Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-14
Iowa Newspapers

SCHOOL DAYS.

SCHOOL DAYS.
George. Fitch In Nonpariel]
There must have been a bygone day
when Mrs. Washington
Went forth at morning to the pump
with little George her son,
And washed his hands and scrubbed
his face and combed his stubby
hair,
And brushed his little jacket, too, with
fond maternal care;
Then cautioned him to study hard and
heed to every rule,
And kissed him there and sent him off
for his first day at school.
And doubtless Mr.. Bonaparte, one day
with many a groan,
Went to the village clothing store with
young Napoleon,
And there with harsh remarks about
the clothing he'd worn out
He ordered pants and hat and shoes
and brand new roundabout,
An hung them on young Nap and said,
as sulky as a mule,
at costs more than you're worth, my
son, to fit you out for school"
And old man Caesar must have hauled
young Julius by the ear
Into the school house one fine morn
and said in accents clear:
Please take this rapscallion in and
hide him sound and we'll
Whenever he plays truant or declines
to learn to spell:
He'd rather watch the legions drill or
swim some Tiber pool
But there's extra money in it if you
make him stay in school,
NO BEAUTY SHOW.
The Washington Press says that
Messrs. Hodge and Craig, the republic
can and democratic nominees for con-
gress in the First district, are alike
in that they take the same kind of pic
ture, namely: both look as savage as
neat axes and as as cross as two Rus
sian bears just now; their artists have
forgotten to tell them Ito look pleas
ant please" and the result is, each in
looks belongs to carnivora. tom,
the most genial of men," the Press
continues, resembles a hyena, and
Craig looks like a bull dog whose
bone has Just been swiped by a fec
1t adds to the horrors of the cam
paign that their pictures must be pub
hshed In every paper in the district"
THE ESPONSIBILITIES OF CORN.
[Grnudy Democrat
There never before has been a time
when the corn crop in this country was
,,pdar errae+or RESPONSIBILITIES +1,on IL &c,
this year. On it's outcome appears to
hang the prosperity or depression of
every business interest in the country.
The Wholesale dealers, jobbers, and
bankers in the city and the large and
small merchants in the country have
but one question that is now para
mount In the minds of them all,
How is the cor CROP" These people
are expressig more anxiety over the
outcome of the corn crop than the
farmer And there is good cause.
While the farmer would be pinched
without getting any returns from his
corn fields, few of them would bek put
out of business. 1t is not so with the
business man. He has bills to meet and
they must be met within limited
hands of the receiver The farmer has
more elastic credit and he has become
educated, in a measure, to pay his bills
when it is most convenient to do So.
And with him if his crops are failure
he practices more rigid economy and
manages with a little inconvenience to
tide over the period of hard times. 1t
is this habit of the farmer that brings
on mercantile failures during a period
Of hard times. he is not to be blamed,
for the law of self preservation is one
that even drowning men cling to most
desperately.
LABOR DAY.
TIowa City CitiZen1
Honest toll is no disgrace. 1t is an
honor to be counted among those who
labor. Wealth is the creation of labor
"a secondary product. Men often
respect wealth 365 days in the year
and despise labor the same number of
DAVIS in twelve month. To afford
these and all other time to REJECT upon
labor and its rewards, in these later
years of progress special day has
been set aside on which fitting exer-
cises are conducted In honor of the
workman and the fruits of his labor.
& Such observances should lead
To a healthier orinion Of the position of