Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1859-01-08

The clergy. Of our city vie, syublfi " ...a
True to their God ner false to men! ..'.
Each sect that sent its minister,
No {. stickit" preacher, saw would do;
So mind with piety, the devil sinister
They sent to fight him, equal long with you !
| Joke is told, if joke we burst
With subject grave as clergyman:
Neil built church, which was the First, i5
Of St. Paul, Presbyterian. I'll zs7al c.i5 Il
Another soon, its walls they build, ! II e..
Just over near the Capitol; ..ta.ii g.. e. To-.
To try and have old Satan killed, .
Within his courts habitual!
The Second, this, by every right, ,.g.. b d.
Should numbered be amongst such churches (;
But Neill's is First, SO, they indite- 40
It's name as CentrGl--which was courteous
But soon friend Neil renews his choice, - =.
JI&rther in the city's bounds; rG 81. -sg.
Anew his hboss men. .fejoice :raes5 Ers .ss5r.
Another church Gods name resounds. ..
Humanity is weak at best, ,-,
Nor clergy are infalible - IT,; ,.--.--.....
Not Third" this church, puts on its crest,
But House Of Hope indellible $500
THE sET-To OF BOGUS AND BENIcIA BoY.
Next sea pretty theme for us to sing!-
Two "fancy" men within the fsty ring
Bogus" uprears aloft, his well proportioned
head, 'H. ..' ... - a....-.
While 'gainst him stands, fierce Heenan, sur.
named Ned: ........ , r. ..-.
Each by his partizans, encircled closely round,
Disputes with sturdy strife, each inch of
| ground, -..... -.ss..... I'D -. l..
Some heavy prize awaits the winner Right |!
The prize is sixteen thousand dollars, quite |!
The actual sum, Benicia Boys" at stake !;
And thousands more, as honestly by him won,
He'll loose, unless he licks Mendota's son!
But fares it i'll with Bogus, too, you see -.
For should he floor Hibernia' pride, then he
Our Irish fellow-citizens" will sore offend -
On whom, for sixteen votes apiece" depend
Democracy and Sibley's elevation
All at the mercy of the modest 'nation!"
Such odds at stake on either side, no wonder,
Not Bogus nor Benicia Boy will dare knock
| under; y t:a '-. .-.-. ...sf
And so, the contest drags from day to day
Its weary length, until two months are passed
away: .',
While both, plump up, unto the scratch re-
| fuse, - i. :. r..
Each fainting and fearful, trembling in his
shoes ,...
But, better pluck than either ''fancy" man,
Their ''backers" wait outside the sacred tan:
Cheering their chiefs, to plant crowder
| here: 49, n. 1.-
And there eye-opener," fetch beneath the
One s ''Isaac," District limb of County law
Another Henry" paid the City's jaw!
And Michael E., who knows ambitious Ames,
And knowing checks the slyest of his games.
These, form the trio-round the ring who
bawl, ....5 ,g.... -....- ....
Backing up Bogus, to catch him if he fall!
While Smith, grave judge, no feeble smith
| Green, .'| .-.
And Gilman, gliding with that tongue 50 keen,
And William, big in brain and person too,
Are Heenan's backers-bound to see him
| through
Thus fight they, or at least play "m.ke-be-
lieve," p. s.".
As do the boys, outsiders to deceive
XIV.
| OVER THE LEFT.
What is this, that DER the field
OF politics, with clamor's pealed!
What scheme to vex the public mind
In private ends, pretend to find, .
The peoples veal: We hear it cry,
"Somethiing must be done," prosperity
In all our borders to revive,
A benefit for all contrive
"What is it ?" quoth the people back
"a Loan Of Credit" cried the quack
This is the panacea cure-all,
Good for cit and honest rural;
Take it quick your every all
By borrowing thus at the Wholesale
VIII speedily be all removed,
And DER your land the gold be strewed:
Railroads will thunder everywhere;
And immigration make you stare.
These great results will surely follow,
1t needs not work-just simply borroo!
The people, wild with desperation,
Ready for any concatenation,
Voted the Loan, with understanding,
Hard Times would quickly see the landing,
And down the river far would 60,
Burying in Gulf of Mexico!
You all remember, how twas pledged:
In press, on stump, it was alleged,
| We neuer would be asked to fork
A single tue for Railroad work ..
The Loan for the Railroads in such style put,
People voted in thousands but now there's
but, -a------.-.
Those good times 50 bright, they promised 50
strong, ..., . -.
Don't happen just get to be coming along!
Nor is this the whole their ''feelers" are out,
To try if our faiths sufficiently stout,
A taz for those Railroad bonds to bear
There's nothing like faith, unless it be prayer !
| <ho Ia
! crop, r.....-.,. .-, =. .a,,:..-...
Or else, awful threat the .oork they soiu stop !;
And niver Railroad our eyes shall behold,
Till every man here, has grown feeble and
old. . -.. ..
This isn't it all, not by long shot:
Permit me explain, bout trap they have sot;
If we'll only step into their "6gury-four,"
And take their bank notes, on the bonds Just
! at par, '-
The five millions all gotten, then down springs
the trap; - -a r..H. .'g-ygI T.
There's not banks to redeem, and of coin not
arap: -. go, .,.,..-,- r.
Then people, with rags in their hands, seeking
aid, .!-',15.'1 d. ...s-.
Will find them SECURE se;ta big discount
paid! .-.....- 81 .@ ..J
"Dear People l"-now do--consider it we'll
The RaiIroads seiU stop, unless you peD-mel
Rush into the trap, or else shouldsr the taz ;
'Tis but seven mills more to burden your
backs. --- .-'-. ''..
But we rather think they won't do either
mo Stree, Bob" not this time.-Eye teeth
cut, and fingers burnt-don't catchee this
child again
| an ~ q ...- XIV. ..
THANKSGIVING sERMoN---soUTHERN CON.
A. 80 ...t--. . r.. AENTs. . ..t~.-
Thanksgiving Day required by law"