Judge — September 21, 1889 — page 6: what you’re looking at

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THE CLOSING OF THE FAIRS. ‘Tit metenchoty dave are come-the maddest ofthe When’ candidates at county fairs compare their medals dear ; In empty booth they siand antl sigh, or in the well. bus, yearning gaze, the first steer's ‘ribboned head. The gushing college-maids are flown, and {rom the rounds the dude Who fittered all the country-fotk behind his lorgnette rude. Where are the flowers, the hot-bouse flowers, that lately, joomed and sto Ta tong, moist halls, ranked shelf on shelf, an emulous Sisterhood? Alas 'Smith's agents took them down, these gentle an- cut fowers, Apd left fond memory to make comparison with ours. ‘The wagon waits where now they ie; we'll see them ot again Until another fair has come to bless us with its reign. The horses and the pigs and cows, they vanished long ago, And thro’ the soft autumnal air I hear the last cock’s crow | But down upon the railroad track there is a stir and sound, ‘The grunt of pigs, the bleat of lambs, till noise of wheels is drowned ; ‘They rumble on, they pass beyond the curious sight of men, Each to his own peculiar mead or individual pen. } And now, when comes the calm, mild day. as st ll such days will come, | When cows and horses, men and dogs, have taken tickets home : When the engine whistle may be heard tho’ all the grounds are sil, | And I in pensive mood again betake me to my quill, | ‘The small boy searches every place where relics may be found, And makes a Mecca of the spot we call the state-fair ground. And then I think of all the time T spent upon a quilt, Of tedious hours stitched in for fame, of ail that 'broidery silk; wset-shelt I laid it, with a feeling of relief ry and suspense of fairs are mercifully brief ; ect it was that | should courtesy to fame, ‘card with ribbon blue is added to my naive. UNCONSCIOUSLY LEFT. Carratn Bromater (of the Schutcenfest guard) —"* No py dot fellers, ve vas comin’ ewin’ shtand, Vatch me brase up unt each one do der ‘same like me HISTORICAL NOTES— EGYPT. 2 SPHINN poking old statue. is at the mouth of is said to be a ver of the Nile has bee rock: the river. Rameses called himself the “son of the sun,” instead of the son of his father. The great plague of Egypt was a combination of beggars and ¢ Egyptians used fowls in the place of letters, so that is why all the writings of an antiquarian look like hen-tracks, ‘The statue of Memnon is said to salute the rising sun, phrase “Ah, there!" is supposed to ha The A papyrus manuscript has been found with a poem upon it begin- ning thus: “Oh, Cleopatra Nhiematraten.” It is supposed to be a love-song written by Antony, and the second line is full of sweetness and beauty. It is said that when Pscusennes was Ph iss the desert one day when some one happe he was walki ac «1 to pronounce his name in a hurry and was choked to death, JUDGE PARKINSON —"' Will you pardon me if I introduce myself? Your broth- er and I are members of the same company in the seventh,” Miss GawTNex—"' It is Mr, Parkinson, isn’t it? I've heard ‘Tom speak of you a great deal late ParkiNsox —"" Delighted, I assure you.” Miss Gartxer—"* Ves; he said you could play poker in the dark, and win every time.” WOULDN’T COMMIT HIMSELF. $¢ [© YOU believe in the lifecinsurance company where you have a policy?” he was as “T'll tell you better after I'm d was the reply, GETTING POINTS, Professor (exhibiting a curiosity) —"There, Mr. Bagley, is the finest specimen of the kind extant.” Ba; “Would you mind, professor, telling me how long it has been extant ? DIDN'T CATCH IT AT FIRST. Bertie —*1s it true, pa, that conscience makes cowards of us all?” Pa—" | believe it is so stated, Bertie. Bertie—* Pa, you ain't much of a coward are you?” Pa—"Why, no, of course not—wt Tam too, Don't any more such foolish questions, you ABI Nae Ir —"' Tow vos dot fer marchin’, chentlemens?” comicbooks.com