The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1863-07-23
TRzE COPPEREaEAD.
From the milwaukee Sentine.


a Parody on 49, Raren."
Once upon a midnight ireary while pondered, weak
and weary,
Over many strange and raitorous article had read
befoge,
In the Times and in the Neos, papers that give me
the blues,
While my wits had gone amisspg, suddenly heard
Like two lovsrs fondy kissing, kissing my chamber
rs raouse, or a rat mustered, playing meath my
Iiaat is It, aud nothing more.
All !! distinctly remember, twas in the chill Nove1n-
And each aicksrlng dying en,ber, wrought is ghost
Eagerly wished the morrow, vainIy HAD tried to
borrow
From my papers of sorrow for the woes my country
or the breaking Of The Uni9a framed by salnted names
Of yore,- n
Names remembered evermore.
Presently ny soul grew stronger hssitatiDg then no
Turning Found saw reptile on the sofa the
Not the least obesanee made he nor word OF int5odue
But with head aiott seemed ready TO leap upon my
chamber floor; .
Yet he stirred from the sofa, bat lay and looked Jus;
Looked and lay and nothing
Aud the scaly snake bcguing al my fancy into smi>
BY the grave aud stern decorum oEhe countenance It
Though Thy crest be crowned with metal, aud thy
tong que be like a nettle,
Is had thee meath the kettle would cleanse thee Of
pollution; -z
Te me now tiig name and business, ooiled upon the
sofa cushion, ..a.t
apoth the reptile, s'Coasti,u;on."
Much narveed this ungainy ,epue thus to speak 50
Though It's answer little meaning, little relevancy
For we cannot help agreeing, that ne human be,
Ever yee was blsst in seeing snake upon his sofa
cushion,
With such q name as Constitution.
But the rep lying lonely on the sofa uttered only
That one word asif his soul in that cneword he did
Nothing further then he uttered, neither tongue tail
he nutlered,
Till scarcely more than muttered: He cares not Cor
OF the nations difficulties he can furnish solution
......- Quoth the reptile, "ConstiIui'on."
Startled at The stiffness broken, by reply SO quickly
Doubtless, said I, what It utters stock and store,
Caught from some unhappy master, whom unnercilu
Followed fast and followed faster, tin his sorg the
confuslon-
TIL the dirges of his hope the burden bore the
fusion
OI"ConStliubic!l- gDhs|Itutioh.'
And the reptile still beguiIing all my sac sou into s;>
Straight wheeled rOcAingcbar before sthe reptile
and cushion
Then into the rocker sinking betook myself to link
IT, ing .......-r.
Fancy unto fancy thinking what his viper Of pollnon
What this Shiny, scay REPTILE emblem OF this revou-
Ment by kissing "Cons,jtution."
hen methoughs the air grew deoser perfnmed from
poisouoHs SeusEr,-
Swung by rebels, and by reltors who endorse the
Ou,iOn;
Wretch cried JEFF DAVIS lent .hee-by mis- satellites
he sent thee;
Respite respite! and repenttfee Of thy guilt and thy
Qua, 0, quaf this Kind nepenehe, thou woudst nave
Q0otb the reptile Hoons,itution.'
Nanfac cried ], thing of evil maniac still if snake
Whether jim has sent thee, whether fate has tossed
Desoa,o get ali unGaantsd, full of puek and r~ou
Tell me, is there balm in Gead to check this nations
dissolution? ...
Blast the reptile is he crazy has his brain got thick
Has his FORM got stiff and lazy, in his slime and his
VIII thy Kissing heal the nation? will thy oroskipg
Art thon here's on mediation? thou French, art
Quoth The reptile "Constution."
Bias. the reptle s he mad2 has dire disaster made
him sad?
Or, was he ever bthe and glad what means this song
of Constitution?
Will it hush She din of battle? VIII 1t sii the cahohs
fatfle2
Will this vain and idle prtlo stop this heish revoiu'
Stop the mouths TRAITORS here cleanse the nation
Qaoth the tptie "Constitution"
Be that word our sign of parting Snake o. Acnd
shriyked upstarting;
III bruise thy head like sixty aud STOP Sy song o.
- Constitution
Eruise Inv head and stop thy song, nd spill thy blood
upon the cushion.
Leave no slime nor scale token ofthe folly thou hast
Leave nv loneliness unbroke,,, take thy from off
my cushion,
Quoth the reptile, ':cOnstitutiop."
And ;he reptile never yingst lying sIlI is lying.
On the crimson velvet lining Of the sofa near tie door,
and his eyes have the seeming OF maniac thhf Is
And the lamp light Ger him streaming throws his had
And the shadow Of The reptile that lies floating 90 the
in remember evermcre.
zrzszz. '
Always laugh when yoa can Sc cheap med
cne.
They that govern m,st,neko leas; noiea--habies
excepted. . D..
Why are two Is like hops beeause they make
beer be'tW
A Corkonian, Oh beng asked III breakfast how
be came by 'fhat black eye, said he slept on
bis fist ...
Galifng makes It's obseTvatiuns im short band:
[ acut writes them oui AZ length -...
The best repentance for duty neg Iected is to sci
4t,.,l IN -, x1.,f Of hai NON -.
Ell ...
Fe.rcIry and oowardice are 1ruly as brothers.aa
Eomuius aud Remns-they suck the same
volt
"Be.ware!' as the potter said +. the lump of
clay. III be burnt first rs tie clay said to the
potter, . .
sim particularly uneasy on his point as the
BY said when the hey stuck him on the end Of
needle.
The more a womans waist is shaped like an
bour-gass the more it shows rs That her SAINTS
" lite are running out.
Many who dress extravagantly, should be
much ashamed ortheir CLOTHES as Adam and Eve
were Of not having any
An editor says the only reason why his Eouse
was not blown away during Ire late gelc. was be
cause there was a heavy mortgage upon it
Sleep IS called 'dea,}l's counterfeit sc and his
is case in which the Coanterfcit IS generally pre-
ferred TO tie genuine
Somebody says Chat the odd est husband~v he
knows Of is The marrying Of widower IN clover,
with g widow IN weeds.
An old lady in Holland. whose sole occupation
was housewiiery, scrubbed her sjtiuS>roum anor
until she tell through INTO the cellar.
Sheridan. speakiug Of his stay at hutel. obs
served: ~ called ior bottle at q ire that my
landlord mi glt live a6stained from drinking it
that might live too.
Did you ever know such mechanical genius
as my son p ssjd an old lady she has made n
fiddle out of his own head, and has wood enough
tor another
Jump over all the fif's' and 'buts;'
There's always some kind hand
To lift life's wagon DER the ruts,
And poke away the sand.
A man is eircumscribei in all his ways by Gods