The Cecil Whig., 1883-03-24
FARMER STEBBINS ON THE BOW
ERY,
BY WILL. CARLETON.

length, but saw no bulls or bears
| patroniZed a red-noSed chap, with man
nerS very queer,
Who hadn't had Il thing to eat for some
thin like Il year.
saw the road commissioners to worl
upon bridge
\ million times as big as that we bull
at Homkins' Ridge
I'm told that they are maxim it, though
may be that all fun.
To use the coming certury, an hope t,
get it done)-
When who should up an grasp my hand
with face of genuine JOY,
But Cousin Jeroboam Jones. my cousin
Oldest boy.
had not seen him years an years-nt
wonder he looked strange:
His face an form in some respects haC
undergone a change;
But then there wasn't chance of doub
that that was him, because,
If not, how should he ever know that
was who | was?
We brushed our old acquaintance up an
soon was at our ease,
\ wauderin all about the place rs coy
as you please.
It's nicer far. in foreign towns, Than ii.
to be alone,
To walk with one whose blood proceed.
from sources near your own:
A sim lar temp 'rature of heart, sort q
family ease,
Enables you to work your tongue as lib
raj as you please;
And so found myself quite soon uncom
monty at home,
nescribin' all my business through tt
Cousin Jerobo m.
He listened very docile like, an hadn'
much to say:
But what he did was veut'rcd in a salts
facc'ry way;
He'd severed somewhat from his kin, an
sort o lost the run,
But he recalled the Stebbinses, when
mentioned one by one,
An takin' him inside an out, our family
scarcely owns
4 relative more relshin' than .Ieroboam
Jones.
He's teacher in Sunday school. he told
me, by the way,
Which has room, above store. that 5
open every day.
For it, he says, 1--WE come across a
child that needs our care,
We can not wait till Sunday comcs-we
join EN- then an there
An if you want to see the way our wor-
thy cause is run,
Come i'll an take a little look-our so
cial' $ just begun
The scholars hadn't come as yet: the Su-
perintendent, though,
Was sittin' at table like, an bowed ex-
tremely low,
An heard the praise on poor old me my
cousin had to tell,
An said he ,joyed to meet friend of one
he loved So well:
An | talked back: an for time our con
verse did not cease
4 regular three co .uered gush of friend
ship, love an peace.
An then he showed me how they run
their grab-bags an all such
(We have the same at home, yOu know,
although not near SO much);
An then he had some val'a 'ables on mum
bers that yuu saw,
With figures correspondent in enve-
lopeS to draw:
gin him fifty cents to help i cause
dearly hold
An drew velvet hymn book, with =
clasp resemblin gold.
My cousin pressed my hand with some
congratulatin Jokes,
An said, All me the Stebbinses was
always lucky folks.
But after all. their shrerdneSS is the thing
that let's them win.
(Which made me proud though | didu'
see just where the shrewd came in.
But buyin' five dollar book at that I'M
heard of price,
An helpin' of the cause meanwhile. was
ususpectcd NICE
Whereat the Superintendent said "You
are lucky, allow;
I'll have to charge tive dollars for a
chance to draw here now.
Whereat my cousin .Ierob0an remarked, L,
''lf tSu wrong,
III buy draw for Cousin Steb, to helI
the cause along
| shock my head. but he 1r0uLF dot: an
sure as I'm alive.
l drawed good ten-dollar bill for + Cousir
Jones five.
Whereat the Superintendent said, you
are lucky men, | vow:
\ hundred dollars | must charge fol
every drawing now
An tingerin' the envelopes, one opened
Just grain
And | discerned the number II uncom
mon black and plain:
could see,
Five good, crisp hundred dollar bills A
waitiu' there for me.
To make four hundred dollars clear, an
help the children too,
Was somethin that would surely seen
desirable to do;
With an unfailin eagle eye, heart that
swelled with hope,
| watched, an saw the very place he pu:
that envelope;
out the cash.
An drawed. an had that card revealed
almost as quick as flash.
Oh sakes the second figure had What
| hadn't seen,
\ tail that made it to :, . twas Mum
Der Il,
An on Them figures on the board, there
uotLin' was in fact,
Except little pamphlet like-an anti
pamblin' tract.
Which hadn't any money wuth. an won't
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