The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-11-05

e esprit frem the Yiacennes Gazette, writ
en- by its facetious Olney correspondent. To
upply. the enquiries for it We republi it:
ANcvv Song,
WHICH SAYS NOTHING. ABOUT HIAwATHA.
By SIN ANDERsos, c. &. D.
Would you like to hear me tell you
Something that wonid make you wonder,
Something that would take you crossways,
Something that would kinder get you,
Something that you hadn't thought Of?
Yesl Then by the stars above you,
By the falling leaves around You,
By the trembling earth beneath you,
You shall have it, you shall hear it,
Shall no longer live without it.
Days ago streak of lightning,
Leaped along the rusty wire,
From one Preston who north ward,
To one AaIRn Shaw of g Egypt"
Telling Aaron to get ready,
Ana to make tho folks get ready,
For upon a certain Thursday,
Twenty eighth day of October,
Mighty stephen Arnold Douglas
Would address the sovereign people,
At q town upon the A7ltbraW,
Lawrenccrille, upon the Anbra,v,
Eawrencevile in Illinois.
Like certain &c nEger's lion :"
One whose ears were large for music;
One whose name may not mention
Lest the folks should call rue vulgar,
Aaron paw and scrapo2 and reared,
First fine note then a coarse note,
Then a kind of squeal between them.
Telling all the folks about It,
Yes, and even further went hs;
Bulls of various shapes and sizes,
Bulls in many kinds of letter,
Bulls OH every grade Of paper,
Had he printed, had he posted
On the fences, by the roadside,
On the black jacks, on the houses,
On the stone walls, on the wood piles
Telling all who Glanced to read them,
How one Stephen Arnold Douglas
Would address the '' wild Egyptians"
At the town upon the Ambraau.
On the whees of time went rolling,
Never ceaSing, never sl ciinr,
Till the twenty-eighth October,
Was but one day distant from US.
Aaron mustered us together,
All MS Democrats together,
Said some cheering words unto VS..
Told us, though it now was raining,
We must put cur heads together,
Put our heads and dimes together,
And erect costly platform
For our Stephen Arnold Douglas
To stand on 10 do his speaking.
So we put our heads together,
Put our hands and tliraes together,
Put our craft and skill together,
And the platform was soon finished.
Thursday morning came, twas raining,
In the town along the AnJrolr,
But we didH' seem to mind il.
Aaron went and killed the fatted
Cali, and got his house all ready
Then he creased and BACKED his buggy,
Got some straw and fixed it in it,
Got skiilful chap to drive it,
Took himself seat within il,
Then went down towards tho station,
After Stephen Arnold Douglas
Dead IIc- Prairie " in procession,
With two it,dl cracked and glGcless,
with a drum with one head in it,
With black and white rnad hammer
With two wagons nicely loaded
To the guards more containing
Both their Old mcn and their young men,
And their women and their children,
Also went down after Douglas
Ten or ffiesu chaps on horseback,
Three our four on - Foot or Walker"
Some with pipes and soma without them,
Some with wits and some without them,
All supplied with rifle whisky"
Or what soh1e call ''sod corn whi.ky,''
If You'd f7ssNer-'+ bast- head whisky
Also down after Douglas
laundering upward came the east trim
switched itself to re5I inonfcnt:
laundering upward can the west train,
Pauscd a spell then 10 idlcd onward
Through the black mud, through the quick k-sand,
Townwards founGered Aaron's buggy,
Townwards moved the " Dead Hog wagons,
Townwards came the foot and hUrscmen,
Sal and slow with nary Douglas.
Such set of gloomy faces,
Meier was seen upon the Am5ra'r,
And why should they not be gloomy!
They hal dropped their spades and axes,
1hoy had laughed to scorn the weather,
They had houudered through the mud holes,
Thro' the quag -mires, thro' the frog ponds,
Through, alas the Lord knows what all,
That they might behold the giant"
Hear a word spoke by the " giant"
Spoke by Stephen Arnold DJuglas,
Ere they took their final exit
To the land Of the hereafter.
Soon there came upon the zephyrs,
On the gambling ie YES of Autumn,
On the sUnbcams, on the odors,
Far above the din of peddlars,
Whisperngs that Mr. Dixon,
Governor once of old Kentucky,
Had ,een found to be among us,
Mounted then upon a goods box,
Some one, whom cannot tell you,
Loosed bis Recl-tie, barred his bosom,
Hitched his trowsers up little,
damned his hands down in his pockets,
Drew long breath, spread his nostrils,
Oh eIed wide his mouth and shouted,
That ono D;xoa Of Kentucky
Gov'nor Dixon guess he called him
Would address from the platform,
At the east side of the village.
Went there, and there waited,
Waited long but nary Dixon.
Suddenly there burst upon us,
Something, lut we scarcely know what,
Something, cen without our bidding,
Something that we had not thought of,
Something that we scarcely knew of.
On the rvstrlm hight mounted,
Perched awhile and looked around it,
Spread its wings and gave wriggle,
Stretched it, neck horizontal,
Ope d its bcnk and liberated,
Something which came Down among us,
Yes speech came down among us
Sncech from what From Finny Preston.
On went Finny with his speaking,
Went the Ambras with its running,
Wen. the leaves hopping, skipping,
Went the i.cople with their talking.
Ffnnv saw he'd gone and done II,
So in less than twenty minutes,
He descended from the platform,
To give place TO Gov nor Dixoa.
Gov nor Dixon, though among us,
Wouldn't on no terms address MS;
Was a Wing and could not suit us,
Therefore ha declined the honor.
Rose ws busted We and toddled,
Knowing that the scene had ended.
Dead Hog Prairie " furled her banner,
Slowed her fddes in goods box,
Laid her drum down, sat upon it,
Tucked her tail and left disgusted.
Aaron Shaw with lips hung downward,
Took an alley streaked it homeward,
Where he now Is doubtless feasting
On the good things fixed for Douglas.
Finuy Preston left FIR 6lney,
Left with nary GLANCE behind him,
Left ard stopped not cen TO liquor
= Al; the crowd went ielter-skelter, --
Enuevarl or where there was hiding,
For in less than half an hour
Not a vestige was there Of them.
Thus, von sec, my song is ended,
IF Won ike il you can take it;
If you do not like it, lump it.
OLSEY Ills, Oct. %, 1sJ8.
An IxD1ASA ISvESTIoS.-The Secretary
f War has concluded contract for Burn
de's breech loading carbines to the amount
E twenty-five thousand dollars. This arm
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