The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1851-12-04

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| (The muse maid let secret out
There isn't the faintest shadow of doubt,
The folks who oitenest sneer and hout
At "the dirty, low mechanicals,"
Are they whose sres. by pounding their
knees.
Or coiling their legs, or trades like these
Contriv'd 10 win their children ease
From poverty's CALLING manacles.)
A rich tobacconist comes and sues,
And, thinking the lady would scarce refuse
A man of his wealth and liberal views,
Began, at once, with "lf you choose
And could you really love him"
But the lady spoiled his speech in huff,
With an lswer rough and ready enough,
To let him know she was up TO snuff,
And altogether above him
A young attorney, of wining grace,
Was scarce allowed 10 "open his face,"
Ere Miss Mac Bride had closed his case
With true judicial celebrity =.
Fo, the lawyer was poor, and "seedy" to
boot,
And 10 say the lady discarded his suit,
Is merely double verify
The last of those who came 10 court,
Was lively beau, of the dapper sort,
"Wnhout any visible means of support"
A crime be no means fragrant
In one who wears an elegant coat,
But the very point on which they vote
A ragged fellow, ia vagrant."
A courlly fellow was Dapper Jim,
Sleek and supple, and tall and trim,
And smooth of tongue as neat of limb
A maugre his meagre pocket,
You'd say from the glittering tales he told,
That Jim had slept in a cradle of gold,
With Fortunatus 10 rock Il +!
Now Dapper Jim his courtship piled,
Il wish the fact could be denied)
With an eye TO the purse OF the old Mac
Bride,
And really "nothing shorter W
For he said 10 himself, in his greedy LUST,
"Whenever he dies-as die he must
And yields TO Heaven his vital trust,
He's very sure to come down with the dust,
In behalf of mis- only daughter"
And The very mazuifcen! Miss Mac Bride,
Half In love, and half in pride,
Quite graciously relented
And, tossing her head, and turning her back
No token OF proper PRIDE TO lack,
To be bride without the "Mac,"
With much disdaIn, consented
Alas ,ha, people who've got their box
OF cash beneath the best oil locks,
Secure from all financial shocks,
Should stock their fancy with fancy stock,
And madly rush upon Wall-street rocks,
Without the least apology
Alas that people whose money affairs
Are sound, beyond all need OF repairs, -
! Should ever tempt the bulls and bears
OF Mammon's fierce Zoology
Old John Mac Bride, ono fatal day,
Became the unresisting prey
OF Fortunes undertakers
And stalking all on a single die,
His foundeTd bark went high and dry
Among the brokers and breakers
At his trade again, in the very shop,
Where, yeas ago he let it drop,
He follows his ancient calling
Cheerily, loo in poverty's spite,
And sleeping quite as souud al night,
| As when, at Fortunes giddy height,
ne useu 10 wake WIN uiZZy irlSht,
From dismal dream of falling.
But alas ! for the hau .hiy Miss Mac Bride,
Twas such shock TO her precious Pride
She conldn,t recover, although she tried,
| Her jaded spirits 10 rally
Twas dreadful change, in hlman affairs.
From place "Up Town." TO a nook "Up
| = Stairs"
From an Avenue down to an Alley -
| Twas little coincidence she had, God wot-
From her "troops of friends" who lIadn'
| forgot Y
| The alrs she used TO borrow
| They had civil phrase enough, but yet
Twas plain 10 see that their "deepest re-
| - gret" t-
Was different thing from sorrow