Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 103, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 April 1915 — Yes, We Have 'Em Here, Walt. [ARTICLE]

Yes, We Have 'Em Here, Walt.

His lot is strewn with broken dishes, tin cans, old shoes, a long dead pop, but he ignores the house wife’s wishes, and will not clean the rubbish up. His wife remarks, “Go, spade up the garden—what are your thews and muscles for?” And he replies, “I beg your pardon—l have to talk about the war; Josephus Jinks and Hiratn Horner, and sundry other friends of mine, are waiting for me at the corner, to talk of Russia’s battle line.” “The roof is leaking, to my sorrow, and you should fix it while it’s dry.” “i'll let it slide tyitil tomorrow,” the husband mutters, in reply. “The news from France Is most exciting—l want to know which side will win, and I downtown must now go, ski ting, to see the latest bulletin.” Away from home he blithely chases, to loaf, when he should earn a scad, to join the idlers keeping cases on Nicholas and Hindengrad. When winter once again carouses, with blizzards from the Arctic pole, he'll patronize the free soup houses, and work the village for his coal.—Walt Mason, the Poet Philosopher.