Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 May 1910 — MAN, POOR MAN. [ARTICLE]

MAN, POOR MAN.

Man that is born of woman is of few days and many growls. When the sprintime comes, gentle Annie, and the rain waters the earth, he compl'aineth because of- the mud, and a few weeks later his soul is grieved because of the exceeding muchness of the dust. In the winter, he crieth it is too cold, and in the summer he ! would fain join an Arctic expedition that he may escape the heat. When the sun shineth brightly it hurteth his eyes and when it hideth behind a cloud it giveth him the blues. When the wind bloweth he curseth the cyclone, and when it Stoppeth. joy departeth from him and he moaneth, giye us a breeze. Yea, verily, there is nothing which satisfieth man. He cometh into this world crying and he leaveth it grumbling. And this, too, is vanity Ex.