Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1858-01-07
CARRIERS ADDRESS OF THE "GLAs.
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JANUARY isT, 1858.

gaze
Meeting Earth and her furniture, all in blazej
And many, who thought she was near to her end,
Grew frightened, and trembling, began to amend.
But the Comet passed by, leaving planets to mourn
Over so short visit, and know no return.
The astronomers frowned, and went back to their
books,
And perused them all over, with very cross looks;
Finding they like the others, mistaken could be,
And the fault in their problems, themselves could
not see.
Then the Kansas elbow out" was hecrt-rend-
ing fact;
Not blow out of lamps, but the murderous act
OF blowing out brains, extinguishing quite
Pro and AntI-slave men in the terrible fight.
And the Government got in fuss and fume,
To give otfice-seekers, sufficient "sea ROOM"
Meanwhile men were gathering fortunes like fruit,
Every time they.maie bargains, got something to
boot,
Till that something increased to pretty large size,
So mucb that it gaddened and dazzed their eyes.
But whisper was breathed from the East river
shore,
The Life aud Trust Co., now lives no more!
Alas for the prospered onesl money slipped fast
FIom their trembling hands, till they gave out the
last:
And spirits which bounded, descended as quick,
And creditors came, till their hearts were turned
The poor bankers groaned, for on them fell the
weight
OF the Panic, whose circle was boundless and
great;
And the men smoked cigars, while the ladies laid
by
Their comforts and servants without tear sigh.
The poor pined and wept at the loss of their all,
To them 1t was much though TO others twas small;
And the misers Dreathed hard and looked dark in
the face,
For their gold had been snatched from their cher
ished embraces;
When their idol was gone. All! where could they
find
Another to fill up the void left behind?
Men of business walked fast and looked careworn
and sad,
And the clerks looks and spirits seemed equally
bad
In short, all the nation seemed down in the MOUTH
In the city and country from North 10 the South.
But THEFT mes are now better, the clouds passed
And carried off partly the blues of the day,
The merchants now cheerfully talk in the street,
They have given up signing whenever they meet.
But the poor in the cities are suffering still
While the blasts of the winter blow fearfuily chill
Despair mocks the peace that encircled their home
Ere sorrow and wan, with their shadows had come;
While hunger is grieving, with poisonous tooth,
The heath from their age, and the bloom from
their youth,
Then The Earth took an lea into her head,
To rouse up the sleeping ones out of their bed;
They, waking, discovered she shook them so hard,
That the houses were cracked, and the pavements
were Jared.
She tottered and reeed, like tree in the blast;
But she aud The seepers got quiet at last.
urrah for the papers their praise should be sung;
! They're telling us now, about Utah and Young;
How that gentleman said, he would kill off our
troops,
Or keep them all winter, like chickens in coops-
But the troops resolved not TO notice his threat,
And will do as they please, letting Governor fret
As much rs he wishes: he'll shortly be brought
From his lucrative station of honor to naught;
No doubt he will yield with very bad grace,
And will make at the Government, quite wry
face
But come down he must, whether pleasant or not,
And give up the power he's unjustly got.
They win take from His Majesty some of his wives,
If they cannot do better, with pisloland knives;
We will cvize some of those Latter day Saints"
And If Governor Young should make his COM
plants,
Well tell him they're none OF his property now
And his meddlesome manners we will not allow.
While we were discussing the Mormon abuses
Meantime in the East they were counting the
There appeared short poem called "Nothing to
wear'
In the writing Of which two, each claimed share;
Miss p says she wrote both the first and last part
Mr.. B. says he wrote the whole piece from the
start;
So between the disputants we had sensation;
And the poetry met with such great appreciation
That twas published in pamphlets and read on
the stage
In short, Miss McFlimsey became quite the rage. !,
Now whether this quarrel was thought of before
The lines were made public cannot be sure;
But II they niGneupered, twas done very we'll
And the poetry, certainly had great "sell."
So Buehanan is making some people quite mad,
And the opposite party, of course just as glad,
By turning away out of Office McKeon,
Because that same man wasn't willing to see on
The side of the question the President could,
But voted like others, against Mayor Wood;
As he thought he might ai,cdys oppose his advice
cold Buck" had him out of his place in a tricel
He missed the right then, by terrible Jump,
But we still will declare, that the old mans q
"trump."
Our cOuntry's Improvements are spread far and
wide,
She shakes, like an Ocean King, turmoils aside,
And dashes along, till her path through the main,
Makes the circles widespread, break 10 circles
again.
Thus the dark night of ignorance is melting away
In the glorious brightness of literature's day,
And beautiful ideas, wondrous, yet true,
Spring fresh from the press, spicy, brilliant, and
new.
But alas! money rules; makes visitors friends,
Just as your nurse stands for on that il depends
Aud they'll gather around you in numbers not few
IL you're always supplied, with "dolar or two.'
And the murderer walks in the broad light of day
And though Justice may frown, he will hold hel
at bay,
For the almighty dollar" wins smiles from tho
bar,
And makes virtue and vice, both stand on a par
While talking OF money, | can't forget trho
Is most sadly in rant OF ''doar or two"
And my speech having finished, I'd mention JUS
here,
That the Carrier has wandered his round the whole
year,
Bringing news 10 you all, with unwearried feet
Sometimes in the cold, and again in the heat;
And since the hard weather, and still harder times
lie has felt, and still feels, the want of the dimes
Kind friends lend an ear TO my moderate plea,
And present to the Carrier, his usual fee.
E5Mr. Jones, after. having spent an ev
ening over bis bowl, went home lIltle
show come you SO. fle was fortunate e
nough 10 find his better-half asleep. He
went TO bed and after moments converse.