The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-09-28
OCTORER.

Went down in a heap.
He rested his broncho and fed
him his fill, and then he rode yell
ing up Capitol Hill. He wasn't ex-
pecting or asking a thing, but he
landed right in the political ring,
shouting Into EN-, Teddy, and into
'em plump" and the poor politicians
went down in a lump.
He watered his pinto and fed him
some oats,
And then he remounted and hunted
for goats.
He found him some people who
didn't agree
With all of his notions, and gave a
whoop-pee,
Yelling, Into 'em, Teddy,
An into 'em hot!"
And he knocked them all into
The pittomless bot.
He hobbled his charger and gave
him some grass, and then he went
after someone in his class. He put
up a lion with blood in its eye, and
he clapped on the spurs with ter
rible cry, saying Into i'm, Teddy,
an into i'm hard!" and the lion
passed on to his final reward.
He breathed his good mustang and
looked him around,
But further adventure was not to be
found.
So he pulled up his trousers and
pulled down his vest,
And slowly rode back to his olden-
time West,
Shouting, Back to 'em, Teddy,
An hack IN 'pm OrOud "
And they gathered about him
And solemnly bowed.
He rode in his saddle, and rode
on his head, and he put all the ten
derfeet under the bed. He dashed
to the East and he dashed to the
West, and he halted before them,
expanding his chest, saying, Three
cheers for Teddy, the pride of the
Vest" and they took a great pleas
ure in doing the rest.
October is from the Latin octo,
meaning eight, and it was formerly
the eighth month of the year. This
brought the football season around
at a time when there was grave dan
ger of being suffocated before the
ball was even put into play, and
there was a great deal of dissatis-
faction at the old Greek and Ro-
man universities. A change was
frequently talked of, but 1t remained
for Numa Pompilius, who was one OF
the early friends of education, to
do anything about it. In 713 b. Z.
he moved October along to its pres
ent place in the calendar, and now
the quarterback on football team
always says before swapping the
ball.
Numa, Numa,
B. c.
Come seven,
One, three!
After which the rooters, who
reached a very high state of pro-
ficiency in the latter days of Numa,
recite,
Numa, Numa,
Boomalooma,
Come seven,
One, three,
B. c.,
Whoopee!
SiWash!
or whatever the name of the school
is, as you may hear them doing any
time this month by following the
riot wagon when it passes.
Until the 23d of the month, Oc-
tober will be under the influence OF
Libra, the Balance, which is the
seventh sign of the zodiac. This will
enable everybody running for office
to keep on the fence pretty well as
to the real issues of the campaign,
but when the sun passes out of that
constellation on the following day
they will begin dropping on one side
or the other, and it will be easier
to make out who the true friends
of the people are. After the 22d we
will be Influenced by Scorpio, the
Scorpion, which is almost meaning
less now, but in early times typified
the manner in which the north wind
stung the old Greeks, who were in
the habit of going until very late in
the season without having on any
wear to speak of, either over or un-
der.
A bit of Fall is as nice thing
AS l know anything about
When the pumpkin pie is ripening,
And the time is opportune for