“And so forth. Come home with me and I’ll get you her little book. She has the important events of each administration all in rhyme, too. For instance, under Grover Cleveland is:
‘Twas after twenty years and four
A Democrat these honors wore;
Cleveland his honest record made,
Though people did not choose free trade,—
Huge labor strikes and feuds arose,
And earthquakes sealed sad Charleston’s woes.’
“Under ‘Benjamin Harrison,’ she has:
‘Year eighty-nine brought into view
A kinsman of old Tip’canoe;