The Glenwood post., 1913-08-02
AUGUST.


AUGUST.
The Turk at eve had trOtted where
The sands of Asia shown before
And said at length in his despair,
Tomorrow l will trot some more.
His eyes were dull for fortune fell,
His heart within his breast was hot,
And he said with resting him, =" 'Tis
well,
AT any rate, know the trot."
But where pursuit had blundered att,
The morrow failed to bring the foe,
At which the son of Allah laughed,
And listened for an hour or so.
At last he heard the allied ranks
Sandbagging one another's men,
At which he duly rendered thanks
And turkey trotted back again
August gets its name from Augustus
Caesar, to whom historians have ikenei
Theodore Roosevelt. He was not, how
ever, strenuous enough to be sure that
posterity would not confuse him with
Julius Caesar, so he took the sixth
month of the Roman calendar, Sextilius,
and named it August. While it is not .
pleasant means of reminding Us of him,
Augustus has always been considered
to have been justified. He was CON-
peting for fame against the greatest
name in history, and - the historian
Ferrero aptly remarks, he had to 60
some.
The reign Of Augustus Caesar mark,
ed the golden age of the Roman Em-
pire. Everybody was agreed ON the tar,
III, the currency question was ssttIed
and the Emperor was at his desk at
O'Clock every morning. julius Css'
sar, who Was assassisatsd for beiAx
away from Rome half the time talk
ing At chautauquas in Gsul and the ota
er provinces, WAS a more brilliant man,
but he kept Rome in An uproar all
the time, whereas Augustus mainta in
ed peace and quiet throughout the en-
pire until the last few years of his
reign. He only became involved abroad
when the Germans insisted upon Ger
man being taught in the Roman schools
This problem was very much like on.
own japanese problem, and it is said ID
have almost exclusively engaged tbs
attention of Augustus for twenty years
1t finally resulted in war, and eventual
ly caused the fall of Rome.
The dear old swimming hole will don
A nice thick coat of beyl scum,
And lecturers with busters on
Will range from here to Kingdom
Come.
The woods will echo with alarms
Concerning whittier we are bent,
And crowds will rally from the farms
To push and crowd around the tent
The perils of parlous day
Will rise to plague us as they pass,
And the diplomat will steal away
The summer sun will float arounC
about as high early corn, and tn,
Bob White 5 whistle will resound acros.
the stubble field at morn. The braii
will bubble in the skull, with steam es
Gaping from the ears. The weather ma
will try to lull the farmers seasonabl,
fears. The rich wheat grower on hi
truck will tool his product to the mill
the hired man will deftly duck t,
spend hundred dollar bill, the tou.
ist visiting with kings will bring hi
travels to close, and the summer CIR
will gather rings on all ten fingers and
her toes.
The festive calf will think of Fat
and lightly do the turkey trot, and the
pumpkin vine will drag the ball acros.
twenty-acre lot. The bullfrog booming
in the glade will sound his ponderou.
farewell, the farmland loafing in the
shade will listen for the dinner bell
the summer man will plight his troth
to seven maidens in night, the ever
enterprising moth will teach the lii.
tIc moths to bite, the commonwealth
. VIII stand appalled, st revelations by
the way, and Col. MulhaII will be call.
I'd liar forty times a day.