The Southern Mercury. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 20, 1898 Page: 4 of 16
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THE SOUTHERN MERCURY.
January £0, 1898.
A BOY AS IZ A BOY.
I like a boy as iz a boy, not one of
them air kind
So dressy-like and delliket, so cultured
and refined,
With Fauntleroy hats an' suits an'
stringy yaller curls,
An' general get up like az if they wuz
only girls.
I like a boy thet's hearty, an' not like
a great big toy,
I like a boy thet's human-like, as boy
az iz a boy.
I like a boy az iz a boy, who plays
leapfrog an' tag,
Whose hank'chief sometimes resem-
bles—well, a discolored rag.
A boy thet splashes in th' pools when
summer rains come down,
A boy thét likes ter foller a perseshun
round th' town.
I like a boy az iz a boy, one who sorae-
t imes glories,
In tales of bloody pirutes an' thrillin'
Indian stories.
I like a boy az iz a boy, one thet ye
can't mistake,
A boy thet will occasionally some
commandments break.
I like a boy who's apt sometimes ter
dirty shirts an' collars,
Who's got an appetite, too, thet's
worth ten thousand dollars.
Though sometimes he's a nuisance,
he'll finally prove a joy,
I like a boy thet fights, by gosh, a
boy az iz a boy.
I like a boy az iz a boy—a boy who's
not a fool,
Who'd rether go a fishin' eny day than
go ter school..
I like a boy thet climbs up trees, goes
gunnin', too, fer rats—
A boy who stones all stray in' dogs an'
pelts the neighbors' cats,
Though this seems cruel-like, it's only
boyish glee, by gum,
Which th' sorrers of< after years will
knock ter kingdom come.
} Jike a boy az iz a boy, whose hands
ain't always clean,
A bo# thet's rough, but generous] a
boy thet isn't mean,
A boy who's sometimes sassy, but
loves his dad an' mother,
A boy who'd always fight fer his com-
rades er his brother,
I like a boy like this ter love, an'
sometimes, too, ter swat him,
I like a boy az iz a boy, an' thank God,
I hev got him!
—W. S. Hillyer, in Up to Date.
MONEY IN HOGS.
F. D. Coburn, secretary of the State
•Board of Agriculture of Kansas, gives
the American hog the credit for the
era of prosperity which Kansas is at
present enjoying.
In a lecture before a farmers' county
Institute, entitled "Pork, Dressed and
Undressed," which has not been pub-
lished in its entirety, he contends that
the hog is the most productive source
of revenue in the country, and that he
is the most valuable adjunct of a well
regulated farm, and the fountain from
which the farmer derives more profit
than any other. He says, in part:
"It has been said that in the Amer-
ican hog we have an automatic com-
bined machine for reducing the bulk
in corn and exhausting its value. A
machine that' feeds itself; puts 10
bushel^ of corn into less space than a
bushel measure, and in so doing quad-
ruples the value of the grain. Corn
loaned to a well-bred hog is cash at
big interest. A good brood sow is
an incarnation of safe investment—a
sort of bucolic bond, the coupons of
which materialize in large litters of
pigs, convertible into cash on demand.
Harvesters, combined mowers, and
reapers, when compared with the util-
ity, deftness and profitableness of the
complicated and multiform machinery,
which is wrapped up in the bristly in-
tebument of a healthy and well-bred
pig, are insignificant inventions.
"The patent pig is a condenser; he
is also a manufacturer of hams, lard,
illuminating oils, hair brushes, head-
cheese, toothbrushes, glue, buttons,
fertilizer, fats ,bacon, knife handles,
whistles, soaps, souse, sausage and
satisfaction. More than this, the well-
bred American hog is a mint, and the
yellow corn of our common country
is the bullion which he transmutes in-
to golden coin. Transformed from his
old-time homeliness, he has become a
thing of beauty and a joy forever, at
least so long as there is a mortgage to
lift, a house to build, a piano, a sewing
machine, or a youngster's schooling
which is to be paid. Instead of being
driven trough muddy lanes and over
dusty roads he now rides to town in a
wagon, and continues his journey to-
ward great commercial centers in cars
especially constructed for his com-
fortable transportation. Having paid
his debt to the farmer, he goes forth
on his voyage around the world, a
privileged character, whose company
is sought by rich and poor.
