Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-06-28

The Plant6T's avarice, the iyer's knavery?
4 schOOl the Ees.hea gTOes and enlig hten 'em,
To polish up and brighten 'en,
And make them worthy CT eternal bliss,
Why, no-tEe simple end ana aim was this
Reading we'll known proyrrb much amiss-
TO wash AID Written 'em,
Tney looted 50 ugly in their sable hides;
- dark, 30 dizzy, Ike gruoby lot
Df sOO,y sweeps. or GOLFERS, aud besides,
However the poor ewes
Blight Wss tEemEey,s,
Nobcdy knew II they yVsre clean or not
On Mines fairness they were quite bot;
No: al forget more serious complaints
TLGt even wsite they joia=d In pious hymn,
30 back t.et were and grim,
Ia tIce and Hiab,
They loat d like D-vl.s, though they sang like
Saigts
The .Erug vas un enable .
They waited WASHING not that slight ablution
70 " lea tn skin u he waite rnaa il LIABLE
p erslY IenCviaE trarsitB! pollution
BII goJG, hard, boGsst, energetic rubbing
And scrabCiIg.
Sensing eacG 'Utg fraIae from heels to head
Ith 5, stro.s SAp0Eaceous !a!her,
Ard PsilE OF wa,cr-hO'.ish Tatner,
Bat not So boiling as - turn 'em red
- spoke the ptiIan,hrop;c man
NEho .ald, nnd Eatebed, and uursed the plan
AID. q 10 view Is glorious communication!
Tie broo:Ds aid mOps,
II t iUhs and slops,
The h!ths AID brushes % full operation
To see each Crow, or Jim or Jonn,
10 10 raven and Gene cut swan
" Lie Ilir as Caveldisaes, Yanes and Russels,
Slack Venus rises from the sOspy surge,
and all the little Nigserlings emerge
As liiY-white as muksels.
Sweet e,cs tie vislou-but alas
HJweyer IL prospectus bright and sunny
To bring Euch visionary sceaes to pass
Ols tLiRg was fta Glsits, and that was-money
Money, tL-t Pays the lzunaress and her bills
For socks an CT ars, sGifts ana fills,
Criv!'s and keIc-i-fs-Inoney, without which
ne Nfgrce> nust remain as dark a pitch;
- all .f.fT.r
To Link u IiIiIIiOns of immol tai souls
Dwelling II dies black as Goals,
Aad hvins-sc TO sPesk-in Salan's livery
hCney-tLe root of evil-diOss and stuff!
bu-. U! 20" happy ought toe rich TO feel,
WI a. m-sns enab ed ID IN to give enough
o olsnch n African foin lead % heel
Eo" o'rss d--yea, thrice BE ssst-to subscribe
Erough 70 scour tTibel
" Tile ne w1Cse fortune wds al Le.t IT. one
A.,EoU.5 he gave bat pence, Low sweet to kaov
he LeiPed 20 bleach Ho;teatot's great toe,
Or little one.
Moved b. this ir,sIc, or appalled,,
o, To SeTsons Of ceris;G turI so proper,
1.e ElOnt c,Ule wh-n called,
Ia silver, geld and coFpcr,
Pressna from friends 10 bIacks,p or foes 10
whites,
IEh,s," and "ogsriags," and widows
rluap iegleies, aud yearly bsneiac.ioas.
With other gifts
And charitable llfts,
fliH.ed IL Isis slA llrt-.ly Transaction.
AS tE1S-E Lana BIssiel,
a.. irOa kettle
re DCwagFr Lady Scanned
4 Iieoe Of .nnei
RtbscCa Pope
A bar Ofs9ao.
lie Misses Howels
HElfe-oozsn toyels
he Master RusnIs
We serub5IDg brushss
M. a GTsOm,-
a stable pom
And Mrs GruDb
tub.
Grsat Were tie sums collec,sdr
AM gfelt rtsn'ni In cons. quenCe expected
Blu santorS, In the teeth of ali endeayor.
cordis z to reports,
Atysarly coUT.s,
Tn Blaeis, co--fsunI them, we-e a, black &,
ever, "
Yss' sFi.s Of all tie water used slott.
S'.P' Eii'" d nu;.sd hard and sofe,
sd lr4iIaSh, GOe-sGack ii d sand ..
q ins bT1Ahes, palm Of tand,
IN : !te q All Inc ,ubbiag, rubbing, scrubbing
NJ routing ana the grn55ing,
the e Il, e0nfcuLd them! were as black M
ever = =
~ :, r. :, :: n bis PeLennIlI speech, -
lah - bI %I s6t W Ngser did no. bleach,
rem 6eing wdsaed aud soaped,
For self and Ii" Committee
u fefeVeTirg IN tire p-esrnt way
Ana srTuoiInget the Blacks from day 10 day.
l1oaSh ts cou'd not promise perfect white,
rom certain a. mptoEls that [ ad CONS 70 iiaht'
lie hoped IN time 70 get hem gray,
LllIod by this vague insurance,
Tie friends and patrons Of the sable t,tb. e. ID
continued 20 subscribe,
hrd waited, waited on with rau.h endurance
mIs aIyy s s,5 d'ist,tar, Thrifty
Wlta II Come by the lax made .om.wn., .ho,..,
III pal iUplici,ly her croxn per Quarter
Tb,s !, ~ NJ T .ssy,ry gar cane round,
And atshe loved her sable brother 80
LAT hf. Treasurer must have another
But, spite Of pounds or suineas. y, IA
Iasiead Of giving any hint H..- nd.
VI turning To q neutral TINT. ..
The p.aguY Negroes and their pIcsninr,s. b..
We're ain the 60 or OF the bird tha, La.
Ooly some very aged souls
showing little gray upon their polls.
Like dawsr
However, nothing dashed
By such repeated fsilufts, or sbashed
The Court Still met;-tLe Chairman and dIrec-
tors, ~'eo-
The secretary, coed a. pen and ink,
Inc WORTHY Treasurer, who kept the chink,
And ali the cash Collectors;
With hundfedsof thar class, 20 kindly creduIou,.
without whose htlp no charlatan alive
Of ba6ole Company could hope to thrive,
~ CCsy Cbsvalier, however sednlous- ..
we good and easy innocenis, In fact 4-
we wIlinsly receiving ehaf for corn,
- PsfNed Oat By Bstisrs tact,
H'I -, Ing secret pleasure In the act
VI Oeihg slucked aid shorn!
T However, IN ioss hundreds there they were,
10 hear once more sadress from ths Ehs,,
And Regular Report.
Aiss coaefuoiag n thsesuaI srain,
That what y in evSrlasffng Yea, IA a.,
The serubbing brurhes hadhH cot h.i,
TIE eloons-mere stumPs-w6sld never serve
The sosg wss gose, The fsnnels all IN sh,eds..s
Use towels worn TO thfeads
The tabs and pals too shattered 70 be meadah
AID gb9f was added with deal Of pain = !
But az eerouf - Correctly would expiain. )