The independent., 1907-04-18


The cruel frost did harm-too bad
But why should We be sour and sad
Who have so much to make us glad?
Winds do not blow at our request,
Nor sat our bidding do they rest;
The Lord is God, and He knows best.
He gives to US the sun and rain
And winds that sweep across the main;
'Tis ours to take and not complain.
Il am tried of waiting, | heard man
sob
And J saw by his face it was so;
What the date E. 3. Stephenson gives
up his job?
Is the thing l am wanting to know
And / saw there was something he could
not abide,
1t seemed that brain storm was raging
inside;
And / know it was wrong but laughed
till | cried
At this picture of infinite woe.
There is no good excuse for creating bad
In a local political way
| But there seems a conviction that
Elmer and Bud
VIII no longer hold Office for pay;
| To the rest of US blessings have fallen
in dribs,
But long have they fed at the govern
ment cribs;
There is cash in their jeans and there's
fat on their ribs
/ That should last them for many day.
Why do they remain while the just and
the true
Are awaiting the honors they've
earned?
The time has arrived for these men to
They may hike far as l am con-
i cerned;
/ wave of reform has swept over the
land,
| And I'm in the wagon along with the
| band
The things these men stand for the peo-
| pie won't stand
/ AS may be very clearly dscerned
Let me say to Bud Lindsey, you're
bound to go bump,
So you'd better make haste and re-
sign
And I'll whisper to Elmer Come off of
the dump
Or you'll sure get a kink III the spine"
The people have spoken, I. don't be
unnerved,
You've both had full pay for the time
you have served,
And honors more great than YOU ever
deserved.
Which concludes my remarAs on this
~%s line.
! Saloons are closed up tighter than a
drum,
The man who thrsts for booze is going
some;
!, This may bring comfort to the rest Of
us
But it's terror to the red-nosed bum.
The loaded bottles through the win
dows CLEAN
Like heavenly visions in poets dream;
THE doors are locked, no way to get
inside,
} While thirsty hundreds pass by in
A killing frost has done its very worst
To trees in bloom and buds about to
7 burst;
We hear reports of famine far away.
I While here at home our people die of
E Today stopped a little while to think
: In front of where the glasses used to
clink;
: In deep despair heard fellow say
Booze everywhere, and not drop to
e drink"
The perspiration trickled down his
? cheeks
And minging with his tears, made dirty
t streaks;
He hadn't washed his face since Mon
day morn,
Nor shaved his ragged beard for seven
weeks.
. My dear. benighted. boozy friend, said
1T pains me some to see you going dry,
But take little water for your thirst,
And you will feel much better by and
: by"
Said /. "A man is never sent to Jail
And tied up there for drinking Adams
ale,
t While men fill up on bulge and do the
things
For which the courts refuse release on
bail"
AND So | ratified On about this way
And would have said all | desired . say
But that my friend turned suddenly
about
And saying ! was mad. refused TO stay.
r, In my weak Judgment only the perverse
:; And fool disciple OF the liquor curse
/. Would have the nerve 10 spurn the
truth and say
4 snler r.ty Is 4 thing so worse