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THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
CIk Cbemawa Jlmerican
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VEGETABLE POETRY
Potatoes came from far Virginia;
Parslay was sent us from Sardinia;
French beans, low growing on the earth,
To distant India trace their birth;
But scarlet runners, gay and tall,
That climb upon your garden wall
A cheerful sight to all around
In South America were found.
The onion traveled here from Spain;
The leek from Switzerland we gaiu,
Garlic from Sicily obtain,
Spinach in far Syria grows;
Two hundred years ago or more
Brazil the artichoke sent o'er,
And Southern Europe's sea coast shore
Beet-root on us . bestows.
When 'Lizabeth was reigning here,
Peas came from Holland, and were dear.
The South of Europe lays its claim
To beans, but some from Egypt came.
The radishes, both thin and stout,
Natives of China are, no doubt;
But turnips, carrots and sea-kale,
With celery so crisp and pale,
Are products of our own fair land;
And cabbages, a goodly tribe,
iVhich abler pens might well describe,
Are also ours, I understand.
London Rural.
"Fine feathers make fine birds, but
they don't make them taste any bet
ter." .. '
ONE BUTTON WAS IN USE.
A school principal was trying to make
clear to his class the fundamental doc
trines of the Declaration of Independ
ence, "Now, boys," he said. "I will give you
each three ordinary buttons. Here they
are. You must think of the first one as
representing life, of the second one as
representing liberty and the third one as
representing the pursuit of happiness.
Next Sunday I will ask you each to
produce the three buttons and tell me
, what they represent."
The following Sunday the teacher said
to the youngest member, "Now, Johnny,
produce your three buttons 'and tell me
what they stand for."
"I ain't got 'em all," he sobbed, hold
ing out two of the buttons. "Here's life,
an' here's liberty, but mommer sewed
pursuit of happiness on my pants!"
, Brevities
George Horn is working on the repair
detail in the engineering department
this week. ' '
Walter Miller, Walter Haight ' and
James Olney are the boys who are work
ing on the S'. P.. railroad.
It is told of a Scotch baker who had
'risen to affluence that some one ques
tioned him as to how he had managed
to make such a fortune. "Hoot, mon,
I was na tryin' to make it at all," he
answered. "I was only tryin' to make
the very best bread in the United King
dom, an' the money just made itself.''
It is a way money has of doing for those
who are determined to give their best
effort regardless of its rewards. The
very best of anything the public needs
means rich returns to its producers.
Forward.