The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-03-24
mineo from the Dino
JAMES BARTON ADAMS
TO AN OLD RETRIEVER.
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TO oLo RETRIEVER.
Come here, old fellow 1t hurts, l know
There's the pain of hell in Rheumatic
twinge.l
Aud i pains me- too when see you gn
Around on your legs with me s,.rened
hinges
Ii grieves me to look In your haifbind eye-.
Which the gathering fin will Arou dim
forever.
Aud 10 think ttat 4 dogxie about ypGr size
Hill soon cross over thu dark death rivet-
Must lie torn away fr IN his master who
Has ever found you faithful and true.
There, res, your chin on my knee. oil caun
Poor tall, There is scarcely wax teft in 1t.
The tail that VA. wont when you'd see me
Towag half hundred tunes minute
But pat on the head you yet enjoy,
And your eyes would glow bu. for semi
blindness
Al the touch Of the hand never felt old bay i.
Save bat with the tnuch Of loving kindness.
OR pinch On the ear. msyhap. when you
Would shrk the duty you had TO do.
You have shared IN The pleasures, dear Old
Ned.
Of the sport afeld when the duck we're
flying
WIen the beauties circltng overhead
From every sembiance of danger shying.
Aeraek from 8 gun aud shiriing bird,
Gut short n its alight to lake breast
aut,ered
And. All in gufver. you 4 wait the word.
Your eagerness told in the whines you
uttered
And glean Of pride Il ed your homes eyes
When at my feet you wpnld lay the prize
You have gone with me on many tramp
In the bea,tlie.t weather without mur-
mer,
You have sIep, with me in the hunter
camp.
And you've snugglea up close as a rare ID L
uarmer
You have shared my lunch as we Jay be-
hind
The sheltering breast ofthe leafy cover.
And have watched with through the
tangled bind.
For the winged game to come circug
over
The sporting instinct AS keeny fne
In your breast, Old fellow As twas in u me.
But your days are numbered my faithful
friend.
Old age ha.w woven its tolls about you.
And | often thiuk uesr the end
How very lonley IN be without you
The human friendship to of, alas.
l. warm and true but in sunny weather
And VII n the clouds Ger the bright skies
pass
II drifts away as a breeze blown feather
But the love OF II dog is without alloy.
Come storms come sunshine eh old boy
One Of the Chinese commissioners who
is visiting this country to study our
methods was rob' Cd of % by q light
expert who was determined
that the modern methods OF his class
of artistic work should not be over
locke
Mr.. Shouts SAYS the Panama canal can
be completed in seven years. l, canno,
il they continue to throw more dirt in
than is being thrown on the
isthmus
Among the many products now being
named in honor of Nicholas Longworth
We fail to find hair restoref.
L. the pure food bill becomes law all
the whiskey that can be legally sold
will be as clear as the water OF noun
tain brook. This might put an end to
the painting Of the towns red tint.
Among the "favorite songs Of noted
pc ople" we may soon see Count Boui
de Castelane's name attached to-. IF
I Only Had Dollar of My Own
1.-The Agricultural Department has ex
posed about two hundred firms in the
Uuited States that are selling adulterated
garden SEEDS" says Washington n
item.
Adulterated language now
May show "A marked decrease
Ifthrough publicity this fraud
Upon mankind should cease,
For ii would make preacher as.
Unminlsterial words
To plant some nice cucumber seeds
And raise crop of gourds.
Referring to the threatened coal strik"
a New York paper says: "The consum-
er is going to have something to say
about the shutting off of hi, coal supply. -
Very true. and something that. for de-
sake, will be shut out Of the
Of women's writes.
Jerome K Jerome is too hastv in con-
demning American humor. In few
months the points to the jokes he has
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