The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-11-25
From the Nec York Ledger.
BILL BROWNS vIsfT TO GOTHAM.



ny JOHN @. SAKE.
Oui sores hon,inum multoum ridii ct URBAN.
Bill Brown resides near a county village,
And has filled his ill by honest lillage
OF good mother Earth;
Who kindly gives birth
To whatever, in tact, has markc,wortb,
Or real value, or general use,
From the largest OK 10 the latest goose
Whatever is good to eat or wear,
To keep Us warm or make us fair
All comes alike from good mother Earth.
In sooth. but trace the process out,
And you'll iinj beyond a rational doubt,
That almost everything we see,
However high in it's degree,
However fine, or rich or rare,
IL but a kind OF Eartken.,nus!
And so Bill wrought
As a farmer ought,
Who, doomed 10 toll by original SHINING,
Pegan--like Adam-a, the beginning.
He ploughed, he harrowed aud lie sowed;
He dsilled, he planted, and he hoed;
lie dug and deved, aud reapej aud moved.
q wish could-but | can't-,ell how
Whe,hsr he used a sub soil plough;
Or whether Bill had ever seen
n regular feapillg dHu
lie took most pains
With the nobler grains
o. higher value and finer tissues
Which, possibly, one
Inclined 10 pun
Would call--hke Hupcr-his "eereal issues"
With wheat his lands were all blaze;
'rwas amazing 10 see his fields OF maize;
And there were places
That showed yte.aces
As pleasant to see as SO many Graces.
And as for hops,
His annual crops
$50 very extensive that, on my soul
They fairly reached from pole 10 pole!)
Would beat tho guess Of any old iopis,
Or--tte lonSes, season al Saratoga!
Whalever seed did most abound,
In the yrand result that Aulumn iound,
1t was his plan,
Though a moderate man,
To be ea,ly III ,ning i, into the ground;
That is 10 say,
IN another way
Whether the seed was barley or hay,
Large or hule, green or gray
Provided only il was like ''to pay
lie never chose to labor in vain
By stupidity going against the grain,
But hasIcned away without stay or stop,
Anu careluily nnt ln'o nisc crop
Ard he raised tomatoes,
ALd lots of potatoes,
More sor;s, in sooth, than ! could tell;
Turnips, that always turned up well;
Celery, all that he could sell;
Grapes by the hushel, sour and sweet;
Beeis, that certainly couldn't be beat;
Cabbase--like some saHonsl mound;
Vine, that fairly Gu cumhered the around;
Some pumpk kins-more than he could mouse,
and
Ten thousand pears; Char twenty ,housandO
Fruit Of all kinds and propagatlons,
Baldwlns, Pppins and Carnations,
And APPLES oil other arpellations.
To sum il all up in the bretesl space,
Asyou may suppose, Brown fiouushed apace,
Jus, because he proceeded, ! venture 10 say
In the m,sl!d-,eirosum resf,gi-ous way;
That is--if you are not University bred
He took Crock eit's advice about going ahead
At all The State Fairs he held fair station,
Raised horses and cows aud his own re2uta-
lion;
Made butter and money; took a JUSTICES
niche:
Grew wheat, wool and hemp; corn, cattle,
and-rich.
But who would Se always country clown
And so Bill Brown
Sat himself down,
And, knitting his brow in s,udious frowu,
He said, says he:-
It's plain TO zee
And / think Mrs. B. will be apt 10 agree,
(lf she don't il's much the same 10 me:)
That |, Bill Brown,
Should 60 to town!
But then, says he, what town shau II beg
Boston town is considerably nearer,
And York is farther, and so will be dearer,
But then, of course. the sights will be queeref;
Besides, l'm told, you're surely lost ,ua,
II you once ge, as,ray in the streets oil Bos'on.
YORK is right aneled;
And Boston, right tangled.
And both, I've no doubt, are uncommon new
tangled.
Ah!--,be "Smi,hs," remember, belong 10
York, .-.
f'Twas len years ago sold them pork
Good, honest irades-I'd like 10 know them,
And Soils se,iled-l'll go TO Gotham!
And so Bill Brown
Sal himself down, ..
With many a smile an never frown,
And rode, by rail. 10 Il al notable town
which really think we'll worthy OF mention
AS being Americas greatest invention.
Indeed, IN be bound that il Nature and All,
(rhoush the iormer, being older, has gotten
the star,)
10 some new Crystal Palace Of suitable size /,
Should show their ehsfs-dGuvre, and contend
for The prize, ....
The latter would prove, when ii came 10 the
scratch, a. -,
Whais'er you may think, no contemplate
match;
For should Mr. Nature endesVor 10 slagser
her ., .......,-..
BY presenting, at last, ber majestic Niagara;
Miss Art would produce an equivalent work
In her great, overwhelming, unfinished New
York! .,...... w
And Eow Nr. Brown -,. ~
Was fairly in Town, ,
In thai psrl OF The city they used 10 call down,
Not Ear from the spot OF ancient renown
As being the scene
OF The Bowling Green,