Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1858-09-11
VOL. XIV.
p 0 Z 7 R Y.
THE DEACoN's MAsTERpInCE

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fprom te ,u,ocrot In ,bc An,na. v,ori,\
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liaVc you bear1 o' 'he wonderful one-loss-shay,
hW was ouin VI such logcol way
u ran hunored years 20 dny,
hnd tnen oil sudden --nh' but stay,
Il 'e' NVu "h"t hnPpcnVu WITHOUT uci"yi
securing lhe IHiaon lh'u ~,
fnsh'ening people OUT oi their wit,3--
Have you ever heard oil TINT, sayE
9~c'v'.ec', ~ uu''u;vu anu ,lly-nNe,
H'"H'"S Tt,""'"S WIS ,hel hhNe'-,
gTnuhE w, U'"nv nun wy uerlhuh l'Ne'
ms W"S lne year Whei L,h9h-towh
oaW we e'ir'h open ahu gulp her down.
Anl hr9uuock army was done 50 brown
Iel' "l,hout Soup 10 us grown
was 'he terrloe earihquNe-u"N'
lh'l 'he Deacon ilh'shed 'ae ohc-hoss-shay'
No,,. Il, b,,;i.i;,,,, ~ ,i,i.,. Ell, ,.,,., .,,tt
rL,r ,','r s,,,.to' ~, .e'' W. "" "
+, b,L ,io 80 T., " .hiIi
In nonn,ei or crns.Lor dr ghor or iii
FnJ 't" !, Du ,a,U ,,, ,,,,t M ''"
A'n,.c nr Leln,. ar ',,i'l,i, nv ,,i,L,r,
NnJ hat tho reo.,,, Ln,,,'J n Jrti,t
A chai.r 5re,,ks ,i,ro Lni Ioes,'t ,c,o,. ont
r,, t,o nn.,or s,ror,, To-. no,,,, do
Win a., 81 Jc,v yun,,, or al, 81 ,rIl ,e,,,"
lie would bn,IJ ono sba,. to bs,t tbc ytao,,,
- ihe he9uh'y II. an me KEN; taoun
II su"u', We 30 o''i, t.'a' II t"''" p.e"N Nuo"H'
ri tu,, salI .lls l,eucor, n,sn'y pam
y, ~ 'i,o ",'rv' ~ nv .iius % N"" '''0 '"""'
'"' way IA 1t uI ! "'''''''i"'
,r..,. .,i Is oiuE Jo,. .t
o non,i ,',,,;s,I * "I ,.;i,a Gil
Where he roniJ All th,. STRONGEST ok
nat couldnt be spht, nor b'ht nor broke
hat Wa: Tor spokes, and NOR ana slli,;
lie sent Tor mnccwood TO NIKE the tnusi
ne cro'S9Hrs were ASH, IRON 'le sr",Ene>t uee'
ne panels ol Whlte wood, Nlnl GUS Ike cheese
nut lhsl9 llhc Ipn fT tlillgs lhc ue~es
ne hun, Vi '1S' from INC SS't!er .Nluh
Never an ax had seen their thil',
And the wedges flew from bfween their lips,
Their blunt ends lrizzed like celery tips;
Step and prop-iron, bolt and screw,
Spring, tire axle, and linchpn too,
Steel of the finest, bright ana blue;
Thoroughbrace bison-skin, lick and wide;
-, X IT, ,I ,t, 'tua L ~ tusa a' vU H.;
L",', u, . .,s o & "i'eu M ~ .,it , .i.,
,ih H. ~, ~, t ',.o Wy NY W. u' ~ ~, II,
"lhere y SAID the Deacon, "heow sh'll dew y
n.,t..,,.. ,...,.u-.
81 - 'V" ''i Io"' .",'i.i suIIf
Ti,s 80 hor.o onrdp ,,r ,,,,oi
Deacon ana deaeo1ess ,I,fTopp'l away, ,.o
vi "'.u = W my
bu' lhgre S'poi thc s'"u' u,tVliV-"Y,s-'""y
AS ''e>h IL oii h'9po"-e"r'nq ''Ae-u"y'
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The Denconis Master. nicce slronr and sound
tifi''o., ,.i I'iilie1 i. ~, .ieu y,
ri,',s,' he,rldse "iul V','e II .'''H
ii-, '-','.o. n"i'neE ni! t"N'' N"oi
muhu'"S "s usual lnucn 'le '''he'
ihirty ana forty at iast arrived
Ana 'heh came tlity, ana fuIf-fNh'
I;,,,o Of al, ,,o volua hera
Wal.e. ON ,he nnrn of II. bmdrcdtl wear
W,.hnn, ho.% fnelim, and Ioo'imc omecr '''
w. c,o, ,hora 'I ,ha, Ine,7. IT, Youth
e. e. 'r', - VI ,, h,, toc a ,r,,,b '"'
STt; ST ,.' & " .,T n,,~T :, o"' . y, Ir,,o
W"r,ro '',,,o ,oe,c"uo c"u, , cb.rco
i"No u iou 'e "e'oo''ie'--"o eN''" s""'s'T
Frusr OF NoyrMprp-the Ea-thouake dav.
There arc TRACES of are in the nelhn,.-shav
A General favor of mild lecuv.
But nothing local. ms one may saw.
Had made if so like in every n,,t
Tia. rhcre wasn't a chance Car one to start.
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