Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 July 1901 — Familiar Axioms. [ARTICLE]

Familiar Axioms.

Fun for an idle hour lies in turning proverbs Into bombastic verse. Here are two classic models: Teach not your parent's parent to extract The golden contents of the egg by suction. The good old lady can the feat enact Quite irrespective of your kind induction. A member of the feathered federation, A prisoner by your palm and digit* made. Is worth at least a couple of his brothert Who in your leafy arbor seek the shade.