Fergus County argus., 1890-12-18

Hold on, stranger. Turn out yonder clos
to the wall.
For the roads rather narrow and I've "a
it all!
Whoa, back. haw there, old Baptist, Wbos
Methodist. whoa!
There sre oxen that need all the road, yo
mus know.
Yes, | drove without swearin' thsusl
strange il may seem,
For I'm drivin', good stra niger, my orthod
! OK team!''
Said the lumberman Of Gala veras
That Episcopal OK il Of excellent breed
He more noted for style than he 10 for hi.
speed.
Though Of delicate structure. this OK viii
not shirk.
But he never was known, sir, to sweat al
his work
He's IA good, piOus OK. never Iosin' HE way,
For he reads all the sign- n-boards aud goes
not astray!'
Said the lumberman Of Gala veras.
There's the good Baptist OK; he's hard
shell to the bone?
aIose communion in diet-he en- ts all alone
his eyes;
lie hates to be spri"kIed though il comes
from the skies!
Why, he won't cross "a bridge unless dra sxed
by the team!
He'll go nowhere. I swon, but down into
the stream
Said the lumberman Of Gala veras.
"I'resby teriaU, gee! Congregational, haw
They re COED stock, let me tell you, and
know how to draw,
They're So perfectly matched, sir. that very
few folk
Can tell em apart when they're out Of the
yoke
hut you see IA slight difference when il 10
One leans on his elders aud one stands
alSher'
Said the iuu.berman Of Gala veras.
There is an OK I term Israel, oldest Of all;
Once he grazed in the garden before Adams
fall
He went into the Ark at the time Of the
Hood,
And when Pharaoh starved he was re~i"'
There's an ancestry. sir, full OF glory. no
But for gorins the Master they're scattered |
about ~
Said the lumberrnan Of CaIsv.ras. |
I've an OK over there whs tends strictly
Hes the Catholic OK: what a monster
he is,
Ind he keeps CROWN big. while he keeps
CROWN old,
Ind he never let's 60 where he once gets
les the strong one, you bet why, never
hut what he started right off. with his neck
in the yoke,''
Said the lumberman Of Calavsras.
There's old Methodist. one of the hest on
on'd suppose by the fuss, he alone dragged
low he pulls when sing halleIujah and
shout;
ut the worst Of it is, he keeps changin'
about, IL
e was bought on probation. and works I
like q top; =
at I've had him three years and suppose i
] must swop,"
Said the lumberman OF Gala veras.
That suave Universalist many admire, u
links the devils "A myth with his great Q
prairie fire, I,
here's an Adventist claimin' to have =
second sight; =
thing right. n
I'd the Seventh Day Baptist-thsir num- &
bers are such n
they do break the Sabbath, they don't
break IL much,'
Said the lumberman Of Gala voras. =.
lot Spiritist? Yes, sir; / bought one d
by chance 1t!
hen it comes to hard work he goes off in N
trancel Ia
practical. sir, i'm "a medium OK
hen you have to keep proddin' with rap
pins and knOcka,
I must keep movin' and ploddin' along
tn my orthodox teams, or the world
will go wrong"'
Said the lumbsrman OF Calavsras. W
Ike the road that I came, and beware Of ~
short cuts, &C
u will not lose the way, II you follow the In
ruts.
IN sorry to force you, my friend, to turn III
out; M
I this is the regular lumberman's route.
the road Of life. stranger. my right is ~ ~
supreme; u
the world must turn out for my Orthod- re
OK team iii
Said the lumbermsn Of Calaverss. M
r. T.. Brooks iu n. Y. Herald. &c