{"id":8669,"date":"2022-11-05T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-05T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newspaperhistory.com\/?p=8669"},"modified":"2022-11-05T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-11-05T05:00:00","slug":"bagman-wind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/bagman-wind\/","title":{"rendered":"Bagman Wind"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>From <a href=\"https:\/\/chroniclingamerica.loc.gov\/lccn\/sn82016014\/1914-11-05\/ed-1\/seq-4\/\">The Topeka State Journal, November 5, 1914<\/a>. By Grif Alexander.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Bagman Wind has things to sell, rings to sell, swings to sell!<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Bagman Wind has kings to sell! Every one a bargain!<br\/>Scent of sea and scent of flowers; Scent of garden after showers!<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Perfumes faint of passing hours! Every one a bargain!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Come, who\u2019ll buy? Ye simple folk, who pretend to love a joke,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Here are dainty rings of smoke\u2014every one a bargain!<br\/>Only cost a puff or two! Purse your mouth and they\u2019ll skidoo!<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Lover\u2019s rings enough for two! And every one a bargain!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Swings? Why, bless your heart, just these: Clothes on lines and leaves on trees,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Hammocks, ribbons, ships on seas\u2014every one a bargain!<br\/>(When these high grade goods he shows, how his voice\u2019s ringing blows<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Puffs his wares! But then he knows every one\u2019s a bargain!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Kings? Why, lots! Here\u2019s cheerfulness and (for the baby) King Caress,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And kisses crowned for Kate and Bess\u2014every one a bargain!<br\/>Health and strength he brings to you, cures you when you\u2019re feeling blue!<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;He can whisper secrets, too! Every one a bargain!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From The Topeka State Journal, November 5, 1914. By Grif Alexander. Bagman Wind has things to sell, rings to sell, swings to sell!&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Bagman Wind has kings to sell! Every one a bargain!Scent of sea and scent of flowers; Scent of garden after showers!&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Perfumes faint of passing hours! Every one a bargain! Come, who\u2019ll buy? Ye [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,21],"tags":[145],"class_list":["post-8669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newspapers","category-the-topeka-state-journal","tag-grif-alexander"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8669\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}