Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 August 1906 — LITTLE VISITS WITH "UNCLE BY" [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

LITTLE VISITS WITH "UNCLE BY"

A Lid. I’ve got a brand new stove pipe hat— ; It’s one of them there flossy tiles; You brush it with a satin cloth— They see you coming off two miles! , It makes me look like I was “IT,” A reg’lar boulevardy swell! When I get on my long tailed coat An’ this here shiny hat—Well, well! But somehow I jist can’t forgit How cumf’table I used to be, A-wearin' that old felt sheebang I had when jist a kid, by gee! I used to throw it anywheres. An' then git ma to help me hunt! T' find that bloomin’, pesky lid Was jist my reg’lar mornin’ stiint! I’ve drunk frum out its droopin’ sides An’ Scooped . up minnows frum th’ spring, ' An' fought an’ swum with it fer hours— An’ then I’d lose the gol-darned thing! One day Tige chewed it fer an hour But never hurt that hat a speck! They don’t make hats no more like that— At least I’m thinkin’ so, by heck! • Of course I prize the new stove pipe, It makes me look some like a king— But I'd jist like t’ trade it off Fer that there old felt hat, by jlng!