Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-04-23

serving an nnlucky comrade pulling
the wooden peg from the ground with
his teeth.
1t Ia an old game, as old as the.
Pyramids of Egypt aud as honored
among boys AS Sunday school. II Is
the subsequent farce that follows
game OF 'mumble.the-peg." The most
Indifferent player must pun the wood
Ell stick from the soil. The length and
size of the peg is regulated by very
strict and well known rules. Being
prepared the peg is set In the grassy
earth and each boy may take whack
at 1t with the back OF his knife, hold
Ing the blade as a handle. until the
peg Is driven down. down. no matter
how deep, provided there is still anoih
or whack due the last boy.
Il II 4
Then the fun begins! Down OH his
knees with his nose in the grass goes
the nnlucky lad. like gopher digging
hole in the meadow The fortunate
boys "ki-yi' and boot. laugh and shout
nproariously as the face Of the dig
ger comes up covered with dirt, his
mouth full of soil and lips suffering
to dispel the gravel. Down he goes
again. amid the plaudits of his fel.
lows. His nose is almost fiat so hard
Is he pressing the earth after the peg.
After splitting out several mouthfuls
OF Mother Earth, ne can reach the peg
With his teeth. He takes n strong
grip on the wood and pulls. Either the
peg comes up or his teeth break off!
Usually he gets the peg. To miss
getting IL would be 10 stand the taunts
of his playmates for days. In after
life when he goes after big projects
he remembers the tcnaci,y Of purpose
cultivated with "mumblethe peg and
he wins
Hence the playful game of youth Is
not without Its lesson. 1t may be
nntidy. but men do worse things for
money or for power. when the neg
Ia deep. than rub little dirt on their
physiognomies-they rub II ON their
hearts and their consciences and cover
over their sympathies with plating;
all of which is worse than the smear.
innocent game of pulling the peg"
600
Trouble.
When father digs III mow.m machine
Fi'm out tn hay-mow char.
An goes an gta the oller can.
While ma size kinder infs
/ know that trouble has begun.
An gist grab my bait an run!
When mother goes out in tn yard
~ measures with II stick.
Then gifts tn little pack OF seeds
An plans 20 SOW them thick.
] know that trouble has begun.
An gist grab my bait an run.
Say! spring would be gist twic't as nice
Without house cleunin time
An things TO tote outside an In
An cellar steps to climb!
know then trouble has begun
An gist grab my bait an run.
II spring would come with only spring
An notlsin' else I'm sight
but suckers In IN old mil race
That Top around an bite
There wouldn't be a thing but fun
When grab up cay BAH an run.
600
Thieves.
Once upon time a man stole a
hot stove--aDd the people marveled.
lie completely overshadowed the man
who stole the acorns from the blind
mamma-pig Now comes man who
steals wagonload of nnwrapped lin.
burger from q cheese factory in Utica.
The man Is in Jail He should be civ.
en- "A life sentence. A man who viii
steal waeonload of smell like that.
cannot be trusted He nigh, fitch a
soap factory or political caucus. One
never could tell what this man would
do In pinch Once liberated he
might purloin royal scandal or a
glue plant. Keep him under lock and
key unit! after wash day. anyhow!
600
a Pair.
AN Ohio hen chews tobacco says an
exchange. Chewing tobacco ought 10 be
confined to all animals that can moi
spit Massachusetts hen laid
an egg with II quarter In II. We have al
ways heard that thsre Is money in hens.
600
Help!
A person can get a good drink at the
drug store nearly any time now. as tile
doctor has had a new wen drilled Bur
hnx'on 'colo) Republican
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