The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-21
DRIFTWooD

Cheer up--the roses that died yes
terday win bloom again.
A good vaudeville bill means good
managers bill.
The country awaits with breathlesss
interest, according to The Richmond
Times Dispatch, the spectacle OF Nell
son W. Aidrich eating out OF the hand
Of William H. Taft.
Mr.. Taft has made II very emphatic
that he is for revision downward
but the rolling auto gathers the moss
backs
In July young mans fancy lightly
turns TO light beer.
The Presidential cow has been sent
to the Presidential residence. II Mr..
Taft can't get his tartn revision DOWN
ward the bucolic beast Will give her
When a girl goes to the mountains
instead Of the seaside it's because she
has figured that she hasn't any figure
to speak Of.
Bolivia Is now quiet. But you can
rest assured that It 10 only temporary.
Is It possible that a day has passed
again?
They say this man Madison can't re-
member how many women he has mar mar,
two dozen. Just fancy 3 man ever
being married and couldn't remember
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A 81 eao
al abolition of tariffs
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Fifty-odd lieutenants and one lone
some major have been appointed to
Georgia esns II The major. "S however. viii
have the honorable distinction Of
standing alone in all his grandeur. All.
Major.
1t is now unlawful to play a piano
in Washington after midnight. This
will break UP many jolly Dutch sup
per at an earlier hour than formally
AIdrich is said to be a good listener.
Wonder he doesn't ever hear the plead
ings Of an inner conscience.
Abe Ruef in jail and more than s1o,-
100000 in the city treasury OF San
Senator JEFF Davis said he hoped the
President would not consider him rude
when he did not attend a dinner the
that the President did not consider
him at all.
It has been rumored that an Eng.
iIshman stepped right in on Roose-
veit's hunting territory and killed a
white rhinoceros. Teddy says there Is
nothing In the rumor. however as he
didn't leave anything but . path when
he brushed by.
Old man. you knew my wife you say
before / married her?" said a Mont
| gonery man yesterday, well. that's
where you had the advantage Of mel
| never knew her-only wish I had
A lock. of Napoleon's hair has just
brought $40 Wen bet John d. would
pay 500 lock to get his back.
vacation this summer"
"why, with the hotel proprietors,
| bell boys and walters as usual That's
where. with the accent on the spend"
"Give me neither poverty nor riches. II
pleads Teddy Roosevelt in The Out
look. And just to think he is getting
one dollar a word for his accounts
Of his African exploits
The Old Barrel-Stave Hammock.
Just an old barrel-stave hammock.
| The kind that you don't see in town
A homeiy old homemade contraption
II you saw II today you'd frowT
We made II ourselves and we swung II
Out under the magnolia trees,
Put in some cushions then there with
our girls
We could swing Just as good as you
| please.
Just homely old barrei-staVe ham,
But it seemed good enough thos.
days.
Where soft arms would cling. as you'd
swing and swing
| In the purpling twilight haze.
| While the mocking bird sang In the
branches,
And the crescent moon hung low,
| While YOU swore your love by the stars
| above
As you swung there TO and fro.
All, that old fashioned barrel stave
| hammock,
Again seem TO see
| In fancy as l swung with Mary
So calm and contentedly.
| The magnolias stiil are standing,
But the old hammock's put away
And other arms cling in some new
| tangled thing
Where we used to sit and swayi
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