The Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1852-1855, 1853-11-25
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THI fEAsr az TUE .-sTNTLFMAN
IN uIask."


TiiI fEAsr az TIfE s.sENTLFMAN
IN uLatk."
"Fhe msr 10 hssk made t-.si sas day
4 dinnsf se ~ BE fneles
400 BE- ssuufsfea sh.sit g. nsd usra, ant
Te'ssis 4 b., da.stir, ssa dance az b., r,.at,,
Apd sian u.ssassi,rs sitt tsudst fse,-ii,
fei, ssy' BE-, ''ths pvsas 90 pay"
ne So hiai . priest o. fsrsids At b.. heard,
And b. rftnnod "a hrn hs al hiui dove,
~foi wen, .ass ths se,ii. 80 Shinins priest
that sias a fth sanrtih,a ienh, A. feast
T. eHttisd g. lsyecdcnr, os-f sac fr-t
~ i'u honaf The Gov and tho Fuwn."
40. he r,i han = lawyer ,a ~ At ,hs foot.
Juip 90 isiilv U.s.
Who had planaef.d the ~aiov, aud sl,il,d ms
pra,
Asd .rsfued NJ. ',rthsn away frvu, hi. dos,r,
Aad h. ehssied bY .isiute, and plead aud ,Nors
A' canning old iaSlcts do
Thea be- r.d usnrJef plump and IA,
sleek old r'nt ~ cent,
Who cst " tth q fAzts sharp and kesn,
Thai isv DO icH into hts hands, weru,
Ncfs suffered pass uli be had shaved them eicas
Tln' dsmutc any cat
Thrn the "black man got him a merchant, t,u,
Nhp sad by the sh.rtcucd > ard
Who kep, h,s accounts Ia awRl ofhis own,
When hr soid two ounces he sst thrcc down,
And charged two shiilihrs a. half . cruwn,
AEd pfosed BY hi, eicrk twas true.
Th,p he rei him doctor. queer old qaaek,
WIN his saddirbags b, h,s -idc,
Who phv.icked and sWeaiod without rcmorse
Even liytng thing tfum man in horse,
ABd blistefed, aud blcd, and tortared them
Than the disease 81 which ihey died.
n, hled up h.. table with others ween,
OF right eoud families old
For ihe De,li pn,ud aud common kHA,e,
Who rheaicd by retail, he would not have,
And the sight oi prAI@ckei made him grave,
So be tpIsd him the siouidcf cold
The gacst. were merry they quaiiud their wine,
Right merr, wer, they that night,
They cracked their ioAes, and laughed, and sung,
And huSAsed, and foAred till the arches niug,
And lcsts ubsoene werc on each tongue
They 10 isci were ltilc "nght."
The night, oh ii rlided night meuily on,
Aud t,.ok note at time,
Aud the old ci,ck bell, IA the old grey tower,
H. himn-rol the pcal- " the midnight hour,
Hat the gue.ts were ,oo meny, thoy had no ~
To list io the solemn chime.
The host he ruse from hi iron chsif,
And be called tor his banning bowl
And he brought the table terrible whaek,
Startled The priest, and alarmed the quaok,
And to"k zen the lawyer little shsrk,
Nhcn he thgurht OF that thinr--the soul
- health 80 qu'ih the ho,t, "herc'- health TO a
We have scned well and irlc,
We have furnished MY palace aud filled my rankr,
Win souls soduned b, your merry prank..
We have labofcd ~ we'll that the mead of thanks
l. due fnDm your prince To you.
aye have finished your task Your work is done,
And need So should take yuuTi t.
lewhi speed with me tn N, murray home,
Where III, rich flame. dash around m, burning d"me
And our demon orgies, mid smoke aud gl,um,
Have a richer aud rafor zest."
Then he winked to his imps, and he hourisbed his
tail,
And Ice stamped wnh his iron honf
And tic guests wcto grapHcd aud hurled along,
And thr merp jet, aud the shout aud song
Were loll"w ed by sbnekine loud'snd lpng,
A. they tore through the riycn rooL
There was wonder eanh when the morning
trokc,
And ihr lawyer, aud priest and quack,
And the merchant and guests that fea-tcd there,
Were ,aughi Tor carefully everywhere
Dy many longing, anxious heir,
Bat none of them cof caine back.