People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 March 1894 — Up to Date. [ARTICLE]

Up to Date.

In the olden time the poets Used to write in classic rhyme, And woo the Acklo muses In the sweet springtima But fashions change in poetry Every little while, So now they write tlielr verses Riley style. They used to write their poems With unremitting toil. In smooth and polished diction By the light of midnight oil: But now they write in dialect, Not one for grammar cares Just so each stanza's last line Falls down stairs. —Chicago Dispatch.