Fergus County Democrat., 1907-04-30
Tales of Springtime.

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faced maiden is crowned queen OF the
May and her subjects dance around
the May pole AS the May days OF
my youth were spent in pirouttine
around plow handle and two-step-
ping after an A harrow / will not
try to describe this exhileratine
amusement. / am told, however, tina,
there is nothing which gives as much
tone to the system and springness to
the toes as dancing around the May
pole.
May is the month when the air is
| full of calm and the cow is full OF
alfalfa. 1t is the month when the
maiden fair dons brindle shirtwaist
and goes forth to hang the hammock.
The gentle breezes fan the smiling
fields, sweet as the breath the open
ing roses yield. The hungry calflet
bellers in the lot, the sun begins to
grow little hot. The buglet wan
ders up the maidens' limb, The small
boy takes a premature swim, the yell
low cowslips upon the brooklet's S
brink, as she wanders down to take a
drink (now work your brain and cor
rugate your brow, and find the hidden
joke---it's on the cow
Sweet is the air with smell of
budding boughs and at the stratch-
ing hen the housewife jaws. A GRIM
son hue is on the robbins breast, the
turkey hen sneaks off and hides her
nest, the iris CLEANS upon the burnish-
ed dove and dudelets yammer to the
girls of love, the breezy spring un-
bosoms all her graces and recklessly
her corset strings unlaces. Sweet
sunbeams come and go upon the hills,
and circus agents put up flaming bills.
The blossoms hang upon the bristling
bushes, the farmer hurries forth to
plant his oats. The trees are weaving
shadows overhead and in the woof
is twined golden thread The rest
ing COW reclaims her cud and chaws,
with worms the little chickens fill
their craws, the baseball fans resume
their old-time shout, and cuss when
the umpire calls "out."
The infant blossoms on the sway
ing trees are rocking in the cradle of
the breeze. (But please excuse me
now, / want to sneeze) And sweet
est fragrance all the herbs exhale-
but I'm afraid this thing is growing
stale SO | will close my incoherent
rhyme, and leave the balance for some
other time But | will add before |
have rung off, if you have torpid
liver, a cold, a cough, or are afflicted
with the seasons ills take DR.. Doty's
pink pills. (That advertise
ment works in very fine and me
thinks I'll tax the doctor twenty
cents line)
| knew girl once whose name was
Mary. She went away to boarding
school and changed it to Mayme. Then
she shortened it to May and finally
wrote it Mae. The poor girl got mar
ried about year ago and now she is
called Ma But this story has nothing
to do with the weather this month.
There will be no more cold weather
and frosty nights-we hope Spring
has gained the attention of the Speak
er and call for the yeas and nays. The
balm and freshness of the season is
felt in the dews, in the skies and in
the sweet breath OF the herbs and
calves. If it is raining when you read
these lines you may bet your life that
stormy conditions prevail. See if this
prediction does not prove correct.
The sign this month will be in Gemin-
1.-THE Twins, hence it is President
Roosevelt's favorite month. There
will be full moon on the eleventh.
This will be a fine month for young
lovers to gloam i'll the cleaning and
the swap slobber and for the birds
and bees to gather sweets from every
opening flower.