VOL. II, NO. 3
OCTOBER 21, 1960

Halloween Disappoints Scarecrow
Judy Spath

Sure is a big moon up there. Course, seem as this here is Halloween I guess that's to be expected. Wonder what that shadow is-looks like something on a broomstick-oh, it's only my sister. For a minute I thought it could be . . . but course that's ridiculous. We scarecrows know there's no such thing as-well, you know what I mean. Looks like it's gonna be a long dull night.

Nothin's much scared on Halloween-you know how it is. Even the outhouse of that little old lady on the farm down yonder is gonna be in a mighty peeeeculiar position come the end of this night.

There are those crazy boys from over the next farm takin' pumkins from the field again... yawn ...it's the same old stuff every year. No sir, Halloween just ain't what it used to be.

My aunt Minnie used to say (and my old aunt is quite well regarded by her fellow scarecrows. Yessiree, won't find nobody thinkin' her head's got any sawdust in it.) Well, as I was sayin, Aunt Minnie used to tell us about Halloween in her time. Man that was livin'... none of that born' stuff		 like upsettin' outhouses and lettin' the hogs in the house and sech nonsense, that kids have to be content with now. No maam, the kids in her time had some spunk. Why the way she tells about the time the kids took Jim Thornton into the cave a little down the road, you like to split your sides. It seems they left him there, and the first thing the crazy fella did was fall in a pit...like to broke his back.

Hee hee hee, them was the good old days when a fella could have some fun. Them fellas what threw him in sure got a laugh out o Jim's fall. Jest good clean fun, that's all it were. Course, it was kind o' hard on that Jim fella - as he spent two-three years in the hospital for a broke back. Never could understand what makes such namby pambys out o' fellas these days. Pretty soon it'll be so a fella can't throw dead cats through a nursery window-you should hear the wail. hee hee hee.

Wonder what them kids is comin' over here for. Hey, you, watchout or you'll knock me over. Say you, put me down... Where ya think you're taking me? Put me downnnn. That's the trouble with you kids today, ain't got no respect for a body. You're all so dern wild. COME HALLOWEEN AND YOU LOSE ALL YOUR SENSE. PUT ME DOWNNNNNNN.