Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-08-27
CANDfRBONE SEPT. FORECAST
copyright 1908 by c. H. Rieth.l

And they shook.
Il have come for visit"
Said Taft, while his hat
Was hung on q nail
BY the great Democrat
And they sat
''Dolightedp said Bryan,
If be allowed
The sentiment Ted
Has so often avowed''~e
And he bowed.
4 suppose ventured Taft,
With a smile that was sweet,
You have just made record
That I've got to beat
Very neat.
why no.. Bryan laughed,
Il have records for two;
You may make one 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 Septem-
Der was the seventh month OF the
year. This brought La or Day
around in the heat of the summer.
All the unions said it was too hot to
march far enough to make any i'm
preston on capital. Like every
other politician. Numa was afraid
OF the labor vote, SO he pushed Sep
TENDER along to the ninth place III
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
u third term.
The old school bell will toll the
knell of youthful summer joys, and
the girls will meekly get in line, to-
gether with some boys; but the
gamer youngsters will hide out IL
few days in dissent, and later on the
last one in will run for president.
The summer girl will get her coat
and Merry Widow hat, and journey
hOmeWard from the sea uncertain
w here she's at; but the widow easily
caressed because she stuck to tOques,
will bring a mOllycoddle home and
show it to the folks.
The tourists who have been abroad
on fashionable trips, will hOmeWard
al OF SOL
around their grips; and thrOnging
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 Oc
ours on the 22d, when the sun goes
over the equator for n touchdown
on the ice cream gigglery and sum-
mer underwear. The coal man will
kick goal, and Mr.. Roosevelt, Ieay-
ing Sycamore Hill, will turn to
Washington and the serious bust
ness of loading some more shells for
lions.
The cooler air will stimulate
The Presidential race,
And everybody will hit up
A little faster pace.
The smiling entry from the Platte
VIII put up clouds Of dust
And the roly-poly man will run
Till he is like to bust.
And Teddy meanwhile will observe
the contest through his glass, and
stick around the half-mile post until
the the runners pass; and il he fears
the Platte will win the highest
priced of bOOns, he'll laugh and
whistle up a few old reassuring
tunes, and toss big fat bumblebee
in Taft's back pantalOons.
And then there will be dOings on
this none too stable earth, and every
Democrat will get his campaign dol
lars's worth; the Hisgens, Debs, and
all of that incOnseQuential fry, will
duck into the weeds and watch the
big event go by; and the TaJt men,
looking on the while the fireworks
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,
And the crawfish will throw up his tail
And burrow in the mud;
The dread mosquito will depart
From this terrestrial scene
But he'll die as well becomes the brave
With his face against the.screen.
And then the fall-enlivened colt
will frOic on the hill, and the rail
roads will return the folks they
found too tough to kill; the fat and
idle Dlutocrat will close his summer
place, and the candidate will mount
the stump and run Off at the face,
After the 23d, September will be
under the influence of Libra, the
seventh sign of the zodiac. The sign
of Libra represents a pair OF scales
held in the claws OF a scorpion. 1t
is of Chaldean origin, and is sup