The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1863-06-05
The following we received from th'
veritable Joseph Bowers himself:
We Lament of Joseph Bowers.
PART THE 1.

veritable Joseph Bowers himself:
We Lament Of Joseph Bowers.
PART THEI.
My name It is Joe Bowers, and I hev a brother
Ike.
We lived in ole Missouri. in the famous coun.
" Pike,
We both wuz Locofocos, my brother Ike and
Jest ez strong and nasty, eZ thoro lived in
Missouri.e.
Vow Ike a me both he'd nice farms and wu7
fore handed like,
! he'd fve hundred acres and the sau o he'd
brother Ike.
And fifty healthy niggers, men, gals and BOYS
he'd We.
Ez good end likely darkoys ez ther wuz IN
NJ ssouree.
We WIZ ci,lin rich. indeed we wuz. and doin
mighty well,
Our crops we GOT in reg'lar-h he'd enuiT to use
and sell.
I'deed moe PROSPEROUS men you'd travel fur
Than me ard brother Ike in Pike county. Mis-.
source.
IN 1890 lection come--Lord. wasn't ther y
mues.
II stirred M al ihc country, and reached even
Tho man wo' told us how 10 vote come round
and sed that We
Must help for to make Breckenridge carry
MssOuree
Vie told us that If Iinkin should our ruler hc
He'd take our mig PrS from u all and every
ono set free.
That wus than that, If we TO him the mower
to do II gave,
That CulTeo re'd the master be, and Joe Bow.
ers he the slave.
PART THE z.
Election past. and our Breckenridge wuz en-
dawslusly chawd m.
For Lnkin run the appnied race jest like y
waller pup.
Then tho man wat told us how to vote, come
round and Sed that we
Could only find our rites in the South COnfed.
'racy.
I didn't understood II. but ! his'nd M my hat,
For Suthern rites. our sysiim, and seCh other
things ~ that.
ATTENDED all the meetIns held to help along
the cause.
And vigorously damd old Abe and his Abo.
lshn laws.
The war broke out and me and Ike blcd nifty
freely then,
give thousand dollars towards regiment
of men,
And thought that II 'tw uld keep our nlrs
from bein stole away
fhe money we invested wuz well spent and
sure would pay.
PART 1HE 3.
W H. Gin'ral Price como to oar parts With
his grand ar mi ee.
They camrt on nv plantation. foot, hoss, ar
tillery,
The Gin'ra us d my house, his men burnt all
they couldn't steal
Their wuz mary rooster lett 10 crow nor n try
pig To sqdeal.
The fences vani he'd quicker and my barns
the cusses found
Convenient Tor to cook tho hogs they found
-Iunnin loose around.
NeYt mornln Giu'ral Price seZ he, you're y
true southern son.
You're not tie man fer Abulisheners To spit
upon,
Them patriots YOU see. Joe
II se, en- n r,astn eggs in the ashes Nv my
fences, barns aud sich,l
area itin for your
sake,
We're playin reavy game Jest now and our
niIgCrS j. the stake.
We need your mules and liuSses Joe, and youi
healthy ngIcrs too
You may keep all The old ones fer our uses
they woh. do.
Sech money ez you lev Joe, we'll borrer, for
You know
putSS W 'fN tlp el'iNNl 'it Nhi ''A''' - 90
90"
And notir,rg Il re-; moose tlat they'd rgged
~ 10 tree,
lWich is n NJ ssouri hint. used extensively to
inspire conndence Ia Con .edrit money!
We willin I've 'em what they askt, did broth
e. Ike AID me.
They took my hosses and my mules, and ev'ry
- he'd,
Cept twos, 4 babes and "a cid one that wa,
Lt uly dead,
six hundrea liars IN good gold-they lef. mt
n,.f. cen,
Then settiu .ra To ny house
ITO prevent the oncmv tro n ccupyin IT,
l.s banJ oil pat
riots went.
pAIT THE A. CNCLUSI)N.
A work n tho lcvee in Cincinuatti-ee,
is not quite bein Il planter IN Pike ounty MS
source,
Joe Bowers wanted Southern rites, he got 'eH
all ANA h
Thinks he coud i've without 'om II lie WI.
back IN Mssnuree.
EP,TAPF-rng PIST TO WHICH Is OBVIOUS,
Wich Iwish inscribed on my tomb stone, ..
M Administrator KIN sell my Land Ter ehul
10 buy one.
Here los Joe BlwerS. He Tuz we'll lie
would he better, lie took msdl a
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