. Farm legends. man-Cyclops to churn fixed for attaching a pitman or lever,To go by a horse-power—a notion quite clever,Invented and built by the Irishman, Pat,Who pleased Mrs. Liakim hugely by that. The lawyer went into the case with much ease,And hugged the beliefThat the cause would be brief. And settled himself down with hardly a squeeze. And Bess said, Keep still, for theres plenty of room, And shut down the cover, and left him in gloom. But scarcely were matters left decently so,In walked—not her —worry and bother !— The mammoth young f\irmer, whose first name was Joe.
. Farm legends. man-Cyclops to churn fixed for attaching a pitman or lever,To go by a horse-power—a notion quite clever,Invented and built by the Irishman, Pat,Who pleased Mrs. Liakim hugely by that. The lawyer went into the case with much ease,And hugged the beliefThat the cause would be brief. And settled himself down with hardly a squeeze. And Bess said, Keep still, for theres plenty of room, And shut down the cover, and left him in gloom. But scarcely were matters left decently so,In walked—not her —worry and bother !— The mammoth young f\irmer, whose first name was Joe. And he gleefully sung, in a heavy bass tone,Which came in one noteFrom the depths of his throat, Im glad I have come, since Ive found you alone. Lets sit here a while, by this kerosene light, The Three Lovers. An spark it a while now with all of our might. And Bessie was willing; and so they sat down, The maiden so fair and the farmer so brown. They talked of things great, and they talked of things small. and bkss said, kkkp still, for theres plknty of koom,and shut down the cover, and left him in gloom. Which none could condemn,And which may have pleased them,But which did not interest the lawyer at all;And Bessie seemed giving but little concernTo the feelings of him she had shut in the churn. 56 Farm Legends. Till Bessie just artlessly mentioned the Joe with a will to abuse him began,And called him full many an ignoble name. Appertaining to Scrubby, And Shorty, and Stubby,And other descriptions not wide of the same;And Bessie said naught in the lawyers behalf,But seconded Joe, now and then, with a lauoh :And the lawyer said nothing, but winked at his fate, And, somewhat abashed, And decidedly Joes motions sans vote or several times he, with policy stern,Repressed a desire to break out of the churn,Well knowing he thus might get savagely used, And if not quite eaten, Would likely be beaten,And probably injured as well as abused. But
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