Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 241, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 October 1918 — Far From the Farm. [ARTICLE]

Far From the Farm.

An lowa boy on board a transport was lying in his bunk, when a friend, who had been up on deck, rushed down and said: “Ned, come up quick. There’s a great flock of seabirds circlin’ 'round the ship.” “O, gwan,” answered the homesick farmer, “who cares about birds? I’d rather see a flock of corn cribs than anything else just now.”