The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1895-09-12
TWO EXTREME S.
A Pessimistic Parody On an Optimistic
View.

Following is poem written by Frank
l. Stanton. of the Atlanta Condttutt0n,
entitled a Georgia Philosopher, II
parody on which has been written by
Mr. Richard MarstOn.
THE ORIGINAL.
The cold has killed the corn off an blight
ed the wheat;
The ice is on the pcach-blooms an the
apple-blOSSOmS sweet,
An the country is in mOurnin from the
mountains to the sea,
But the good Lord runs the weather, an
it amt a bOtherin' me,
The bees are out fer honey an a-workin'
fer their lives,
Rut the blizzard stopped their buzzn an
they're fTOZc up III their hives,
An there won't be any sweet min Ter the
coffee or the tea,
Hut the good Lord runs the weather, an
il amt a-bOtherin' me.
The m0ckin' birds was singin jes' the
sweetest kind o notes,
But now thcy'r sIttIn' silent with a nan
mel round their threats,
An there won't be any music TIL the
summertime to be,
But the good Lord runs the weather, an
it amt a-bOthcIIn me.
II don't make any difference what these
changIn' seasons bring;
II it, cold. the fire a-blaIln' an | hear
the chimney sing;
II its hot, the trees is shady, with breeze
a-blOwing free,
Fer the good Lord runs the weather, an
it amt a-bOthcrIng me.
THE PARODY.
The unpropitiou, weather which often
strikes the Garth
According to the optiHist, Is Of Celestial
birth,
But there are two sides to story, Just As
the cast may be,
If tod or Satan runs the weather, Is
what : a-bOthcrng me.
According to the Scriptures which plainly
doth declare
That Satan : the reigning prince of the
powers Of the air"
And exercises his prerogativrs, which
reach from sea to sea,
And claims to rule the weather, and that $
what bOtheTs me.
According to the pcs,imiet all things are
for the worst,
And under the Satanic rule the world Is
vet accursed
Else why is the country mourning from
the mountains 10 ilit Std,
At the loss of corn and wheat and fruit,
which is a-bOthcring me
The frozen little busy bee i'll hi tiny over
coat,
And the sad and silent hooking bird, with
flannel round his throat;
VIII Join the pcSSimStic chorus i'll any
thing but glcr,
That Satan IunS the weather and that
what bOthcrS me
The optimist has yet to show that the good
Lord Is yet too good
TO deprive dependent creatures of theil
appointed food;
And to prove that these sent troubles
however small or great,
Are to show men their dependence, and
sort q keep them straight.
The time i, fast approaching as | hay,
heard it said,
When peSsimiStIc theories will be mum
bcrcd with the dead;
And that Satan is to be dethrOned of hi,
power DER earth and sea,
And vanqushrd by the "rightful heir
when he'll no longer bother ne.
The pessimi,tic author (Satan) as seen OF
PatmO, Isle,
VIII soon be bound with that symbolic
chain, and held i'll "durance vile,
When pessimlstIc errors Will be brough
under control
And optimistic shoutimgs will reSoun,
from pole to pole.
According To the chronological dates
1914 Is the evcntful year for the predicted
social storm now brewing between capita
and labor to burst III all its violence on oul
devoted world, when everything of human
origin will be swallowed up in that UMPIRE
ccdentcd stormy sea of trouble. the chr0n
illogical time Will then be due to bin,
Satan with that chain which John saw OF
highly favored ratmOs