Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 June 1906 — LITTLE VISITS WITH "UNCLE BY" [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

LITTLE VISITS WITH "UNCLE BY"

The Run. I went to “The Run” in my dream* la»t night—- " The Run” where my (lay* a* a hoy were spent. Barefoot and sun-tanned, as a lad 1 went—--1 went to "The Rhn” with my dog and kite! I went to “The Run” and the skies were blue! The scent of the cherry and plum was there— The scent of the rose that Is wild and rare And tinged with a blend of the sunset's hue! 1 wandered alone where the Jump-ups grow, I lay on the grass In the elder'B shade, X fished with a worm where the shiners played, I raced with my dog where the zephyrs blow! I plucked apple blossoms and chased the —: , 1 waded the creek where the lilies float, I sailed far and wide In a leaky boat, A boy and hts dog, on a foam-lashed sea! Ah, Fame, thou hast nothing like this to hand Thy slave for the days and the nights of toil! Thy crown and thy scepter are made of 101 l Compared to the grail of the boyhood land! Zephyrs. The excursion season on the lakes has arrived and once more is opened to sighing Chicago lovers the primrose path to St. Joe, where an oblig ing justice of the peace for one dollar will do everything but buy the baby shoes. A Tennessee scribe In describing a local wedding says “the table began In the house anil Extended clear to the barn.” Makes a fellow think of that naughty expression "from h—l to breakfast.” No, dear. Uncle By did not witness Vesuvius’ eruption, hut last summer ■wWle spending a day at a Michigan resort, he knew an enthusiastic fisher-

man who got up before daylight to go fishing and found his bait had been atolen during the night. Are not the phenomena parallel? The new Chicago council refused flowers on inauguration night. Friends will kindly save floral expres-' sions until said aldermen are dead—ones. - The mad hornet travels fast. Moral —He kind to dumb insects. The girls call Willie Pecksniff “Castoria" because he's harmless. Blessed is the man who married a ; good cook. This is the strawberry! shortcake season. Keep off now. fellers. Uncle By Is! going to be the first this spring to ask ! “And what is so rare as a day in i June?” Now you can go ahead and j do your derndest. I wonder who is digging for worms where once I dug: I 1 wonder who la hugging the girls i used ] to bug: They make me reminiscent,'those days of youth, so fair—--1 found .i crop or #;ray ones, this morning, in my Imir! hirst thing 1 know, by i rack y, u goblin will i*aß« nigh. In face and form hke Osier, and "git yer l'ncie By n Pipes. London is discussing the question, “What is whisky?" An Indianapolis newspaper thinks a lot of people would be more Interested in knowing Why is whisky? And still more in “Where is whisky?" An Indiana poet swallowed a bottle of mucilage by mistake, thinking it cough medicine. He is now cough ing up scrapbook poemn all ready gummed for pasting., If riches do not make people happy, why do millionaires hang on so desperately? The young author Is unnecessarily anxious to show his "proofs.” The victim is usually willing to take his word for it. There Is always room at the top, but the average man finds more companionship “in the shade of the old apple tree.” Sunahadeß were not made for plow «nen, nor dudes for masters of Indus try. Success works In the sun. J&ajuul4