The Gonzales inquirer. [volume] (Gonzales, Tex.) 1853-current, 1853-10-08

teii u SLOWLY, voice ot time. N'
Love and friendship swectly chime.
Lies strain Of distant music
Falling on the listening ear; ,s8
Heard ut first in joyous accents,
Plaintivc, low, then loud and clear
Quickly gone, with one brief sigh,
Full of mournfll melody
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How to Write splendiferous Poem,
ny a rsrAnAwRss iIALfANALLgGArgR.
Go roll a prairie mp like cloth,
Drink Mississippi dry, a,5 8,
Put Allegany in your hat,
y steamboat in your eye.
And for your breakfast buffalo,
Scmc-iivc and.twcnty fry. i' fAs L
Go kill the whole Camanchc tribe,
Some day before you dine;
Pick out, TO make your walking stick, a
California pine
And then turn round and frown so dark
e The sun won't dare to shine. IS
Go whip a ton Of grizzly bears
With nothing but fan: a 7t
And prove yourself by all these fcats, s'ts
To bo u Western man. stl s'a ti
And You can write n poem grand sil 4
If any body can. 5ts ,,.f
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GREAT MES AWAY FROM lloxH. There il q
great deal Of truth in the following description
from the Cleveland l'laindcalcr: 500 s.ii
LfTrLE GREAT MES IN WAsiiiSGroS. - Great
men bnck IN the country, are little men In
| Washington. They there find ten thousand
other men as great rs themselves. They lose
their indentity like q pea In a barrel Of peas.
They are drops In the wave Of Senators, Re
presentatiycs, Governors, and illustrissimi,
! thnt surgcs up and down tho avenue. 0ut
little great n,Nn don't look for this, aud l,o i
disappointed at every turn. On his arrival; hs
goes to the biggest hotel, and enters his nam,
In bold staring hand. He expects the land
lord, when he sccs It, to salafn to tho groun,
in alteration. Tho landlord merely mods, rs h,
might do TO an ostlcr, and resumes his bust
ness. "ln take" says tho great man, 6,
parlor aud bedroom In the second story" 70
he means to sit in state and receive his distil
! guishcd guests. "Ali fhll.. is tho answer
"now putting cots in tho garret---y ou can hav,
hnlf a one" And so our little great nan---tll,
omnpotent Of a country or town--is driven t.
share prccarious fortunes of a ast,awtick, Will
other great men as little MS himself This j.
tho precursor and typo Of Washington cxpc
ricncc.
llc visits tho White House. md sends M
| his card. Here" he says pcnsiycly @ my
name Is known Tho servant returns: =
Liant SEQ you,' he announces, ..too busy.
when did hc say I should calls" asked The
little great man, family. Said nothing aior,
IT," Is the reply. ".Ah! Hum!" and the littl,
great man walks away, Sucking tho knob o
his umbrella, and swearing condlgns yengcncs
on the President. "PunkviIe, lac imittcrs,
"sl,all l,ear of T." Tho Departments next
cngross his attention. There At lceat lac will
be welcome. Ills pastcboarsi ovcrtur~ arc
here likewise spurnesl Finally. he obtains
secess 10 the +. o. General OF Secretary Of the
Treasury, but lie Is one Of an "mn.lislinguish.
able throng." Thcrc il no setting down FOR
air. hour, chatting Familiarity over cigar, pick
Ing out q snug berth Tor himself and comfort.
ably arranging punkvillc affairs ailcr his own
heart. lie is not@iy asacug notoslies, AMI. an
he has nothing particular 10 say Cor himself he
concludes Ia retire.
This little great man NOW lcMus, Cor tie tlsst
ssmc. thai he y anc greet shakes" Al Wash.
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