Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 October 1904 — THE COUNTRY TOWN. [ARTICLE]

THE COUNTRY TOWN.

It's common to sneer at the country town. With its quiet streets and its peaceful air, Where the little tiver meanders down To be lost in the broad, blue sea. somewhere, As we, who think we are wise, are lost In the roaring city that, like the sea. Has its ebb and How, with its millions tossed As bubbles, robbed of identity. There's a fellowship in the country town, With its empty streets and its spreading trees. Where the,country song-birds warble down At maids as fair as man ever sees: Where the wind blows sweet from near-by, Where men know the names which their neighbors bear; Where a man is missed when he's gone to lie With the peaceful ones who have ceased to cure. There are toys out there in the country town That we, of the city, may never learn. In the rush for money and for renown. Confronting strangers at every turn. O, wasn't God’s world serene and fair In the country, ere we came away ? And won't it be sweet to sleep out there. Far from the city’s roar, some day. - Home Advocate.