The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-24

he sin9S-an0 bend q nstning ear,
Clearing his song with keen delight:
Hark-ning to every note SO clear
Drsading the moment he takes his fight:
Hoping 'gainsts hope that he'll deign to stay
Sololst sweet Of the feathefed throng.-
Rapture Is mine when. at close Of day.
Little Brown Thrush sings his evehsong
ANOTHER stansa had been planned for the
''Dvensong" but our we'll Of poesy ran dry. Whai
poet could do justice to thrush's song, any
way? No colyumist could; not this colyumist
at any rate. We haven't listened to the
song Of thrush for 40 years untn Sunday
night And we are sure no church choir could
hope to compete with the one we heard.
IN which Old Sleuth Doc Stork Pats
It Over On the McLaughlins,
From the Atkinson (Ill) News.l
Laura and Dorsey Mclaughlin thought
II they went down in the tall timber
about MetAnofa that Of Doc 6tork would
not be able to md them, but it didn't
work. He Just had to find them as ne
had fne baby girl for them which he
delivered c. o. D. on the 18th. Dorsey
is not the least superstitious and don't
care il it was on-a-Friday, the 18th Of
the month.
THIS summer" forecasts M C. F., "is 70.
ing to produce 4 bumper crop Of freckles. A
young lady I know already has EN- on the
back Of her neck-and she says she never had
'em there before. In fact she never before &C.
quired any frecklss until the last Of June"
II she accepts freckles In the same spirit
as does The Young Rufian Who Calls 10 Dad,
she won't mind them. He has four ON his
nose and is Unfortunately proud of them.
OUR DEAR SIR. THINGS ARE NEVER WHAT
THEY SHOULD BE.
Mac: Some day when things are not what
haze eho ko md - 81
are resting Bit you might dare to use some
Of the following:
Charles Hensick. horseshoer, HAMMOND, Ind
A. Gold, scrap iron dealer, Niagara Falls
Ny.
Sign on house, Oak street, Buffalo, N. T.:
furnished Rooms and Transients".
Bulletin in window OF the News, Buffalo:
Germany to pay. 20. NJ a. r.
WILL the gentleman who assemblies the
nice white letters on either side of the portico,
canopy-or whatever you call it-of the Fort
Armstrong, which announce the name of the
star and the attraction, be advised that
Dorothy, while frequently pronounced dor
thy, should not be spelled that way!
sand That Declared Another Little Bird.
"Is Just AbOut the Puakest Verse Eve Heard
From the Quincy Wing Journal
Place cards at the table at which
dainty luncheon was served, bore verses
which were read and Mrs. Butzkueben's
proved to be as follows:
"A little bird told me something,
That Albert has given Agnes diamond ring. "
E. W. L., who suffers the handicap Of dis
tance calls attention to "the daughter of Mrs,
Dubov's second wife. :. . Living in Florida
probably has climatic compensations to bal
ance contributory woes, and E. W. L. must be
II Yfer1h Ind fRrSna ~ &c "a
Thomas Hood
Some sigh for this and that;
My wishes don't go far;
The world may wag at will,
So have my cigar"
Assuming, OF course, that he has the cigar.
Sir: Recently re-reading Oliver Twist, where
TWAS THE ONLY WAY TO STOP WEEPING.
- SEE GENESIS XIII. a.
found 80 many people bursting into tears 10
often, decided it is very wet book. How
ever, Dickens is never dry reading Did
you ever notice that when Dickens characters
are not weeping they are usually drinking eth
er matted or distilled liquids?
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. WAITER OR
waitress; must be experienced Call
Main Ss3S-Peoria Star
They desire. 1t appears, an experienced
waiter or waitress who has had experience in
watering or waitressing. In other words. ex-
per1ence is both necessary and essential
DES MONIES dispatch says that Oscar
Rock nay be the new prohibition enforcement
chief for Iowa. The bootleggers guesses Art,
will find him a hard guy
Now II Oscar would only choose a deputv
named Rye the combination would be m
beatable.
A FOOLS ODE TO DUTY.
Stern old Duty, are you wise
That you see not deep blue skies?
That You watch not budding trees.
That you frown wher woodlands tease:
That you bark not when birds trill.
That-a storm stirs not thrill:
That you heed not children's chatter.
That you love not small feet's patter:
That the sunset holds no glory.
That the moonlight tells no story?
An, Duty. wise are they you rule.
And !, who LIVE, am called Z fool
"A. E. L
THE Holland giant.S John Van Albert. IN
coming back, We see by our paper. He il COM
ing with the Wortham shows which 'qvere orig
inaliy scheduled for Moline, but no ground Of
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