The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-06-24
REVISED,

(Wth apologies to Ben Klag9
X I should die tonight.
And you should come to my cold corpse and cav,
Weeping and heartsicl Ger nay life!ces clay
If should die tonight.
And YOU should come In deepest grief and woe.
And say. They've Oiled the roadeed to lsarlrna -
I might arise In my dust-grincd cravas
And say. What's that?"
II I should die tonight.
And YOU should come to my c. G. and kncal.
Clasring my bier to show the grief YOU foel--
I say, If I should die tonight.
And Won should come and make some funny cracks
About their putting oil on them there tracks
I might arise the while.
But Id drop dead again.
Tho "Trnmbcan" Man.-rhsre ia no combination
on earth which fits 30 perfectly as that of a darkey
and a side-trombone. There we're two such combine
lions with the Tennessee Rats. the colored ball team,
who played on the East side yesterday, The coabinn-
ton of 81 ball team and band Is novel and these boys
had the drawing power. AS We were about to say
they had two trcmhonists-sreat, big, Swapping fell
lows-and the way they shattered the .r was some
thing SEAMLESS" They shot great gobs Of noise in
every direction; splattered it over the pavement and
adjoining buildings; tore off yards and yards Of 1t;
flung 1t to the breeze and wrapped IT around the
lamp posts and flag poles; they split window panes,
un-honked automobiles and almost smothered the
crowd which had accumulated. But the crowd liked
it and couldn't resist following them across TO Pickett
park, AS we said before--the combination is ideal for
efect-that is, some kinds
Mustn't Make Light Of Jimmy. "--Ex-Consress
man W. 7. Wadsworth of New York, gave a loud
nnouthsd stranger a trimming in the gallery at the
national convention in Chicago the other day. 1t seems
the stranger referred TO Mr.. Wadsworth's son James
who was a leader of the New York deleeation, as a
"crook" and a thug whereupon daddy" became en-
ragged 10 hear his son maligned. He immediately
s!nacked the fellow between the ewes, denolshine his
specks. then landed an uppercut on the chin. Just at
that point in the proceedings = policeman took a hand
in the mill and caused A cessation Of hostiNties. The
man who took the heating agreed to make no com
plant if Wadsnorth would pav for the sperks and foot
the doctor bill. The Joke was So good that WadsHorth
agreed w do it-after he got through laughing-but
as he did : q he reiterated the fact that no n would
be permitted To make light of his Jimmy" in his
presence.
Four ~ our greatest battleships are 20 be anchored
ton. and We wonder If Mr.. Taft expects trouble suf-
on blowing up the whole cahoodle" OF them in order
to eliminate any opposing candidates..
vention week are said =, have been the largest since
ceipts stacked up.
The Cough or the Tieer:-A correspondent to the
Lohdoh eahoard tells II TINS way: The tiger came
toward me, following and srlntine. and when he go,
opposite the screen he gave one nf those fearful coughs
which only a mar Who has been close to such a beast
can appreciate. II vas II feet LONG.
Now that a fellow down east has invented 2 svs-
TEN whereby he hopes to transport passengers at the
rate of 500 miles per hour. we would like TO advise
him that he is anticipating company entirely TOO fast