Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1851-01-04
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,T;s doubtless the wish Of the Town,
To q nee at the ncw-coming year.
To see what is there written down,
And read without doubling or fear.
Amt Sally's d prophet Of no small reiiown,
Who washes and irons somewhere near the
"W " mill
From her we have learned what is here jotted
Flown
or its truth you may doubt if you will.
Let the year that Is gone, chaunt its own tuner
lei song,
Whilst the moss Of sid time on it's carcass doth
[revel -
The pleasure it gave us, we'll carry along,
The pain was oil trash,-let il 80 to the d.
IT'S predicted, a shower, this year VII pour
down.
A shower of dust well seasoned with dimes
Quite enough 10 I'll up every box IN The town,
Our friends wont forget TO be ready IN time;
Bling out the old buckets and kegs from the
And brush off the mould that HE grown DER
the stSfes;-
For the planks may be wanted e'er the year
To keep out the damp from the dark moulder-
ling grave.
Old ladies, for you Aunt Sally predicts,
A new tangled cap full Of ribbons TO dance
A fashion imported from Sal4iac-te-which
or course via the Republic Of France.
No simple affair to fit close to the head,
But full of fine laces and sky-bluish braid
Not a light hlmsy thing tor Aunt Sally mas SAID.
Twill take a whole year, 10 find now IT as
lmade.
Young ladies' for you there's much doth appear,
,tt IL - '..,l ..Ina,,,.ny sA e.,al.
The prophet il Pledged not 10 picture IT here,
,rwouid Fob it of charms that uncertainty lends.
Oil wise is the power that draws the close veil,
That screens what's TO come with such darkness
and doubt -
Did we know what il is, t'would apfeai quite as
stale,
As the scenes that are past, which are fast ia
ding out.
But hope clothes the future with gaflands of
flowers,
The Rainbow's The emblem Of youth in its prime;
Aurora in smiles at the morn's early hour,
With q promise doth point TO a more bllssful
time;
Az her car doth ascend the blue-arched vault
A train ofsweet spirits of promise appear,
Whom the morning of life in its freshness exalts,
And pleasures the song Of the guest o. her car.
Forthe old town Of Red Sick the year Fifty One,
Has many fine things TO reward the discreet -
LINE Gly1ldi5NOI Dh dti tSiiu tS abiiiCts
'Mongst the things we observe, there's a whistle
for Pete
Nine trumpets there are all FURNISHED with brass,
OF pop-g,iis a score and there's none Of them
sfrfall
For Jeems We observe there's a very queer
mask, k
And a cock OF new tin to crown the Town Hall.
Oh Lord! what a medly the old man brings in,
Of changeable clcaks and marks for the time
sr. t.,, a. - q, ,x.n aIytsa var Layin
II ths cloaks are some worn yet they look very
fine.
He brings a small book nicely bound up in calf,
A book about smiles and leers for the eyes;
il shows what to grin at and how mich TO laugh,
AT the folly Of others--yourself being wise,
There's 0wen on roads and Johnson on ways,
Oftrumpets to speak through there's one for our
self;
For chief-iustice G--he's to bring better days,
Nhen books about law are to mould on the shelf.
Let the rats and the mice feast on its dull page,
The source ofsuch ills that no physic can heal;
For lawyers and doctors there's TO be no more
rage,
To prove it is 50 ;z1s5t "a fpucssrts appsa.
SS-%sHu 70 r-ead--all things will in time,
And We'll tell you quite briefly Aunt Sally has
said,
On this night next.year when St. Joscphs strikes
nine,
This old worn out world shall wind up and be
dead.
No soul saving sect or temperance host,
Can keep the old sot from this final disaster
lie has reeled a long time and must give up the
Ghost
lie could not be saved by the Harmonic plaster.
Prepare your accounts and be ready to square,
With a balance made out on parchment or vel
lum;
II you want to insure against damage by fire.
Why come TO the office and pay down the prem
ium.
Twill burn without smoke like the purest cam
phine,
So many have thought, but Aunt Sally says no;
Twill explode like a boiler DER heated with sin,
The wreck will burn up in the regions below.