Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 77, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 January 1915 — The Country. [ARTICLE]

The Country.

I am longing for the country where they still eat mush and milk, And where the socks have not yet changed from wool to lustrous silk; Where the good wife still wears calico and ’bout styles never frets, Where girls still smell of wood smoke, not of talc and cigarettes. —Cincinnati Enquirer. I’m longing for the country where I used to have cold feet; Where the winters are a terror and the summers are a treat; ’ Where the women and the children do not fear the outdoor air,

And a fellow’s private business is no neighborhood affair. —Nebraska Journal. I am longing for the country; I am longing just to be Where I can- let the whiskers grow upon the face o’ me; Where I can let my hair grow in a wild and woolly way, And where father does the farmin’ and there ain't no board to pay. —Houston Post.