua onininns eYnrasoad on tbo e,,b