Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 93, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 April 1912 — Stop Kickin the Town Arons’! [ARTICLE]

Stop Kickin the Town Arons’!

In every town folks keep some houU’ arouft* * An’ every time strangers come to town, Some folks go to kickin’ the town aroun’; It’s even worse’n kickin’ a houn’! Stop your kickin, be hopeful an* profound ’ V IPs a mighty por way P build up a town, To keep kickin’ public morals aroun’; J Who wants to locate ’n a town that's ; down? • . ; - This is th’ best town anywhere aroun’ But, like others, we’ve a few ol houn’. Who get at th’ stranger who’s in town; Say the town’s a houn’—an’ kick it aroun’. If a houn’ ’s a houn’, a town’s a town, And can’t be built up If kickin aroun’; You have a right t’ kick your own houn’. But it hurts us all if you kick th’ town! Let’s pull together for th’ good o’ th’ town, An’ stop kickin’ our houn’s aroun’ Tho’ th’ houn’, if a myth, ’ll make no soun’ A hounded town gets a stranger’s frown. By A Caryden Wolf In the Warren Review.