Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-10-23


EG- About a hundred years ago-or, at
least, lon- before we bothered our brains
about clcctiug Presidents or Governors, or
for any good cause" except good eating,
good p!aying and good reading or story
te,ing-we we're intimately couyersant
with the drama, somewhat poorly iIlusrra-
ted in Vol. | Of Mother Goose's Melodies,
entitled " Tie House that JlcE. BuU" 1t
seems We were not alone in knowledge Of
that famous poem, for chap four feet
some inches high informs US he knew it
when he was a boy. No doubt, our great
grandfathcrs also knew it by heart-King
Alfred probably repeated it when himself
a lad-and perhaps some Of Adams grand
sons sung it long before him. Many were
the tongue.raccs run with rivals of our
"airly days" in seeing which could first
rccie the concluding stanzas-
.'Tbts IS tie Cck tlat cTo,red in he
That tr1tsrt the frict az sharon aud AhprH
That ,aGrTiod tie Nan oil tsttcrei and torn
That kiSSed TIE .hdiien all t0r0,n
That rquL,i N. fotr irth tts crYmJIeG h0yn
Tbatass,s IghIt ,corri d The tJt hIt-iI d the Rat
Itt:Gie-e Hdittut lay an ht. HJtss ttaiJ btnH''
Well, ga little nonsense now and then is
rclishcd by the best of men" We had
really forgotten the veritable tragical yet
"we!l-cndiug' tale, until meeting the fol-
lowing labOred rendering from its prim-
tive Saxon into the most fastiiious mod
ern style, credited to the n T. Ptcuyune.
We opine some Of our readers may be cd
flied by the various modes Of telling the
same fact, as well as exercised and euter-
,ained Of long eveDing-for,ifed by all
the Dictionaries they can muster-in mas.
tering the meaning of some Of the words
employed.
The Domicile erected by John.
TransIdted from the gate Of NJ Goose.
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Behold the Mansion reared by deial Jack!
All the Matt stored in many plethoric sack
In the proud cirque Of lsans blvOuae:
Mark how the Rats felonous fings invade
The cherished stores in Johns pavilion Isidi
Anon, with velvet foot and Tarqun strides,
subtle Grimalkn to his quarry giiies-
Grimslkin grim, that slew the fierce roi>nt
Whose tooth insidious Johann's sackcloth rent
Lo now the deer-mouthed Canine foes assault,
That vexed the sv,nger Of tn stolen malt
Stored in the haluwed precincts Of that hall
That rose complete at Jacks creative call!
Here stalks the impetuous Cow. with awry horn,
whereon the -Iacerbating Hoand was torn,
aaI D tha lima sluH HasrhF ~ tl..fg
Tue rat predaceous, whose Keen fsug~ "a through
The textile fbr-s that involved the grain
That lay In Hans invioiate d'm main.
VII
Here walks the forlorn Damsel, crowned with rue,
Lsctferous spoiis from vaccine dugs who dr,w
OF that cornicu ate beast whose tortuous horn
Tossed 10 the clouds in fierce vindctive scorn,
The braying hound, whose hrsggart bark and stir
Arcbed the 1.-THE spiue and reared the ndignan
or Puss, that with vermniciisl claw
struck the weird rat In whose nsatiate NAV
Lay rreking malt that erst in Juan's courts we
Robad in senesreut garb that seems in sooth
Too long prey to Chrono'- iron tooth,
BEHOLD the Mao who's Amorous lips incline,
Pull with young Eros occulatiye sgn
To the lorn maiden, whose lse;-albic hands
Drew albulactc wealth from lacteai glands
Of that immortsl bovine, by whose horn
Dstort to realms ethereal borne
The beast catulean, veKer of that sly
tlysse 9uadrupedal, who made die
The Old mordscious rat that dared devour
AutecedAneous ale in Johns domestic bower!
see here, with hirsute honors dofed, succinct
ot saponaceous locks, the Priest who linked
IN hymens golden hands the thorn un,hrift
hose means .xisuous stared from many a rift
hven as he kiss.d the virgin forlorn
VINO MIXED the COW with implicated horn
, mho IN neroe wrath the canine tortpr.r skied
ahat dared 70 the ins sdious M muricide
~, !" 40 Iet aarofal ettuence through the pelt
" 'nA' sy rat that robbed the palace Jack had built
X
dhe loud eaniankerous shangbe comes at last
N, nose shouts aroused the shoru erclesiast.
r. -. sealed the Vows Of Hymen's sacrament
- h'n sho, robei in garments ind gent,
1tAoScuiaies the dsrnsel laetrymose
,emulsator of the horned brut- moross
r..a ...a the dog that worried the cat that kiN
ut o's n1 mali uot 10y IN The house that JACK tru.