The Oxford intelligencer. (Oxford, Miss.) 1860-18??, 1861-05-22
BIZ sKIDDLEs-

LIscois--t soths: asleep in a rocking stair-afte'
pause he springs up. sadSsniyl
Give me another Scotch CAPT Wrap me in militia
Have mercy, JEFF Davisi sOf-1 but dream.
loud knocking at the door,
sSwArD-( Without) -Tis l. my lord the White
House cock;
Thrice Lave crowed since the day hath broke.
(Enter Sevard, Chase, Bates Blair Cameron ana
CAmsaosZHow doth my good lord'
Unconstitutional well, methinks, good coz
That CONNECTION of hommony and hog, Spich, as my
won't
Late on yesterday eve ate, did most wilfuily affect
me.
Have no leech among my councillors, oh seniors,
Who can minister to body diseased! Alas N,
friends -
Bred 70 the chcane of the law, what know ye of the
And bounds of rebeous blood by tful fever stirred
BArEs-My lege, as glanced DER the morning
prints
I'm which our gories are duly and at length set FORTH
Methought much praise was given TO "a medicamen
Yclept IN foreign lore-Cephalc Pill.
LIScoLS-Away with this nostrum-Ill none OF it
For know We | bought box of harumecarum boy
Whom encountered on our Western train, and who
Cried-God wot l-''0ld Abe, buy some pills'"
These Thought and tried, but got no better fast
To sneak in public on the stage. Yet can but thinh
Ts not the confecton but the detection Of the South
en tier
Which pains our Lieges-
LIEcoLN-Alas knave think you so?
Know you not, my babbing coz, that this detection
l. all gammon-the crisis is but artificial
CHAsE-We know il we'll would we could forget it
Yet, your Excelency, read in some foul
Southern paper-caed-I know not what
The ''Mail"-the ''Mercury"-or some such absurdity
That there is much feeling down in their insight,
Where Aries wrongs smell rank to heaven.
LINcoLs-What then? let them howl! You know
full well,
That cry as they may there's nobody hurt
Oh. how despise peevish, complaining people
people who know not which side their bread is but
tered
Misguided people! who would fain tear away three
stripes,
Two Of red and one of white, from Star spangleC
Banner.
SEWARD (a,iRe)-Long may il wavel
WELLS (dsiae)- the land of the free
BATES (dside) And the home of the brave!
LrScoLN-And imagine they have founded new
nation
And now yon fighting Colonel Davis
With his ragged, ragamufn crew, loudly swears
He'll sit in this very chair wherein we sit
Save the mark lin spite of Wool or Scott
Friends, farewell yet take something ere ye go.
Leave me TO myself, That may coufi inc uo"sy Sou
Watch well the door, that no foul traitors enter
With machine internal, or six-throated revolving
pistol
Spread yourselves and lose no opportunity to tell
Til expectant people that all is going on well;
And while reluctant, We admit the Southern feeling
Urge and declare +hat lis marvellous consoling,
That nothing is hurting anybody. There, gol
Stand not the order of your going but 60 at once
(Sccdrd and others bon and depart.
New Jerusalem is Ills happinessi When erst
dreamt of might, majesty and power; when in day
gone by,
An humble splitter Of rails, wearing but one shirt
week;
Or when, in revcry, leaned in listless mood
Der the oar (hah, punD of the Storytelling broa'
horn,
And thought of the powerful and rich of earth,
And envious contrasted their gay feasts and revels
With our humble joys, our humble shuckings, nn'
possum hurts
Our apple bees and quilting frocs-alack-a-da
Is Shakespeare says in his Paradise Lost, sadly fee
That distance lends enchantment to the view"