Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-04-03
GanderbOneS Forecast

For APRIL.

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Ganderhone,s Forecast for April.
The April rains wi put bit
OF Irish in the Lawn.
And q new and brighter aIguIy
Will paint the east at dawn.
The songs of birds will fill the day,
And the night be full OF frogs,
And every time cloud blows up
1t will rain cats and dogs,
And water nevis, and other brutes
And also pollywogs.
The brown thrush will return to
sing its song at even hush, and the
kind eyed cow will moult and rear
a new and redder plush; the young
mans thoughts will love to dwell
upon his lady love, while he is not
the one at all she is voting of.
The railroads, meanwhile. will retrieve
Their spirits and elate
Upon the knock blow the courts
Have dealt the cent rate.
They'll all rebait their hooks again.
And drop them in the pool,
And when II. r. gets after them.
They will all cry April fooll"
And then there will be doings in
the presidential race for everybody
it will be fine accelerate the pace.
The hoofs of Mr.. johnson will put
up cloud of dirt, and Mr.. Bryan
will put on a most terrific spurt.
The presidentialbee which has been
up in Bill Tafts hat Will be removed
Z by Roosevelt from that high
habitalt;. AMI waen it seems
the field beh. nd imperils Teddys
bets, the be- will be slipped in t.c
seat of Williams trouserettes.
Whereat the very will rock
And sod and bits of lcam
Win obfuScate the skye each time
The sting is driIen home
Ane while to all the others once
They pass the gra2d ,tand ice.
Bills T, and b, will blandly ask,
Whom shall we run for vice?
April was named for Venus, the
Roman goddess of spring. She
was the mother of Aeness, and at
tended the first Mothers Congress
with that young man in her arms.
She was very fashionable woman,
and invented divorce. She was at
different times the wife of Vulcan,
Mars, Mercury, Adonis and
Anchises, and held the matrimonial
record until Lillian Russell. The
planet Venus was named for her,
as was the city of Venice. She is
also the heroine of "rhree Weeks. )
The baseball player will resume,
With letters on his suit,
And the fan will sit out in the sun
And violently root.
His supper will grow cold and stale,
His wife will swear bit,
And the cook will make a chalk mark on
The kitchen door and quit
The straw hat season will come
in and the oyster will go out; the
last few flocks of buckwheat cakes
will sort of hang about; the spring
election will reflect red fire against
the sky, and another good share of
earth will suddenly go dry, and
Congesswill debate upon relief laws
for the loses, and lay reservation
out for our unhappy boozers.
The program for All Fools Day
will be more elaborate than usual.
Mr.. Roosevelt will give dinner
at the White House to those who
think he isn't going to run again.
Mr.. Rockefeller will give a ban
Quet at Cleveland to those who
think he is going to pay that $29,
600, 900 fine. Senator Elkins will
give barn dance on his country
place to those who think they have
any notion of letting the Duke of
Abruzzi get away. Mr.. Hartman
will give pink tea at theWaldorf-
Astoria to all persons who think he
is licked. Mr. Bryan will give a
huge lawn party at his home near
Lincoln to all persons who think he
is going to step aside for Mr. John
son. Other fools will be cared for
IN various other ways.
p The milliners will meanwhile show
Those gorgeous Easter hats
With large soup punches pinned to them.
And various dug bats:
And while the ladies dance for JOY,
Before this line of gouds,
Their lords will pack an extra shirt
And light out for the woods.
The nationaI convention of the
opulist party will begin at St. Louis
April 2. Wags have been asking
why it was set so late in the
month. The moon will look like Bill
Taft on the 18th. The big leagues
will soon be under way. The
American and National will brain
about the 18th, but the Anti
Saloon League will get started a
week earlier. Easter will occur
on the 18th, and the 10th will be
devoted to discussing whatevery
one had on.
Persons who didn't have anything
on to speak will, of course be un-
mentionable.
The sweet Elvira will to church
In rustling silks rnd tulles,
Which she will lift up to her Ianees.
In passing little pools;
No one commits sin,
Fol else it were not known her clothes
Ale new clear to the skin.
After the 23d, April will be
under the influence of Taurus the
Bull. Wall street, which has for
so long been under the influence Of
Toddv the Paar will he er,ancinat