Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 232, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 September 1910 — The ONLOOKER WILBUR D.NESBIT Father Starts Again [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

The ONLOOKER WILBUR D.NESBIT Father Starts Again

Pack my trunk, Miranda, fer my eyes is* gettin’ red An’ I got all th’ symptoms of a bad coldl In my head. ’Taint no use o’ sayin’ I been settln’ in a* draft— Arguin’ about it only helps to drive me daft. Drat them cussed ragweeds! Got a sniff o’ them Just then. An’—hish-ty—whlsh-ty— whoosh-ty-chooil ===liay Fever’s come again! Who brought in these flowers? Don’t you know they’re bad for me? Lord! Mj? eyes are burnln’ Uli it seems* like I can’t see. Huh? It’s all an’ I bring it on; myself? Nope, you needn’t vex me with them* cures there on the shelf. Been a-foolin’ with them every year sencat dear-knows-when— Hish-ty! Whis-ty-whoosh-ty-choo! H knowed ’twould come again. What? You heard that Perkins had a splendid cure this year? Humph! He’s always cured-up till hayi ( fever time is here. Ain’t I tried his sure cures, by the bottle; an’ the box All th’ time a-sneezln* till I nearly stop- 1 ped th’ clocks? Listen! Perkins’s sneezin’!—An’ he sneezes* like a hen— Hish-ty—whoosh- ty—whlsh-ty-whoo! It’s startin’ in again. Pack my trunk, Miranda—an’ don’t sympathize with me. - Nothin’ sets me sneezin’ like a lot o’ sympathy. Yes, I’ve got blue glasses, an’ some powdered stuff, an’ salve— An’ that ragweed starts me into showin” what I have! Nose as red as blazes an’ swelled up as* big as ten— Hoosh-ty—whoosh-ty - hish-ty - CHOO!! Hay fever’s come again.