Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-10-05
THE INTI'iELLIGENCFR. =
THE DEIG0N,s A1STERPIE0E;
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THE WoYSDFRR.gA .sE. z i ss9NE r. moss SHAY
A LOGICAL STORY.

inquired of abont the SHAY since then. So
here 1T ls;ltr 20 s1s .tail,,.l 44izr5 ert
Have. you heard Of the wonderful one-hoss shay,
That was b6it in such ogfcal way sJaisS : 81
1t ran a hundred years to day,
Aud then, fasuddEn !it-ah, but Stay, TigiT
III tell you what happened without delay,
Soaring tue parson into fits,
Frightening people out Of their Wits y I
Have you ever heard of that, ! say? 80
Seventeen hundred and -tifty.fve,-
Ge0rgiWs 4SecuadslsE@as then{alive-
Snnfy old drone from the German. hive!
That was the year when Lisbon town Y 2 q I.
Saw the earth openLand gulp her down,
And Braddocks army was, aoneiso brown,
Left Mithout,a scalp to its crown. .
ltswas oRithe terrible Earthquake day n J .
That.the Deacon finished the one.hoss shay,
Now, lin building ofchaises, I tell YOU what.
There is always sOmeW1ere alwcakest spot
'Ln'hub, tire, feoe, in spring or1thil,o TEoqz ~
In panel, or crossbar, or floor or sillst ig, II
II! In s. screw, bolt throughhrace-lurking still;
Find-it somewhere you must and will
Above or below, within or WITHOUT z
And that's the reason, beyond a doubt;Issaoo
A cha'se 6reaks doeOn, but doesp't sosGr out
But the Deacon swore (as Deacons do
With an "Idew yum, or ~ tell yeoa,' 80 sS
He would build a shay to beat the taown
n the keounty m the kentry raoun;5
1t should be SO built that it coultlgs6rcak down:
Fur" =, said the Deacon, It's mighty plain
That the weakes' place mus stau' the, strain,
n the way t 'tit it, 'nz maintain, sag
Is only jest 50 '5'' ..41s't3
To make that place uz strong .uz the. rest"
so the Deacon inquired ofathe village folL.e 10
w MheTe he could find the strongest oak, as
That couldn't be split, nor bent nor;brokeL
That was for spokes, and floors, and silIs;
HeIsept for lancewood to make tho tEilIs;
The crossbarswere ash ,frotn the straighteS trees
The panels ofwhitewood that cuts like cheese.
But last like iron for things lilxe5these;
The hubs of logs from the ''Settl6r'ss ellum, -
Last:of. its timber-thcy couldn't sell 'em7-
Neveran. AK had seen,their chips, -s,..
And thefwedges flew, from between their lips,
Their blunt ends frizzledr like celery tips;
Step and prop iron, bolt and screw, f's3 81
Spring, tire, axle, and ndlinchpin,- -too,os sei ;s
Steel of the finest, bright and blue; zi25-',..a.
Ihoroughbrace bison skin. thick and wide;
Boot, top, dasher, from tough old hide
Eoundinthe pit where the tanner died. -
That was theway he "put her through - s
here, Z said the Deacon, 'Naowlshel dewitt
Dol tell you'll rather guess a;=tas -, sl -
She was wonder, and nothing less!
Colts grew horses boards turned gray,
Deacon and Deacopess, dropped away
Children and randchildren-w where were they?
/
As fresh as on Lisbouearthquake dayl
Eaiigdtten hundred came and found :.
The Deacon s. Masterpiece strong and. sornd.7,i
Eighteen hundred increased BY ten; --issi.s so
"Hahnsum kerridgeN they callediits then; b. ss
Eighteen hundred andtwenty came
Runningas usual-much the same.e7s5s I'd NE!
Thirty and forty at last arrive, aasa
An And then 6 comes Fq fifty and .tsy;J70o.
Little of all we value here, -, :, :,
Wakes on the morn Of its hpndre year
Without both feeling and looking queer.s5 t.
In fact, there's nothing that Keeps its youth,
So tar}as know, but a4tree and truth 81. +.
CThis is n moal thatlrun at large 80 tip1F3
Takcit. You're welcome. No extra chaFgsl
First 5of NoCem6er@ The Earthquake day
Theretaretraces of age in the one hoss shay
a, general flavor of mild decay, =,
But nothing local, as one may say Is . 81 je,
There couldn't be; for the Deacon = art 81 E,
Hadmade it SO like insevery part sds5is,.a5 10 |
That there was't chance for ono to start iteI
For the wheels VI ere just MS strong thills,
And the floor was just as strong as the. .sills,
And the panels juStas strong as the foor,ri
And tho whippletree neither lesinor more,a
And the back crossl5ar rs as strong as the fore,
And spring, and axle, and hub encore.ss i4
Aud yet, as a tOlsole, it is past a doubt ,a
In another houri will bc corn out So
First November ,Eifty-five . 80 ..s.
This morning the parson takes drive.
Now, small boys get out of the way!
Here comes the wonder full one. horse shay,
Drawn by arat-taileds eYe-pecked bay. -
"Hud9up, 9 y ; said the patsoh: OFF went they
ETheparson was working his Sunday text
Had gotstoJ flil,g, and stopped perplexed VS.
At the-Moses-was coming next.
All at onsc the horse cd isttll,5 z
Close by the !p@set,ts @ house on on,the hillE.9