Olive's Journal 06.01.21

Winding up the Clock | 1902

Annual G.A.R. (Grand Army of the Republic) Convention.
Preeminent veterans' organization formed at the close of the Civil War 1865-1900.
Membership peaked at 400,000 in 1890.

The Countersign | 1901

Statue of John Paul Jones for the Capital.

His Unlucky Day

Wunst I got mad at maw;

I don't remember why,

But I 'ist walked right off to school

'Thout tellin' her good-by.

A big lump came in my throat

An' purt' near made me cry,

Fer me and maw is awful pals,

An' allus kiss good-by.

An' might' near everything I did

Went wrong, looked like to me;

I stubbed my toe, an' tore my waist,

An' fell an' skinned my knee.

I missed in 'rithmetic, an' lost

A chanst to get up head,

An' in the spellin'-class I left

A letter out of "dead."

An' that ol' lump growed, an' I says,

"S'pose my maw should die

Right now, an' me a-leavin' her

Thout kissin' her good-by."

Gee! That's the longes' mornin'

At I ever spent, I know;

It seemed like more'n fifty years

'Fore it was time to go.

An' never mind what happened

When I seen my maw, but I

'Ist bet I won't go 'way no more

"Thout kissin' her good-by.

 

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