[THE THREE LOVERS.]
Here's a precept, young man, you should follow with care:
If you're courting a girl, court her honest and square.
Mr. 'Liakim Smith was a hard-fisted farmer,
Of moderate wealth,
And immoderate health,
Who fifty-odd years, in a stub-and-twist armor
Of callus and tan,
Had fought like a man
His own dogged progress, through trials and cares,