Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1854-09-27

A rich tobacconist comes and sues,
And, thinking the lady would scarce refuse
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 answer rough and ready enough,
To let him know she was up to snuii,
And altogether above him.
A Young attorney, Of winning grace,
Was scarce allowed to ''open his face"
Ere Miss Mac Bride had closed his case
With true judicial celebrity;
For the LAWYER was poor and 'seedy" to boot,
And to saw the lady discarded his suit,
Is merely double verify
The last of those who came to court,
Was lively beau, of the dapper sort,
..Without any visible means of support
a crime by no means ilagrant
In one who wears an elegant coat,
But the very point on which they vote
A ragged fellow a "vagrant."
A courtly fellow was Dapper Jim,
Sleek and supple, and ;all and trim,
And smooth of tongue as neat of limb;
Aud, maugre his meagro pocket,
You'd say, from the glittering tales he told,
That Jim had slept in cradle of gold,
With Fortunatus TO rock it
Now, Dapper Jim his courlship piled,
n wish the fact could be denied)
with an eye to the purse of old Mac Bride,
And really "nothing shor,erl"
For he said to himself, in his greedy lust,
"Whenever he dies-as die he must
And yield to Heaven his vital trust,
He's very sure to come down with his dust
In behalf of his only daughter"
AMI the very magnificent 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 a bride without the "Mac,"
With much disdain consented
Alas that people who've got their box
OF cash beneath the best Of locks,
Secure from all financial shocks,
Should stock their fancy with fancy stocks,
And madly rush upon Wall-street rocks,
Without the least apology!
Alas, that people whose none y-affars
Are sound, beyond all need of repairs,
Should ever tempt the bulls and bears
OF Mammon's fierce Zoology q
Old John Mac Bride, one fatal day,
Became the unressiing prey
OF Fortunes undertaSers;
And stalking all on single die,
His fuundered bark went high and dry
Among he brokers and breakers!
At his trade again, in the very shop
Where, years before, he let II drop,
He follows his ancient calling
Cheerily, too, in poverty's spite,
And sleeping quite as sound at night,
AS when, a, fortunes giddy height,
He used to wake, with dizzy fright,
From dismal dream Of falling.
But alas! for the naughty Miss Mac Bnde,
'Twos such a shock to her precious pride!
She couldn't recover, although she tried
Her jaded spirits to rally;
Twas dreadful change in human affairs,
From place 'Uptown,' TO nook 'up-sIalrs,
From an Avenue down to an Alley
Twas little coincidence she had-God wot-
From her "troops offrionds," who hadn't forgo
The airs she used 10 borrow:
They had civil phrases enough. but yet
'Tway plain to see that their deepest regret
Was different thing from sorrow
They owned it couldn't have well been worse
TO 90 from full to an empty purse:
TO expect a "reversion." and get reverse,
Was truly dismal feature!
But il wasn't strange-lhey whispe!ed-at all
IL. ,,fD DriJn cbfu1d ba lie l. Eoll
Was quite according to nature!
And one of those who make pun,
As if it were quite Legitimate fun
To be blazing away at every one
With a regular, double loaded gun
Remarked that moral transgreSSlOn
Always brings retributye silngs
To candle makers, as well as kings:
For "making light Of cereous things"
Was very wicked profession
And vulgar people-the saucy churls-
Inquired about 1.-The price Of Pearls"
And mock'd at her situation;
F'She wasn't ruined-they ventured to hope
Because she was poor, she needn't nope
Few people were better off for soap,
And that was consolation!"
And TO make her cup of woe run over.
Her elegant, ardent, pighted lover
Was the very first 10 lorsake her;
"He quite regretted the step, twas true
The lady had pride enough for two,'
But that alone would never do
To quiet the butcher and baker!"
And now the unhappy Miss Mac Bride
The merest ghost of her early pride
Bewalls her lonely position;
Cramp'd in the very narrowest niche,
Above the poor, and below the rich
Was ever wVrse conditOhs
MORAL.
Because you flourish in worldly affairs,
DON'T be naughty, and put on airs,
With nsOlent pride Of station!
Don't be proud, and tuIn up your nose
At poorer people in palmer clothes,
But learn for the sake of your minds repose.
That wealth's bubble that comes-and goes
And tina. all Proud Flesh, wherever il grows,
Is subject 10 irritation.
G5- The longer we live in this world Of roses
nd thorns, the more we learn to revere those phi