The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-01-08
CARRIERS NEW YEARS ADDRESS.

twelve months more has passed and gone,
How swiftly time is passing on
The past is now beyond recall
A "NEw YEAR's GETi" to one and ALI
Last year was famous for hard times-
For broken banks and daring crimes;
The panic came on all en- masse,
And thousands fell like broken glass;
The Banks cried out, suspend Suspendl"
And not one dollar would they lend
Why should the Banks suspend enc day,
While others have their debts to payi
Why should the Banks charge tscelve per cent
And but sir--on money lentf
Sir is enough for rich and poor
Banks should not dare to charge us more.
Beware of sneaking "wild Cat Banks"
They're sure to play some awful pranks.
Into your house they silly creep,
And make their grab while you're asleepi
East Tennessee" has been disgraced,
To crafty Bill Churchwell's tastei
And those who hold his worthless trash,
Would curse the man that calls it Cash o.
hope that those who make our laws,
Will not forget to clip their claps,
For when the truth is plainly told,
All Banks should be as good as Goldl
In fifty six all grain was high
But most of farmers had to buyi
In fifty seven the prices fell,
The farmers all had lots to seHl
That was enough to cause hard times,
Throughout our own and foreign climesi
But here the mischief did not end,
The Brokers made the Banks suspend
But Banks should be compelled to loan
And circulate their notes at home,
Then this would stop the Brokers' fun
They could no longer make Q r,gat
Democracy has now unfurled
Her Banners Ger the Western World
They claim that they have had the reign
For twenty years-but all in vainl
Ia place of bags of shining Gold
As old Tom Benton once foretold,
They have fulfilled their empty brags
With broken banks and paper ragsl
Who has not heard the Locos singi-
From morn till night they made it ring
''The meanest thing ever saw.
Was Henry Clay and the Bankrupt Lawl''
But now the times are sadly changed,
Both men and Banks are all deranged:
Behold the Loco's under jaw
Old Buck is out for Bankrupt Lawl
What will they dol they'll change their tune
And that before the next new moonl
From "Union" down to "Cleveland Banner"
They'll make it ring just in this manner:
"The incest thing ever saw,
as old Jim Buck and his Bankrupt Lao |"
And all full.blooded Democrats
Will raise the shout and wave their hats.
The Americans are lying low,
Waiting to strike heavy blowl
And when they get little madaer.
They'll knock the rounds from Jacobs Ladder.
It's all in vain to croak and fret,
Sell off your grain, and never fear,
And pitch larger crop this year.
All ioafers now must 60 to work
They have no chance to dodge or shirk,
Their case admits of no appeal,
And they must either work or steali
To one and ALL both Jew and Turk,
III L
And then hard times will pass away,
Like mist before the King of dayi
Amid these dark and squa!!y times.
It's orfui hard to make good rhymes,
But Cleage's Mill runs so smooth and steady,
can out rhyme old "Rough and Ready"
That Mill performs just like a charm,
And pours out rhymes big as my arm .a
I'm now Poick and nothing shorterl
And dNewYear'srhymes-cheap at a QUARTER
can't afford to sell on trust, .....
So please out with your shining dust,
And then you'll hear a Devils iaughl
That beats "Christmas gun" by halfl
All that's the change! ten thousand thanks !
I'm richer now than both our Banks
The way they'll jingle in my pocket,
"Will be sin to Davy Crockett
I'm now resolved to quit my pranks,
And buy out both the Athens Banksi
Here is the name, and here's my toast
Success to Bank Of Athens Post"
WANTS HIS WIFE.-A bereaved husband