Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 December 1888 — THE TOWN OF TAILHOLT. [ARTICLE]

THE TOWN OF TAILHOLT.

Yon kin boast abont your cities, and their tidy growth and size, And brag about ypnr conrty seats, ana bnsineas enterprise, , 'f „ And railroads, and factorial, and all sich foolery—But the little town o’ Tailholt is bjg enough for mo! y • • You can harp about yer eburohe'. with their steetilas ln tbnclniuk,.' And gas abdUt your graded Wow about yer crowds; You kin Mik about youn theaters, and all you've got to see- ■ ■ \ But tbe litte town to’ Tailnblt is wide enough for me! ■' They bai;t no style In our town: hit's little like and small; They haint no churches, nuther, jes’ the meltin® 3 house is all: Tbey’s no sidewalk’! to speak of. but the highway’s alius Ire?. And the I.tile town o’ Tailbolt is .Wide enough for me! - Some*flnds it dlscoynmodin',.like. I’m willin' to ■ admit. To her but one postoihee, and a woman keepin’ To her bnt one postofllee. and shoe shop, ana "N grreery, all three; But the little town.o’Tailholt is handy’‘hough fur tne! You kin smile, and turn your nose up, and joke atd Uevyer fun. And laugh and holler, “Tail-holts is better.holts ’n nun!” Es the city suits yoq better, w'y hit's where you'd orto’ be, But the little town of Tailholt's good enough •fur me!

James Whitcomb Riley