The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1906-11-23
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a Fau idyl.
Uu., s"u harvested your rrasshop.
u.u ,p's
Ih.s mN sound queer fo city bred
folks whu don't know much bout
umWa Duf th, mau ur woman who
Wls nu,. country buy Will under.
stand TH. mlu coy sumIn Nhu $500.
uuru o. country siIi viii W.o Irul 90
hulI w thu .uE..slIUu uI NnmN days
down Uu .H. um among Che grass.
uUUU.U tNp urhuug me. uI the
uiU so we'll remember how Nu
used lu su down fD tur INuI bank Doe
DO" lu.. Nuwmnu Time ana harvest
Impoverished
THE proper time foo tNr.su EraFs.
hopper, fee iual utol the rural poet has
sent 'u ihc counts scat paper burn.
iuE poem .ululuut of dpru aud Naming
woods a heart throb intensified with
lines once more assuring us that 'th"
frost is ON the pumpkin aud IN, tod.
dcr's in the stack"
Then II o..
AutuWns ru. burns slowly Boo 900, wuui.
The purple gIur hangs luHtruuH there
The woods Hrr fuii ct crimson hue
The melancholy duys arp come
IN" days ARE yellow. mellow ripvurd
days
Whit" and dainty ,ioudlrts float
Tho summers hrpbbnE chant Boz dun'
Tho season lH one of mist Hud wriiow
frutuln'Hs
No Curly Locks. this isn't poetry. I
am Just telling YOU about the Autumn
time when gasshoppcrs are ripc'
We'll You go nn down through tho
beautiful vista OF color aud ugWccd.
down the squirrel haunted hillside.
through the mvlno where Ole Thomp.
son keeps hiH Durham bull ON and on
over the HIN and through RyoHtuw's
barbodwire fence tn the river where
the grasBhoppors are summing them
selves free from rheumatism con
tractcd during frosty night
There amid the beautiful spl-ndur
of the harvest time aud with the dry
leaves ustling an around. you sneak
rnthlossly upon the hopper crop aud
swat Il In the eunccntric with your
old plush cap. A. fast as you swat
one You put II In your pocket and keep
ON swatiing
Gee how that one iicklod the palm
NJ your hand' There is only one thing
that makes mans hand tickle moro
than the sawy legs of a grasahoppor.
It's when he gets backed into the
rear parlor with a CRATE IRE Hlumbor-
Ing IN the chimney corner and dim.
Piled hand very much awake In his.
The light Is low. very low. indeed. and
ma and pa have gone 10 bed. The
girls hair Is berry brown. thev Ia a
rose In each check heaven In her eyes
and tickllshnoss In her palm that
makes you want to yen for help,
Then. ~ az once. you realize that
she does not need any help and yon
hang onto her pulHing warm hand
and squirmingly announce that the
angels are singing rag time when she
IL ever nigh You tell her but To- SOC
her was to love her ana never low.
another You tell her tho fragrance
Of her presence ~ Utopia on earth
that her orhH ~ sight are like great
stars that over shine hcnodlcion
upon your soul
on. you got away Mp iu The air aud
come down with thud when she asks
YOU how much money you have saved
Many man. says she. sweotly
keeping her ripe rosebud Hips con
seryatycly In the background, asks
woman 10 ny with him when he
hasn't enough money to buy u pair of
chicken wings In Chicago rcslau.
rant"
And then you cant stand the tick
ling any lunEor-and neither can she
and your lips meet In a suction
drnught that-Curiain' We'll any
how. yun begin 10 save after that and
when you have $50 In the bank your
argument that the two Of you can live
cheaper married than YOU alone can
live single takes root and you get
married and begin IN buy the bah,
shoes
That's just the way grasshoppcf
ticklcs In your hand Oh. yos. I waE
talking about grasshopcr thresbing
Well you gigglo around with your
hands and your pockets full OF grass
hopperf until II is time 10 unwrup the
hshlinc and get busy Then the blacI,
bass come to the banquet and pay the
penalty Of their greed
Did YOU ever notice that greedy PEG
pie always pay the penalty uf lhe.i
folly7 Whenever I am invited out a.
dinner and eat so long my wife has
10 make the nmily Countcuign on
kick me under the table. then ! have
dyspepsia next day ana abuse my ol
fee boy You just can't get away
from it-und neither can the boy when
his grandmother rs dead and the base
ball scnsOu ls over
Now, OF course hate To compare
myself 10 FISH since / got ON the
water wagon, but We'll isn't h more
humane to catch the hsh than tu ave.
feed him and giyc him dyspcpslug ltF
hard ON the grasshupuar . know but
he has mo- business ro bee q pussbon.
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