Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1847-12-29

Poetry and Pork Rather a curious blending
together this Of two staDle articles, Every one
viii acknowledge that the first of these
moci'ies, when marketable, is owing to good i'm
imaginative powers and highly cultivated mind
possessed by the author; for, without these
quisite qualities, the article is most generally
'cranbo Gingle' nonsense On the other hand,
FORK Is real fixed fact requiring aud
careulness TO deveiope il to its proper pumpuess
IN short, pork IS pork, whether the market price
be 50 per cwt. in the capital or - in Cincin-
natl; IT IS also fixed fact that the price Of Pork
is regulated by the supply and demand. We were
melted to the above remarks about Poetry and
Pork, especially the poetry, on picking up the
Jefersonian of Nov 9th. Ia that No and un-
der the head Of "Original Poetry-copv right
secured we found the followin. very original
gcm:-l we hope we are not infringing tho copy
right by transferring it to our columns D
'Thcre man in our town,
That got into the steep!e;
And filled a warming pan with Crog
And ti,rowcd it on the people.
There it is, in its original puri,y-lnade,
ufactured, done up, and invented by the veritable
author Of The Duck Hunter of Cayuga'. The
reason why we think SO, is, because the fms of
both these original articles resemble each other
strkingly,-.The Duck Hunter ends with a
barrel of rhiskey, and the Poetry nth the pour
ing out of grog from a warming pan.
There several, who bear the likeness of
men. "in our town. who, instead of getting in
to steeple-fling a warming pan with grog
and pouring it on the people; take the utmost
delight N filling glasses, bottles and Jugs with
beer, ale, hard-cider, W re, gin, brandy. ana bald
face whiskey, and encourage little and big bows
Young and old men TO pour the poisonous truck
down their throats, thus laying the foundation
of a vice, or Perpetuatng it, which will literally
consume not only their own bodies and souls but
wreck the prosperity and happiness of mothers,
wives and children. These men sin our town.
make merchandise Of domestic peace, by selling
liquid fire TO those who will drnk it, and put the
price of it contentediy in their pockets
Their consciences must be made Of gum elastic,
and their pockets be fre-proof, when they take
the last dime from ragged boys, sent by fathers
to procure the poison that makes the poverty
stricken more wretched and knoring this is it
not surprising that these liquor sellers peck
not burnt full of holes were it not for the
above reason7 These men NAV grow rich by
thus practising ev--they may flourish for a time
on the filthy lucre' thus hoarded but tho dav
,riH come, sure as 4 kind and be ficent Prov
idence rules the universe, when these riches " III
take to themselves wings, and be scattered TO the
four wines of Heaven. Death is in the bowl
both to the seller and drinker. The wages Of
sin is de attn Then "Touch not, taste not, and
handle not the unclean thing
We might write two columns on that part Of
the authors mental windlass' which raised the
4 . ~,
it for the present and 10 the consideration
of the original poetry itself Wei hope our rea-
ders will repeat that verse again, and sure
we are, they will agree with remarks
about poetry at the CONNIE nee ment Of this art-
Gle. 1t takes Imagination TO convey into
the steeple, and IT also takes mind well stored
[as very distiagutshed writer oDce sad) with
.'bucke Is full of instruction from the depths of
the 'Pierian SPRING. to give expression to
'highfalluton' ideas, in the inspiriting language
of the muses., Well-it does,
We might have been celebrated for writing
"a little bit of yarn, or perpeirating 'original
poetry as our neighbor of the Jeffersonian, had
we but applied our metal windiass to drawing
up the buckets full of instruction. in the way he
has done, We have the vanity, however, to be-
ieve that tie poetry is in US, If could get it
out: but, some how or other, we can't regulate
the rnetrical proportion ike ne ghbor-on-
line riN come out longer than rest in spite Of US
We submit the following specimen of what we
can CO. in the poetic line, 10 impartial world :,
It's not quite as original as Ighbor's; and,
for that reason. We have not take. the trouble
to have the copy right secured
There is a man IN our town,
He rs very funny
Who swears tina, Pork did take fall,
Because the Ohio Banks have IN circula-
ton Eight and Quarter Millions of
Dollars in Paper Money.