Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 83, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 February 1911 — Page 2 Miscellaneous Column 1 [MISCELLANEOUS]

A Lament. Why can we not have winter When it should be in sight? I’d hate to have the printer See what I long to write About the kind of weather, - Defying all the laws,That'S sort of thrown together For January thaws. A fellow starts to saying When looking at the snow, “We ought to have good sleighing About a month or so/’ And when he gets his cutter* He finds, to his regret, The roads are soft as butter And growing softer yet. The stuff the fellow mixes, Our careless weather man. Is all at sevens and sixes And quite without a plan. - • We go out in the morningTo skate the glassy track. And then with little warning We have to wade it back.; It makes a man feel ready To lead a life of crime tt l ben winter should be steady And working ail the time To have it raise the limit And try to flood the street, So he will have to swim it And soak in ice his feeL