The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-16
ON THE SPUR
OF THE AOMENT
Back to the Soil.
By ROY K. MOULTON.

Back to the Soil.
There're urgin' weary city men to &C
back to the soil,
To tinker up their shattered nerves by
good old honest toll.
They say it does a Teller good to live close
to the ground
With not a heightened French cafe foI
fifty miles around.
That may sound fine and dandy when q
Teller is town-bred,
And doesn't know, spring tooth harrow
from foldin' bed,
But to US fellers on the farm who've been
agin' the game,
All of our lives, that sage advice sounds
purity doggone tame.
1t amt so gol dunn dandy and it amt So
gal dun fine
To hop out of the hay at four instid If
eight or nine.
1t amt So tarnaI cheerful to do three
hours work before
The farmers wife yells: breakfast
from the old farm kitchen door.
1t amt no sort of easy snap to work right
through till night
And do back-breakin' stunts as long as
there is any light.
They say it is a rAst-cure and it possibly
may be,
But as rest it never yet has quite APP
pealed to me.
The poets write quite purity of the ever
lastin hills,
The wooded glens and 1owin' kline and IT.
tie babb1ing rffls.
OF course it is the only life that's health
full right along,
But still it amt what you would always
call glad sweet song.
There'S plenty of the other thing, tho
hard, heartrendin' toll,
And guess that them city guys who go
back to the soil
Would work about one good hot dav with
sun a-beatin' down,
And then they'd pack their grips anc
gladly yell, Back to the Town.
The Police Court oF tha Ecut,,v.
Judge Jerusha Brown presided with her
usual dignity and several cases were
heard at the morning session.
Sarah Ann Jones appeared before the
court charged with beating her husband,
a poor little gentleman who appeared as
the complaining witness. Mrs Jones ad-
mitted the fact, but said that her hus-
band persisted in staying out every after
noon to attend his literary clubs and
bridge parties and was never home to get
supper. He also refused to wash the
dishes regularly. The defendant was 6is-
charged by the court.
Mr. Percival ". Smith, a charming
young gentleman clad in the latest attire
and a new spring hat, and much admired
by. all of the feminine attaches of the
When searched by the man attendant at
the jail, several yards of valuable lace
mad been found concealed in the young
gentleman.s corset. The young man put
up a p1tfful plea, claiming that he mad
peen deserted by his wife several months
nefore and had been obliged to pick up a
-xLns as pest ne could. He was dis
missed with a warning and left the court
weeping.
Jane Perkins and Mary BiIkfns were ar
rested for vote buying and were bound
over TO the higher court, although the
husbands pleaded for their release, claim
Ing the children at home were crying for
samantha Jordan and Lucy Perkins
were fined $25 and costs each for racing
snelr automobiles in a public thorough
.are- They were arrested by motorcop
Sarah Bascomb W
Paradise.
A hammock slung upon an Arctj fine.
A group of icebergs sailing to and fro.
And thou beside me pelting me with
If that amt Paradise, I'd like to know!
No, Not One.
Breathes there a man with soul so dead
w 'Ei no never to his friend hath said: