Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-09-04

Y GU may make ore yourself
If you wish so to do
After YOU
But Taft waved his hand
With show of suspicion.
And said, Il am not
machine politician
Intermission
In the old Roman calendar Sep
TENDER was the seventh month of
the year. This brought Labor Day
around in the neat of the summer.
All the uninos said it was too hot
to march far enough to make any
impression on capital. Like every
other politician, Numa was afraid
of the labor vote, so he pushed Sep
TENDER along to the ninth place in
the calendar and had Labor Day
fall on the first day of Autumn.
The unions were thus enabled to
march twice as far, and Numa had
to refuse third term.
The cooler air will stimulate
! The presidential race.
And everybody will hit up
A little faster pace.
The smiling entry from the Platte
Will put up clouds of dust,
And the roly-poly man will run
Till he is like to bust.
The old school bell will toll the
knell of youthful summer joys, and
the girls will meekly get in line,
together with some boys; but the
gamer young ;ters will hide out a
few days in dissent, and later on
the last one in will run for Pres
ident.
The Summer Girl will get her
coat and Merry Widow Hat, and
journey homeward from the sea
uncertain where she's at; but the
widow easily caressed because she
stuck to toques, will bring a molly
coddle home and show it to the
folks.
The tourists who have been abroad
on fashionable trips, will homeward
wend with hotel tags stuck all
around their grips; and throng-
ing in their wake will come a never
ending flow of busted immigrants
to see where they got all the dough.
September is when the autumnal
equinox the mosquito out. This
occurs on tie 22nd, when the sun
goes over the equator for touch
down on the ice cream gigglerg and
summer underwear. The coal man
will kick goal, and Mr.. Roosevelt,
leaving Sycamore Hill, will return
to Washington and the serious bus
mess of loading some more shells
for lions.
And Teddy meanwhile will OBJ
serve the contest through his
gla S., and stick around the half
mile post until the runners pass
and if he fears the Platte will win
the highest priced of boons, he'll
laugh and whistle up a few old
reassuring tunes, and toss a big
fat humble bee in Taft's back pam
falcons.
And then there will be doings on
this none too stable earth and ev-
cry Democrat will get his campaign
dollars worth; the Hisgens, Debs,
and all of that inconsequential fry,
will duck into the weeds and watch
the big event go by; and the Taft
men, looking on the while the fire.
works pop and sizz, will hold on
tightly and enquire, (Which cloud
of dust is his?
The touch of Fall will make the ripe
And falling acorn thud.
Aud the crawfish will throw up his tail
And buErow in the mud;
The dread mosquito will depart
From this terrestrial scene,
But he'll die, as well becomes the brave
With his face egainst the screen.
And then the fall enlivened colt
will frolic on the hill, and he rail
roads will return the folks they
found too tough to kill; the fat and
idle plutocrat will close his sum-
mer place, and the candidates will
mount the stump and run off at the
face.
After the 23rd, September will
be under the influence of Libra,
the seventh sign of zodiac. The
sign of Libra represents a pair of
scales held in the claws of scorpion.
1t is of Chaldean origin, and is sup
posed to mean that about the 23rd
is where the ice man gets stung
himself.
People born under Libra are in
capable of pretense; the women
never kiss women they hate, and
the men play wretched game of
poker. Libra people also have no
ear for music, and generally play
some particularly loud instrument
in the village band.
The moon will be full on the 10th,
and the American fleet will make
the Society Islands about the 18th.
1t is expected that it will remain
there permanently society having
become its long suit.
With the advent of autumn. vice
presidential whiskers will begin to |
blend with Natures general color
scheme, and both Mr.. Sherm n
and Mr.. Kern will run a little |
stronger on the tails of their |
tickets.
And then October will return.
That gladstone time and rare
When the pumpkin-pie win answer
Here.'
Upon the bill of-fare.