Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-04-24
MIstellamf0us 6lraninas.


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UIogy ON the Lowkomotiv steen Engine.
BY JOHN NJ. ELDREDGE.
Great innoyatur on the oald moads ov travelin,
few hlch CRATE menny Stages togethur,
tlll unr full ov peepel with lhare bagidge,
With thare karpit baggs, banbocksis, &c,
And then yew ring yure belle too Civ motifs
That yure cummin without ade of quaw-
droopeds,
Sich as camls, hosses and ellefants
10 pun yew and yure lode OF inhabitance and
trunks,
And that yewll goe oaver the rode on yure oan
hook,
Crate innovatur on The oald moads ov traveln!
Terryher of katle and fut travellers!
Yew goe il strong Yew put in like
Noikanou deprived of gravytashun
10 noald II TURN, and so rushn on the surplus
With sentriflgle forse, sufIishunt
Too ovurcum aw obsturkes in its weigh
II emmy crlltur of the lowur awdurz OF ben
is IN yure parth, yew sci up heejus skreem,
30 that the katte kique up lhare heals
ana galup, jest at happenz, owt ov the weigh
Or Ia lt-bein too alarmed TO fawm iuiment
win the commun cents that purlainz 10 thare
And man whew walks the urh erekt and sub
lighm,
When missin his kalkurlashm of yure distuns
Jumps right or left inter peat and swomps,
= Inter kinks OF dichez OF muddi watur
Which splles thare close and leeves them
In purity hcks 10 present thdreselves
10 a evenin party, or 10 make a wishde.for
viZet
10 the beluvid ohJlck OF thare afeckshuns.
AUD somnmz yew hit rite agin the ocks,
Or the unthIhkln boss, or spessmen
Of deep humanity pokin along
In sollom medilashun on the rales
AND grynd them awl 10 smash and littel atoms,
Kiln um without bennett OF klargy,-
Terryher OF kaltel and fut travellers
Rapid communicative betwene distuni pn,s
allwers luke on yew with admerashun;
And es yew thundur along so mty eazy
Whlstlln, rlngn and screamin
Smoakin and tarein up dusty partikels
ihihR now konvennnt II lis for a man in
hurry,
Too etc his brekfuss in queen Viktorvs dermi-
nlonz
Dyne IN Bosiun, and take his kup Of hghsun
In M iorke attairy kandel.lete
SIchis the triumph of genous
When II kombInds with merkanich art
Too klere obstrukshuns form the panh Of beins
Who feel that thare emortal sperrits
Shuld not be hampurd bye lawes Of thyme and
spayce,
But have rite, eff thares emmy weigh 10 KUN il.
100 goe from wnn part OF the yunvass 10
anuther
In no thyme nor parse the spayce stretchin he
Rapid kommunikatur,
Evidense of hooman progriss ben onwardz.
Forty yeers was the chdurn Of Israel
giitin threw the dezurt from the table OF faro
III yew had bin thare with yure pillur of fer
by mite and yure clowdy cyllom OF smoak by
day.
lew'd put um threw in 40 hours
Inter the land flon with milk and hunny
tb..a ~, 81, II, I
The High-vights, Hitiights, Gt.tights and Phi
lislians.
And wunce il tux some weaks 10 20 from
Bosiun
Too Hartford in Konetikut and munths
Too wreech the paise WHARF Sinsinnaty stands
Now famed for deth-dealin sawter howses
And packin pork ia peeses sootabel
To bake with beens, and 10 try owt for various
Kulnery perperses sich as fryin do nots
Now theas Jurneys can be finished up
Al short moths with neetness and Dispatch
Shoein that the human mind is kapable
Ofkoutinooal devilopement in skience,-
Evidens of progress
Sivilizur of barbeighhrians and savagiz,
lew kaws dapoes too bee located and sot up
In plaises on yure rode TOO the turminigh
Where the people air in natur's childhood
Too them yew karry the blessins of sviza-
shun,
Rum, books, tobaker and nusepapurz.
Gew shoe thom thai sum things kan bee dun
As well as othirs, and set them drlnkin and
ihinkn.
And smokin and considerin, and chewin and
ponderin
On thare own gnorunce and the wonderful mol.
lege
OF thare bruthren who put yew TO movin.
They sea yew goe II, without giltin weary
With no mussels 10 gin out, no jynts TOO SPAWN,
No legs 10 get fowndered, nor fele TOO inter.
fear,
As haPpenz 100 thare bosses, and thay bekum
Emmulus too doc as mulch as othir nasbuns
50 the desyre leeds too the Accomplishment. and
They pick up the krums ofinfurmashun
Which yew throe owt your kource
Like the sparks from yure funil,
Sivilizur of barbeighrans