Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1912-08-30
GanderbOne'S Forecast
September.

as that of barrel organ fame, and
what with Natures magic art, one
couldn't tell the pair apart.
There is no other time Of year
Quite like the season coming,
When the first gold maple leaves ap-
pear :.
And the pheasant gets to drumming.
If every month were like to this,
And Autumn's breezes famed it,
The heart of man would bust with
bliss.
And people couldn't stand it.
A little bliss, so we have found. is
almost always better. 1t keeps one
foot upon the ground, and renders
one it's debtor. For all the tendency
to soar. mans place is on the planet.
and it isn't very long before he's
sorry he began it.
At any rate. the mother bird will
call her chicks about her, and tell
them, as they may have heard, that
they must do without her. Their
papa will describe the trip impending
to the tropics, and give them many a
kindly tip on this and kindred topics.
He'll tell them all about the worms
They have in Guatemala, j
And other appetizing germs
A bird may care to swallow ::
And having cleaned up every thing,
Including it's betrothals.
Intrepid youth will take the wing
And look up Col. Goethals. III
They'll sit along Culebra Cut and
criticize it duly. It seems to serve
the purpose. but it might be better,
truly. They'll thoroughly inspect
the locks: debate about the filling.
and sometimes sit upon the rocks land
watch the drillers drilling. All tour
lists do it just this way. and sit around
and hollow, and so. in season, will
the jay, the redbird and the swallow.
The first wild ducks will swim about
The dam at Mirafores, = &.
And laugh with many a 4usty shout.
Exchanging summer stories. -
And when the Colonel climbs. the
height. .: ~.
With many quacks. and chuckings,;
They'll say they've not been idle
quite,
And show the little ducklings.:
The festive calf sniff the air: .anc
execute the Grizzly Bear. The, col
will circle around the lot and; show
the folks the Turkey Trot.. The katy
did concealed aloft will run her: las
few records off, and in'r the fragrant
morning glow the quail will triIl hi
piccolo. !; =
Well rid of summer and it's gloom
the presidential race will boom: :Fh,
cooler atmosphere at dawn will serv'
| to clap the blower on. The zoo viii
try to swing it's feet in something lik,
a rythmic beat. and in the Autumn
time and cool the moose will Jmosey
with the mule. -. ! :: =:
The elephant, with heavy stride.
Will flick the morning with his tail.
And though the course is nice an
wide, ..~ :":.g.~ =. ~....
There'lI be some crOwding at tn
rail. 49, >... .-..., J.; :. D.. Il:
The moving herds determined tro
Will sort of agitate the EARTH; T.: j.
And each Of us will: wager. ,whs
He thinks his animal is worth. .:.,.:.:.
The cautious voter will conceal =:
Himself in some place we'll remote
And bid philosophy reveal -. 3
How he should circumspectly vote
He'll read the platforms one by one
And speculate upon their fruits,
And till that giant task is done
Subsist on butternuts and roots.
| Far from the madding crowd with
out, he'll give himself a chance t
think. The whipporwill shall see hil
bowed, and the meadowIark sha
see him drink. He'll hold his .tw
hands on his head. compress his he
and throbbing brain. and: scorn hi
own soft feather bed until the. Who'll
blamed thing is plain.
The pits Of politics are deep, an
many aman..it may, be- Said hs
| gafloped where his. elders creep an
hit the bott0m'oh his head Whet
every other man you meet id running
| it is just as we'll to HE away to som
retreat and think things over. for
spell. The tumult and the! shoutin
die in such place, the brain r.
wolves, and almost always, by and BY
the current quandary dissolves. Thel
is no other remedy for all the evi
that befall the troubled common