The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1855-02-20

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I D,pend upon II my snobbish friend.
Your family friend you can't ascend
Without good reason to apprehend ~
BY some plebeian vocationl sA
Or, worse than that, your boasled lins
May end in loop of stronger twine
That plagued some worthy relation
But Miss Mac Bride had something beside
Her lofty birth 10 nourish her pride
For rich was the old paterna Mac Bride,
According 10 public rumor;
And he lived uptown" in asplendid square.
And he kept his daughter on dainty fare, :.
And gave her gems that were rich and rare,
And the finest rings and things TO wear,
And feathers enough 10 plume her
An honest mechanic was John Mac Bride,
As ever an honest calling piled,
Or graced an honest dilty;
For John had worked in an early day,
In I" pots and pearls" I" the legends say
And kept a shop with rich array
OF things IN the soap and candle way,
In the lower part of the city
No rarG apis" was honest John, 1-1
(That's the Latin for :" sable swan;p) 0B
Though in one of fancy's flashes,
A wicked wag, who mean, to deride,
Called honest John "Mr. PheniI Mac Bride, .
II" Because he rose iiom his ashes ".lC
Lille by little he grew to be rich,
BY savin of candle-ends and sich,
Till he reached al last an opuent niche
Novery uncommon affair;
For history quite confirms the law
Expressed in the ancient Scottish saw,
"a Mickle may come TO be mair.""
Alack for many ambitious beauxl al
She hung their hopes upon her nose tii
(The figure is quite Horaianl-
Until from habit the member grew
As verv hook as ever eye knew,
To the commonesi observation.
A thriving tailor begged her hand,
But she gave The fellow to understand,
BY violent manual action,
She perfectly scorned the best of his clan
Aud reckoned the 9th Of any man w
An exceedingly Vulgar Fraction.
Another, whose sign was golden boot,
Was mortified with boobies suit,
In way that was quite apaling;
For, though regular suitor by trade,
lie wasn'ta suitor to suit the maid,
Who cut him off with the saw and badc
fas I" The coblcr keep TO his calling.''
(The muse must let the secrei OUT
There isn'l the faintest shadow of doubt
That folks who onenest sneer and fout
At "ihe dirty low rnechanicals,"
Arc they whose sires by pounding their knees
Or coiing their legs, or trades like these,
Conirive 10 earn their children ease
From poyertY's calling manacles)
A rich tobacconist comes and sues,
And, thinking the lady would scarce refuse
a man Of wealth and liberal views,
Began at once with "if you choose
And could you really love him y =, +,
But the lady spoiled his speek in a huff,
With an answer rough and ready enough,
To let him know she was up 10 snuff,
And altogether above him.
Ayoung attorney, of winning grace,
Was scarce allowed 10 "open his face"
Ere Miss Mac Bride had closed his case,
With true judicial celerily;
For the lawyer was poor, and "scedy" 10 boot
And TO say 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 p
A crime by no means hagrant
In one who wears an elegant coat, .a,.
But the very point on which they vote
A raggedfellow "vagrant." f-vae.
10 A courlIy fellow was Dapper Jim, gnisi1.
Sleek and supple, and tall and trim, ''''i'f
And smooth OF tongue as neat of limb, III
,s And maugre, his meagre pocket, enn
/ q w - '"J f'offt wy bAhseithS tdiCo hC totuf
That Jim had slept ia a cradle of gold, ,n1
With Fortunatus TO rockitl o idss'if'
Now, Dapper Jim his courtship piled, 9ll
Il wish the tact could be denied)
With an eye to the purse Of old Mac Bride,
And really nothing shorterl ~ M \. I.
For he said TO himself, in his greedy lust, q
Whenever he dies-as die he must, 10 q
And yield TO Heaven his vital trust
He's very sure to "come down with his dust, y
a In behalf of his only daughter"
And the very magnificent Miss Mac Bride,
Half in love, and half In pride,
Quite gfaciously relenled;
And, tossing her head, and turning her back
No token Of proper pride to Lack > "a. =.
To be abride without the q Mac" 500 'al
With much disdain consented I ilt
Alas that people who have 60, theirbor
or cash beneath the best Of locks,