The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-12
DRIFTWOoD

DRIF TWOOD
  Man went to the United States Treas ury some days ago and told the off, cials that he understood the govern: use and that he would relieve 1t by ac- cepting $1,oo0.O0o.
 Elephants in the Bronx Zoo became so enraged at the sight of hats worn iy demolished the offending but fash ionable headgear. Thus 1t will be seen that an elephant has his ideas of dress reform after all.
 
 Now what besides roses and brides has June in store for us.' asks The Why lots of other things too numer- ous to mention, such as June apples. June os eugs fS. coS ete etf to say nGtn brides wedding.
 Proof of petty officials grating in Boston has led to the imposition of sentences of several years imprtson- noa5on msns on two former members Son of the president of that body.
 wu Ting Fang went to Coney Island the other day and stood around and ate pop corn just like a common school Fangs into pop corn though if he ia What is breakfast without canta- loupe?" asks a Florida paper. Break fast with canta1oupe is pretty fine. but one with Montgomery angelic Alabama man who has proposed un- successfully to 200 girls has at last been accepted. A fine example of peri severance. You can't lose an Alabama man in this line fused $1O.OOO for his peach crop-News Montgomery wouldn't take s1O.Ooo.- 900 for her peach' crop-and they are everyone wearing &tunning peach bas- When Senator Gore gets into tariff debate it does seem like gore sure enough.
 President Taft kicked at the decision of baseball umpire the other day, thus winning the. undying allegiance of " ~NS avs ~-'
 Jim Nevin says the crisis in the strike on the Georgia Railroad was reached when the jugs failed to arrive. Hot?-oee whizz--and to think that it showed in Denver on June l.
 Denver mint holds $37O,0 100000 in gold coin and bullion, but Alabama and Georgia mint holds not even fond ex- pectations. nothing but memories of the iuleps of other and wetter days. It's sort of little jest of Fate when an automobile turns turtle in a mud puddle.
 Firm which advertises typewriters that can be held in the lap. in reply to our order for a blonde with blue eyes, writes that they have shipped us one riety It's us for the woods. says The Allentown Democrat.
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 German scientist says there Is no such thing as red hair-merely an opti- cal illusion If said German sci could have seen a red-headed Montgomery woman paving up the earth the other day because she couldn't get the right shade of red rat to match her hair, he would have changed his tune.
 They say money talks, E But hullv gee
 Even by signs
 It can't understand me.
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 Have you got that suit caseH
 Why not hold up everybody going to- telling who has that suit case full of evidence
 MT. Roosevelt spent the morning gunning for camp pests," says dis patch. If MT. Roosevelt is to go gum ming for ALL the camp pests he has our hearty approval all right. all right.
 A Longing. Oh. to be back wonder where the but
 terfiies are driftin' Where Sresas sa s'' sss golden the has srs Where cattle browse and stand knee-
 deep in the sweet fields of clover
 are calmly driftin' over. Where naugnt distuybs the stiffness
 but the dull buzz Of the bee, Or the lazy peckerwood drummin' on Naught to do but waller in the grass Back home home on vacation, just to dream.
 dream. dream.
 Oh. to be back wonder where the ole Arc plain and honest hospitable with outstretched hand to greet. It's 'Hello-son-how you hev growed" and Come in hev a cheer" As you parade adown the street while little children stare. Children of the boys an girls you play ed with back at school. When you warn't too good to blow the everlastln' mule.
 Oh, take me back and let me hear the moclxin' birds refrain. | And meet ole friends in that dear lite tie country town again. -P. H. A.