Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-03-07
CRACK FOOT BALL
PLAYER A POET
"B:I' Crutcher Submits Clever
Verse, But Didn't Quite Get
Answer-The Others


to the Daily Registers "Munih-
cent Git puzzle. Miss Maudc
Gibson. art teacher at Eastern,
sent 4 handsomely painted Arch.
One of the best answers was
poem written by that talented
young high school pupil, and
crack football player, William
Crutcher. son OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Jas. :. Crutcher. Several other
excellent ones were received. Be
ginning with Mr. Crutcher's
poem. all that are possible Of re-
production here. are as follows:
Saturday ni-ht was dark aud dreary
and wet.
$" down hy the fire Dad made me set.
You shan't 20 out. Son. on this bad
ni-hJ"
was awful sore. but said. All right.
4 was suH-nly thinking Of what 1
could do.
When there cainr tp nay cars voice
Q welt knew.
] ran To- tho door and opened il wide
So Watson could throw the Daily
inside
So more sad moments. for I saw a,
Glance.
There had knocked at my door a won
derfUl chance.
Ten dollars iu =oid Co be- given away.
Gy th. Daily Register without mach
delay
When f"if'rs iu school with no
churc" rn work
You d"ut know hov De- feels for he's
always broke
80 YOU bet ] -ot busy without much
delay
TO read 0hat thy REGISTER had TO say
read that couple had come to town
TO visit their uncle and To- look
around
Jf course. they stopped az the GIyn-
don Hotel
What couple wouldn't ir they wished
tu Dee swell.
Cow that ride boo the pod-c-Im sure
it was fine.
See. how 1 wish that car could he
mine.
o. . owned that caf-but can't fully
explain
For fear you might thing am not
quite sane.
From readiu- thv story you can see.
o." doubt
That without that Dud-r car they
couldn't have gotten about.
But they did ect around and covered
much ground.
And the farther they went. the inore
pleasure they found.
80 I'm working hard this cold damp
ni-ht
o." win ten dollars to give Mr.. White
Ill ASK him @" take 60 and put II
And then l'II add to il. day by day.
Then some Zine morning Twill b..
voiced from afar
That poor old EHI Crutchcr has bought
g. bui... car
i1l take that Dodge car and collect
all the boys
"'"t wv 7" "i'' -' 10 lA~l' OF ilie "
joys.
We Will all pla, around ia some dis
tuut town
TIN vc get good and ready To go set
tie down
Then Wen ail drive iu from our wild
goose chase
With the single -icement-Our
towns the best place.
We viii then have arrived az the age
where we're ready.
70 settle riGht down and boz good aud
steady
Like nay Dad and and your Dad and
lN those old hoys
VIII" have almost forgotten they ever
had joys.
We're most ready to marry. 50 we're
looking about
We don't need things yet. but we
want to find out
So 'sc read the Register day by day
For fear We might miss what il has
tp say.
rherr's moral attached. you should
trru lt wen
For you'e sure 20 meet il in order to
son.
81 your home paper. and use IL well.
" hen You want To buy and when you
To SELL
Nnd now, AIr. Sauney. my rhymes
about done
may not win your prize. but I've had
great fun.
'he next Saturday night when its
rainy and cold
'lease offer again ten dollars in gold!
We worked on your puzzle till now
IL is ONE
rhe MORE ! have worked, the LESS
have done.
Dad says I am crazy. must put out
that light
guess 7 will mind him. so l bid you,
goodnight.
BILL CRUTCHER.
The Three words are
Continued on page y
Tea in moderation is a use
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