West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-09-22
The Brownies Visit To Grand. PAS.

Ncos W. bent, OF N0teStown, aud read
oy her before the recent Annual Re
union OF the Brown Family. Mrs
Bent il the Poet OF the ASSociation
and not only good writer. but a rooi
actor and her acting iu the recitation
OF the poem was as good as the compo.
sition aud we are only sorry that We
can't publish that with the verse. She
recited IL just IN child would In tell
ing 1t, to the great amusement OF the
many brownies present, ani IL was
unanimously agreed that it, should be
published. Mira h was reelected
Poot for another year.
When l go out TO grand.pa's
see the mostest things,
The little ducks and gosliuga
The calves and lambs aud thinQs.
The turkeys and the chickens,
The cows and horses too:
Id heap rather live at graud.pas
Than home. now wouldn't your
Why he's the bestsst playmate,
That ever you did see,
lilo can act like most anything
When he goes to play with mo.
He can bo horse or elephant
A bear or kangaroo
Hes the bestest playmate ever was,
And like him, so do.
And grandma gives me things TO eat
from on the pantry shelf
Moat everything | ask her,
or else lets me help myself.
She's just the coolest grandma
She Ties no INV fngerc, too.
When It's all sore, aud hurted,
Aud like her, 40 do
j asked mamma and papa
Why they wasn't funny. too,
But they just laughed and said.
There's too much work To do
Whv can't they all bs grand-pa's.
TO take care OF bows say?
then we'd all be good children,
For they'd let us have our way.
Then sometimss at grand.pa's
When I've eaten too mucn pie,
Aud 20 away up stairs To bed
Where it'A dark, I'm 'fraid and cry.
For you see things when you're
dreamin'
Black aud white things, too, you
know
And sometimes they try to grab you,
Or else all stand in row.
When want some more plum pudding
And grandma shakes hor head,
! know she thinking bout the thippa
That scare mo mp in bod.
Aud when I've eaten too much cake,
| see some dreadful things,
All white and black spotted,
with eyes and ears and wings.
But I'll tell you whsn tho best time
Gomez
At Rrand-pa's on the farm,
lt's when they're maxim hay,
And putin IL ia the barn
Why he just lets me ride the horse
Hitched to- the big hay shocks--
And it's lots more fun than constinR.
Playing marbles, hoops, or tops.
His barn is big as houses
That folks live in--wide and tall.
And the hnest place 10 hide and seek,
Or play leap frog, tops or ball
But tho funniest things at grand.pa's
Is when they're shearinQ sheep.
They catch EN- and they throw 'em
In the water just as deep.
And thsL they rub and rub them,
To get them clean you know.
And when they all get 'em dry
They're just as white as snow.
Then like 90 go TO grand-pa's,
In the spring when when winters
done.
For then he taps the sugar trees.
Makes me whistles and pop-guns.
You don't kno y what he made me once,
When | was over there.
He let me take IL home with me-
And gave them such n scare
Guess what IL was. you can'tp
Wei. I'll tell you, squirt gun.
/ filed IL up with water,
And tell you IL was fun.
Pa, YOU knows n Methodist.
And says sprinklin is the kind,
BuJ when ] poured II down his back,
He said he'd changed his mind.
And can't remember all the things,
NY grsnd-pa makes us boys,
There's hutter-wheels and kites and
tops,
And awnings and sleds and toys.
But won't tell any more
Bout my trip 20 grand-pa's SOW,
For I'm all tired and sleepy,
And don't know how.
Next year IN be bigger by.
And will know more things 20 write.
So a kiss fDr ali the family.
And a kind good night
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more than twenty instructive and in
teresting papers from the current fDr-
eiRn periodicals Among the principnl
ones we note The Anglo-American
Future. by Frederick Greenwoo !. Tine