Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-12
bones Forecast


\ And great was the convention
! lS<Tie vote was ceming pretty soon =, - *.
And thrilling was the tension.
D .iAisbama.a cried the clerk, aafs
n 4ndsome there were went daft
/ when us. Marshal showed hlShead
z our in theseething mass and said:
& Count % for Taft :.
1 M. Cannon men turned pale as ghosts.
] And the Hnghes m,n gasped for brea h
The inen for Fairbanks chung to posts
Ascolorless US death.
"Arkansast the clerk exclaimed.
{ And the hail shook fore and aft
when a spry postmaster. white of hair.
. Hoped to the main deck OF his chair - =
/. ! And cried Eighteen for Taft
The Fairbanks men exuded groanss Z (
Andt the Cannon men shed tears y
And the Hugae, men uttered none but "
m ans "a
That orics hal uttered cheers
California doomed the clerk.
And the whole convention laughed.
When Il revenue collector lose
And whist ed shrilly through his nose
.'CounJ 20 more for Taf - ------,
The Hls &c, men 10 oked at the CpAnop -,
men, ~
And they crawled out of their chairs
And ths Tairban ~ fellows Joined them
when tsk FsA Ell -
Z | They pulled Lhs r Teddy Bears
And they a. rush d u on the center stnge
As men who had made ready -fs~ 4.
( And When the din and the tumult died.
"A tlaI 10 i'm
TIE caad date was Trddy.s f
And VII n Bill Taft dis owes 4vba'
;iichn trick they ha e ia! ed him
he'll shed III coat and 90 6nd The
mln who has betrayed him =. re il
ldmb r.un IT. White House steps,
with each jlmo warmer and Ted i'll
hear him coming IN, and slip into his
ar nou 'Fh"v'i ii spar around the
room a Bit. ard Ted will cry, See
her B.F! know the whole affHir
must look. Instrumentation queer,
Bill; Tut listen:,g You II be named
r vice. and when were both elect
ed, why I'll resign. You'll get it
is, that / suspected Bryan
woul dcfeat you, Bill, which made
it necessary for mo to head the tick
ct. Bill lest everything miscarry
And B'u VIII sink into a chair, a
ware that he has messed it, and will
exclaim, IL see it nowl By Jove, ]
should have guessed it! o, most I'm
grateful wretch am 1, TO think that
you who made me-my benefactor
and my friend-had stameIessy be
trayed NE!
Whercat they will embrace and hug
ASIovers reunited.
And Ted will ,esi on Williams breast
Ard softly say. "Dc-lighted!''
June gets its nnme from Juno. the
Roman goddess of marriage. Juno
was supposed to sec everybody hap
PLY married She was highly quail
fed to do this for herself had married
Jupiter, who was worse runabaut
than Boin Gould When the celestial
chorus was playing Parnassus, Jupi-
ter hung around tie stage door like
a Pittsburger. He stirred up moro
scandal than Tom Platt, and was as
bold as GiImanaire Corey. Juno final
ly avepg d lerseIf upon her rivals
by turning them into COWS, which
made Jupiter cattle king
The dinner bell will bring the sage,
the scholar and the cycle. amp dinner
will become a sort of a scientific clinic
Astronomers will talk of Mars, of
Saturn and of Venus, and Latinists
recall few of romances Of Silenus
The Junobug will be. n e1tioned us
the genus Lachnostern, and other
bugs will speak of lard as being terra
firma, THEY'LL quarrel, shout and
sometimes swear in Arabic and
Greek. and then dainty hand will
cap a dcmask cheek. And all the
while the farmer.- full of, wondering
and doubt, viii deeply marvel what
the hotel Bill it's all about. er
The Anti Saloon League willing.
the 21st will be the largest ,iay of the
year Upon that date the sun viii
reach the Tropic of Cancer in the
noriherly defamation, and will pass
south again. On the same day the
month will.pass out of the influence
of Gemini the Twins and persons
born after the 21st need notato be
afraid They will not have any
Upon the contrary, the stork will
6ll only single orders under the zodi-
acal sign of Cancer; the Crab Children
born under this sign win crawl back
ward and cry for crabapple Jelly.
The smiling heavens will inspire
The skylark and the linnet. 50 .~,.s
And the busy parsons will tnrn out
A new bride every minute
3 few friends will throw shoes and rice
And taste the wedding cake ~ =
And make bets among themselves
On whether it will take.
Mr.. Byran will complete his wall
around Denver about the Both, and
will set a deadfall at the gate for
Governor Johnson. Tn the course of