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Morris tribune., 1911-07-14
Great Great Grand Children.

W. L. Colyer attended family re-
union in Wisconsin on his father
birthday, and we take from the Wau-
kesha Freeman the following account
of his father
"Lambert Colyer of Eagle was
ninety three years old on June %.
"Mr. Colyer has children, grand
children, great grandchildren and great
great grandchildren. He was much
interested in the photographs of the
two little ones brought by his son,
W. L. Colyer, from Morris, MINI.
The children are Margaret Quilliam,
aged four. and Paul Quilliam, aged
one, who are daughter and son of
W. L. Colyer's daughters daughter.
"When Mr.. Colyer was born. in
1918, the battle of Waterloo had been
history only four years. Napoleon
was still living. in exile at st. Hell
ena.
Sin England George III was still
king but he was insane and his son,
who later became George w, ruled
the land as regent. Alexander l,
grandson of the great Catherine, was
car of Russia. There was no en-
peror of Germany because there was
no united Germany until many years
after.
"When Mr.. Colyer was born. James
Monroe was president He was the
fifth president of the United States.
The thirteen colonies had increased
to twenty -one states, Illinois being
admitted to the Union that same year.
1.-THE territory that became the
state Of Wisconsin had the beginnings
of a settlement in the lead regions of
the southwest corner Of the state and
perhaps some remains of the French
of an earlier date.
"Mr. Colyer's life time has thus
compassed the most astonishing
changes in conditions all over the
world. But in spite of his unusual
age, he remains in fairly good health
and greatly enjoyed the family re-
union which occurred on his birthday.
"Those present were his son, w.
L. Colyer, Morris, Minnesota, and
his daughters, Mrs. Charles Gaspar
Of this city, and Mrs. Martha Lins,
Of Eagle.
"Mr. Colyer was born in Madison
county, New York. He came to
in 1910. He lived many
years in Mulwonago and for about
twenty five years has resided in
Eagle"
Morris tribune., 1911-07-14
Real Estate Transfers.

Ingvald T. Siverts to Daniel Meyer
to Ulrich Bosley, W. sec. 33, sw4
sec. %. Moore, $1.OO.
Gabriel Krausert to John Grove, lot
2, Co. Subdiv. ea. sec. 35, Morris.
$1.OO
State to Marti Cain, SCI ne4, sec.
SO, Morris. patent.
E. M. Huford to w. D. Lynde to
E. A. Goffe, sw4 sec. 27, Synnes,
$1.OO.
J. H. Stinson to O. J. Johnson. SCI
sec. 27. Synnes, 81, 500.
Alexander Cowan to Edd Jon S, ne4
sec. %, Swan Lake. $1,000.
Morris tribune., 1911-07-14
Engagement Announced.

Sundays Minneapolis Journal con
tanned an announcement of the en-.
gagement of Miss Jeanette Geiser,
sister of Mrs. W. F. Cooley. The
Journal said:- -
"Culmination of a romance which
began more than year ago at St.
Barnabas hospital is forecast in the
announcement yesterday by Mr.. and
Mrs. w. F. Cooley, of Morris, of
the engagement of their sister, Miss
jeanette M. Geiser. 14O5 Yale place,
to Portius C. Deming, also of Min
neapolis.
ga year ago in April Mr.. Deming
was i'll in ST. Barnabas hospital.
Miss Geiser was the nurse assigned
to his case. The acquaintance con-
tInued after Mr.. Deming left the
hospital. The marriage is to be in
August.
miss Geiser is a sister of Rodolph
Geiser, principal of schools at Cannon
Fall Bert Geiser, of Winnipeg ::
Helen M. Geiser, who is teaching
school in Callao, Peru.
'Mr. Deming is a member of the
Minneapolis Park board, and lead
ing member of the Minneapolis Real
Estate board. He has been resident
of Minneapolis twenty years. all of the
time on the East Side. Mr.. Deming
served three terms in the lower house
of the Minnesota LEGISLATURE, -
Morris tribune., 1911-07-14

world. and are putting into practice
the real Esperanto language. They
will naturally come in closer contact
with one another, and will be united
in a universal brotherhood. What
can be more helpful in the promotion
of universal peace? | hope every
Boy Scout will study sign language. y
Morris tribune., 1911-07-14
TALK WITH SIGNS.
Boy Scouts Learn Universal
Language.

