Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 62, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 April 1909 — Poetry Worth Reading; [ARTICLE]

Poetry Worth Reading;

Back to ’Lindy’s. I want to go back to ’Lindy’s— back to the old farm place, Wheqe the friends I knew were true as blue and poverty no disgrace; I want to forget the sighing, the rush and the rattlety-bang, The whistle's toot, the' rumbling cart, and the car bell’s noisy ch\pg. I’d like to go back a-roving in the drowsy afternoons, And drown the sounds of the grimy town in an ocean of clover blooms. l I want to go back to ’Lindy’s— back to the "Stubtoe Land,” Where it didn’t take much of learn* ing to make folks understand; Where the grasp of a hand was rugged, but the clasp was firm and true, And the eyes of the man behind them looked honest and frank at you. I want to steal off at twilight, as I did when the sun sank low. And dream the dreams that were mine to dream in the hazy afterglow. I want to go back to Lindy's—back thro’ the stretch of years, I want to go back to the boyhood track beyond the doubts and and fears; It seems but a step back yonder to the and the rose leaf rain, A step in miles, but, ah! the years—linked in an endless chain! What little of spoil I've garnered, what little the world has doled, I would barter it all thrice over, to live in its sweet enfold. I want to go back to Lindy’s—where the white road winds away O’er valley and hill and dale and rill' to the rim of distant gray; I want to get out in the open, where a fellow has elbow room— Where he’s never afraid to cross the street for fear ho will meet his doom. « Back to the fragrant orchard and the cool of the grateful sod — For that was as near, I reckon, as ever I’ve been to God. —Will F. Griffen. One bushel of corn makes about four gallons of whiskey which retails at $16.80. The retailer gets $7; the United States government gets $4.40, the manufacturer gets $4.00, the railroad company gets 80 cents, the farmer gets 60 cents and the CONSUMER GETS DRUNK. D. H. Yeoman made a trip to Winamac today.