Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 April 1918 — BUY A BOND-DO IT NOW. [ARTICLE]

BUY A BOND-DO IT NOW.

Now people of this county, ° In- a few words of my own, You’re asked as loyal .citizens To contribute to this loan. “O, buy a bond, and do it now,” We hear the nation call, That we may never have to kneel To a “Duetschland Über All.” Our brothers now are under arms; Shall we here idly stand And by a failure in the loan Let the kaiser own our land? Our land so filled with beauty, With honor, and so free; Shall we fail to lend assistance To our land of liberty? When you’re met by your solicitor, Sign right up for a bond. O, let there be no slackers; Let every man respond. Don't have a guilty conscience. By holding to your tin; What good will rubles do you If kaiserdom should win? How much of your possessions Could you really say ‘‘are mine,’’ If we let those vandals enter From across the German Rhine? Go loan your nation money Till you can loan no more, And let it' be the war-cry, “Keep the kaiser from your door.”

O, help avert disaster To our allies over there; The strain, alone upon them Is more than, they can bear. Our sons are now in battle For Freedom’s holy name, So get behind the Liberty loan And help them win the game. Then the kaiser and the crown prince Will realize their fears, And with weeping and with wailing Fill a beer keg full of tears, • And ever more there will be peace, All battles will be done, With wars forever over At the downfall of the Hun. If I were good in grammar I could write from sun till sun, Enumerating reasons Why the war must sure be won. But by this feeble effort With imy manuscript and pen, Perhaps I’ll° cause some person To be parted from his yen. —Leon Parks, Milroy Township.