The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-12-15

10 a. T.. J. y & a IS IT, TX.
Far away from emf, desert ofbouldcrsaud bricks,
where the marble ard mu1 in conpan.lusHIp mir,
spreAdaa magical realm. yher, the sons ol ,ho soil
subsst on vcry strict dt'tof on.
The whistle ,nl rur of tho steam on t0no th,rc
Echo loud through tho sweet 0lsA simon. air;
And so rich arc the TO 10 that re- -ou, Im told
That they oven forget what lAe price is orsod'
Their horsepower and steam power forth al thclr
might
And dcrTick, Iko mushrooms, srrout up In auishl
Such things "a, elections ore wholly forgotten.
And al uc political pla'f rms are rotten.
There no "buls and the "b,ars and the substitute
brokers',
Political jokes and political joser,,
Unft uc commotlou o. Oilt3m 90 weather,
Are laid Oh the theiG and forgotten together.
Potroas ! feel NV poetic blood ooil,
When thy nsmo but mention, thou Eden Of on
From thy sweet. suolns streams rapid fortunes arc
hshed-
Except when one ands himself suddenly diahed.
Time was when from Codnsh, and Nagkorcl too,
A asAy pcrfumed aristocracy grew;
And when Coal mines and Iron held the same place that
Bhoddy
Holds now IN the socAl-pol.lcal body,
Prom the rocks Of PctroIa when they struck,
II, like Moses OF Old, you should just be Ia luck,
Streams fountain Of on, worth It's wcst, when gs sold,
In uoenbacks, or what is o'72" as go)d-g,ld.
weIl Into this region there once dived youth,
Determined at once TO arrive a, the truth
OF the matter, and learn FOR himself It report
Had hit the bulls eye, shot beyond, or come short,
He WAS crisenod Lacros; bis las. name, no matter!
Twas enough for his bo tuisSer, tailor, aud hattor
To know that aud he bandy explained to osch creditor,
That he ok charge OF locals, and ought to be editor
How he made an his money really can't toll.
Perhaps ne himself didn't know very well.
Re had led bohemian" career, for some summers,
And was one otour most Intellectual Of "bummcrs"
when ont OF jackets, and scarce In his teens,
A daJster at wIhiog sensational scenes,
He was baptized reporter and for the papers,
And sometE ei ndulged in theatrical cspers.
In cases OF suicide, murder, ard theft,
ElOPement, and ares, he eIua ly deft,
budget OF "notes' lc had always about him,
And no frst class paper could well DO without HIN.
lie knew JUS bow much, aud how little to say,
Aud how to put what he said IN the right way.
He know how to black guard in exquisite style,
And used always TO swsddle curse in a smile
But the heaviest drag his organ scnsorla
Was when he attempted a theme editorial
One thing quite clear In his STYLE to be sure,
Aud that one thing was, that twas clearly obscure.
He dressed wel-fo ever was sporting now suitsI
His hats perfection ami were his b1ots
His collars "darliugs,' aud ditto his gloves;
His vests thoy werO sweet" and his ugcktles were
GLOVES"
His pants and his coats were s glossy and now,
That they looked though they part OF him. too
And the best OF It was Gas he owned, from one Fan
To osnOther, he got them for nothing Al ali!
Thatis, he wa, good at indltlng a puff"
ofthe style with which radesfolk customers stu;
Though, indeed, haId 10 conceive what Lasrtos
meant,
When he'd got or his poetic Advertisement.
But though in affairs ofPolce and the Courts,
He could write the most lovely sensation reports,
In the Drama il was he shone brightest Of ALL
His penholder wormwood, and all his Ink salL
Twas he could write up, aud twas he could write down,
who could make with smile, and undo with q frown,
Twas HIS TO grant greatness, and his 20 refuse,
And make tho Eminent shake in his shoes.
Every actress's age he could tell to ats
Could relate who she now was, and who used to bA
When the plays or the players were anyway mystic
Qike hmselD, he would term them extremely artlstc"
And he could write poetry, too, and he thought
That no poems ike his could remain long unboughtI
But unlike his book the brains he brought Il,
Eor his book thn you could almost through IL
For some time before looking out Tor a wife,
He launched forth on the sea Of political lio--
That sea where so many monster each night Foussa
And whore some noble ships sink because OF no light
houSss
whore he lived at that time, forsot but twas whore
All the great and the good OF the nation repalrI
told frleud this once, who told me again,
That must by all means, have been Washington, then,
Il ca5 Washington, too for he used to recall
How, hour after hour, ne would stand In the Han
Ofths House or the Senate, like one in a trance
whilst around Sim was tripped hs political dance.
He used to describe is unbroken dccorum
(PArticularly when there wasn't "a quordm)i
And the eloquent speech Of 'me eloquent speaker
That half love OF country and the other haflquoE
In this Garden of Eden, this washington too,
Lasrtes began to have OreenbaeSs In view.
lie loved Love and Money, he theu both slsursy,
And for some time he found them up at the Treasury.
In politics he knew truth /, stranger than aoton,
so he wrote on both sides 10 avoid contradiction.
He knew It Is conscience makes towards Of US al,
10 took to lose his in the Capitol Han
30 laertsa made money-h,s pen never rested
III he'd saved up enough to Inyest-and invested
And a small fortune ueed, through shrovd speculation,
Is good missed through Forged Proclamation.
Mid the "Ins aud tho "outs" OF the Government drama
As hard to be caught was ssmmes' Ala5ana,
In the farce Love OF County, be such actor,
That he came near to "stsIrins" Army Contractor
So he gathered his presnbaeks, he gathered them In.
And real work Ofl,fe he began to begni
For with him making money was IKE making war
Give him nye hundred thousand he'd "ea for some more
Twas then that 5troleum, beginning to surge
From tho depths, made grand Introductory spurgeS
And, where ell had been hitherto war to the knfo,
Poured It's oil tho waters Questionable life,
Por ifnothlns else lives, Fashion must, and nobody
Believes that she can live forever on ShOddy
Lfthats all that's LEFT her, she'd boS take to fasting,
asRsh II grows In AbuRaAass, Il AiRtTsry lasting.