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THE CI-AYTON news Clayton, N. C. September 18, t Ho ColIe'cSs "Em v-J Poetry yummoir PAGE SIX BY Billy Arthur Richard Walser, the P English professor at North Carolina State who doubles in entertaining writ ing, is searching: for humorous poetry for a forthcoming book. Some candidates for inclusion must certainly come from Henry Blount, the 1890 editor of the Wil son Mirror.Such as: 'Now in the parlor meets the pair. And who would not be shocked To see both . upon one chair With arms and eye-teeth locked?" Or "A girl may lalk and show some sense, And write a fine essay. But a girl can't climb a horrid fence, For she ain't built that way." "Cotton was once the king And produced the Georgia Cracker. But now we've got a better thing -Glorious Bright Tobacco." Or "When Eve brought woe to all mankind Old Adam called her WO-man; But when she wo'ed with love so kind, He then pronounced her WOO-man. But now with folly and with pride, Their husbands' pockets trimming, The ladies are so full of whims, The people call them WHIM-men At the same period the Washington Gazette editor said: "Shoul aloud with all your voice; Yell 'Pop goes the weasels,' And let everybody rejoice Who have had the measles." James Larkin Pearson could of fer a many, but I like best "Scratched, up fingers and stained up mouth; That's the way the south. Chicrger bit ankles thigh; Xiinament gone but, oh, that pie!" In the 1850's the Asheville Mes senger fell in love and rhymed "'Oh Sally, 'tis my chief delight To gaze, upon your, eyes so bright. My love for you, by gosh, surpas- ses .tteove I have for rum and 'lasses' At the same period Lyndon Swain was entertaining the Greensboro Patriot readers with "If it be sin To steal a pin. Then is it greater To steal a 'tater?" And "I love to see a flock of sheep All feeding on the mountain. I love to see a drunkard drink From out the living fountain. At first upon his knees he gets, And then he sticks his nose in. But soon he slips and then kersouse. His head "and shgjplders goes-in." Those poets entertained Tar Heels for years and years. But there was one S. L. Dixon of Ire dell County who in 1890 "took his pen in hand and blew a blast of 50 verses" against another fellow. The following stanzas are a fair sample of the whole, taken from the States ville Landmark: "If I were sent to seek the worst Of those I, thought by heaven ac cursed, On whom old Satan, too, would frown, I surely would seize old Smiley Brown. "Of all the scoundrels here below, .V. .'.V.' ::' J ' . - if a-1 M us DEAF-BLIND WOMAN, trained the Blind, earns her living by by The State Commission for making saleable stuffed toys. He's the meanest one I know; T0 pay his .debts he never tries, And all his promises are lies; "Where is the man he would not cheat To get the bread that he would eat? And he would steal if he had need A widow's and an orphan's bread." Smiley claimed that some of the transactions with which he was charged in rhyme took place be- is.-- , .''7-.' t . x- - I X n v 1 r fore he was converted, and on them he pleaded the statute joI limita tions. He denied his guilt of the other charges, indicted Mr. Dixon in Mecklenburg County, and Mr. Dixon wrote nary another line. It was too expensive. These fair samples read better and make more sense than much of our modern verse. But that's something else we'll take up at a later date. JOHNSTON COUNTY WOMAN adds to her income by making bas kets for sale. North Carolina has a large group of blind people who for var ious reasons cannot leave home for employment, but are capable of salable articles. Many of these people live in such isolated areas there is not sufficient sales outlets for their products. Such persons are paid for thier work when completed and most of the articles are disposed of through sales sponsored by Lions Clubs and booths at the various county fairs, All proceeds above cost of mater ials, goe to the blind worker. 11 .Ji 3 al" it looks all over and itching DQQo J Attend The First Annua TON COUNTY AGRICULTURAL mm TpFP LAWS AM o: Drivo cafcly and courteously your- o ,6bccrv6 speed limits and 7arn- u injjrigni1 Promoting Agriculture and Industry J)vLs: U) lyo DODGE n j ;1 , mil . t NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTf.lEnT of " 4 11 EXHIBITS v SHOWS CONTESTS FUN SFOIISOnZD DY ! . . . 2 -v, "i I J "-"fi.. .-.-.3i ' ... ' Jf 3V, aoto'r-vehicles; J
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