Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-02-19
Foa THE ALExAsDRrA DAiIT GAzErTs
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Witchcraft at length grew very hofuiar;
And who BELIEVED not against light & reason,
Was guilty, zouads OF treason!
Still there we're found in this dark age so
s.. frail, ~ =.
FIN seven thousand who ne'er 6ow'd to Baal.
These thought when sou'rsign reason was de-
barr'd $780, ..
To combat iu.aey-'twas somewhat hard.
But SO il was q
.' o.. 49,. because
The Poet clears the thing up to hair,
land who cons human nature more than
those
Mankind, he says, are easy led by tn nose,
As asses are.
when they're not led though by eunAing
hand,
They sometimes break '4e bride, under.
stand. -
This Lynus. Jasuus had good effects,
When vice designing, wanted a prescxt:
Public opinion ready stood to musk all
And screen from censure many knavish
rascal -
A circumstance took place,
Which shook this witehiHS 6usi"ess to its
base -
One blust ring nighS
Some 'ra'ty Iadswsrs vssssa WIN commits.
sion,
TO do an errand, which sasg.by the bye,
Had plotted NOT to debut thsomission
Wanted a specious FLEA, sothey outright
'Gainst the POOR witches rais'd hue 4 cry
The jockey. tho the mover of the plot,
His mosf in4'or!ant part forgot;
Namely, to make the tales Of all his tools
agree,
In case they were examined seherately;
Which prov'd alas too true The first
averr'd,
"'Twas clear as day what they all saw and
A tall, pale figure,
ErQer giant'a size, and rastly bigger;
With tremendous snout,
And chin projecting out,
And eyes like saueers, red and glaring, stood
Before them in the Dad J"
The second told his tale -
His figure was not very pale.
g Twas black as soot, of LiA;tu ZION size,
All-grinning, omni-moulhed; with small pig
eyes;
Astride broomstick, whisking thr' the air,
NOW mere, now tEGTt,
.Nozv yonder,
Filling them all with sad alright and Won
der !"
The third disquisition underwent
He had fancy more exuberant;
He said " the hags were plenty
And that his tale was straight,
The others tales would soon corroSorste -
He counted more than five times twenty;
of every color, shape and size
He thot it was old Harry's masque-
rade,-
Some were in nature turr, some in disguise
He and his friends stood trembling and dis
may'd."
In short each saw, and each his story told /;
But behold
Not enc iota i,stheir stories tailed!
Anon tho dormant spark OF reason "a lied
Indignant burst into a aamc,
And areu'd thus III no two saw the same,
Good sense infers, land justly too ween)
That nothing there was seen
For onee, old Nick turn'd traitor 10 his own;
HTfehc,aft svas cur'd-the cloven foot was
shewn;
The faction with long face,
Curs'd the ,faur has that bro't them this dis
grace.
Ye eats,,ap Editors this tale Of yore
Stood as beacon to your brother Hobby -
Why cid'nt he profit by the ancient lore,
And teach ye better how to guide your hob
by! Z
All ! twas an insult gross, to hide from you
The word in which the Jackson tnsnif lay!
Bobby supposed tbrighs boy y he'd nouyht
to do,
But Jus, to let ye loose, and cry husza!
He know your zeal, and tho't the deuce was
II your sagaeisus shouts couldn't take the
scent.
When ye tAre,v off, how soon ye did divide
For lack of noin,ers, oh what ills betide!
This chas'd a nosasm, that freed fast an
& : &c., ospl; ...
A third a tnrks .buzzard ;-savory fowl {!
One scented out his game. and oh absurd :!
It crowd a heke,, that long.legged bird !