The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-23
.SideWak Penciiings
LewiaIafiye Foern.

A manuscript of a poem, scrawied upon the back of pages out of the biiis. was found u at tks Cap Capitol yester- day in the desk of a member who 1t Is supposed indited 1t while under the 'ps copy 9p soP'hec oP se manasciipt follows Twas after adjournment And all through the House Not a member was speaking With hope to arouse His sleeping companions. The echoes of speeches already forgot Like weird vocal fairies. Phantasms of sound, (So 1t seemed. as dreamed) Buzxed near to my ear In a way that was not Calculated to wound, or even arouse any fear. So listened with joy As hadn't before To the quaint little phrases, % The faint little phrases That hoyered and sang So near to my ear That oft I had stood on My colleagues to bore tThouGh the gallery did roar.) Sang an eerie small voice. T move to By striking but out from the sections For I never could bear to be charged
 with the crime If having butt In, if merely to pass the
 time"
 were Barefooted Johnnie and Blue
 Eyed Sue" The chorus now took up the Tt: ,..
 widow as well,
 And the heirs of the blood that he were the sunken- checked slaves of the
 snindIa and loom. Illiterate serfs with an awful doom, In the grasp of the railroads. those de- We're victims of rum. cigarettes and
 tn ensuin Weakness of intellect, thinness of That make tn inevitable pigmy brood. That will drink Dopa Mopa and sit in To see the bold outlaws make of with We're the poor points of order that
 were worked over time, The personal privilege, oft quoted The motion to table. resolve to adjourn, The priceless heritage done to turn" Again the one voice, .T move to amend" were the Y cali for division and ayes And ears % and lips and body and toes. And anything else that will take up Anything else that will swell the per
 diem.
 we're weary and faintinE, an over- The selons are cruel--ws'vs too much
 to do" Twas then I awoka As if bout to choke With the lump that felt in my throat Each queer little fairy. All fuzzy and hairy, slegeS hDg Sas 1ts Come y baSR sptt to ks stay mote Till that hot summer day when I'll come back to use 'en some Then iii use the whole crew As If they were new When I stand once again on the noor
 FayOrs Underground Wires.
 T am very glad to see.e said 2 Montgomerian yesterday, "that the City Council of Montgomery is requiring that the tss,sphSns wires 9S put oS. srdss i portant steps that the Counctl has ta- beneft to the city. compuisory that the wires be covered and in some 1t is required that the Yn- derground trolleys be used by the street railway eompanaes' s. .o force the Traction Company to install the underground system now, but when the city gets her lOO,OUUs h5 we nope to have by 1910, think that 1t would be one of the best things that could be done"
 MT. Tendon B. Mabson will go to Birmingham this morning on a busi- ness trip. He will return Monday.
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 MT. John Lister of Evergreen is at che Exchange Hotel accompanied by his wife.
 MT. 1T. l.. Mckee of Troy was a prominent visitor to Montgomery yes- terday. a,.s MesErs. C.. c. Parker and H. T. CHI of New Decatur are at the Imperial.
 & & a Mir. Adolph HohenbePg of Wetumpka spent last night in Montgomery.
 MT. A. G. Hoover Of Uniontown is registered at Hotel Summers.
 Mir. T. J. Mitchell of Hope Hull was in Montgomery last night. MT. W. L. Williams of Birmingham Is visiting the city, Mir. J, D. Coyl of Birmingham was In the city last night:
 MT. e.. T. sibley of Birmingham is in the city.
 MT, B. C.. Gulley of Andalusia is in the city