The Yazoo Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1840-1842, 1842-04-01
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Nith . hotribIe elane -
The devil up-spranQ
Prom hls gridiEpn bed where he lay,
- lAnd aWore ina giee,
He'd take WsmaIl spree,,
onsehF1bi THE blessed Nsis- Y s6Fssday IL
He took a cold bath in PhIegethon,
- % hls oxel.QQnt he 1uttunsi
Wiz With hell-Fsks be eombsd back his hair
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Hs then stirred up the Goals, sllbak
Tofoast the poor souls
That we're under his hot Jurisdiction. 5ttt
With gunpowder smell
He marchodsont Of hell sesals, Wa@
And came slowlY pn in this direction. Soc
He came ID GfeTry ~ Il ssssd dl
Which is crossed ina Wherty, s1ea a.
Old Charon the bOatman is.
The riVerof Styx, s. ..sff,asa.f, rtasfpl
Where all nations do mix,
When bound for the land Of Dis. e
Old Chafon was snfly.
The devil was buTiy,
And they quarreled about the feETiage;
IF youth ben me a. dice,
Ill win in q trice," - M
ouOth Satan, " the price Of your carriage;"
';2o"DoHsn' tho bet was made, s. -. -.
e04 And9tha game was played sls f2at"
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The boat was rowed over,
And Satan, the j0afeF,
Was soon out OF the precincts Of hell. 2 q
The first man he saw
Was a limb of the law,
Who was ilinga declaration-
Then followed the writ, q
And the.Court did sit
On the alledged defaIcation.
He passed by q bank tadI mi ....y. ! ~
Where the silver did eIanl,d
As men came for what was owing 'eni,-
And the devil gan smile, e II ~.
For he thought ell the whilsfso1g 81 > f
Of Pan-( what dye call it?) -demonium. g a !
He peersd with pleased looks
4 O'er'a merchanf's books, .,,e - 81
! Who was adding list Of his debts MP;
/ The poor merchant sighed, @d@If ,ri
Il Unless his books lied, -. =, -. -. +.
Twas plain he would soon be = bankrupt. 7
Il Thought Satan, this credit LILO l'ed
How often pVe;said it;4LTf" s 5a
ls the grandest of all mysihventi0ns :: "'"
The system WorkSwell, s.aes '4Iat'
1t has msdsa new hell .aees 6 's"2 81
On earth, with. these endless contentious
Jobs case made q buzz -, IS .ls... n.
In the land of Uz,. - ,...s.g "a, ,..,....
killedo hs'caltle and ssfYantss 5.-s.ei.h
An 'tweTe doing again, .{,.ts, 4. ral,,
I'D try my new plan, So st.a 81
And place him among the insolVsEtS.,ii -I )
will call now and see $50. q r19
My Governors quoth he, 1FF
Known as the Great Repudiator;" -
| He has cheated: the Dutch, -
Il 'Twould'nt surprise me much ~ e3,f
If he cheated mss.--his creatOl. 2 .'al5 = -
"Hello!' cried old Mack, 81 5h... - t..
As he lay on his back ..lse.a SIS l.saaiu
X Reviewing his annual message - Ieadia,y i.
II "Waik in my old boy n l.d.aa a8.oes
And listen with ioy,,l l.-Isa .sa;,sta i
While read you the following passages"
Satan listened awhile,
And was pleased with the style
1t smacked Ofsthe genuine Loco;
Exposing the Franks
Still play ed blythe banks,
Still ewfndiihg and thieying, though broken,
| az But begged in confusion,
/ Before the conclusion, 1 aV. p Fl
/ That with listening he might dispenser daid
i Aud "melodious twang" ~ - p
Through the ReighborhOOd rang, rs
AA,he suddenly departed hence. .ssi-ai b
rcd v:,.l s3eLo liaR saili ,asA M. IL.
Benton, (Misss,l January lst, ls4a.
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