Page:Bassetts scrap book 1907 03-1909 02.djvu/23

 SCRAPS OF HISTORY, FACT AND HUMOR OFFICIAL ORGAN LEAGUE OF AMERICAN WHEELMEN Entered as Second-Class Matter, March 10, 1904, at the Post Office at Boston, Mass., under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. Vol. 5. No. 2 APRIL, 1907 5 Cents. APRIL. "How is it you are smiling, dear. With both your eyes a-trickle?" "Alas! 'tis all too soon, I fear, To let my little Buds appear; By now each restless prisoner Begins my foot to tickle; And once to laugh, if I begin, They know I cannot keep them in!" —John B. Tabb. APRIL FOOLS, SHOWERS AND BUDS. In April it is curious the way the seasons go, the rain-drops bring the snow-drops, while the showers melt the snow. Can February march? No, but April may. "On April 18, 1783, Washington ordered a cessa- tion of hostilities to be proclaimed on the following day, at noon, and an extra ration of liquor to be issued to every soldier 'to drink perpetual peace, independence and happiness to the United States of America.* " 'State's rights should be preserved when they