"At $2.75 per hundred pounds, the
hog is a prosaic plebian; a quite dis-
reputable fellow, whose relationship
we deny, and to whom many of its do
not speak. At $7.25 per hundred
pounds, however, all this is reversed.
"Lorenzo Dow once said: "The av-
erage Western farmer toils hard, early
and late, often depriving himself of
needed rest and sleep—for what? To
feed hogs. For what? To get money
with which to buy more land. For
what? To raise corn. For what? To
feed more hogs. For what? To buy
more land. And what does he do with
more land? Why, he wishes to raise
more corn—to feed more hogs—to buy
more land—to raise more corn—to
feed more hogs—to buy more land—in
this circle he moves until the Almighty
stops his hoggish proceedings.'
"An editor of a neighboring county
paper recently published the following:
"No man who lives on meat was
ever known to lick his wife or ask
for a divorce. Adam got into a row
right off because he had no hog meat,
butter or black bass. Napoleon lost
Waterloo because the allied forces had
no bacon for breakfast the day of the
fight. The French had vegetable soup.
The South had to give in at Appo-
mattox because they had no meat. No
war can be successfully waged without
hog meat. Americans are the most
frisky people on earth because they eat
the most hog meat. Ingalls would have
gone ttack to the senate had he not
lived on oat meal, baked apples and
blind robins. A vegetable diet woman
is cold and clammy, and as unlovable
as a turnip. ....
The Mayor of Columbus, Ohio,
Writes an Open letter to the People of The
United States.
CARTER OF MISSOURI, THOMPSON OF SOUTH DAKOTA,
DRAPER OF TENNESSEE, AND OTHERS
WRITE LETTERS ABOUT
THE AMERICAN CATARRH REMEDY—PE RU-NA.
hon. samuel l. black, mayor of columbus, ohio. •
Executive Department, )
City of Columbus. f
To Whom it May Concern:
I can most cheerfully recommend Pe-ju-na as of the very
greatest possible benefit in cases of catarrh and other diseases of
the mucous membrane. This remedy has established itself in the
minds of the people as of the greatest possible worth and genuine-
ness.
I have known Dr. Hartman for a number of years and am
pleased to say ^hat he is one of the leading citizens of this oity, a
man of the vepy highest standing and character in the com::!unity.
Respectfully, Samuel L. Black.
PELVIC CATARRH.
Mrs. Lucile Lane, youngest daughter
of Ex-Senator Blackburn, of Ken-
tucky,* committed suicide at the Wel-
lington hotel, in Washington, o* the
16th instant, by shooting herself with
a pistol.
Mrs. Mary F. Bartholomew,
San Francisville, 111.
About twelve years ago I was afflict-
J •
ed with female trouble. I doctored
with several skillful doctors, but kept
getting worse, until I became bedfast.
I remained in this condition almost
two years, having had four physicians
tending me, but got no better. In Dr.
Hartman's female book I found a case
just like mine, and concluded to write
to Dr. Hartman for advice. I a:n never
sorry I did so, for I owe my life to Dr.
Hartman and Pe-ru-na. My friends
and neighbors never expected to see
me well again; but thank oGd and Dr.
Hartman for my recovery. I am able
to be up and assist in my household
duties. I think my recovery is a sur-
prise to everyone that knew me. My
appetite was so poor I could not eat
anything scarcely; but now I can eat
JetóÉÍ
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Park, Milton. The Southern Mercury. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 20, 1898, newspaper, January 20, 1898; Dallas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth185740/m1/4/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .