Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 82, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 January 1911 — Page 3 Miscellaneous Column 2 [MISCELLANEOUS]

In Doubt. To shovel snow.ai've heard them say. Is splendid exercise. About as good as any play # The experts can devise. It limbers up the stiffened spine And whets the appetite.. Makes the dyspeptic fit to dine And helps him sleep at night. To keep the furnace charged with coal, The ashes wheeled away. Is really better, on the whole, Than exercise more gay. It makes the stubborn joints respond In true athletic style. And of it persons grow quite fond, Who try it for awhile. To. saw about a cord of wood Before he breaks his fast Wiil mak the sawbuek knight feel good And relish bis repast. For as for sowing some insist The man who ducks his share ■Will never know what he has missed. Perhaps he doesn't care. And that's the way along the line. To put the matter short. The household tasks that we decline Are better far 'than sport. This truth some men will never learn. They cannot understand How they could do a useful turn And keep their health in hand. v...