“In some other long-ago time,

I know I’d ’a’ flourished in pretty fine style

And set folks a-talkin’, I ’low,

But what troubles me is there’s nothin’ worth while

A-doin’ right here and just now.”

Hurry not only spoils work, but spoils life also.—Lubbock.

“Them folks that can dwell in a country,” says Sy,

“Where they don’t have no winter nor storm,

And the weather ain’t ready to freeze ’em or fry,

By gettin’ too cold or too warm,