The Semi-weekly leader., 1911-04-15
CRAB APPLES
WEEKLY BUDGET
In His Own Original and
Characteristic Lam
guage.

noted. Will consider your claims
when we have five minutes to spare.
But at present we are taxing our
brain trying to devise some scheme
by which we can clutch" $40 900
for immediate expenses. Yours
truly.
We want the next Legislature to
pass law prohibiting the making,
selling, or handling of bolts with
flat and round heads. The threads
will rust and when you want to
take the tap off. the whole thing
turns. Then words.'' some
times called "cuss words" COM
mence to slip out. No; that kind
of bolts is not conducive to good
Sunday School work." and should
be abolished.
1t doesn't matter how up-to-date
a speaker or conversationalist may
be, in the knowledge of the Eng
lish language, they will let those
little ''aints" slip out occasionally,
and they will get propositions and
verbs in the wrong pew" But
after the articulation, it is then
too late to Jerk" them around to
where they belong. Truly. the
English language is shamefully
abused, and ought to be thoroughly
taught in our schools.
We spent quite a while on the
9Th inst. lounging in the lap of
Mother Nature. Work was sus-
pended for the time being for we
wanted to dream" awhile. Down
upon grassy couch we lay for half
an hour, listening to the chatter of
the sfeathered family. One,
mocking bird. seemed in spirit to
Sing with all its might: "Praise
God from whom all blessings flow" F"
The bees seemed happy in their
work of garnering and a chameleon,
stopped in front of US to show us
the feat of changing color. About
ten feet away, stood a "crab apple"
bush with a few faded blooms
on it, and plenty of thorns to re-
mind one of its presence. We were
about to enter the land of dreams
sure enough, when duty sternly
ordered US to open our eyes and
Get back to the plow that in
dispensable tool by which the world
is fed and which is no dream at
all; but a sombre and potent
reality.
Another term of the rural
schools of Lincoln county is near.
ing an end. The work was fraught
with many ups and downs" for
some of the teachers. All neigh
borhoods are not alike, and some
patrons give ateacher more trouble
than the ttow-heads'' they send to
school. Some parents know just
enough to be in a worse fix than if
they knew nothing.
We have keen appetite for de-
cent jokes, and we solicit them
from those who can give them
with respect. "A good joke is
better than glass of wine, and
rebuke by friend is better than a
dose of physic given by DOCTOR"
Field Day on the 7th was almost
an exact duplicate of the occasion
last year. But we make notes as
we see them, igardless of whether
they are pleasant or otherwise.
Everybody present seemed to have
Is and 25 cents, and the gate fees
ran up to several pounds. We got
our moneys worth out of the social
part of the affair; but lost the
pleasure OF it, when an uncouth
miss of about 18 years. who was
impatient to get out of an unavoid-
able jam, gave us a vigorous shove
from behind and threw us forward
against lady to whom we apollo
gized. We then turned and cut
that miss into a Thousand pieces
with 'two-edge looks. I" That
miss was probably far advanced in
many studies; but she didn't know
the first rule of etiquette or COM
mon decency. and she cares nothing
for such rules, as her conduct plain
ly showed. Schools should teach
rules for common decency, for
many children are sadly in need Of
such education along with the
rest. They have no parents who
are competent to impart such in
formation. to them. We caught a
remark from a lady sitting in the
grand stand. and this is what she
said, 1t is well enough for those
young men to race barefoot, but
when it comes to running bare
legged, don't know whether to
laugh or blush. Now, that's just
what she said, and we hand it to
you without a wrapper on it. Very
likely. there will be a very ma
terial change in Field Day program
next year.
Hon. ]. N. Yawn. the big-heart-
ed, broad-minded lawyer, of Bogue
Chitto, tells US that the time will
come when we will own an auto.
Now, is that really fact? When
farm land advances in price to 81
per square inch, and taxes are re-