Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-09
TO. MY LADY FAIR.

M aF TO MY LADY FAIR. - st is with much hesitation, own, z. My dssire for thy acquaintance is made . 5i known; -aI3ut upon meditation, serious and pre- found,
 SI know rot thy name;
 -Th5ugh much I admire thee I refrain %From approaching thee upon the street, s.lWhere. by Fortunes favor, l trow, We ~ often meet. T know not thy friends, But ere another day ends, It would give me unbounded ptsasure Eff thy name would swell Friend ships s treasure.
 Thou wilt pe,rchance deem it strange That would such a proposal arrange; 'Last my intentions be of conscience bare 1But, by all the ghouls and gobfins, I < q will tote with thee fair'' SsCritic minds far from agree With this peculiar lack of formalfty; But trust thou wilt pardon this breach a of form.
 And let our friendship be ever warm. Give me thy hand my fairy lass, ~ Ard let me know thy will as we pass; -If we shall clasp hands in friendsh DIS .5or wouldst spurn ms as thou pass me by? cIfthou wouldst not accept this offering. X l pray: as=. -Do not give me dead away" ~In confidence, let it not be krown, And VIII ever respect thy decision. ARTHUR B. MITCHELL .'@- g"He who runs may read" you have often, . heard, ss ,But to no man has it ever occurred s.. o That he who runs may eat. ,1ndigestion sauses before such permis-s xAnd grim Dyspepsia asks rendition - Of this little line so neat. - sOn the thirteenth of Juiy, beneath the
 moons fHal rays. s'On the South Highland boulevards, broad ' beautiful ways, Fl v That leadeth not to destruction. s-You will ffnd by going along with the crowd,
 The truth of which we are justly proud, ~a That you will rsed no introduction. 'But off your wheel at some hospitable
 gate,
 After the run has been made, and you've
 laughed at fate. -F
 You will find salad delicious. The scientists say this is a warm weather
 dish,
 Just as to have brains we must all eat
 fish;
 So far this is propitious.
 He who runs may eat this is due to the
 wheel;
 And now the school boy may joyously
 feel
 That Captain John Smith was take" He said: ''He who will not work shall not
 eat'
 Thus making it burden to get bread
 A performance of the hoe and the rake. But now, a mount swift, gliding mo-
 tion,
 That follows your every caprice and
 You are just where you wish you were. So do not forget the day nor the hour, When you shall feEl proud 'bikedom's'''
 Ard sail arong with her. ~. The ladies of the Church of the Advent will have an entertainment in October at the opera house. The leading society ladies of the city will take part. It is called the Butterfly Fete" The tallest ladies are in demand a
 
 Miss Marie Antoinette Danforth, of Louisville, IS the popular guest or MrS. Jas. G: Caldwell, Beelers Station.
 Miss Davis, of East Lake, is the guest of Mrs. Robert Houston.
 
 s Mir. and Mrs. c. s. Simmons have re- .turned from Tate Springs. q Mrs. James Swearengen, with her two srlttle daughters, of Dyersburg, Tenn. Is svisting the family of Prof. Joel c. Du- Bose. q Married at the home of the bride on sTuesday afternoon, July 6, at 5;30.s Dr. eDavid James Castleman and Miss Fannie wSmaw Seay. The ceremony of the Cath Eolic church, of which the bride is agle-y evoted member, was performed by Rev Father DeBerne, of Selma, in the pres- Eence of a few selected friends and the relatives of the bride and groom, who are duite numerous. iThe happy pair repaired
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