The Boy Scouts of America are
learning a universal sign language
and, therefore, are developing the
real Esperanto. Under the guidance
of Ernest Thompson Seton. Chief
Scout, the boys are learning the signs
of communication not only between
the boys of this country but also be-
tween the boys of every other nation.
The plan now being developed means
that eventually the boys of all nations
will have a common language and
that they will be drawn more closely
together. Such binding of the boys
of the different nations together. it
is asserted by the leaders of the Boy
Scout movement, will tend greatly
toward the promotion of universal
peace.
The sign language is simple. 1t
is common to all natoins. 1t perhaps
was developed long before the art
of speaking. 1t is natural to use
gestures and signs to emphasize ones
ideas in speaking. These gestures
may express entire sentences. For
instance the traffic patrolmen in
crowded thoroughfares in New York
use the sign language. They are on
duty all day directing the traffic of
thousands of vehicles, and perhaps
never speak one word.
Baseball players have sign Ian
guage. Every sport has given rise to
certain gestures or signs that are per-
fectly natural and are easily under
stood by persons not versed in that
special activity. Children and grown
ups use gestures and, therefore. signs,
instinctively. More than 100 signs
are used by the children in the public
schools. There are 5000 signs that
students of the language have picked
up A person can communicate his
thoughts intelligently with 900 of
them. The ordinary preson uses
vocabulary of not more than 1000
words. The signs have been developed
by the deaf and dumb so that the
deaf and dumb alphabet is discarded.
except for the spelling of proper
names and unusual words.
cit is a fact,' says Chief Scout |
Seton, "that at many deaf and dumb |
schools whole lectures are delivered !
and sermons preached by the use of |
a highly developed sign language. |
A single sign may convey an entire
sentence. The savages out West |
have a sign language. A person
who understand the sign language
can talk to an Indian. He can con-
vey his meaning adequately to per-
sons of different nations, such as Rus J
sia, China and India without speaking I
a word. "
Chief Scout Seton points out that
the use Of the sign language makes
a person more observant, and that |
observing persons use it. The sign
language may be used in signalling.
1t may be employed in such places
as hospitals. where persons may not
be permitted to speak. 1t is used in
places where the noise is so great
that the voice cannot be heard, or
perhaps in speaking to one another
across a room. It's use is so greatly
recognized that it is being developed
in the army and many other places.
Chief Scout Seton has prepared
a dictionary Of signs with illustrations
which will soon be ready not only for
the use Of the scouts, but for all per-
ons who are interested in learning
the sign language. "Every person
uses signs says Chief Scout Seton,
but the Boy Scouts in developing it
are spreading it throughout the entire
Morris tribune., 1911-07-14
School Finances.

Clerk D. 7. Wheaton has prepared
the following report of school district
finances which will be submitted at
the annual meeting tomorrow even
ing -
Morris tribune., 1911-07-14

Labrador
Labrador has total area of about
100000 square miles. and much of it is
splendidly wooded.
TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1911-05-01
Cincinnati. y9omtae. oem 4. Waai 1911.

