Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-01-11
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ARGUMENT

aud ,ncr Of dr,y,p,- q,
pastures -haUows, sknnets g., rf,h ,,,ss -.henho,I
heep--rogue,-- -woye,-hounds~ ppn,i,l
,ds-ience atom address to ara,or.-
mo" pIousnn Glover gypsum -cowtal-Sm Humphre
v--teaf oegn>--elodhoppers .rvcIsrers-hiring day
'ds- distribution of labour-grubbing- of Irayir
mps- old fences-hogs &c &c &c
] sing the tllage old Virginia knows,
winch cheats wi'h hope the hushand'nan who soys.
Not such a. Marc sung IN dea'hless strains,
To piping shepherds aud Italian swans
with "crops nnnlsnSe,". barn here cper cyncks.u
The wheat comes always badly from the stacks
Inc corn falls ever most Immensely shot,
VI vague conjecture or of false report;
No tceH fed buHocks drag the giiteting plough
But hall sfaIv'd horses and the Lord knows how
, Their shoulders ,haied by names of naked wood,
I'LL downward streams regardlessly the blood
Urged ON necessarily by laundering whips,
vi scouting n"gr,es with their hap's und gsep 3;
No well fed bullocks-no hut stubborn mules
Well match'd IN vilainy with him who rules
For as their sides re>ouud Just heaven, with sticks
They of lei fly the Tremendous kicks.
fh" Pompey punch them, and tho Ce.a, curse
IL serves no purpose hut to make them worse
Some ttenchmanf sad-''w uld YOU convince n f,ol
As soon go kick IN stable with your mule
Senien'ious wIt!-how forcible,-ho,v true,
l daub the picture which once he drew
No well fed bulocks-but the bare boped OK
That sui ring martyr tn inhuman knocks,
Condemned, tho pining with the hoiloic horn,
10 exist on fodder, but to M corn
Rcpasi 100 scan,y,-in the furnw ia,
The suffer sinks - the creature trrs foo fat,,
No smil'ng pastures spread inviting here
Blu, dry. hot fields ev'ry side appeal
A sul'rv scene, dismal waste, alas!
Where mans great object is to kill the grass
This tho attacked with never ending blows
no, rom na'ro%s, SWIMMERS and from claering hoes,
VIII rise ahhouent on the farmers view
Like the fam'd monster which Alcides Slew
trab gras. drraclnac and turn your backs,
IL starts like hydra from repeated whacks
No shepherds tune their reeds IDLE rhyme
For none have leisure for such waste Of time:
In truth the sheep by ~ one here are wachd,
Save rogueH who suffer If they can be catch'd;
tound-wof-or runaway, he only deals
In closely DIGGING at their nimhle heels.
Alas poor dooks! Arcadia's pastoral ground,
Nor Thyme" nor 'Cyiisus" can here he found
"Dstended uddcrS"i ne'er approach the nail
But only udders which sure tn fail
COWS bagless poor-protubcrant in innts- ,,.....-
Yield milk IN spooniulls, most in N
VIVA, MelihUu,, or what Tityrus - c'nts'
Gould hake rich cheeseI ...,-s-+'So,
g.aw .v 10y ''''' e,Scennoor a, cariy nom
No sfgs so fdn'shd otdt they're tsrn'd to horn
v2-Falows' blossom on the neighbour. hedeem-
We use hut fence rails which are split bv ,yedge
vi vatings dry, unso'Rht by "HyJia's bees,
Which can't suck honey from dead limbs of trees
On Muse!-but pshaw!-thats sialc-a ioke-
what Muse. pry;hee. should here invoke,
Those maids Of pndus IN this Christian land
Should not he called on for a helping hand;
All. sooner call to aid the rustic Law
Chiefs grown conspicuous IN This farming day
w no rule IN clubs, and stately there preside,
And mount their hobbies for a tedious ride;
who write long ESSAYS in a style confused,
Themselves more cupable than those abused
Those sage Priptolemi who WELD the pen,
10 show our fath.Ts misguided men;
Far, far inferior, to their wiser sons,
Mere Go,hs and Vandals' or like barh'rous Huns
whose sway brought rum on the iarest plains
These lacking mercy and those lacking bra lns
Come then Nrators OF the modern school,
And ne benignant TO a rhyning TOOL:
Himself farmer of that set Ifegs
VIII Tlr the goose To get the golden eggs;
IhT stupid, blind, short-sghed band,
Who skim the surface aud undo the land
Who rear no clover thirsty soil,
For whit grows not IN rewaT' their toll.
