Morris tribune., 1913-03-28

And when it whirled about
And hit neighbor on the ear,
He heard his neighbor out.
On Thursday night he took box
Of young tomato plants,
And what with sundry whispered
knocks.
He never raised his glance.
He put them firmly in their place.
And when they took a Hing
And hit young man in the face,
He never said a thing.
On Friday night he took lot
Of veil assorted seed.
Enough to plant his garden plot
Against the summers need.
He placed it firmly i'm the rack,
And when it came united
And ratified down merchants back,
He never once replied.
On Saturday he shed his vest
And worked his soil with vim.
And when the train vent By the rest
Looked out and envied him.
"Good boy!'' exclaimed his neighbor
folk.
''Your gardens looking weIl!'
And then be for the FIRST time spoke.
"You people 60 to hell J!
April gets its name from Venus.
that having been her maiden name be-
fore she was married. She was orr
ginally the goddess of gardening, but
doubt arose if there are as many peo-
pie making garden as there a.e max
ing love at this season of the year,
and she was accordingly made the
goddess of both. A statue of Venus
found on the Island of Milo and now
in the Louvre at Paris is the most
celebrated piece of sculpture in the
world. Both arms are missing but
whether she wore them off gardening
or embracing her young man in the
gardening season can only be guessed.
AT any rate, one stands aghast
Before that imperfection,
And IDLY wonders what she last
Embraced in her affection.
Or whether man, for pity sake
Responding to his sagas,
Or possibly the garden rake
Which titled her rutabagas.
The origin of All Fools Day, which
comes on the first of April, is hidden
in obscurity. Whether there were
always fools, or they suddenly sprang
up like progressives and suffragettes,
is not known The probability is
that while they are nothing new. they
are more numerous than they were.
At any rate. they were highly priced
by the courts Of the Middle Ages, ana
whenever one was caught he was
turned over to some king. This Gus
tom continued until some of the kings
conceived the economy of being theil
own fools, and as result there arr
no fools employed by any Of the court!
any more.
The breath of Spring will wake TIT
bud On many bare and eafless bougi
and the bullfrog. bullying from th'
mud, will below like muley COW
The eager candidate will cry his rene
dies for social ills. the clouds vii
gather in the sky and furnish waite
for the mills, the robin hopping on tn,
ground will sing sweet ncthings f
his mate, and the thrush will max,
Caruso sound like pig caught under
meath gate.
The chill and fever germ will dar
the quinine capsule from its box, an
they two. boiling from their lairs
will batter one another's blocks. Tn
Christian Scientist will shin a tree
box, calling the police; the doctor
running out and in, will bid tn
Armageddon cease; the doughty gerr
will toe the mark and rock the plane
with his blows, and the terrible chi
Ghona bark will drop him with
bloody nose.
The special session will convene up
on the glad and seventh day, and VIVA
has mostly made US lean will dull
perish in the fray. Well knock tn
stuffing out Of things that knocked tn
stuffing out of US, the predatory tari
rings will yield the spirit in the muss
the fats will waddle down the plan
and blubber while they're gettin
drowned. and the leans will wal
around the bank and cheer new de;
all around.