The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-02-22
TAMPERING WITH TRTE1 :
A TOAST.

Can not be cheerful and th;,L s A.,
Must we save all our smiles for the s,,,,r. 49,
Nevermore think OF youth, nor eer wall J., Il, ~,
Nor remember the hearts that once heat q s.n
Is it only the future that promises pleasure, '' ow1
May we not give smile to the laughs ,,s /.
Way we not u, our FANCY once more quaf the me,ss
mat WIN laughter ana love in the past we have = |
With the laughs of the past MARKING finn. e..
With the handclasps of yore still in f,rc, S'uea
VINO couia no. WIN such visions march onward sora
And tho climbing all lonely be nov.r a,o lore,
The present is ours, but It's gone. and ,o,,a..
Is part of our past--shan't we lauob /, -,
That in days yet to come in the travail oe a~ay'
We may still snatch laugh from !, br;ml. W. .
Some hold that the past is all burdened with weso;
That graves line the paths that twas or. s.p'n
That glance down the years makes V''e y
And the past is charnel-house phastl a;,, o =,
Unfortunately they who conjure no n,e,s,. ~
From memorys casket of years fed afar r
From long vanished youth fe's greatest ou
Can coax no sweet mem'ry to come where they are att
Tho the future be dark and all pregnant with 49,. 9,
can rake out laugh from the still gloor, .. all
If the future looks bright and the birds sine
can save me laugh for day that's o'ercastl
So here's to the past, with its memories sna-l,;rr
And heart for the future whatever il hath,
Let it come in bright sunlight, come to me da,l,,d
To ,tit
WV
One Pat Sheehan of Boston Boston l. ,o.,...
eastern coast of Massachusetts, says: y
who stands in fear of Edward -
And all his hireling band?
Not any patriot who regards
His dear old motherandl
The thrnders from his laundering feet
heet) AN
Nor his armys grand review
Can never make pulses beat ME-
Any faster than they do" IA
Bully for Patl If that don't make Eddie
hardened rufian
1t must be an awful sudden change FOR per
out OF a quarrelsome congregation into peaceful
An exchange says that Eva Shoutz of CHICAGO
to Topeka to assist in the temperance movement.
doesn't say whether her weapon is Ratchet or con
brickbats.
People with patent fire extinguishers are setting fri
Chicago hotels in order to get chance demonstrated
desirabty of their goods. The incendiary game is
gerous to play and there is possibility that il thu
pie catch the irebugs they will send them where thu
all the fire extinguishers they've got.
WV a
Scientists assert that the inhabitants II M;n IN u
very low order of intelligence and that Teas Aou Del
ing communicated with them is all bosh OF low ID an
intelligence are they! Well even So we still aut ~
Tesla is the proper to talk to them and und,ssn
n
Hanna joined the G. A. R. two weeks ago as pl,a I'M
rade and he is already colonel This rapid prorsta ID
ably increase in the number of appicadoniz
sions mil
man recently collided with Chicago street q d
was scaped We think these scapers should Be dH
with
An account of the ceremonies to be observed h Il
ton day in Washington says "The presidents sia n
be incosed in glass and heated by electricity. Haz
to be outdonc is erecting just like it on the cp
of the street.. Wonder which of the great na el
will be administered to Sal
A sweet little maid in Gueydan
Once said to her lover Say Dam
If you should propose "a
To my dad, do you spose N1
'Twould jar you il he should say - (ni1
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