The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1908-04-01
GANCERBONE'S APRIL FORECAST

And u new and brighter augurv
win PANT The sat "a dawn
The songs IF birds viii hi the day.
AMI the night be full Of frogs.
And every time cloGd blows up
IT VIII rain cats and dogs.
And water nevis. nj other bl.utes
And also poI!yWogs.
The brown thrush will return u
sing its song at even hush and the
kind-eyeJ cnW viii moult and rear Il
ptw and redder plush: the young
mans thoughts will love to dwell upon
h!s lady love. while he is not the one
1T all that She is voting of
The rain lads, meanwhile will retrieve
Their spirits and elate
Upon tie Knockout blow the courts
Have dealt the two-cent rate
They'll all rebait their hooks again,
And drop them in the pool
Md when T. Il. gets after them.
They'll all cry April fool"
And then there will be d0ings in the
presidential race. fOr everybody in il
VIII accelerate the pace. The hOofs Of
Mr.. Johnson will put w a cloud of
DIRT and Nj. Bryan will put on most
terrific squirt. The presidential bee
which has been in Bill Taft's hat will
tc removed by Roosevelt from that
high habitat; and when it seems the
field behind imperils Teddy's bets the
nee will be slipped in the seat Of Will
Liam = trOuScretteS.
Wh1rcat the very earth will rock,
And sod and bits of loan
Will obfUscate the sky each time.
The sting is driven home:
md while to all the others once
They pass the grandstand twice,
Bill II. and b. will blandly ask.
whom shall we run for vice."
April was named for Venus, tlte
Roman goddess of spring. She was the
mother of Aeneas and attended 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 Rus
sell The planet Venus was n'tmed
Tor her as was the city of Venice She
Is also the heroine Of Three 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 a 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
flccks of buckwheat cakes will sort
OF hang about: the spring eleetion will
reflect red fire against the sky, an
other good share of the earth will sud-
IDENTIFY go dry. and the Congress will
debate upon relief laws for the losers,
and lay a reservation out for our un-
happy bOOZerS.
The program for All Fools Day will
be more elaborate than usual. Mr..
Roosevelt will give a dinner at the
White House to those who think he
isn't going to run again. Mr. Rookie
Teller will give a banquet at Cleveland
to those who think he is going to pay
that $29,000,000 fine. Senator Elkins
will give a barn dance on his coun-
try place to those who think they
have any notion of letting the Duke
of the AbruZzi get away MI Har-
riman will give a pink tea at the Wal
dOrf Astoria to all persons who think
he is licked. Mr.. Bryan will give
huge lawn party at his home near
Lincoln to all persons thinking he is
going to step aside for Mr. Johnson. !
Other fools will BE- cared for in various
other ways
The milliners will meanwhile show
Those gorgeous Easter hats
With soup punches pinned to them.
And various ding bats:
And while the ladies dance for joy
Before this line of goods.
Their lords will pack an extra shirt
And hike out for the woods.
The rational convention of the pop
IiiSt party will begin at St. Louis on
April =. Ways have been asking why !
il was set for so late in the month /
The moon will look like Bill Taft on |
the 10th. The big leagues will soon |
he under way The American and |
National will begin about the 18th. but |
the Anti-SalOOn League will get start |
ed week earlier. Easter will occur i
on the 18th. and the 10Th will be de- !
voted to discussing what every one |
had on. Persons who didn't have any |
thing on to speak of will, of course |!
lc unmentiOnable.
The sweet ElVina will to church
In rustling silks and tulles.