HARDWOOD RECORD 



15 



Vert, Pertinent and Impertinent. 



A Hot Weather Wish, 

 oil. til lie a tnitl<>, 

 A slow. letlini'Kii' tiirlle. 

 Willi nothing; in Ihe world to do. 

 IIiil cnnvl around the whole da.v tliroiish. 

 'I'd lie upon a iiioss.v log. 

 And idl.v gossip with a frog ; 

 To wallow in the marshy pool. 

 Amid the reeds and riKshes cool. 

 .\iid to know, no matter what befell. 

 1 ruiild hut crawl within my shell — 

 And let the whole world (/o to hrll ! 

 < 111 ; To be a Turtle. 



(iuLuii.v lUi.i: S.VM .Iii.\i:s. 



The Woodcock. 



The woodc'irk haunts the liosky dell — 



He is a modest sinne;-. 

 Ills name the menu cards will tell 



At a "real stylish" dinner. 

 He does not shun the hunter's aim : 



But rises in the air. 

 Although lie knows they will make game 



or him cm hills of fare. 



W.W.TKII KlNli Stoxk. 



An Opportunity for Omar. 



A book of verse, a .jug of wine, 



Heside him in the wilderness. 

 The Persian poet in rhyllimic line 



I'riiciaimed of old their blessedness. 

 Hut ciuild he know my mountain lake 



.\nd with its joys tind sweet nuumiine. 

 His .soulful lyre again he'd take 



And sound their praise to statelier tune. 

 The pirate pick'rel's fearsome dash, 



T'he bass-line's cheery swish and chug. 

 The struggling trout in rainbow tiasli 



.\re dearer far than Omar's jug. 



W. H. Kicii.vun.soN. 



Companions. 



WliiMi richis conic 

 ill ;it the wiiulou 

 t'ricuils flock in at 

 tlie door. 



AT THIS TIME OF YEAR. 



Wise. 



It 's the wise trav- 

 el inj; man wlio l<novvs 

 when and where to 

 St op. 



Success, 



Sioiiie people seem 

 to think that noth- 

 ing succeeds like a 

 .snecegsful failure. 



Ever Wanting. 



The beautiful 

 things are the things 

 tliat do not concern 

 us. 



Magnanimity. 

 If you chance to 

 li\e on easy street 

 don 't think less of 

 those who live soiin: 

 distance away. 



All Fail, 

 Tiic man who can 't 

 meet failure seusibl.y 

 had better give up 

 Uic fight. 



Sports. 



ilany a so-called 

 jpoi't can 't s 'port 

 himself. 



Surely. 



'i'lic more money 

 a man has in the 

 bank tlie more inter- 

 est he takes in life. 



A Fact, 



The more we rest 

 the more we rust. 



Protection, 



People who make 

 promise of big things 

 invariably insert a 

 little "if," 



Little Used Standard, 



All th;it "litters is 

 not gold, nor can it 

 be measured by the 

 golden rule. 



True. 



A man who bor- 

 rows trouble gives up 

 his peace of mind as 

 collateral. 



One Advantage. 



The man at the 

 bottom possesses one 

 advantage over the 

 one at the top — he 

 doesii 't have so far 

 to full. 



Often Disappointed. 



in life as in busi- 

 ness too many people 

 cxjiect to get some- 

 tiling out of it with- 

 out putting anything 

 into it. 



Experience. 



Ability comes with 

 experience ; ability 

 without experience 

 is of no more worth 

 than experience with- 

 out ability. 



Compensation. 

 As a rule worthless 

 people have the best 

 dispositions. 



Hardwood Lumberman: The lumber business? Don't ask me about the lumber 

 business! Can't you see I'm busy? 



Money. 



Moucj' makes the 

 world go — • wrong, 

 very often. 



Good Plan. 



The susjiicious man keeps one eye on his 

 neighbor, but the wise man keeps both eyes 

 on himself. 



Genius. 



Genius is a rare metal, but it needs the 

 alloy work to give it strength and useful- 

 ness. 



■Very Often. 



Jt often 1ki]>iipiis tliat a man puts his foot 

 ill it while endeavoring to put his best foot 

 forward. 



One Good Brand. 



There is grafting in every business and in 

 every walk in life, but the only honest 

 grafting has lo do with trees. 



Greedy. 



As Mark Twain says, Give some men a 

 constellation and tliey will want the Milky 



Way, 



Good Way. 



You can please a great many people by 

 asking their advice, and please yourself 

 about taking it. 