Ronferens bat trgeben, bnb bic Hus<
breitnng Der 2uneenpeft obne grobe
Standardization perbinbert tperben
fann unb bie Selegdten bdben fi1 ods
bin eriIdrt, bob in 3ufunft bie llnters
brehuHg beg giienbabnpertebrs. um
bic Seuhe 5u befdmpfen, niht onsus
rathen iIt. Die Bebouptuus, bob BON
Seiten ber gbinefen bie 4nnnhme ges
tpiHsr Rdolutionen perbtnbert tpurbe,
tpirb ala untpdbr be3einnh. Dds grs
sebnib Der RonFereHs ipirb bemndGit
DerDff.ntlidt perben unb ruirb, iDie bic
Delesnten perfifern fur bic geIomute
Welt BON grnbem Rusen fein.
Rsi6e SdsbbeutG
Rdirobi, afrit1, 30. april. -
2out bier sinsetrOfiensn Ra4ri6ten
bdbsH paul =. Rdinep. Der amerifani-
i6e J6ser, uno i.ius 8ssl.iier am
8nofo Qpiro CLUB reide Sagobeuts
eema6t. Sn brei Sassn erlegt.n fie
fiinf G6ipen.
Y etHfn brtseHF 3eugniB fur
Gfsif9sr.
BerliH, 80. 4pril. Grobes
Huffeben erregt cine aus3eifs
nuna, bic benz S5Isifhereefellen
Rarl gdfnte in gbdrlotten6urg su
5btil eeporben iit. Dem iana.n MaHn
TIT bos Rsifeseuenib fiir ben siniGbriss
ireifpilIiaen Rilitdrbienft rtrliehtn
iporben fir berporragenbe 2siitunqen
- in Der Websersi. Gr bsitdRn nims
lid feline g.ieatupriifuus in gIdu3ens
Der Weif..
5uHgersnotb in Warofto
berorftehenb.
Warotto, 80. april. 5ier
bsrriht beuts nolItommene Ruhs, nber
bic aebensmittsl gsben uuf bic Beige
unb cine Suueersnotb oroht. 8on
Seiten1ber Rt6eiIen ftno tsins ipeiteren
4Hgriffe srfoIst unb ts bot ben ans
fhetH, als ob unter ben Rebelsn 3pis
ffisteiteH ousgebro6en finb.
prdftbent JaItieres ME :
Der In garis.
paris, 80. 4priI. grdjibent ;Scls
lierss ift am Eonntag nnf) pierstbns
tdgieer abtpeienbeit bon ieiusr Rsife
naa 5unis suriidestsbrt.
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Jn(anOge(egrap6


Bofhinston, Dc, 80. april.
Rad bier eingetroffenen 8eri4tsn bas
ben 20 StoateH oas gsplants Gintoms
menfteusr 4meHbsmeHt CUR 9unosss
R0HiiiiutioH rntifi3ir.. Gbe oas
amsHoemsut Geiebestruft erIanat,
mub Is Don 8 tptitersn Staotsn, I'M
gansen Don 80 ooer oreiniertel Der 46
Stoaten dnseHommen poreen fem.
Die folgenheR Gtodten bdben feitRr
oos amsnbement rdtifisirt: aLdbamd.
artanias, California, COLORADO,
Georgia, SbabO, Suinois, JoDo, Sus
oiana, aeutudp. aanfos, WsarpIouo,
Rains, RiGison, RiFiFippi. Wiis
fpuri. Rontano, Rebrasta. Repobd,
ROrtb Carolina. Rurtb 9otota, SbiO.
Oregon, Oklahoma. South Gd,otd,
SOutb Carolina, 5euneTse, 5sgas.
@oibtnetoH.
Sn ben 2ssislotursn bon nsun
Stoatsn iit bic angelsgenbeit nod in
S6pebe unb iieben StaatsIesisIntus
ren baben fit Dertagt, obne ods
ameHoemsnt gu ratifisirtn.
Gouperneur WiIfoH's be-
porfsbsRoe Reoetour.
SreHton, J. s., 80. april. Gous
nerneur Wooorofp Mitfon fpirb am
n6hisen Mittnoh cine bier WoGen
bcuernoe Recetour bur6 Die fpeftlifen
uno glocifie. StdcieR dntretsn. Or
.piro in aanias Gitp, Denper, Cos
angeles, Can JroHciseo, portlanh.
GeattIe. Minneapolis, Ct. apaul. Chit
eago etc. ipre6sn. Dieter 3iriel.
icrruns fol. pis Der Goupsrneur BE-.
tent, tsine aampasne.our Isin. Ionoern
or fpirh stnfoh ben fpieoerholten Gins
Iaeungen fsiHer S1htlofsn 5reunos uno
getpunbersr I'm Wsftsn itattgtbtn.
goIitifGe 5bemnia piro CT nur in .is
nem onssmstHen uno pOnig uHpartsi.
iI6en Ginne tdprt6tn.
gifen babuunsfHd.
Danton, g., 30. 4prif. Die 90.
tcmottoe ots a}dndG'er5upts Ro. 20
Ter genniplOania 9iHie entsisiFte beuts
4benb innerhalb Der StaoigrenseH,
Inlug um unb s0bieie ben aotomotip.
fiibrer grumIsp. ben 6ei3r ghas.
Gronbon unn Asn Cert 5ids. Gehs
anoere perirnen puro<n fttper rer.
Issi no4~ benz ftdeiiihen SOfpital sss
bra9t.
Grtrunten.
2arebo, ssras. 30. april. Ros
bsrtp unb 9bonrns RoDrimos, spei
bier onidHise iunae 2euis. srtrdnten
am Snmftag i'm Rio grdnoe unb ibrt
2eihen ipnr0en am SonHtng duf Der
meritnniiben S,itt oes Jluiiss sebor.
gen. Die anesbSriaeH mubttn. ols iis
bic peihsn iiber bic grense suriidbrins
gen molten, an bic Meritanrr siuen
AuSfnbr3ou BON S120 IN meyitani.
Ii8sm Gsges sr!sssz.
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Wstterberi1t.

