Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 77, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 January 1911 — Page 3 Miscellaneous Column 1 [MISCELLANEOUS]

The Busy Gossip. If everything we heard were true. Then white .were black and black wero blue, And blue were but a rusty gray. And red were pink. And mud were ink. And midnight were as light as cay. Did we take stock in “what they say.” For no one may the gantlet run And not be brown or. better,, done. Just let the gossips get a start And run along With voltage strong, Their horse hitched up behind the cart. And half the ears in town will smart. The world were Sure an awful place Were they allowed to make the case, And no one really would be fit Or up to par, As good folks are, With decent men at meals to sit. If gossips had the of it. Not half of what you hear. I’m sur«, Is truth of ray serene and pure. About three-quarters of the lot And maybe mol-e. To think it o'er, Is nothing but the cheapest rot Served by the gossip steaming hot ; ■