Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-10-05
Ganderbone's Oct. Forecast.
copyrip hed 1901 ~ H. R1Ern

when the coal man gets in action with
his pesky little bill when the frost
and pumpkin poet sings the old ia
mlliar strains, and the football glad
iators scramble one anothers brains
Doubly welcome, hallowed season.
When the wild goose travels space.
When the hunter in the wildwood
Shoots the rabbit in the face.
When the last years hat made over
Shows up in the new fall stock
And the bug-fed turkey shudders
Every time he sees the block
Secretary Taft will be the leading
presidential candidate for the month
He will reach Japan on his trip
around the world, and when he steps
ashore. the island will tip up. The
Mikado will have him lifted 10 the
Imperial Roof Garden with block and
tackle. and the populaee will hold the
roof up while Bill and Mutsuhito eat
rice cakes together and open few
bottles Of saki to the continued amity
Of nations
Ia our own country, President
Roosevelt Will proceed carly in the
month upon his annual fresh water
cruise He will go down the Misss-
sippi to Keokuk to Memphis, while
cheering multitudes congregate on
the banks and count his teeth. Uncle
Joe Cannon will buy another thousand
feet of lightning rod, buckweat cakes
will renew their tug of war with Ep-
som salts in the ianards Of man, and
the cost of living will take birds
eye view of the economic proposition.
The autumn nights inspiriting shall
grow a little longer, and the breath
of fall on cider sweet shall grow
little stronger. The husbandman
shall sell his hogs and think to pros
per on it but the good wife will take
the dough and buy winter bonnet.
County fairs will be in full blast.
The heavy fragrance of roasted pea
nuts will decoy the cautious nickel
from the pants pocket o. the loving
swain. The toy balloon will drag the
small boy around the grounds. The
man with the long awning on his cap
will sit on the tail Of the winged-foot-
ed trotter and slap her around the
track with a barrel stave. The man
in red underwear will rise in balloon
hanging by his toe-nails, and the fam
lily that Roosevelt is enthusiastic
about will weave through the crowd
tied together on long clothes-line-
The husky husker in the corn
VIII trill his little ballad,
The raccoon in the forest deep
Will eat persimmon salad,
The robin redbreast. growing chilled
viii slowly southwark fiutter,
And the angels in the skies will catch
The scent of apple butter
The moon viii be full on the 21st,
Campers will go off to the woods to
play poker all night anu sleep all
day. HogkiIing time Will fill the hog
with concern for his near future, and
he will hustle around after acoras in
enjoyment of his last few
days.
The football rooter, full of root, will
go off on his autumn foot; the play
err with the college hair, the while the
horns and trumpets blare, will butt
around till he is thrown and someone|
breaks his collar bone. The lusty
sound of rah-rah-rahs viii urge the
fell and bloody cause; the girls, in
mass and colors come, will sing and
scream and swallow gum. The giant
full-back, fierce and stout, will pick a
little fellow out, kick in his Stats and
change his face, and maui him up
and down the place, and when the
foe shall cease to breathe, will proud
ly claim the yictors' wreathe
The farmer with the mortgage
Who is prone to giving notes
win figure up the proceeds
From his wheat and corn and oats,
And wonder if his cash in hand
viii pull him out the hole
Or whether he will have to give
A mortgage on his SOUL
The hunting season will Keep the
rabbit on the wing and the quail on
the jump. The crack shot nom town
will range into the country with his
burr-proof gun and his hammerless
corduroys. He will flush bird and
almost hit COW. and then buys his
game from a native who sports
bored out army musket
The Amalgamated Game Self-Pres-
ervation Society will soon require all
hunters to carry a large license tag