Bearing your good right arm away?”
Fire dies out in the patriot’s eye,
Changed my warrior’s tone and mien—
Choked by emotion, he makes reply—
“Kansas—harvest—threshing machine.”
In October, 1881, Mr. Field commenced the publication of the Denver Tribune Primer, which he abandoned as soon as it began to be generally imitated. Samples of his primer style are appended:
MENTAL ARITHMETIC.
How many Birds are there in Seven soft-boiled Eggs?
If you have Five Cucumbers and eat Three, what will you have Left? Two? No, you are Wrong. You will have More than that. You will have Colic enough to Double you up in a Bow Knot for Six Hours. You may go to the Foot of the Class.
A Man had Six Sons and Four Daughters. If he had had Six Daughters and Four Sons, how many more Sons than Daughters would He have had?