Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-10-04
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OCTOBER.
Copyrighted 1907 by c. H. Reith.

Wneh the quail snail whistle Shril,,
when the coal man gets in action with
his pesky little bill; when the frost
and pumpkin poet sings the old
familiar strains, and the football gla-
diators scramble one another's 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 to the
imperial Roof Garden with block and
tackle, and the populace 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.
In our own country, President
Roosevelt will proceed early in the
month upon his annual fresh water
cruise. He will go down the Miss
issippi from Keokuk to Memphis,
while cheering multitudes congregate
on the bank and count his teeth.
Uncle Joe Cannon will buv another
thousand feet of lightning rod, buck
wheat cakes will renew their tug of
war with Epson salts in the inwards
of man, and the cost of living will
take bird's-aye view of the economic
proposition.
The autumn nights inspiration
shall grow little longer, and the
breath of fall on cider sweet shall
grow a little stronger. The husband
man shall sell his hogs and think to
prosper on it, but the good house
wife will take the dough and buy u
winter bonnet.
County fairs will be in full blast.
The heavy fragrance of roasted pea
nuts will decoy the cautious nickle
from the pants pocket of 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
footed trotter and slap ner around
the tract with barrel stave. The
man in red underwear will rise in
balloon hanging by his toe nails, end
the family that Roosevelt is enthusi-
astic about will weave through the
crowd tied together on a long clothes
line.
The husky huSker in the corn
Will trill his little ballad,
| The raccOon in the forrest deep
! Will eat persimmon salad.
/ The robin redbreast growing chilled
Will slowly sou Inward futter
And the angels in the skies will catch
The scent of apple butter.
The moon will be full on the 2lst.
Campers will go off to the woods to
play poker al night and sleep all day,
Hog killing time will I'll the hog with
concern for his near future, and he
will hustle around after acorns in
philosopbic enjoyment of his last few
days.
The football rooter, full of root, will
will go off on his Autumn toot; the
player 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-rah will urge
the fell and bloody cause; the girls in
mass and colors come, will sing and
scream aud swallow gum. The giant
fullback, fierce and stout, will pick
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 proudly
claim the victors 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
Will pun him out the hole
Or whether he will have to give
mortgage his soul.
The hun ting season will keep the
rabbit on the wing and the quail on
the jump. The crack shot from 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 buy his
game from native who sports al
bored out army musket.
The Amalgamated Game Self Pres
ervation Society will soon require all
hunters to carry a large license tag
SO that all game may know when it is
being legally shot at
The baseball fan will loose his job
the highball fiend is broke, the moth |
ball crank is now abroad spreading
odors thick as smoke. The ice cream
soda has fixed out, the ice man Stacks
his pace, the small boys save their
nickels now to buy comic face. For
Hallowe EN- will soon be here with |
pumpkin spooks and pranks, and if
the hoodlums pass US up we surely |
may give thanks
Be glad be glad, the worst is past,
The next few weeks look good,
The tramp has quit the road because