The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-08-24
Grtuins Crltsnpa
"WEDNESDAY, August "a, ,ss1-
OUNCE.

Near small village = the West
Wnere m,ig tisg 'O' worthy people
Est, orIh ;, P,'1 whist, and do their best
70 essaS, es,ne, ON evil Church and steepie,
AneIe w. d--alas II stands 40 mere -
se~ sment OF brick aud plaster,
VI sicb, for 70 Tty years and four,
dy good friend Ounce was lord and master /!
Welcome was he IN hut and hall.
To maids and mntrons peers and peasants,
BE won the sympathics OF al,
By making puns and making pre- 3nts;
Tbouah all The parish was ne strife,
he kept his counsel and his carriage,
And laughed and loved q quiet life,
And shrank from Chancery's suits and mar
rlage.
sonnd was his claret and his head;
Warm were his double ale and fee incs--
Ills partners at the whist-cluh said
That be was faultlcss in his dealings
He went 20 church but once s-wcok;
Yet DR.. Poundtext always fgund him
An upright man, who studied Greek,
And liked TO sec his friends around hinl.
Asyluns, hospitals, and schools,
lie used to swear were made 20 60 en-
All who subscribed % th-m were fools,
And he subscribed % haf-a dozen.
70 vas his doctrine that the poor
Were always able, never Wiling.
And 80 the beggar az the door
Had hrst abuse and then a shilling.
6one public principles he had,
But nc was no hatteTer nor uctteFt
:. lie raped his box when things were bad,
And said-'I cannot make them better"
And much he oathed the patriots snort,
And much he scOrned the piacemans snuhle
And cut the ticrcest qulrrels short
Whh-"Patence, gentlemen, and shuttle
For f1ll ten years his pointer, Speed,
Had couched beneath his master table;
Tor twice ten years his old white stced
Had fattened in his masters Stable.
Old Qnince ayerred, upon his troth,
They were the ugliest beasts in Devon;
And none knew why he fed them both
With his own hand six days in seven.
Whence or they heard his ring or knock.
Quicker than thought, the village siarterns
Flung down the novel, smootbed the frock,
And took up Mrs. Gasse, and patterns;
Adine was studying bakers bills;
Lonisa looked the queen of knitters,
Jane happened 10 be hemming frills;
And Bell, by chance, was making frtters.
But all was vain; and while decay
Came Ike tranquil moonlight o'cr him,
Aud found him gouiy still, and gIy,
With no fair nurse 10 bless or bore him
Ills rugged smile and easy chair,
His dread of matrimonial lectures,
His wig, his stick, his powdered hair,
Were themes for very strange con lectures
Some sages thought the stars above
Had crazed him with excess OF knowledge
Some heard he had been crossed IN love
Before he came away Crom college
Some darkly limited that his Grace
Bid nothing great or small, without him,
Some whispered with a solemn face,
That there was something odd about him.
found him at three-score and ten
A single man, bat bent quite double,
sU Sickness was coming on him then,
!, To take him from n world of trouble
Des6e prosed of sliding down the hill,
' Discovered he grew older daily
One frosty day he made his will
The Dext he sent for Dr. Bailey
And so he lived-and so be died
When last l sat beside his pillow.
He shook my hand-"Ah me :" ne cried.
penelope must wear the willow.
Tell her Rugged her rosy chain
While life was fickering in the sJckef;
And say, that when call again,
III bring license IN my pocket.
"I've left my house and grounds to Fag--
II hope his masters shoes Will su,t himl;
And I've oequeathed 10 you my nag,
To feed for my sake-or shoot him.
The wears wife will take old Fox
She'll lind him an uncommon mcuseT;
And let her husband have my box,
Ny Bible ana my AssmanshauseT.
whether ought to die or not,
Ny doctors cannot quite determine
LIS only clear Ahat shall rot
And be, like Prism, food for vormin.
Ny debts are paid-but Natures deb:
Almost escaped my recollection!
Tom we shall meet again; aud yet
cannot leave you my direction"