Who strsw gypsum, but absurdy rail,
And swear TITS nothing to the old cow,ail.
These are their follies--ihcse their CRYING SINS
Despite the pamphlet of enthusiast Binns:
own the change and cry myself peccav
read, but follow not, Sir Humphrey Davv
Arise Clodhoppers nov begins the year
Attend the business which demands YOUR care
Der seers all! whom TAYLOR dubs the Priests ,a)
Of sad destruction" mount your bobail'd beasts
Kept always IA, when other uags are poor
Tho fed on nothing from the corn house floor (J)
IT'S hiring day--and to each county court,
Those who nave negroes will this morn resort
Bid boldly bid aud stretch your eager throais,
O'erhld your rivals, and then give your notes;
Fear not the consequence when months roll DER,
You've pass'd your bondsso think of them no more;
When that is done, Virginans' debts arc paid,
Till courts of justice lend their tedious aid.
High minded men disdaln these petty rubs
Thev leave such settlements to legal scrubs:
Skinfnts alone are ever punctual found.
And take their bonds at the time they're bouua
This done-retun To your respective homes,
Prepare your corn fields the sprlna lime comes
Renew your several troops Of sootv blacks,
Make Icenchss grub and feloiUS WELD the axe
Watch well the former for they often leave
The stump, ins'dious, in the soil they cleave,
And when the pIonS,, at ,ome more distant day,
Share-beam-and chains-aud exc tire back-bands too,
And Sambn s,aggcrs as ne utiers whcul
Weld well the axe. and fell the growing trees,
Ope wide the corn field to the cooling breeze
Naught more contributes than the air, weeu
To keep your corn stalk Of . neallhiui green
Go round your fences and adjust the rails,
Insert new pieces where the old one falls
Stop all the hog holes c't the tIeacherous snout
Should find these piss-ways n your corn field
Too many hope by aid Of yelping dogs,
To guard the corn field from "inJerHai hogs"
They leave their fences IN state unsound,
Then comes the hor and grints them to the ground;
Ihey pant-Test from their abOrs-Siecp-
These curst mara"ders through the hog holes Green:
Led on, peJhaps, by some gigantic boar,
What havoc spread they while the laborcrs snorc.
The morning breaks what work for them that morn
The hoss-the hogs!--the hogs IN the corn ,cl
tAh! then and there are hurt ling one and all,
Like Byron's picture Of the Brissclls ball. N,D
Men, dogs. aud hogs in one confused pell neil
And many dismal squcal, and many deafenng yell;
Some dog soon iasens on some uCkless ear
Awhile hangs growing then lets 60 with fear;
Noon he seizes his manged prey
The Pafthian wheels and fght', and flies away
Hold HIM and hold hinl makes the wckin ring,
While round his head the rocks and brickbas sing.
At length the battle euds--ihe routed swine
Have Tcach'd tie Rubcon, the ncighb'riug line
Away they 60, with many Joyous snort,
The master curses, but It's S.nbns sport
oh dreadful scenes, renewed perhaps next day,
"0"ornm pars. f'n' as every one may say.
Hiatus maxine dcnendus
Immense ruporun houca messes.--TUg.
Montague believe
The common excuse Of tic Buokskin for the death Of
OccasonCd hg starvation.
Bis VENT ad mulclTam, binos ALT uberc frtus.
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