The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1908-10-02

meaning eight. 1t was the eighth
month of the old Roman calendar.
This brought oysters in at the end of
August, when they had to be handled
like eggs and the Oyster Trust always
cornered the supply in cold storage.
But Rome, like every other nation, had
a refornTer not too often for reason
able profits in business, and when
Numa Pompilius came into power in
713 3. c. he made October the tenth
month and busted the Oyster Trust.
He was idolized by grateful popu-
lace, and was only relinquished to pri-
vate life in his later days that he
might hunt big game in Africa.
The presidential race will reach
Three-quarters Of a mile,
And both the Bills will hit it up
In good old fashioned style.
The Platte will shake his big brogans
And put up dust and dirt,
The giant Taft will grunt and sweat
And rip his undershirt,
The plauditS of the multitude
Will rise in mighty peals,
And the watchful Teddy Bear will nip
At William Towards heels.
The pink mudguards of Sunny Jim
will catch the frost descending, and
turn a fine autumnal red, with the
burning autumn blending; the frost
will thin out Mr.. Kern's elaborate chin
thicket, and each of these hair bearing
tails will go some on his ticket.
The frost will paint the sassafras a
deep and glowing red, and the farm
hand will resume his howl for blan-
kets on his bed. The plant exuded
phosphorus will gossamer the air, the
stiff rheumatic will put on his wind
proof underwear, the southwark NOV
ing ducks will quack upon the reeded
lakes, and man will line himself inside
with buttered flannel cakes.
The women will parade beneath the
big sky-scraper hats, and guy lines
strung to steady them will anchor in
their rats; and every time the wind
blows brisk, with many screams and
squeals. they'll all turn turtle and will
fan the azure with their heels.
The camper will unto the woods
To live the life of CrusOe
And the quail will balance on a rail
And whistle like Caruso.
The poor hay fever patient Will re-
turn from his retreat, and every time
his nose goes off and hOnks upon the
street, we'll scramble for the nearest
curb as fast as we can dart, believing
that his lusty sneeze is some skidoodle
cart
The candidate will press his suit and
tell his little jokes while he is handing
out cigars they name for famous
folks; and notwithstanding all the
harm this sort of smoke has done US,
We'll all waltz up again and try his
deadly Mrs. Guinness.
After the 18th October will be under
the influence of the ZOdiacal sign
ScOrpio the crustacean. Persons born
in Scorpio are Holsters, and are mostly
actors and baseball players. They
have remarkable foresight. Among
other things. they can tell when the
hired girl is going to quit, and always
give her notice first
The armoured football player will
wort in padded pants and butt to beat
billy goat while frenZied thousands
dance. He'll cut the foe with glass
hid in his Paderewsl;i mop. and when
they pile on sacks heI do a war
dance on the top. The college men
viii all get up and yell like Kingdom
Come. the college girls will swallow
six or seven gobs Of gum, the autumn
sun will be obscured by colors. horns
and hats. the catapuiting end will
cave the other fellows Stats, the giant
centers will collide like two excursion
trains. the guards will paw the earth
and scramble one anotheTs brains:
and when the ambulance drives up,
with great vOciferatiOn the bowling
mob will give three cheers for higher
education.
The first frost ripened hickory nuts
VIII rattle to the ground,
And local option will put on
The blower all around.
The hunters moon will sail the sky,
The bee will duck the clover,
And the other Wright in France will
knock
The Eiffel tower over.
The mower Tor OCTOBER IS the mop.
This signifies that the fates are
against prohibition in one month Of
the year. anyway
Our gad-abduting feet will throw a
scare into Japan. and shell the Chinese
coast until they tell the age Of An:
and old John Rockefeller will observe
October nine, with big barn dance at
Forest Hill and unfermented wine, the
third month since he's had to make a
payment on that fine.
And then November 3rd will come,
When all of us shall vote,
And one of these two Bills will have
To be the Billy goat.