Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 65, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 November 1916 — PHILOSOPHY OP WALT MASON [ARTICLE]

PHILOSOPHY OP WALT MASON

Prepare for winter, gentle reader; put up the hoe and rake and-seeder; the tool with which you mow the clover may rust a' while, its season’s over. In storage put your trusty swatter, until the days again grow hotter. The goosebone seers as one are saying that winter won’t he long, delaying, and they insist when it’s a comer, ’twill he an old time ring-tailed hummer. The signs all indicate a season prolonged and cold beyond all reason. The .moss •upon the* trees is thicker; the woodland beasts are working quicker to lay in provender to last them till springtime comes again, dodgast them. The southward birds are flying faster, as though they scented some disaster. It is the goosebone seer who’s spoken; he has observed the sign and token, and says the winter’s coming early, and will be boisterous and surly. So blow yourself with eager ardor, for coal and sundries for the larder; prepare, all other labors dropping, and plan to do your Christmas shopping.