“A STITCH IN TIME SAVES NINE.”

Cromwell Argus, Volume XXXVII, Issue 1987, 7 May 1906, Page 7

“A STITCH IN TIME SAVES NINE.”

The proverb told is maxim gold and very old and wise For any page of youth or age at any stage or size. With rhyming wit in motto tit the hint to hit sublime. For poor or rich, no matter which, to mind the stitch in time. As anywhere a rip or tear shows want of care and heed, \iifl proof immense of negligence and naughty ' sense indeed; To mend is good in tense and mood, and always viewed as prime _ 1W poor and rich in any hitch to mind .the stitch in time. In stretch and strip a tear or rip at elbow , hip, or knee Will more, extend at either end with any bend down free. Prevention sure is best for cure and folly pure and prime, For poor or rich in such a hitch to fail the stitch in time. And lords were fags in tattered rags, with all their brags of fame. For tears and rents are faults immense that noble airs declaim; And those will err if they defer what proofs aver as prime. For poor or rich that feel the twitch, the careful stitch in time. As many watch to hit the notch, to make a botch at all, For reasons known to fate alone is naught to own as small, i For such a - rig are baskets big with judge and wig in chime, Who holds the switch with wisdom rich to mind the stitch in time. IV. M. O’Gorman