Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 December 1902 — A HERD EXPOSED. [ARTICLE]

A HERD EXPOSED.

I used to think my pa was great; The way he talks to ma You d think he was the wisest man A body ever saw. In every fight he ever had The other chaps got licked— They always tumbled just as though A mule had up and kicked. He s seen a lot of splendid sights And been most ev’rywhere. But still 1 guess lie’s not so much— He never killed a bear! At school he used to beat them all When they stood up to spell, And wunst he broke’ his collar bone By failin’ in a well. The other boys got jealous when Him and the girls would meet: In every game he ever played My pa was sure to beat— He's been a Legislature, too; The people sent him there, Hut still 1 guess he’s not so muchlie never killed a bear! My pa he made himself, because I’ve heard him sayin' so. And that's no easy job. The Lord Made other folks, you know. He s heen to Californyou, and He’s been In Europe, too; He's been in war a-fightin' for The old Ted, white and blue. If you could hear him talkin’, oh, 1 11 bet you’d sit and stareHut still I guess he’s not so much, He never kiied a bear!

—Chicago Record-Herald