THE IRRIGA1ION AGE. 



SOME RESOLUTIONS. 



I've made some resolutions, not so many 



just a few, 

 For I have a certain habits I've decided 



to eschew, 

 I've made a memorandum of some things 



I shouldn't do, 

 And marked the path of rectitude I'll 



struggle to pursue. 



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I have resolved to smoke no more I'll 

 give tobacco up; 



I'll cease to look with longing eyes upon 

 the tippler's cup; 



I'll even shut my toddy, as a kind of en- 

 t'ring wedge, 



And in a year, perhaps, I'll be prepai-ed to 

 sign the pledge. 



I seldom swear, but I've resolved, hence- 

 forth, to use no word 



That may not, by the most refined, with- 

 out offense be heard. 



I never play a game of chance, because I 

 have no skill. 



But for the sake of conscience I've re 

 solved I never will. 



I'll be more economical about the way I 

 dine, 



And I've resolved to worship less at pleas- 

 ure's gilded shrine. 



I'll go to church on Sundays, once again 

 I'll learn to pi ay. 



And I've a list of creditors that I've re- 

 solved to pay. 



If these few resolutions I can keep, a 

 snug amount 



I'll have in hand next year, wherewith to 

 start a bank account. 



And I've resolved, if I should live this 

 model upright life, 



To take unto myself a sweet and charm- 

 ing little wife. 



But there may come temptations that I 

 cannot well resist, 



So one more resolution must be added to 

 the list; 



Therefore it is hereby resolved that, 

 should I chance to fall 



And break one resolution. I'll resolve to 



break them all. 

 Lawrence Porcher Hext in Leslie's 



Weekly. 



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 comb Send 50c in stamps for sample. G. N 

 ROSE, Gen. Mgr., Decatur, ill. 



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