Dtio: Resenihduer unb fGltsres
Mettsr am Tspntag; am DienIdg Rss
gtn unb bsbsutenn fdlteres Met ter;
RorbDeltninb, Der In Der Woniae
glndlt an Gi1rte sunimmt.
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SebuIta, WU,, 80. 4priI. Sea
baIia nuroe am Souutag bon etHem
sornuoo beimssiutt. Der grobe 8erz
beeruuesu anri6tete. Cine In3dhI
5Guier tpurosn pom Eunoamsut gsrti'
fen unn pisle srobe gdume tpuroen
burh bic @inbsbraut eiufab estnidt.
Jran sSfaac Resb unp @eorse alss
pousb nuroeH oura GIasipIittsr rsts
sst
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-22
A PubIic.spirited Citizen.

Burlington Hawk-Eye: Mr.. ]. B.
Diver, public-spirited citizen OF
keokuk, owning residence property
on the bluff on North Third street,
from which there is noble view OF
the river, the Illinois landscape and
the work of progress on the big dam,
has set aside piece of ground and
equipped it with seats for an obser-
walton park. The Gate City says of
his public spirit:
With kindness of heart and a
thoughtfulness for the comfort and
convenience of others that never
fails he has equipped the fine out
look at Third and Franklin streets
with comfortable seats arranged so
as to afford the BEST possible view Of
the great work of water power devel-
opment. AT all hours in the day and
until late in the evening these seats
are occupied by appreciative sight
seers whose thanks The Gate City has
been asked to voice. The genial host
of Port Sunshine" will doubtless be
pleased to learn that his efforts are
recognized and appreciated as they
deserve"
Burlington has some streets that
terminate on the edge Of the bluffs,
from whence fine views OF the river
and of Illinois are available. Under
Mayor Unterkircher's administration
some progress was had to make
these places accessible to the public
and convenient of use. It will meet
with popular approval if the present
administration continues this good
work. And it is net impossible some
philosophical citizen will aid this
movement here, as Mr.. Diver has
done in Keokuk.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-22
Coming Around All Riaht.

Vfnton Eagle: Well, we've got
Judge Prouty with us now. That helps
some. We seem to have everybody
back now but Harvey Ingham, editor
of the Register and Leader. He is a
little bit contrary and stiff in the bits.
but he may come round all right SEN
ator Kenyon is studying the reciproci-
ty question and may have 1t learned
by the time for vote comes. The
only one in the flock we seem to have
lost is Congressman Hubbard of the
big eleventh, and his politics are not
much more mixed than good many
of his constituents. Good, old straight
Republicanism may get 1t in the neck
occasionally, but in the end she
straightens out all right. You re-
member how many took to the woods
in 1896, but the party landed all right.
Whittier are We drifting will not be
a pertinent query very long. The
Republican national convention will
publish a ringing resolution for stand
ard Republicanism, and you don't
need to worry about 1t.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-22

