The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-19
DRIFTWOOD BY PHIL H. ARMSTRONG
When the Birds and Roses co.

When the frost is in the furrows ana the trees are getting bare. When the skies are grey ana asnen anu and there's chill upon the ar. When the golden pumpkin gllmmers III the corner of the fence When the fyarmer's wife is rolling out the dough for pies of mince. ., To most folks it all seems good times and they're cheerful as can De But somehow when cold days come, sort of sadness comes to me. For I'm signing for the warm daysw for the springtime, don't you know Ob if makes me feel so lonesome when the birds and roses go. When the turkey for Thanksgiving Is a fattenng in the coop, When the keg- g-bound apple cider seems a bustin' of the hoop. - When the boys call out the houn' pups and go treking off at night For to hunt the willy possum, to the colored boys delight. Then is when most folks are thankful and the air is thick with fun: And they play and whoop ana hoiler every day from sun to sun. But my rheumatiz confines me by the log fires warmth and glow, Oh. it makes me feel so lonely, when the birds aRd < 5oses < s0' ".
 Nothing Strange. "A dead man has been elected to or flee In Connecticut"
 Nothing strange about that-there are dead men in office all over the country"
 The Reason. "Why does he growl so all the timer "Oh, he's getting old now, and thinks every dog ougha t9 hase ms aay
 Umph. The paper says if all goes well the real work on the Panama Canal will begin later on."
 Suffering Moses-what have we been having-the real work on the people?'
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 His Opinion. colored brother in Alabama on reading in the paper the other day where a London man had been com pelled to pawn yan overcoat made of 1000 rabbit ears. had this to say: "Bress goodness-huccum dat man didn't kerry at least one rabbit foot Ill aA' ar" ~ x # <
 Sure Enough Pessinaist. He kicked about the. dark ole world, All good things did despise. When someone showed the bright to him,
 He said it burt, his eyes,
 When The Hickernuts Are Ripe. When the hickernuts are ripe, And are scattered on the ground, Oh I'd like to be boy Just once more a roamin' round With an empty flour sack
 And an empty stomach, too. But a heart so full O joy That the skies were always blue. When the hickernuts are ripe I can see myself again. With hop and skip and jump. Making for the old time lane. old at heels With his everlasting bark tHe'd out bark the scaly bark) What a merry, merry lark. .... When the hickernuts are ripe Why my thoughts go roaming back, Ang again I climb the fence And I scoot the same ole track. Oh. I'd like to go again .-.. If the time I cauld but swjpe Where the trees are bending down When the hickernuts are ripe. $ $ $
 The Limit. "I forbid you, Mabel, to allow that young man to call again"
 Thank you, papa. he is afraid Of Fido; hereafter I'll keep the dog tied up and he won't have to stand there and call"
 What Do You Think of Thiss T wouldn't marry a homely man. w ell, l q TdlIlel man than one who never staid at home.
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 In Terms Theatrical. How long do you actors continue to spring your cheSunts? oh, until the first frost. 5e < 's Broken Reflections. A woman, assisted by the dressmak- CT. reforms herself to marry man so reform him. fs $ is The love of Romeo and Juliet was an ideal one, as Julie didn't have to contend with kid brother $ < E uaries after we are where we cant get stuck up over it.
 # 4s $ of the ladder of fame solely for the they are going to fall too far.
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 A girl is seldom so much in love nancial side of it than the average man. < Ts q; If the shoe fits you, wear it and be unaristicratic.
 # 9e E We reach the top of the ladder by paying for the rounds of pleasure
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 There were shipped 34,611 tons of United States in 1905. Now who says adnnatiAn