Judge, 1891-06-06 · page 11 of 20
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This poem satirizes the clash between rural tradition and urban development. An old farmer insists on keeping his calf tethered on his front lawn in what has become a fashionable city boulevard, allowing it to graze and bleat loudly despite neighbors' objections. The satire targets stubborn resistance to social progress: the farmer represents old-fashioned countryside ways being displaced by urbanization and genteel city standards. His defiant monologue—"this ere is my lawn"—mocks those clinging to outdated practices while their surroundings modernize. The poem also hints at class tension: the "stylish boolevard" and criticism from city dwellers contrast with the farmer's practical, agricultural mindset. His indignation at being told what he can do on his own property reflects broader anxieties about changing neighborhoods and whose values dictate acceptable behavior as rural areas become suburbs.
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W'en I fast took my farm out here this wuz a country ‘Across the way wuz parstchure lan’, ware huckleberries wed. My caff waz then hitched in my yard fer the hull town's ection, An‘ no darn enterprisin’ dood cum roun’ to make objec- tion, Wren this road growed a village street my caff wuz in the yard, An’ now the street it swells ‘ith style—a city boolevard, But Twill hitch this ere young eaff out here in my front Hell oy right here an’ chaw the grass till the hull g is chawn, You say the way I carry on makes the hull city laff. Wall iac'em lad; this eres my lawn an’ this ere is my caf, An’ things hez reached the purtiest pass the worl’ hez ever sawn Ef an ol” duff can't let his caff chaw grass on his own lawn, Wall, let ‘em laff; this ‘ere young caff shall stay here anyhow, An’ if I hear 'em laff too hard I'll trot out the ol’ cow. T'll hitch ‘em both to the same stake right here in my front lawn, ‘An’ let ‘em stay an’ chaw the grass till the hull thing is chawn! —S. W. 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