take their chances In common. with
!, the people OF Keokuk on the growth
of the city trusting to larger COM
munity and an increased demand for
light and power for satisfactory re-.
turns upon their investment. Their
reason for asking that the present
street lighting contract be continued
for seven years is valid one and
should appeal to the good business
sense of the community. They pro-
pose. in consideration of such extern
sion. to invest between 100000 and
100000 in Keokuk in rehabilitating
the street railway and street lighting
systems. The street railway will be
rebuilt and equipped anew and mod
ern Luminous Arc street lamps of the
highest efficiency will be substituted
for the lamps now in use. Further
more, the present moonlight schedule
will be abandoned and we will get
instead an all-night every-night SER
vice. The effect will be to give us
more than four times the light we are
now receiving-and without cent Of
additional cost. No one engaged in
private business would hesitate mo-
ment in accepting such an offer. What
would be good for private citizen
acting In his own interest would not
be bad for a number of citizens acting
in corporate capacity. The same
rule applies to both.
With their large experience In own
ing and operating thirty-five public
utilities in SOME Of the largest and
most prosperous and progressive cities
in the United States Messrs. Stone &
Webster are exceptional people and
the offer they have made to Keolhuk
is Of like character. Not only have
they ample means to carry forward all
they undertake, but they have rec
ord for fair treatment and efficiency
that has made them a welcome part
of the communities with which they
have become identified. Keokuk should
attest its appreciation by a practically
unanimous vote On the 18th of next
month
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-22
States crumbIng Health Department,

states CrumbIfng Health Department.
Davenport Democrat: The resigna-
ton OF his position on the state board
or health by DR.. Geo. E. Decker of
this city might we'll be a matter of
regard to the state at large. For sew.
eral years DR.. Decker has been giving
much more of valuable time and effort
TO the health interests of the state
than the results. handicapped by a
lack OF support from the legislature
have warranted.
For instance, the legislature after
much hard work, and after the mem
bers of the board had been personally
responsible for the expense for a
year or more, was induced to appro.
pirate $4,000 for anti-toxine to protect
the lives Of Iowa children. But this
was long after they had, with much
less urging, appropriated $4,000 for
hog serum.
The state board of health has been
struggling along on the miserabIy
small pittance $4,000 year allowed 1t
by the state, out of which it has en-
ployed secretary, published health
bulletin and done wht else it could.
This is less than any other state al
lows for its health department, is
less than half of what the city OF
Davenport annually expends, and it
is no wonder that President Moerke
and DR.. Decker have quit in disgust,
and that other members OF the board
may follow.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-22
PROOF Of viii

state OF Iowa, Lee county-ss In
District Court. 20 ~
20 an whom it may concern:
Notice is hereby given Th., -
rne twenty-seventh day Of March
=. 1911, paper was opened and raad
~ 'ne clerk of the District cour, ~
Lee county, Iowa, purportinr 70 he os
tne last VIII and Testament Of
Bridget Hickey late OF Lee oounty n
lhe state OF Iowa, deceased and that
proof OF the genuineness Of said in.
s.rumeht will be heard In the Dstrict
court OF said county at Keokuk IN
s.e nineteenth day OF June, A. n 1a11
az lne nour Of 2 o'clock D. m. OF said
. Ny oelng the twenty-ffth day of the
May Term. 1911, of said court hen
an persons interested in said viii
are REQUIRED to be present and make
tn their objections to the same, II 'i any
they have. : any
IN witness whereof, hereunto GOT
my hand this twenty-second dav If
May, 1911. 1as "
C. B. LAKE.
clerk or the District Court.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-22
AN EXCEPTIONAL OPPORTUNITY.

