SOMETHIN’ IS LACKIN’.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3588, 21 October 1905, Page 4

SOMETHIN’ IS LACKIN’.

Let me Introduce a. gentleman you mky He’sTSlSgTit fertile farpt. V •Kd S doS'a cat or two, ten lighting cocks—hut stiy, *Ho will swear by all th’ stars, th-t'fo.m-lh’ doe.-:nT pay!

He hez acre's uv good plantin' landr-th Wl"f TvTT wavin’ o’er th* sell in tranquil'- (v.-is Tit by diligence he manage® t* raise his wlntej's hay, But he swears with gr. at vehemenoe,i that farmin’ doesn’t pay.

Oh, th’ daisies grow luxurious whar ’ta. ters oughtcr be, *Ndi th’ pizen-ivy climbs around, each shade ’n’ apple tree, Co he spends his time 1m ftshln (jes t drive cares away), ’I, .in’ all creation ’cauae his famin’ ,’i pay. 'KC. ; cracks betwixt th* shingles on his r in the rain, •K_ . • '.rdera piece uv tin replace ea>. - en pane Tn ’!•’ v.;, a w uv his house, because It ...n;’t no use, no way, T expend a cent In flxin’ up while farmin’ doesn’t pay.

Oh, th’ troubles an’ th’trials of old “Farmer Sykes” is great; An’ it would set th”world a-yveepln, ©f th’ hull I should relate, 'Nd 1 know he’s perseverin’, f’r I'vo seen Mm sit an’ fish F’r a day, Mi’ never ketch enough t nil a sarcer dish.

’Nd th’ laws uv this creation Isn't what )hey oughtcr be, . ’Nd thar’s .somethin' sadly this country, great ’n’ free, , When a perseverin’ tiller uv th'. coll a obliged t’ say, t . Thet with Ml his peraeverenca. >«• ne* never n...Je It pay! —Western Rural. *