Halsey enterprise. (Halsey, Linn County, Or.) 19??-1924, May 13, 1920, Image 5

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    S u p p lem en t to th e H alsey E n te rp rise. May 13, 1920.
Old Times.
Roll out here bovs a n d sh o v el hay.
I feil th em oats
A poem w ritte n by Ja m es A. S tev en ­
NoW as for co o k s we beat ’em all
son in ho n o r of Mrs. M. J. Q u ic k ’s
F or Mrs. C. w ent e v e ry fall
isoth b irth d a y .
And Mrs. S. and W illiam s too
It is but little vou la rn ie rs kn >w
T hey cooked o u r bull beet th ru a n d th ru
W hat us obi th re s h e rs u n d e r» »
Now as for g ru b we had e nough
W hen called upon to leave o u r farm s
Bread, pies, cakes, a ll such stuff
And th resh the g rain th a t fills your
A nd m ilk a n d tea a n d coffee too
barns.
And beans a n d ta te rs not a few.
We som etim e» lie on the cold g ro u n d
Now if you w ant to know w ho com ­
No sh e lte r n e ar us to tie found
posed th is song
It oft tim es ra in s and it som e tim e snow s
I ’ll tell you now a n d 't w ont tak e long
T he south w ind in a fury blows.
f t was com posed by th e en g in e er.
W hile goin g hom e one n ig h t from here.
At break of day the e n g in e e r
T o arouse us blow» h is w histle clear.
And th en Jim Pearl lie goes alm ut
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H u rra h ' H u r y ! m y hoys tu rn o u t.
Bert
Clark
and wife and
Break f-a-s-l in five m inutes.
Locals •
And th en in to th e m o rn in g meal
F rom th a t in to th e h a rv e st fiebl
And when n r boss savs “ l.et h e r go
'T is th en th e straw flies h ig h a n d low
l.et her go " E l l."
1 h e re was "<’ld Steve " the e n g in e e r
lie so m etim es acted m ig h t) queer:
' was w hen h is steam began to go
T in t the ol.l " Ituffa • P itts " ran very
s lo w .
C a n ’t you keep up steam ?
m e r e w as \l>e C n s s . e x p e r t and tough
W ho n e v er cou'. I run lale enough.
Says II. C 1» at iireak of day
daughter motored over to Leba­
non Monday with Chas P Poole
to visit Wm Curtis and family.
Flem Smith was operated on
in Albany Monday for bladder
troubles, by Drs Wallace and
Marks.
Mrs W J Ribelin arrived home
last Saturday evening after
quite ad extended stay with her
daughter in Berkeley. Cali. Her
health is much improved.
The infant child of Mr and