Butte record., 1856-06-21
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Doesticks' TrocElean Epic.


poet! We have before us from the
press Of Livermore & Rudd, the some
time announced, and universally and
lmpatientiy expected poem, Of nearly
FIVE thousand mes, by the incompara-
bly, dlyerting Doe tlcks-in the trocha-
ic measure Ia HiaoCdthd. Doesticks
has immortalized himself for day, if
not for all time. He has written an
Epic that will conyuIse the world with
laughter-an epic full of truth, wit,
sarcasm, humor and history-an epic
ten times as long as Hiawatha, and ten
times as funny-an epic illustrated by
McLenan, whose pictures, scattered
over every page of ''Pluribustah''-
for such is the title Of Doesticks' epic,
are sufficient to ''tickle the ribs of
death,'' and wreathe grin on the
phiz Of melancholy from ear to ear.
'Pliribustah' is remarkable, side
splitting poem. Doesticks, the compi-
Ter, discovered the MSS in his " I'm
clc's" pocket. His "Uncle" is old
Three Gilt Balls,'' originally from
Lombardy, whose business is to succor
distressed poets, artists and musicians,
and who sits at his door:
SITS and sings Lis Song ofSixpense,'
Sixpense here for every farthing,
Every farthine that lend YOU
You shall soon return me sixpence."
The MSS of "Pluribustah" was in
Uncle's pocket for two and sixpence.
Doesticks discovered and recovered it,
and the fruit thereof is the charming
funny, fascinating epic volume. Let's
to the plot at once.
In the ancient heaven old Jupiter
was sitting on lop-pail in the wood
she'd, smoking his pipe of comfort
Mrs. Jupiter not allowing smoking in
the house. He discovered a maiden
approaching-it was Miss America,
Jupiter's daughter - who, in conse-
Xuhnce Of "a scratch with Juno" and
Juno's general rough temper, was sent
in former years by her ''pa" to have
dominion over the Sayages. Jupiter
embraced her tenderly. She had come
to complain Of Henry Wadsworth
Longfei.ow, WAC had used up all her
indians. Jupiter comfo.ted her:
Don't it ely tAs darling Dacky,
H-ary W-dswortl shan't abuse it:
Itshals have some pretty p!aytAing''
And Jupiter told her she should
have some handsome white men from
across tie ocean. So she wiped her
eye, kissed her papa, lecped seven
rail fence, and returned to TIE western
hemisphere. As She stood by the sea
shore, execrating bongfellow and her
defunct Indians, she spied a big ca
noe, the ''Mayhower," coming m
"Pluribustah" and his companion pu
ritans landed from the canoe and
pitched their tents. ''Puribus tah'' was
scarcely ashore ere he engaged in
fight number one7 with tie Indians,
who had returned from their Hiawa-
thian worlds convention. The Indi-
ans were mauled, cut up, and kicked
out. Liberty and Justice looked on
frcm distance, and encouraged Pluri-
bustah
''Gve the red men Go-s = said Justice,
Give them fits. brave Pluribustahp
Liberty the1 say re-echoed;
Give the red man Cos? she told him,
Give him Gossr for he's no business,
Business none to be an Indian"
The fight with the Indians being
over, Pluribustah wenl on amazingly,
woodchopping, clearing up the coun-
try, and laying by a tri1e for rainy
day. But he was on the eve of ''fght
two," for an Old lady called
"Ruhl BRITANNIA living on the op-
posite shore Of the sea-whence the
Mayfower departed = and who was
Pluribustah's mother, came over to see
him, and because, in a frolie, he mixed
her tea with salt sea water, she deter
mined to spank him. For this purpose
she sent over her other son, Johnny
Taurus, and a whipping fight ensued:
Seven long years they banged each other
Sometimes standing up and giving
Mutual knocks with skill and science,
a Like the Pool and Baker artists
Then again Ike row1y suckers
"Sailing in" without regard to
Any OF the laws of Fancy
\ At length Johnny Taurus gave in,
aid cried peeoavi, and Pluribustah
sent him, with britannia and the
British liop adr1ft in Jersey clam
boat. PluIibustah was cheered thro'
this fight by liberty and Justice, sit
ting on the raii-fenee OF a corn-Eeld.
So piu1bustah fell in love with his
bQttie-holder, liberty, and after drink
ing ler health in lager" she return
ed the compliment by quafing a glass