Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1838-03-09
HORACE IN BOSTON.

Breeders & Co.
HORACE IN BOSTON.
"uAppy the the man, escaped from town,
Who sits in rural snugery down,
And takes 10 cultivation"
Thus Daniel Discount bordering said,
And shook his calculating head
In lonely cogital!on.
"Oh! would it were my only care
A ,urnip patch an we're squares;
corn.Geld somewhat wider;
Ten trees that rosy apples bring,
The large for dumpIings just the thing;
The smaller crabs for cider.
"My eve! but It's glorious dream;
A flock of sheep IA four-ox team;
Fit for domestic abors;
A Byiield pig "a mongrcl goose;
A dapple slced for private use -
A donkey for my neishbors.
"Wuhin nv whilewashed garden wall
III rear me kitchen greens Of all
Choice orders and conditions.
Here pumpkins shall hedeck the ground;
There mighty cabbage heads, as sound
As many politicians.
"S,ring beans I'll raise, Of many class;
Nv peas IN flavor shall surpass
All gormanlizing wishes
And onions Of astounding size
Start iron tears from Pluo's eyes,
When ser> ed among his dishes.
"And ~ and down the fields III stray,
Where amLkins Fl i>k the Il,e-Iong day,
Aud PIGS aud poultry squabbIe;
Or round NY barn >a'd >aunle lingg go,
To hear The doughty cockerels crow,
And valiant turkeys gob5le.
"And then my dining room shall be
Under IA shady greenwood tree;
There DER my pewter platter,
While courageuusly fall 10,
The plaintve turte.dove shall COO,
And bob o'Inks shall chatter.
. " Give me plain aud frugal meal;
A shin of bee, "a sclag Of veal;
A hoe.cake like IA squatler's.
Some little kck>haw stew or fry;
A gooseberry snap "a pumpkin pie (;
A boiled sleeps head and lrolters.
"Oh for thar dish to pumpkins dear!
Which suits all seasons OF the year,
taltn, clustering, nrlInl uT CiOuuN
] doubt what learned Ihtb,ns call
The same, but Yankee natives all
Have cHKIsrkNED il Pan. Do,udy.*
"Wi,h line and rod Of cane pole stout,
I'll tickle many simple trout,
Which all esteem Il crack fish;
Along the s;reamel's sunny side,
III lay me down perdnc, Vet wide
Au:kp as any black fish.
"Noles, bills, deeds, bonds 81 will not scan
Those daily plaques Of mortal man
Ny eyes no more shall lgh, on.
All palIry pelf now de,pse,
10 bear away nobler p,ize--
I he best bulI.caIf AT Brighton.
"No whims Of fashion I'll obey,
But dress in homespun. green or gray,
Dab, yellow, dun or grizzle.
No more John Kuhn s. Co. shall strait
Lace M these limbs no more this pate
Shall Bogue s. Dudley frizzle.
"Aht b,sv Boston's busting sons
Beneath blue devils, dus, and duns,
Forever tagged aad clustered,
A long adieu , and 50 good bye,
For 10 I'm oif-as said the fv,
When filting from The mustard"
Thus Daniel, in poetic mood,
Near State Street corner, ponJering stood,
OF passers by uuheedlu; -
When 10 up steps needy knave:
Pops in his hand note to shave;
Great premium for the "needful."
lie lifts his head-he slirs his frame
He scans the sum and signer's name,
With gestures quite alarming.
His ar.bult castles disappear;
Fifty per cent, for half year
is falter gain than farming.
This, in trice, dispeed the charm;
Daniel has never bought his farm,
Nor thinks Of it, that know,
And, gentle reader, well or i'll,
The hunks will cash your paper still,
When'er you lack the rhino.
*This ruslical and true Yankee dish is not nov
G trow, often seen at table in Boston. Shou
~ citizen be ignorant of its nature, we beg lea,
inform him, on the authority of Dr.. DryasduS
lat It is prodig ous apple.pie, with a brown crus
lked in deep pan, unde nomen. Crust an
'ntenls are crushed into chaos; and when SER
up cold, as the Doctor says, credite Pisones,
ft for an Archduke.