The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1863-04-15
"a Lows STONY"

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IA HEsE.T "a, Lows srOaY"
" ri sD,d you ever hear tell oi Dsasoa Haynes
- Who drank his gin til he lost his brains
de sone times drank four qpiarts day,
~ F 80. And I've oiten beard bis n=ighbors saw
That he sometimes drank gaIOnl
ssaat lsr The Deacon drank, for he loved his eia;
- In drinking, he said, there was sih,
~ u He turned to the Bible to prove it right,
~ u -al.s And told how Noah once gotiight,
While carrying on vinyard' 4
'a'r. ' The Deasons Church was the old Hard
2 She'll srr
4s .s-.a And The Deacon,s shell was hard
h-ll;
.7", lift hadn't BEEN there's no earthly doubt,
& ,.,.. \ But that his she'll would have been burned
r-,5sE4-T out, RI e7-ear7- r-.l 80
Long long before is was,
IE43 Now, the Deacon's dacghter was charming
ga;
-3yID Her name was Sarah-they called her SAL
They say she pretty, plump and round
g.,E 1s s--s As handsome lass as could be found
aii1 In all that country.
t,a 7s so, Now sallys beau was named Bob Sawyer,
- ~ .. bright young feow, BY profession a law
..ssa 10 ,ai But old Haynes hated him. hence he said;
sa sass1Vf break that derish lawyers head,
.ve'f g 'a The don't stop coming here!
t,.,f But SAwyer's lure was strong and true,
And Saly's love was clear grit too; --
~'a4iAf3tS sometimes she said she liked lawyer
.g5. So she couldn't help but like Bob Sawyer,
.atdag' Though her old dad didn't.
In matters Of love, Bob not to be stops
"a. .,a a.s.e ped, u ri" -so IL s.
And so the question to Sal he popped:
Now, Sal was gal OF excellent brains,u ,sss
'-' And so she said she would see old Haynes,
And try to get him willing.
r e-siirg One winters night, the fire burned bright
taatThe Deacon was sitting just cIeveriy tight,
When Sally up and wagged her jaw,
"a y9g And spoke him Of Bob as son in; law,s -.
~ A& A And said she. wanted TO marry. " E 4
Jga tugf. At this the Deacon in rage hopped llp
Hy.t-s7 iaal Turned over his gin that satin ma cup,
s,oss Ea@ And swore by all that was good and bad,
h7' a'" - That he would not have the worthless lad,
-. .- .- ~. 10 be his son>iu- law. ~
A '@ W. " Forth from The room the daughter walked
ra '' s4 der lace as white as though were chalk
aai14 'And since said she II can'tbe his bride.
will end my life in suicide,
r4r~y<s n ForI won't live onger!
pay b.. .,On the morrow the gal to the druggist wen,
SO a0 ~ 1a(0n ending her lie she terribly bent)
. And bougatan ounce oipoison staff,
$50 And hid it caretully in her muf, q =
60 ss,1,s..sg And started home again. ~ g,t
+ }ge4.t G4tFSE tfrefsS tJf 'lat't
veeul .s That night found Sal in her room alone;
'l The moonbeams through the windo VS.
% ~ shone-7 -,..s .-.R
She swallowed the poison paper and all
&a And in less than four minutes was dead as
rrsev7frv q maul--zzaIeVF a e. ,rg=g up
So ended the lie Of poor Sally! es E
taa4aI When the Deacon saw his daughter lay
- g, dead s..s ssat- -a
v5t. l5 He went from the house to old woodshsd
There on his knees prayer be said, =
Then seizing an axe he chopped off his head
g @f. "a And this was tho end o Deacon. 81, .. .
~ When Sawyer he Heard the death ofhis.
duck, 1s9#4 %
He looked like fellow just thunlered and
struck; p.
nrN his eyes were wild with terrible stsre
H#E 'F Just hike tearer all on a TEAR, 2a
ESl& s.. E Oh elow chuck full of whiskegi sa
And now said he since my Sal's done dead
eai r fr5 Away with her life my hopes are fed,'
eal ,aaalh So around his neck rope ha fixed,
taaH15gas Then heaven and earth went swinging be,
tWixt--
~~ And that was the end of the lawyer s