AN EXCEPTIONAL OPPORTUNITY.
In all consideration and discussions
of the public utility franchises to be
voted on June u next the fact should
be kept constantly and clearly IN
mind that Messrs. Stone & Webster
are not asking for bonus They are
not asking keokuk people to buy
bonds to furnish any capital to pur-
chase and improve the present utill-
ties. They are not asking anything
beyond a brief extension of the cleo
trio railway and street lighting fran
chises. This is the sum total of their
demands Such extension will not
cost the city or any individual taxpay-
er single cent, nor will the franchises
give Messrs. Stone & Webster a
monopoly of either utility in Keokuk.
The city will be at liberty to grant
like franchises to as many competing
firms or companies as it may see
proper. The right TO do this is ex-
pressly reserved TO the city in the
franchises to be voted on. The city
also reserves to itself the right to
fix rates for light and power for pub
lie and private purposes. The inter-
ests of the community, as has been
pointed out in these columns time and
again, are guarded at every point.
In case the franchises are granted
Messrs. stone & Webster will pro-
pose to the city commissioners that
the present rates for street lighting
be continued for period of seven
years. They figure that for about
one-third of this period they will lose
heavily on the contract. During the
remainder of the period they hope
that the income from street lighting
will equal the cost of operation, and
will be content is such proves to be
the case. After the expiration OF the
seven year period they will leave II
to the Judgment Of the people OF Keo-
kuk as to what the price Of street
lighting should be thereafter, and will
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-22

Craig spent. Sunday last with Mts,
Monette Richards, Of Ferris.
Miss E. J. Strader, VINO has hoe,
visiting Mrs. Carrie A. Splitter. In
Champaign, returned home last weeL
Mrs Harvey Sights, OF Hamilton 10
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mr..
James Byers.
Miss Hazel McCreary has bean
elected assistant principal Of the
Clayton High school at a salarr of
$4,000 per month.
Miss Grace Reed. of Concord III
visited her cousin, Miss Grace Knnk-
ell, the past week.
frank Thornber, county clerk, was
visiting his deputy, Harry Bliesener
or warsaw, one day last week.
Mrs. Alva Williams snent q n.rt :,
last week with Mrs. Chester Bone
Of Prairie City, Iowa.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w. Helfrich. 90 Now
York City, expect to arrive here NAV
18th for short visit with the ladv,s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. o. Sharp.
Rev. D. H. Hartley and family. Of
FISHER, ILL.,, are visiting the lady's ma.
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. J. Ruddell
Mrs. o. E. vickery and little daupb-
ter are visiting relatives at Center.
vile, Iowa.
Mrs. Roy Fletcher visited her sis.
ter in Hannibal last week.
Dr. A. F. James of Chicago visited
MS parents in this city last week
Mr.. and Mrs. C. C. Lawless and son
William, Of Paloma, visited w. w
LaWless and wife the past week.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-22
Muckrakers Not Satisfied

Burlington Hawkeye: Already there
are mutterings of dissatisfaction with
the supreme court decision in the
Standard Oil case by the "reformers. .
Because it did not knock the business
of the country galley west, there is
suspicion that, after all. in some un-
discovered way, the court played into
the hands of the Big Interests. It
must be so, in the absence of financial
havoc and general disaster: indeed. it
has got to be SO, else the undertaking
game of politics is liable to collapse.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-22
When the Green gifts Back in the
Treas

When the Green GIFTS Back in the
Trees.
In Spring, when the green gifts back
in the trees,
And the sun comes out and stays.
And yer boots pull on with good
tight squeeze
And you think of your barefoot
days;
When you ort to work, and you
want to not,
And you and your wife agrees
its time to spade up the garden lot,
When the green gifts back in the
trees
Well. Work is the least O. my
idees
When the green, you know, gifts
back in the trees!
When the green gifts back in the
trees. and bees
Is buzzin' aroun' ag'n
In that kind of lazy go-as-you- please
Old gait they bum round in;
When the groun's all bald where the
And the cricks riz, and the breeze
Coaxes the bloom in the old dog
wood,
And the green gifts back in the
trees
like, as say, in SIGH scenes as
these,
The time when the green gifts back
in the trees.
When the whole tail-fethers O Win.
tertime
Is all pulled out and gone,
And the sap it thaws and begins 10
climb,
And the SWEET it starts out on
A fellers' forred a-gittin' down
At the old spring on his knees
kindo' like just a-loafin roun'
When the green gifts back In the
trees
Just a-pottern' roun' as I-durn-
please
When the green, you know, gifts back
in the trees.
: James Whitcomb Riley.