Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1858-11-17
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From the Home journal.
FIELD AND THE CABLE.
OIL a very mighty telegraph
Is the great Atlantic Cable,
longer telegraph by half
Than even the Tower Of Babeli
That telegraph from earth to heaven,
In the days Of Cain and Abel.
They'll have to yield to Mr.. Field.
The indefati gable,
Mr., President shem, and Director Ham, |
With their brick and mortar cable; |
And how did they manage such affairs
Without the aid Of bulls and bears,
And at what per cent. did they quote the shares,
ofthat scheme iptermi nabie7
And was there no Babel paper then,
In terms immessu-rable
The thing 10 denounce, and the whole to pronounce
hanbug detest liable
factious, stock jnbbing, gambling drean-
demoraiized, stultifed, svindle supreme
iog-rolling, iobbing. miserable scheme.
rob a snob Of Bsbel7
Now. what do You think the public said
When they tried to make the cablef
Why the public said it couldn't be made
Without tell iiHmi table:
And with all their toll, If they made the coil,
The coil would spoil, or the fsh would foil
Ii In depths unfathom-sble.
And what do you think the public said,
When they tried to lay the cabIe7
Why the public said 1t cosld not be laid
In an ocean un-stabIe:
They hal q notion the molten Of the ocean
Would be insuper-able.
And the public thought when the shares we're bought
Twas nothing but fable;
And they saw with grin the cash paid in
In sums considerable;
And gave a shout, when they eOuldns "ray out
Upon the Atlantic table.
But Mr.. Everett was exceedingly clever at
Machines iaumer-able.
And devised pully in order more fully
To make the coil pas sable.
Asitgoes and comes round two big drums
So oft as to slip un-ablei
But the drums might 60 too fast you know.
And so there's iieger to make them slow
An iron band. that pinches
As 10 make them quite trae-table-
And this iron band is worked by the hand
or a tar imI ertur -bable.
Who minds his eye," and is very shy,
And quite unsoci able;
For there's an invention gets all his attention
A dodge would like to especially mention
Because It saved the cable:
wheel fwixt guides on the cable rides
Weighted with weight qaable.
And it's fixed to . pump that won't pump at al.
Because the piston is Hsde too small,
A work that a ht you'd call
Very discredi-tatIe.
But the coil can't Jump, and double. and hump,
And tie itself up in sho cking bad lump
For there's water within, and nought can bump
In Huid IN stable.
Now, Mr.. Maury was very sorry,
But thought they wouldn't be able,
Unless motion made on the ocean
To lay it on the table;
He ;hought they might lay it. if ont they'd pay it.
(AIthough he said it, who should moi have said it,
Upon the great Maury table
And many professor. and many less. sir.
Had objections unanswe rable,
or great Multiplicity why electricity,
That lively iEnponde rable,
Would never 60 through rope as far as to Europe,
Much less take messages. although no less sages
Than Henry and Morse had said, of course,
The thing was practicable.
The -electric eel might the messages steIl,
And entirely turn the table
Dotting pork rp, when really down.
Tickling white sugar, instead Of brown,
The steadisst beef stable,
And xhiskey so quiet that none would buy it
When London might be one whiskey riot,
And all because the gymnotus would lie at
The other end Of the cable
Bat when it Was made, and paid, and laid,
In way incontes-tabie,
Then what do you think the public said1
Why they said it wouldn't be stable,
And they patiently waited to hear it stated
That they couldn't make use of the cable.
Aud they all gave guess sage as to what message
The Queen would send over the cahIe,
And inpstienlly voxedthey'd not waited a iess age
Since Kansas laid on the table,
AMI they wanted to know why the thing wouldn't go
II So very manageable.
Then the President message sent,
That nearly broke the cable,
And sent q shock through the conpsnys stock
That wasn't down in the way-biil;
Expensive, extensive, and the defensive,
And written to suit "aIl clssses-she masses
Who always expect tremendous effect,
However unseason-s able
Oh then what rout aud a shout came out,
When the thing was indubi-table;
And they had procession, by all confession.
Enough to make a cable.
With great proPrieiy they'd every society
St. Andrews St David's, and al saints that Piety
Rad given sufficient Of notOriety
To make incorporate.
And the Tarnyereins, and the AIlgenejns,
And ems unnentio-nsble,
Also the csrt-men, with pie and tart men.
And makers Of things po table,
And there were the milk men just behind;
But none Of the stump tail. swiIl-fed kind,
Whom tn: managers feared might have mind
To exhibit swiil-r.iik stable.
And the pie.ss and tartists after the artists
or pictures exe-erable,
Those very sc&ry types they can daguerreOtypes
That should be actio -nable;
Bat who was The foe to graphic arts
That elassed them with sewing machines on carts,
So very unfashionsbl
Then came, for shsmef-and who's to blame
That they came In the linsf-for can't divine
Why men that are ready to cry mo line"
Should celebrate the cable
And quite sight BY night was the light
That frightened every gable.
And she nrenen thinking fight would be trite
United the cable.
And there the hose that broke the nose
or the "An,ity" Eagine that grimly goes
Behind the Friendship" !" its bitter foes
From time imnemo rable.
There was the Humane could scarce refrsin
From thrashing the "Equi table,
The Pacific so near the Pioneer
Twas hard to be peace-able:
And the -IInity'' tn ought it a fine opportunity
To plaster with dirt the "Engine Alert"
n, 70 snatch the rope from the hands Of the s'Hope"