Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 73, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 May 1908 — SATISFIED [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

SATISFIED

We travel madly up and down To find the town of Satisfied. Thfc pees are buzzing all the day, T#e bfhft are sinfling all the witV, And squirrels'cHaiter In tHrilr pi My— But we, a restless klrtiy, plod’ 1 The yielding sod to Satisfied. - . -5, : ‘ it; 111... IM v. Beside our path the daisies bow— We hold the plow to Satisfied I We heed them not; The fragrant trail, . The perfume of the abughlrtg gale. The sritoHne of g&deri grailJWe merely plod With dizzy brain Through tears and pain to Satlsfiedl By nectared blossoms wet with dew, Tolls on ouj - crew,to Satisfied! The beauties of *)>• country road

By Byron Williams.

We pass with ever leaden load,. By rosy trail* our eyes wo goad To look, beyond the supset h«rp And court thf cheer of Satlsfiedl Throughout this life we tug and strain And fag the brain to SatiSfied-=- J ” And always It is?far ahead: A falr mlrtige of golden red,‘ A legend city, built, 'tls said, Upon the hopes of those who strode Along the road to Satisfied 1 Why travel madly up and down ' To find the town of. Satisfied? » Be glad and satisfied to-day! 4 Be, glad to-morrow —all thq way I Be glad beside the rpad jnd stqy, Where God has. sent his giorles down And every town is Satisfied!