The Man Who Follows the Plow

THE BOOK OF MORMON IN HIEROGLYPHICS. 505 man who apparently had few opportunities for studying a foreign system of hieroglyphical writing, could, nevertheless, write fluently by such a method from the very beginning of his work. (to be continued.) Snowjlakb, Ariz. The Man Who Follows the Plow. I'm not so much at singin' as you high, kaflutin' chaps, My voice it may be husky, and a little rough, perhaps; But I have been a plowin' with a lazy team, you see, And it keeps me pretty busy with my "Get-up, whoa-haw, gee!'' But, if you'll pay attention, I have a word to say, About the great mistakes you make, and do it every day, In dealing out your praises, and I want to tell you now, Too often you forget the man who walks behind the plow. refrain: You may talk about your learned men, with their wit and wisdom rare, Your painters and your poets, they get praises everywhere; It's well enough to make a show, but will you tell me how This world could ever do without the man who follows the plow? 'Tis well enough to go to school, to learn to read and write: It's easier still to dress up fine, and sport around all night. Your music, paintin' and poetry may all be hard to beat, But tell me, what you're going to do for something good to eat? You say my boots are muddy, and my clothing it is coarse; That I'd make a good companion for the oxen or the horse. My face is red, my hands are hard, of course, I will allow, But do not be so quick to spurn the man who follows the plow. I like your great inventions, I'm glad you're getting smart; I like to hear your music, for it kinder stirs my heart; But it will never stir the stomach of any hungry man; So let me call your attention to the sort of a thing that can. Now, boys, don't be so anxious to leave the good old farm; Your father's strength is failing, soon he'll need your youthful arm. If you're honest in your purpose, at your feet the world will bow, For the greatest ©f the great men, Abraham Lincoln, was a man who steered the plow.— Selected by Harold C. Kimball.

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