Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 85, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 June 1907 — The Firecracker and the Torpedo. [ARTICLE]

The Firecracker and the Torpedo.

gald a Jolly firecracker to a little plump torpedo, “If you were patriotic, you would wear a suit of red And stand up In the window Just as straight as we do!’’ And this Is what tbe smart torpedo said: “I am Just as patriotic, though I wear no scarlet Jacket, For I’m no auch blooming little firebrand as you. To-morrow you’ll he learning, when you, hear the racket. What a little plump torpedo then can do!” —New Vork Herald.