Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 November 1889 — LYRICS OF THE SEASON. [ARTICLE]

LYRICS OF THE SEASON.

The Modern Annie Laurie. "Her brow was like the snow drift, Her neck was like the swan, And her face it was the fairest That o’er the sun shone on.” But she went to the beach for bathing, And her fair complexion’s spoiled; Her cheeks are tanned and her nose is red As a lobster when its boiled. The End of Vacation. Now breezes fresh our faces fan. And glows le-s fierce the soier glare, And flies are less audacious than They were. The heated term at last is o'er; And 'neatn sair Buna’s sil very slight, Ia hammocks maidens swing uo mure At night. The summer girl has left the shore, - Her ardor for flirtat on cool*. For she’s engaged; the dude uo more She fools. All Things Have An End. ——- The tents are struck, the whisky jugs and flasks ■ are thrown away, And t e boys are in the city, and at work again to-day, ’ . The russet are taken off by maidens trim and neat, ' "7 ~ And they no longer seem to care to show their pretty feet. No longer at the hop the maid doth through the mazy dances whirl. The summer girl’s no fairer now than any other girl. This is the course of Uutnau life; to change we ail must bend, And everything that's good or bad in time cotuts to on end. Our Western fanners will be glad to learn that there is In Europe a decided tendency to increase the consumption of corn for food of men and boasts. The wonder is that this ihcrease has not come sooner. Corn is still so far as Europe is concerned, a. good deal what oats once were, as Dr. Johnson defined them: “Food for men in Scotland and for horses in England,” But if the people once give corn a fair trial they will surely take more kindly to it With anything like common use for human food, the price of corn in this country would increase. At present it is so low that farmers get poor on big crops. The yield this year is enormous, and there is little prospect for better pricos except on greater consumption.