The herald., 1837-03-09
Lines from Rhymihg Bill of New York, to
his friend Long Prose, i'm Michigan Feb.

) from Rhyming Rin of New York, 4
friend Long Prose, fn Michigan Feh
2s
fan would write, but scarce thing
I've got 70 say that . fuany; aE3
Inc people here donoaght but sing
Aloud the want If money
They We raised again the price Of flour
nj The loai 81 bread smiling,
Which al meal one could devour
Quite easily-If willing
The prae oil beef is likewise too
With mutton and with veal,
Advanced SO much-l know that you
VIII Tor ne deeply teel;
For, as you knsw, I'm very fond nf
VI something nice ia eating;
Shall eat DsnsN shall Idespondl
No-n0-lH by chealingi
Sugar and soap, salt and tea
MUlasses, OIL ana ncs
Have alleot up, as you VIII see,
Enormously ia price.
Coal also has both soft and hard,
With charcoal and with wood;
AaA butter too with pork anu ,afa-
Can such things be withstooai
And what is worse, the landlords-hang 'enl,
feel my kn,lckies swell TO bang 'em,
Til their avurice relents;
But they're so haldened-nsts sf steel
Coulu penetration
Make on their uearts tAat they could feel
For folks IN humble station.
tits fact-thoagh one would think
QulIe differently indeed
That rum, and other kinds Of drink,
D0 not In prce Tecede:
One would have thought that they atleast-
Could not their rates inaintaln,
For without fuRds cannet feast
On wLiskey or champagne:
But those who tppIs cannot want
Their regular glass ot gfos,
No aore tnan Tammany" could vannt
Il we went net the " whoe hog"
For rum its wondrous thing,
just like Brandreth Fii;'
Take II at times--its sure to bring
cure 10. every Ill.
The ragged loafer on the dock,
Mus. have his quart per day,
As regularly as the clock,
To keep iis pulse IN play:
Te him all else Is sickiy ,Iash,
Not werth the ask OF chewing
Noteven eels with garl.ck hash,
Though they aic 80 endarng
There was a meeting t'other day
Assembled IN the Park, MENH
Ali Kinds oil folks were tsere, they say,
Save these OF geRtsel marx:
They thus assembled to fevicw
The price 0f rents and faes, 800
or bread and beef-whlch punch snd screw
Us nil 30 very cruel
In the resolutions which they passed,
They swore by soul AND shanks,
They would n, longer BE- hafassed
BY the viliainy OF uanks; nH
Fer they assert that al, the cause
0fprices having risen,
Is owing 70 eur banking laws
The worst laws under heaven.
Our precious gold has disappeared,
Thebanks have got 1t all,
And smuggied II, its really feared,
Forever from our CALI
And in its pac:-what have we gOff
aic!es of paper rags,
That have no yalue-ii0ta q Jot-
Like Mississippi snagsi
The resolutions thus were coached;
When finished, then their speakers
"5hall we," they said, i" who nevcs cToucked,
Let these men be our keepersP
"They shall noti' shoutea ose and all,
Nor grad US any longer;
Ourselves heneefor'h we disenihihl,
From every charter mongcri
"They, and they only, have done this,
In vile nonopolUiug
All kind of fthings-they cannot mss
Large fortunes realsing,
AT our ex Sense and shall we then
Peimit them To proceed
In tncir wild specuiations, when f...s.s....
nbeggan US indeedl
Let IA by some great act of ours
Shsw tnem ear indxnutisn,
How that our mind rc,olts aud sours
At their wicked inclination
res.s csn: al Sns ss %1 tSss sss ~ hsse Sa banks
Let's go TO HIM, with all our racks,
And take II, cheap or dcarP'
With that. the mob roared out aloud,
Bravoi let Us do itf
And oil they went, 10 u great crowd,
Straight ts the placc-they knewit.
The store Eli Hart a Co.'S,
On the north side Of the toAn;
They tore, with great aud desperate hlows,
The doors and windows down.
When down the Police came,
Armed with Their staffs-Oh Hat parade
Toquench tine Dsobolsh flame;
The stats the rosues soon took away,
Even from the fsagistratosa
Ans broke them all, an the ahay,
On the Aldennsn's thick patcs.
The Mayor, who tined in vain 70 qael
The notous proceedings,
Was cudgled worse than can tell,
SO useless were his pcadings.
When constable aud magistrate,
Were from the battle driven,
The mob went on al furious rate,
Without the fear of rhson.
For ono full h,ur they worked like sin,
The noise was loud and crashingi
Rags we've tipped, aad barrels stove ~,
And he flour 10 the winds sent dasnDg.
They strew'd the street. for half a mile,
Quito deep with flour and grain;
They needed not the task nor toll,
but worked with might and man.
wesned at last with their wisked job.
And hearing he soldiers coming,
on slunk, ~ pas, the usruly mob,
Asup came the soldiers drumming.
When TINY arrived, no one was left
rot them TO hsve shot at;
They were quite yex'a 10 be bcren
Ola chasce they long had sou ght at.
They loudly s~ore. crying-" Oh helli
Where have the rsscals fledl
There's one here that can well,
Without a cause shoot dead ~
They set aguardu upon the store,
The rest they marched away,
Quite vcr'd hat they had spilled no gore
80 esScd tins aiiray.