SOMETHING IS LACKIN'.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3600, 21 November 1905, Page 4

SOMETHING IS LACKIN'.

I&t mo introduce a gentleman you may I— . have met'ere now; . , , "He’s a dwelling on a fertile farpi, n keeps a horse and cow, f Nd eleven dogs, a cat or two, ten fighting v . cocks—but say, ;. will swear by all th’ stars, thet farmin’ doesn't pay! He Fez acres uv good plantin’ land—th’ ' finest ever seen. _ , , ■ , J Whar th’Weeds is wavin oer .h soil in ' tratiQbilness serene; YU by tHllgfn' , e he manages t raise ms '''-/'.winter’^' 1 hay,' 'j.‘ ' ! ■ . But heo wears' with great vehemence, thet farmin’ doesn’t pay. ■Oh, th’ daisies gre.v luxurious whar ’ta- . tens oughter be, . . ’Ndi th’ plzen-lvy climbs around each 1 * shade ’n’ apple tree, So h# spends his time Jnflshln’ (Jes t drive his cares away), , ’ ‘ *Nd cussln’ all creation ’cause his farmln doesn't.pay. , ~ , *Nd the cracks betwixt th shingles on his roof lets In tho rain, ’Nd a cardboard er a piece uv tin replace each broken pane ’ lii th' window uv his house, because it

ain't no use, no way, T’ expend a cent in flxln’ up while farmln doesn’t pay. Ob, th' troubles an’ th’ trials of oM “Farm- > er Sykes” is great; An’ it would set th’ world a-weepln’, ef th’ hull I should relate, 'Nd I know he's perseverin’, fr I’ve seen 'im sit an’ fish F'r $ day, ’n’ never ketch enough t fill , a sarcer dish. ’Nfl. th’ laws uv this creation Isn’t what they oughter be, 'Nd thar’a somethin’ sadly lackin’ In this ; country, great ’n’ free, When a perseverin' tiller uv th’ soil's . obliged f say, Thot with all his perseverence, he hez i, never n...Je it pay! "Western Rural.