The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-12-20

THE FORTUNES Of a CALIFOns
MAN.

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MAN.
frier hulsa g. man ~ faifuf
AHa sosne siiFaF-iHrsf ~ Lea.4e,
ll0gFhi A. irnEh iis pnina 200 lIilis,
And became aissafishsl,
Consequently,
hesas Dsv pTajsci nnsi be tnsd.
relsT-,a lHis shame ! sHy it,
Held the "sonr" 10 much deritiol,
Gales tiism nnmss pisn passing BY tbtln,
Ridicuisi their whole -Diviaiou,"
And moreover,
wa' vstsFan politician.
Peter dearly lsyoa his country,
kauelli laEa heF liia hnArt euuld sin,
SofiliuF tsIaPt ham % ioFsass hsI,
save iiis love sEAslltnd gins
othsr ieInPisn
Passed him Like The idle sind
Late one evening be HusinEg
hitter thoughts iis niind beHzi.
And o change came o'er iis sidfii,
ny.ihs roadsids where he eat
While The lagii wind
Whistlsd thFouEh his rimisss hal
Said he, .'tis most mslaHehoiy
That i'm laid upon ils shell,
fisie, ~taFs have served any country,
Sawed her withsuthope ofPeif,
AndEtuulf byi,sr
whrn oouldn'tstand Hyssa-"
"virtns's noihinr without riehss,
Thus ~ length I've found II out,
Whils the man With Fsld TO back him,
os;a elected with = shout
HadI money,
Governor I'd b. no dOsbt-"
'T~ouid sui serve the people hghuy
For their bass iuFrAtiiude,
~ s.,.,saslsl za.l NJ ths1I
Manage thing. a. best they could
They'd Eepsaiii,
whrn repruRaicc does no Foed"
y wln leave then,--thAt is certain
For the sdirFiru" am boun4.
Al this crisis they Will miss me
When election d. ooInel round,
They viii sssk me,
Eni yousss alsan't be fguna -
-FroAn Francisco win sally,
With my wicker in NV hand,
lip the Sacramento valley,
Spying DOT tle rooily land,
whsrr ''ansf'' thisk u,
There III stop md make stand"
siraiehtsty ffom an oia aide poOksi,
Drew he with bat littis work,
A susIYieious lool.ina hoitln.
Win nvsnernblo Sosks --,s. ,
While IN me eide
orthc glass wa, blown ''Nou York
From this fact No might imagine
Although sccptical boooDo,
He had T0Wuscnd't Saruapariila,
And has tysiam needed some,
But mosgystsiy
Il was nothing but rum
Peter then he Tins continued,
"wiih a lHrre amount IN charge,
III rr,urn, and be a constant
Peoples candidate nj inrFe
n eiseied,
ARghiy dusaes III disebArrs."
.Resavthsu M he as nsuai.
Auipiluity % crush,
While the moderate 81 al parties,
Give their votes Coz Peter Brush,
shall surely
GO Il with perfect rush
Tolas Who fancy they're above me-
Then viii and themselves below,
Ifehe SEQ they tIy 70 shove me,
Hard work they viii find, knsw.
White to psrtics
:, Mrs Brush and MIL g."
~ IT VIZ Ts ilsSs fTFffisF=ss
70 me f'rsur- Fru-h. -sssll come.
While the water work. shall carry
Nothing Weakcr Than rum,
When poor people a
Wan, To drink III gfrs 'elD- so1ne."
Peter haftsned Fuily h1rncvnrd,
And one pleasant summer my,
All The hciehborbood was saving.
"Petsr brush has rone away
LeavInrInany
Lizzie bills he couldn't pay.
Peter Brush he crossed the IAthmus,
Saw how well n miner fares,
Saw the "dryesi kind ~ "diggin',"
SAT- seine rnursirous grisiy hear,
Last of all, he
Saw the Elephant uuawares.
Peter tuw, mud hi. heart siekened,
A, the selfish, brutal strife,
Lost his patience, lost his eourngc,
Last Of all he loE, lsis lie,
Leaving children
And a mourning, widowed wife
You who read this hc1nely story.
Let not gold your reason crash.
BE coutent with STEADY saving.
AL delnsivc selvcmings hush.
II you'd prosper,
shun the fate OF Peter Brush.
F5T ne ClIedssiaa
DOMESTIC sOENETS.
% III.
Far upon the billowy crest,
On the oceans purple brcus;
Art thou sleeping there?
Absent one, OH speak to me
Brother on the dark blue Sea-
Tell thy sister where
Thy lonely couch IS made tonight
Il thy pillow soit and light?
And some tender word,
Like thy mothers, son and sweet,
Which thy ehildhoOd'a ear did greet,
Brother hast thou hesrd7