The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-06-10
Notes Made by Billy Felix.

10 the Editor OF the DlspaLcl:
As q rule, mans fool,
When it's hot, be wants it cool,
When its cool, he wants it hot,
Never contented with what he's got.
As 8 rule mans fool,
Yes, he's a fool as rule;
When it's dry, he wants it wet,
Not contented with what he gets.
When it's wet he wants it dry,
This is his continual cry;
For as rule, mans fool,
And should be plunged in the pool.
Somewhere have read where two
armies met on the battle field and
after fighting for some time, one side
fell back and the opposing side mis-
took it for defeat. The opposite
army had fallen back simply to re-
cruit and get better position. When
this was done, it fell upon the enemy
and won a complete victory. It will
not do to be too hilarious and
bouyant over fancied victories. Some
time ago Billy with his mustered
forces at command, fought battle
with his opposing enemy, Gen. Green,
and fancied at the time he had won
the day, but alas! alas! he has won
neither day nor night. Gen. Green
has returned with his tens of thous-
ands and with the shouts of Gideon
and completely taken possession.
As for the night-well the mosquito
has that.
I read in the last weeks papers of
the farmers being discouraged and
being blue. Well, Mr.. Editor, it is
quite enough to make 'em feel blue,
if they want to see something blue,
send 'em to Billy. No, friends, its
not Billy who is blue, but his fields
are blue (green) just the same. Tine
rains have descended"-and I liked
to have said; the foods, have come
and old Green is smiling a smile as
broad as the editor does when be
grins to the jingle of the silver dollar.
he fancies himself monarch of all he
surveys; and il these Mexican torrents
continues, his fancies will be realized.
I've heard in by gone days, where
the General surrendered on con-
ditions. The conditions were that
he was to have every other row to
bury his dead in, but if there is not q
change soon, every row will be needed
and then not room enough. If I
could have soma dry weather awhile
and had "Sage Plunkett's," famous
Brown family" with ms and they
would work as vigorously as they did
catching that bushel of Tightening
bugs, think I'ds soon make the old
fellow retreat with double quick, to
the tune of yankee DOODLE. But,
Mr.. Editor, if present conditions con.
tinue, Ifear Billy will have to retreat,
if able, to bis owd tune and sing it
himself.
That young man who tried to
catch his best girl with an ice cream
festival, has about concluded to ice
cream her next time for preserving
qualities. Young man, you had
better miad, should she melt this hot
weather, what time you'd have.
Wheat has been harvested. Think
the yield will be good, considering
| the damage done during the early
spring. We want locomotive
thresher" to come down here now.
Peach pies, sweet girl graduates,
and grass and showers are all the 60
now, save now and then, when 1t
rains 30 hard till you can't 60.
Mr.. Editor, is it possible that the
monstrous, famous, carniveroue, mule
eating bovine, devouring, man con-
suming fish caught in the famous
Black creek waters, that the sup
posed DR.. Crum who had partly rated
his fish ships craving appetite, after