SOMETHIN’ IS LACKIN’.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3581, 5 October 1905, Page 4

SOMETHIN’ IS LACKIN’.

Let me introduce a. gentleman you may have mot ’ere now; He’s a dwelling on a fertile farpi. n keeps a horse and cow, 'Nd eleven dogs, a cat or two, ten fighting cocks—but say. He will swear by all th’ stars, thet farmin’ doesn’t pay! Ha hez acre's uv good plantin’ land—th’ finest ever seen. Whar th’ weeds Is wavin’ o er th soil in tranquil.".css serene: . Tit by diligence he manages t raise his winter’s hay, Buthoswean: with great vehemence, thet farmin' doesn’t pay. Oh, th’ daisies grow luxurious whar ’ta,ters ought.er If, 'Nd th’ pize;.-ivy ..limbs around each shade ’n’ apple tree, So he spends his time lm ftshln’ (jes’ f drive his cares away). -Nd cussln’ all creation ’cause his farmin’ d :c.s:.'t pay. 'Nd u.c cracks betwixt th’ shingles on his roof lets in the rain, ’Nd a cardboard or a piece uv tin replace each broken pane In th’ window uv his house, because it ain’t no use, no way, T’ expend a cent in fixin’ up while farmin’ doesn’t pay. Oh, th’ troubles an’ th’ trials of old "Farmer Byi,. is great: An’ It won...’ cel th’ world a-weepln’, ef th’ hull 1 should relate, ’Nd I know he’s perseverin’, f'r I’ve seen ’im sit an’ fish F’r a day, never ketch enough t’ fill a sarccr dish. 'Nd th’ lawn uv this creation isn’t what they oughtor be, ’Nd thar’s somethin’ sadly lackin’ in this country, great ’n’ free, When a perseverin’ tiller uv th’ soil’s obliged t’ say, Thet with "11. Ids perseverance, he hez never in It pay! •—Western Rural.