The Ward County independent., 1908-03-12
(Contributed)

And very quietly he rode along,
When he heard some one sing Ger
man song,
1t was his. neighbor the German clown
For Lager beer he went to town,
Where are you going Dutchy saidy
And why so early out of bed
None Of your business Dan replied
If you tell Irish I'll tan your hide,
And Dutchy he was full of fear,
I'm in hurry for that beer
Dan passed the home of his neighbor,
sJake
But not soul was yet awake
Then south along the section line
He kept agoing for some time
And then across the meadow land
He passed the house of Mr.. Strand
Then east another road to take
So Scotty All he would not wake.
He went straight across with fondest
hope
To that little blue cottage on the slope
The sun was up the day was rair,
But his little grille wasn't there,
She had gone away the day before,
Never thinking that Dams heart was
sore,
She went away with her girl friend
After church the day to spend
OF course this ,Dannie did not know,
Thought she had golr with some other
beau,
He went over there for his final yes,
But went home again in great distress
If at that other fellow I can get,
I'll give him sound thraehing you bet
He turned around and went right back
His horse just followed the same old
track,
Said he'd sooner lose horse and his
pet calf,
Than to see all those boys give him
the laugh,
When he passed by his neighbor Jake
All the family were then awake,
Says Jake think you're rather early
Must have been out to see your grille
l haven't time now, will see you later
You just tend your incubator,
! And then he started on trOt
But Uncle Jake was awful hot,
Say Dan my shack looks awful lonely
And this red paint is awful homely,
III Just give this another hue,
And paint my shack so nice and blue
He fixed himsel ia bachelors lunch
And also made good hot punch
He was fixing up an extra dope,
And planning how he could elope,
When the door just opened little bi
And he saw the sassy face of sass!
kid,
Did you ever get left the sassy kid sai'
And just as quickly ducked his head
Across the room few No. 10 shoe
The kid thought he had best skidoo
He took to his heels right thru the we
For all I know he is running yet,
, I will leave him now before faint,
For 1 don't Like the smell Of that oil
r blue paint,
And now will tell you who / am,
!. Yours very truly Uncle Sam.
The cat-A Noxious Animal.
The cat is a faithless animal, tha
> by it's caressing and purring ha
. awakened a sympathy which it doe
not deserve. A1tho it has been e.
: teemed and at times worshipped
! does not possess one distinctly worth
Characteristic 1t becomes attache
n to places rather than to persons an
= is accused Of eating the corpse OF II
protector and friend. We have NJ
= one authentic instance of its posses
. ing true fealty. 1t delights in cruelt
/. and belongs to the same family
: the tiger, the leopard, the jaguar an
n the panther. 1t was domesticated
' Egypt 1900 years B. G. but quickly r
s turns to a wild state
e In South America there is said to |
b. a race Of cats that do not "CaterWaul
n People who must have cats for pc
a sdnol1ld have these imported.
,r The cat tribe increases rapidly al
n often their lives are a prolonge
Is nursery not only to thems elves but
% the community in which they exist.
,e While cats are to a certain extel
: beneficial in the destruction OF 70
3 ents yet they are more harmful ths
II useful. They are often destructive
e the poultry yard and are the create
ID destroyers of our pSetty BIRDS. NJ
e Forbush estimates that eat kills
,e the average fifty birds a year. T
a. cites instances OF single cat destro
is ing six birds nests in one night. ~
,e cat is cunningly intelligent and treac
le erous. It has been known to u
young birds as decoy to trap the Q
h ones: to place crusts. ETC., to tenn
j. sparrows to their destruction. This
d not meant for crusade against ca
but is intended to stimulate desi
t for more worthy house pets. "