Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-10-16

ABOUT - mile high.
The Roosevelt entry
Emitted acry:
And BRYAN. SuppoSing
He's dropped from the race.
Slowed " with Mortified
Look on his face
But Taft was just foatin-
My motors gone ont.
Now, hand me y match
When you next come about"
But Bryan Just laughed
And he said My dear speeder
Remember that l
Am the great matchless leader"
October is from the latin octo.
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
candled like eggs, and the Oyster
Trust always concerned the supply
IN cold storage. But Rome, like
every other nation, had a reformer
not too often for reasonable profits
in business, and when Numa Pom
pllius cam" into power in 713 B..
c. he made October the tenth month
and busted the Oyster Trust. He
was idolized by a grateful popu-
lace, and wa only rellinquished to
private life in his later DAYS that
he might crafty his desire to hunt
The presidential race will reach
Three quarters of a mile.
And both the Bill 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
VIII rise in mighty peals,
And the watchful Teddy Bear will nip
At William Towards heels.
big game in Africa.
The pink mudguards of Sunny
Jim will catch the frost descen-
ding, and turn fine autumnal red
with the burning sumac 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 blankets on his bed. The plan
ct exuded phosphorus will gossamer
the air, the stiff rheumatic will
put on his windproof underwear.
The southwark moving 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
The camper will into the woods
To live the life of Crusoe.
And the quail will balance on rail
And whistle like Caruso.
azure with their heels.
The poor hay fever patient will
return 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 thst this sort of smoke
has done us, We'll all waltz up
again and try his deadly Mrs. Gun
ness.
After the 18th October will be
under the influence of the zodiac
al sign Scorpio the crutacean. Per-
sons born in Scorpio are Holsters,
and are mostly actors and base
ball players. They have remar-
kable foresight. Among other
things. they can tell when the hired
girl is going to quit, and always
give give her notice first.
The armoured football player will
cavort in padded pants and butt to
beat billy goat while frenzied
thousands dance. He'll cut the foe
with glass hid in his Paderewski
mop, and when they pile on sacks
he'll do a war dance on the top.
The college men will 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 capulting 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
another's brains; and when the am
bulance drives up, with great vo-
ciferation the bowling mob will
give three cheers for higher
The first frost r2pened hickory nuts
Will 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.
education.
The flower for October is the hop.
This signifies that the fates are
against prohibition in one month
of the year, anyway
Our gad-abouting fleet will throw
a scare in Japan, and shell the
Chinese coast until they tell the
age of An; and old John Rookie
teller will observe October nine,
with a big barn dance Forest