A history of Rome and Floyd County, State of Georgia, United States of America; including numerous incidents of more than local interest, 1540-1922 . again,But a little cur pup kep a-mixin em up,Bout to be a fight in the ladies to the right,When the cats began to bawl, Prome-nade all! Chorus Long about night the varmints took for the old snake doctor mighty quick. Like the railroad cars his wings did hum;The varmints all hollered, Yon he come!Started for to open the head of the boss,When the varmints all hollered, Hold on, Boss!It aint no use to do like dat,Dat aint de place whar de
A history of Rome and Floyd County, State of Georgia, United States of America; including numerous incidents of more than local interest, 1540-1922 . again,But a little cur pup kep a-mixin em up,Bout to be a fight in the ladies to the right,When the cats began to bawl, Prome-nade all! Chorus Long about night the varmints took for the old snake doctor mighty quick. Like the railroad cars his wings did hum;The varmints all hollered, Yon he come!Started for to open the head of the boss,When the varmints all hollered, Hold on, Boss!It aint no use to do like dat,Dat aint de place whar de miserys at! Chorus Tied the tail of the monkey with a rope, Looked down his throat with a micro-scope; You just ought to seen that monkeystail— Clare fore goodness it turned rightpale! Rubbed it and he rubbed it, but twantno use. So he greased it all over with pokeberryjuice. When that ugly monkey up and died, He turned right over and softlysighed: Chorus Animals went down the river for to bathe,Just couldnt make the baboon behave;When it came time to look for a towel,They had to wipe off on the little screech owl. Miscellaneous—Poetry 565. SAM P. JONES AND HIS ROME SANCTUARIES. The great evangelist came to Rome about 1875 from the Van Wert (Polk County) cir-cuit, and spent two stormy years, in which he had Trinity Methodist church (at the bot-tom, then known as the Second) and two churches in the country. He built the originalchurch, part of which is now a residence next to the Second Christian on W. Fifth other house, at 733 Avenue A, was his home. The screech owl screeched and the bull-frog hopped, The tadpole wiggled and the terrapinflopped, The monkey he then run out and hid, The elephant spied him and said, O,you kid! THE SWEETNESS OF SORROW. By Col. B. F. Sawyer. (From The Rome Georgian, May 28, 1898.) Cheer up, cheer up, thou fainting heart, Put off thy sad repining;The darkest cloud that ever lowered Must have its silver lining! And every bitter has its
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