The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-09-12
BURDETTe.
uo,v Poets of Different States Make Their
Rhymes.

,o,v Poets of Different States Make Their
Rhymes.
Mr.. J. H. Williams, of Norristown, COM
,,,ains that southern poetess rhymes corn"
and GONE" Well, that's correct; that's a
Good rhyme where the poem was written and
theauthor can't be responsible for the vagaries
Of pronunciation all over America. In the
land of the cypress and myrtle, where they
COW "coann and "goan," what is the matter
with making them rhyme! Now in the en-
nire of Arkansas if poet should write,
He asked you to give him a kiss, did he9
= would trouble his New England collabora-
for 70 end the next line of the couplet with
yesterday" but he of Arkansas goes calmly
and correctly on with,
No longer than jist yistiddy.
So. also, the poet daown in Varmaount can
rhyme loss" with "horse" /and "calf" with
"trouch." Moreover, any pbet in the republic
outside of Pennsylvania. inditing an ode to
we'll known railway in that state, would make
1readingn rhyme with bleeding" but the
noonIe who live on the line of the road would
use bedding" They do too; the old fash
Toned 1clllSy wanna IIuOSh hiiiNaS OhAS A@NoAS~
he'd TO sleep on and three to cover WITH You
see the poet, dear Williams, rhymes py ear
and not by sight.
THE OLD AND THE NEW.
"Alas," mournfully exclaims Boston
CLERGYMAN. "the old fashioned way of MAX
inc love has passed away with our fathers"
In behalf of the young people OF this genera
ton. we return thanks for this blessing. The
old fashioned way of making love, as we
understand it, must have been dreary affair.
A man began, if we catch the rat, by making
love to his father-in-law, whom he hated, and
lis mother-in-law, whom he greatly feared.
Uecalled his sweetheart Respected miss, }" and
once in a while got a chance to touch her
fnoer TIPS icily i'll dance as he teetered past
her like a stork on stills, for in such manner
Of iontless grace and frosty merriment,
children did your grandsires dance pro-
nounced dawnce) And for all tbis-what
Horace Greeley would call "Arctic circle of
frigidity"-my son, your grandfather loved
your grandmother-soft and fragrant be the
Gold fashioned roses" that bloom above her
no better, wot, than you do the girl you
feed on indgestibe caramels and corn starch
ice cream, while you fill her ears with the
most idiotic chatter that ever drove sensible
man mad. Outi Out with you! Out of my
SIGHT and hearing! By Venus glove, if ever
again hear you talk to a girl as overheard
Won talk to Kitty last night, I'll brain you
with something soft, if l knew where to hit
Won After all, may it not be that our fathers
were not such half baked fools as their sons!
Twill read over few o. my own old love
letters and see.
COMMENCEMENT IS OVER.
The country, and incidentally the universe,
is safe for another year. We have been in
great peril. but our danger has been pointed
out, and not only so, but the way to safety
has at the same time been so clearly indicated
that the wayfaring man, though Mug
wump. need not err therein. An abyss of
frightful depth has lowered above us. over
sbadowing all this fair land with the deadly
blight of its malarial breath i'll accents that
chilled the heart with the UpaS like touch OF
its baslisk glance, that echoed from sea tc
shore But you have saved us, my boy: you
and your fellows have snatched us from this
living grave whose hungry breakers dashed
their binding spray and wreathed theil
angry flames in lurid tongues about our feet
You it is who in this month of leafy june
have told us of "The Perils of the Republic;'
"The Labor Problem;" "The Duty Of the
Hour;' "The Decay of Patriotism" "Worl
and Wages" 'The Deterioration of Man
hood" "The Labor Question:" "The Decline
of Craftsmanship" "The Labor Agitation :
"The Weakness of Republican Form o.
Governments" Labor and Capital;" "Tht
Downfall of Liberty" "The Labor Problem
its Evils and their Remedy" corruption il
Politics." "The Labor Problem and its Dan
gers" care we Free People," 1.-THE Labor
" Problem a National Menace" The peril
that beset our path you have shown us; bu
YOU have also guided us into paths of safety
You have told us of "The Only Way to Goo(
Governments" "The Safety of the Republic;
"The True Mission of the Labor Reformer;
"Reforms in the Ballot" "The Coming Man !;
"The True Reformer;;" "The Hope of GU
Country" "The Conservation of Popula
Governments" Labor REFORM" "The Out
look of the Hour" Labor Agitation Bless
ing" "Our Legacy for Our Children;" "Wha
we Owe to Posterity;" and your sisters hav
nobly rushed to the rescue with assurance
that might brings out the Stars" and more
over that MAN is the Arbiter of His Own
Destiny" "Woman's Sphere" "The Infu
ence of Woman;" "Woman's Duty" "Wo
man, the Hope of the World;" and Spring;
Heaven bless you, my children; you have
saved us; Heaven bless you! Come again
next commencement.
BIT OF SCIENCE.
The male wasp, the naturalist tells US, nevel
stings. But so long as he and his sister ar
twins and dress exactly alike this bit O
knowledge availeth nothing to the careles
man who does not know it is the lady who i
approaching him, until it be that she smitetl
him with her hustle. What humanity de
mands of science in the case of the wasps i
the invention of some prompter method O
distinguishing between Monsieur and Madam
wazzle at forty yards.
THE LITTLE ONE.
The little totring baby feet,
With faltering steps and slow,
With pattering echoes soft and sweet
Into my heart they go;
They also go, in grimy plays,
In muddy pools and dusty ways,
Then through the house in trackful maze
They wander to and fro.
The baby hands that clasp my neck
With touches dear to me,
Are the same hands that smash and wreck
The inkstand foul to see:
They pound the mirror with q cane,
They rend the manuscript in twain,
Widespread destruction they ordain
In wasteful jubilee.