The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1850-04-13

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SANE, mGnCArE T)
Dan Phactoll-so the histories run
Was dashing blade, and son Of the Sun.
Or rather of Phubus-but; ms to his mother,
Genealogists make a deuce of a pothor,
One set standing up for Clymene, another
Dlscarding the lady with evident scorning,
And swearing the knight WAS 4 child Of the
Morningl
For ormysclf must say as n careful explorer,
The last are correct,
And though respect
The claims Of Clymcne, and even adore her,
And wouldn't from spite place another before
her,
Yet tbs roaring young clap was the son of
Aurora!
Now old Father Phocbus, ere railways begun
To elevate funds and tcprcciate fun,
Drove very fast coach by the name Of The
Sun,
Running, they say,
Trips every say
(On Sundays and ALL in n heathenish wav)
All lighted up with famous array
Oi lamps that shone with brilliant display,
And dashlng along, like genticman's shay
With never fare, and no hing to paw
Now Phaeton begged Of his dotng old father,
10 grant him a favor, and this the rather,
Since some one had limited, the youth TO anoy,
That he wasn't by any means phOcbus boy'
intending, the rascally son of gun,
10 darken the brow Of the son Of the SUM
BY The terrible StyXH and the angry sire,
W Nhie his eyes flashed volumes Of fury and
fire
And his forehead was scowled with the force Of
his ire.
10 prove your informant an infamous liar
swear | will grant YOU whate'cr YOU desire !
Then by my head
The younsster said,
III mount the coach, when the horses are fed,
For there's nothing d choose, us I'm alive.
Llk" seat Oh the box, and a da,hmg drive"
Nay, Phacton. don't
beg You won't
Just stop moment and think upon t.
You're quite too young continued the sage.
10 tend coach at your tender age,
Besides, You see,
Twill really be
our first appearance on any stage
Dc,st my child,
The cattle are wild,
And much fear the coach will be spilled
For when their temper, are thoroughly Iil,d,'
They are not the chap, t. draw II mid,
You're wrong, say,
You'll rue the Iav,
50 mind, and don't be !ooiish Pin"
Bat the youth was proud,
And sVorc aloud,
Twas just the thing To l,tunlsh the crowd
He'd have the hor.c>, and wouldn't be- COW j!
ln VAIN the boy was cau;iuncl at large,
lie called ior the chargers, unheedIuG the
ch1r.r,
And vowed 'hat any youug fellow of force,
Could manage dozsi. coursers If course.
Now rhutu, fc,: exceedingly sorry
lie had gwen his worl IN such hurry.
But having sworn by the styx, no doubt
lie was u for it now, and c0ul,l'n. back out.
So calling lhw;ou up IN trrc
he gave the boy bit of ad,icc:-
Iorce Sfvariis, H,src lorG,-
"A stage direction, of which the core l..
Don't use the whip-thoy're tickli.h tlinv----
but whencycryou do, hold on to the stfins-D
kcIHcmher the rule Of the Jchut j.,
.Rcio ttis,i0oiS dis
tAs the Judge remarked to a rowdy Scutchnan
Who WAS taking wall; between two watch.
mcnl
70 mind your eye and spare YOUR coal
BE Shy oi the stone, AMI keep in the roal'
Now Niwion pcrclcl in the coachman', place.
Drove oH thc atccd' at iII!ou, pace,
Fast ~ cour>crs running u race
On bounding un Ia . >tcrrl-cha~c,
OF whip and shout 'rrc VIZ, no la,h-
'Crack-w hack
Wha,k--crack-
ErSouudcd along the horses back,
Frightened beneath the singing lash
Cutting their flanh> in many u cash.
On, on they sped rs swift as II flash,
Through thick and thin away ,hcy ah,
tSnch driving /, always rash,J
When all ut oncr with = dreadful crash
The whole Establishment went to smash
And phwton lac,
~ all agree,
on the coach was suddcalv hurled
Into puddle, and out of the world
MORAL
Don't raShly take to dangerous courses-
Nor set 1t down in your table of forces,
That any one man equals in four horses,
Don't swear by the styx
RS one Of old Nicks
Dnbolical tricks,
To get people into regular fix
And hold 'cm .herc as fast as bricks
Yankee Mak.