The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-12-20
JiNGLiS.
KEEN SIGHT.

KEEN SIGHT.
There Is an old lady in Lynn,
WLo has such "a very iOug ohm
81 Cflon hangs on 10
Her shawl and h r bonnet,
Wen 10 a Fri, ni's house she goes In.
TIL re- Is a voung la1y in Lowell
Whose siaht n % keen she can sew well
Without any liyh'
In the darkness Ol night,
and over tho fact she can trow we'll
--SJpeFrtite JrHihd'.
STATIONERY ToETGY.
Why did TIE penh ldcr So tight,
And q the paper cutter spY
When Papa le ~ In w twant write
TO have n rul foo ID an
WHY did the inkstand idls by,
Aud note hat things " 7 n I straight.
II should have id 10 tubhcr dry,
And make the paper weight.
-N-rChd"t Tdreter
4 WINTER ETCHING.
Frosty sidewalk
White and slick,
Nan in ulst
Wakng quick,
U1nds ia pockets
II bOw-ucsp,
Ssr down II III
t.Ac }eding step.
II el strk - nail head.
Onward hic,
Man Ike
With bulging eyes.
Hands in Oc.cts,
Won come out:
AWFUL moment
Hope amt doubt
Hope aban Toned,
Doubt dlspc.lc1-
Inquest in
The courthouse held.
-EHJCae Ftct6, 40 Ch'"0GO frWS.
HOMEOPATHIC sOUP.
Take sparrow's leg-mnd, the drumst;ll
Put il in a ycssel-filled with water nearly;
Stand it out OF doors in place that's shady
Let it stand wcck-or less II for lady.
Drtn ran a
kettle,
Which must not he Of tin. or any baser metal
Fill il ND with Watcl-sct 10 on Il boiling
Strain the liquor well 10 prevent II oiling.
Put in one grain or salt,
II YOU want IL fiavorN;
SIR il twice around with n stick OF savory.
When the soup Is done Lothing can excel IT.
Then three times day let the patient smell IL;
Il hc chance TO die say twas nature did II
II he chance To livc--ive the soup the credit.
TO AN ATHLETE.
Oh j. Sullivan! oh, j. L. Suliyanl
on, John IyOurgus sullivan, al hail!
Thou bottomless intnitude. Thou god! Thou
Thou Zeus with All compiling hand.
Thou glory OF the mighty Occidcnt! Thou Heav-
Thou Afhcns bred! Thou light of the Acropolisl
Tiou 30 Of gambohcri
Fif.y-ninc inches art thou round thy ribs twice
TWAIN knucklcs hast thou! and again
twice twain.
Thou sCatcresJ mems teeth like antelopes at
Thou straightcnest thine arm. and systems rock
and cyc-fa change their hue.
On, thou grim granulatorl Thou soul-remover!
Thou li-htsou!c, coy cXcOrlatOrI
Thou cooling dove Thou droil, droll Johnl
Oh. youl Oh me too Oh, me some morel
OH, thunder!
STITCH, STITCH, STITCH.
woman sat pcrcho in a chair
Close by the window there
Stitch. stitch, stitch
Stitching away in tho gloom.
Two little girls are playing
In the dim twightcd room:
And mamma thoughts are straytng
StUymg to pastures OF green,
To Il calm ru alist.C SO nc
Far over tn" feeds and away.
Stitch, stitch, stitch
How the ne die doe rgpil lily play,
While she is stitching, stitching,
1T the G Csc Of an aAtEmn day.
~ ease, mamma, want some mick
Div it, ola, mamma, pcasc tick.
"Mnk-ah! mel forgot
That babies are Il hungry lot
Drop that silk, yUu saucy young brat,
lis your mammal new Sunday ha-.
-IoH wayne HooSi"r.
THE DAILY EXPERIENCE.
| hear voice, know not whence it comes.
IL speaks N Il. ange and hollow tones to me;
l strain my ear to catch the Wild, weird note,
And as | wait the marmuring words have
flown.
without n sign il breaks upon my car.
II seems 20 come from some place tar remote,
1t whispers or II Snricks 1t laughs or cries,
Or sings song with wild, uncalthly note.
Sometimes it. seems jargon q all sounds,
As il thousand ticnds gave forth the tone,
And as ponder, this only know,
Some one Is raising thunder with my phone.
WHEN Adam from his sleep awOkc,
radiant creature met lis eyes,
Whose beauty on his Wis on broke
As breaks the mo meath trOpic skies.
With wonder Adam stood trausiixed--
Another day just begun
She crossed his vision just bciwiXt
The dawn and rising OF the sln.
lis Morn, said he, IN human guiSc,
Fair morn, my homage pray receive.
The vision blUshed, cast down her eyes,
And said, Il am not Morn, but Eve.
--HOStOu IrdretieF.
HIS "girly girl" he'd ecr obcycd.
Altho' she was a tickle jcyCd;
llut when he tried TO sercncycd
Tier WI h a Cornct tusillcyed.
And she said: GINS, l am alrcycd
Your music's suidc, 90 get n SIP ycd,
And / liant that horn in some lone glcycd.
Oh. then his love for her did fcycd.
Cart Prtt>erS Uepkfy.