The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1852-10-14
For the Gasettc'
The living Groan Of 1. N. R-ter

1oo anal, nota,oes for s.lhe citizen" 70 dig,
Martyred by c. because forsoo'h a WINS
And having committe ed the unpardonaoie SINS
or Drawing the unterrifed, and selling Piha,
weld to fate though fearfully dire,
Ana like the immortal Caesar, decently expires
But ere the vital spark forsakes its throne,
Hear. oh. We cou nter. jumpers, my dying groan'
Hsar what sad experience to me has taught,
And never dare indulge the silly thought
Tha. wisdom turks within the clownish ape,
Who serves the public, by retailing tape.
The great embodiment Of lore, this wondrous -
Omniscient, omnipotent, DEGREES, that we
Are pature,s fools, while intellect and kno"iedse,
Are only owned by students fresh from colleges
Lawyers in slips, and doubtful wooiy hats,
Made from the skins OF beavers, alias tabby cats,
Men of great ntellects and wondrous parts,
Blu. badly stocked with consciences, or hearts,
And tho in measuring muslins we can play our par,
A Lawyers conscience, is beyond our art,
For ii to me assure one, We should pretend,
We break our yardsticks ere We reach the end)
Attorneys a, large for county prosecutions,
With far more pompous words, than ski eocuion
Well stuffed with bombast, with latin overflow ing
Fond OF quotations, wondrous knowledge showing,
Ashamed Of their vain squibs to attach their name,
Ger different signatures, trumpeting their fame,
And suitng circumstances. can either BIS
A rusty crotcbar, citizen or -.
Retailers of Blackstone, in town AID state,
These the men to rule your country's fatei
And If, ye leather pates, ye dare aspire,
To play the critic, or refute the liar,
This mountain Of Intelligence, at one fell blow,
Eatombed in cloths and camimeres, will la, You low
While turkey buzzard citizen, who feeds on trash,
Will mince your ideas into Loco hash.
/ once INDUCED the pleasing thought, that lore
Was free to all, as in the days of yore,
Aid fondly hoped BY s,udyin close, that We
Might one day be as great and Tise as c.
But he has taught us, that tapeaer mule, alas,
Must ne'er aspire TO be spoufing ass.
Now to the great Ajax Of DE- .moc.raC,
This wondro us plunderer Of wit aud repartee,
From comic amsnacs, and mother goose's tales,
To patch his epigrams, when his wisdom fa.ls,
tender hearty thanks for his advice,
Aud truly hold ii far above all price,
But in return. please pardon me word,
In answer to the efusions OF his precious goard.
No budding scottiiss told me was smart,
Nor fainting pierccites Ger taught me the art
OF pleading the foul cause Of party liars,
Against the evidence ofmy ears and eyes,
| would inform him that lawyers sqaibs,
Are quite as harmless a lawyers fbs;
And II no one is Tiled BY L. NJ. htiele,
C's inuen does hur, him not a.particle,
And Tor this overtaxins OF his mighty brains,
He only reaps his trouble for his pains.
Nov in his counsellings this sapieni c.
Forgets the advice he pfoGers me-,
And as a citizen, who jumps too high,
Entirely over truth, aiightipg lie,-
He in jumping at L. NJ RS effusion, tsio
Has scared up something meaner than a mean concI
| A stolen aphorism from brilliant Boz,
Altered to suit this walking book Of laws,
A windy push at something very Witty,
Bat too much wind has spoiled il, what pityt
An Insignificant attempt al penning,
Displaying much less sense than simple cunning;
Liz. his gres prototype, the ca@ing crow,
He scars Immensely high, but settles low,
And roancing the eatrion of some decay ing muse
lie picks her fostering bones, for trash 10 suit
views,
In manufacturing his doggerel rhymes,
With which TO punish L. NJ. R-ters crimes.
| IT. a. he says, in l.. NJ. Ricle,
OF sense and reason, there is not a particle,
For lacking these, rm sure tits some excuse,
That il Was written By rag mans goose,
This should saihce for II surely ought,
That nothing iabored had brought forth neught,
! But C's ehusien, Of even this excuse is shoEn,
For from a mountains labors, 10, mouse IS born.
| L, NJ. r..