Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1861-10-18
H1.MnRs OLE LIE WAN.

II a cheerful spirit lightens the load Of sor
row, then wit may relieve the sadness Of war
We defy the reader to finish the following
without at least one hearty laugh to mingl
with the indignant rccollections it may pro
woke.
THE SOUTHERN VOLUNTEERS FAREWELL
TO HIS WIPE.
Fresh from snuT-iipping to his arms she won't
And Dc, a. quid removing from his nu"'.'
Aud spat twice. Ionrinely. towards the SOUTH
"Yar,. % he said and hiccougbcd As he spoke,
"fndecd hnd 30 most (hc) 'stremely hard
To leave my wife, my hegeis' ana lnl 9,ut9'
And march Co Story with the DAVIS Duaid
But IN to arms The South has called her sons,
And whio hert something southern hands can steal,
You can't llic) 'spcct OF me TO stay az home,
With hcartless duns forever at my heel
To night hen coop falls; and in a week
Wcdtake the Yankee capital, thinki
Bot should Il Prove Chico spedieni uot 70 DOT
Why then, wcil ukc-iu short, we take drink.
reckon may perish in The strife
some bullet Ia thc back might lay me low
And as my husiirss needs ATTENDING 20,
lll give you some detection ere ! go.
That ,otton-gin haven't paid for yet
The Naukocs Trusted ior It, dear, You know
Andit ihC most ih.J 'stftmey doubtful thing
Whether its ever used again. OF no.
lfYankce's agent calls while I am gone,
LIS my (hi1l iprcss command aud wish that you
Denouncc him fnf an Abolition spy,
And have him hung before his note is due.
In case your purse runs low while I'm away
There's Dinah's children-two (hcD 'peusiye wheps
They won't bring much the way the markets are,
But, mtn' you know how every little helps.
And there's that Yankee schoolmstrcss, you know,
Who taught our darlinRs how to read and spell,
Now don thicl spend "a cent 20 pay fcr Din
II she aren't iauod and feathefcd, she'll do we'll
And now ny leuf, go vhete booty calls.
Leave my whisky, cotton crop aud thee,
Pray that Ia baiucl may not lhc) spirc,
Aud when YOU LICK the niggers think IT mc.
II on some mournfal summer Afternoon.
They should bring home 20 you your warrior dead,
Inter me with to1k-pick In nay hand.
Ana write iast fhteJ pact DER my head
Here is another specimen, prettily done
ANOTHER DIXIE
There's Miss Dix To- Washington
And Bcucdix, the Colonel,
And General Dix, who ntetdicts
Secession schemes Internal
Pete Beaurcgsrd look out for JEFF,
Or spite Of al bic tricks, he
VIII have o. dance another dance,
And to another Dixie
Springfield R7v5i,can
And here is on original and affecting view
Of the Inconvenience of war, from a woman s
point OF view:
DrDNr WAtr 40 NJ wpow A man in La
crosse, Wisconsin rw days ago. rushed into the river
swearing that De- would drown himself when be hoo
waded n tn she depth " his waist his wife siczcd hin
BY The hair and ihcn, as local editor describes IT, sh,
lied him back tl lcy reached place where the wafer
was about two feet deep. where she pulled him over
batkwaGs, soustd him under. aud tulled hun up again
drown yuuTseif down be wtntl-loavc me to faihci
ihe bntsl -- (tuohcr plunRelgct drunk - (luother
souse and stalt Fen the rver-tanother dpl-iH iar
90 20 ie0ro icid0c, and all The the trar ~
ter fo1ziuI iW tO her HEARTS content She let him
into the house and closed the door.