Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1865-11-29
Mr.. Nasty wasIeth over Moo Gerset,
Or THE WING, Nov. 9th. Is6,

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me for after being bufeted about the
world for stree skore years, at last il
seemed to me ez tho forchune, tired u,
persekootin unforchnit bein, had taken
me into favor. bad solemn promise
from the Demekratfc State Central Com
NIFTY in the great State of Moo Gersey,
that ez soon ez our candidate for Governor
waz .dooly elected, shood hev the pos
ltion Nv Dorekeeper to the House of the
Lord (wich in this State means the Capu-
tai 4 wich is certainly better than dwell
lin in the tents Nv wicked grosery keep
ers, on tick, ez | do) and joodishus ex-
mbition Nv this promise he'd prokoored for
me unlimited facilities for borrerin.
On Wednesday mite | wuz sit,in in
my room, enjoin the pleasin reHectio D
that IN few days I should be placed
above want, / beyond the contingc ncies
NV fortune. Wood oh wood that he'd
died then and there, before that dream ov
bliss was rudely broken. A wicked boy
cum runnIn past with paper wich he he'd
brot from the next town where there lives
man who takes one. He funr 1t thro
the window to me and past on. | opened
1t eagerly, and glanced at the he'd lines
"Noo GERsEY-50O0 REPuBLIKIS -
One long and piercin shreek WIZ heard
thro that house, and wen the inmates
rushed into the room they found ne in
anymate on the floor The fatal paper
lay near me explanin the cause of Nv thu
catastrophe. The kind hearted landlord
after feelin Nv my pockets and diskiverin
that the contents thereof wood not paw
the arrearages Nv board, held n hurried
consultation with his wife as TO the nro-
rriety Nv bringin me to, he insisting that
1t wuz the only chance Nv gittin what wuz
back-she insisting that ef was brunc
to Id go on runnin up the bill bigger and
bigger, and never pay at last While
they was argooin the matter pro and con
happened to git good smell of his
breath, wich restored me to CONSCIOUSNESS
| to-wunst, without further assistance.
When in trouble my poetic sole alluz
finds vent in song Did ever poet who
dellted IN tombs, and dark, rollin streams
and consumption, and blighted hopes. and
decay, and sich themes, ever hey srch 8
pick OF subjects ez | hev at this time p
The follerin may be a consolation to the
few Dimokrats w the North, who have
gone so far into Copperheadism that thew
cant change their base.
VALE
In the mOrnIn we 20 forth rcioicin in
our strength-in the evenin we are bustid
and wilt
Man born wv woman (and most men
are) is of few days, and them is so full Nv
trouble that it's skarsely worth while bein
born Mt all
In October waded in woe knee deep.
and now the waters Nv aflickshum are
about my chin.
| look to the East, and Messyehusets
rolls in Ablishun
To the West turn my eyes, and Wis
consin and Minnesota ard IIlinoy ansers
Ahlishun
Southwark turn my implorn' gaze,
and Maryland sends greetin-Ablishun
In New York we had en- for 10 we
run a soljier, who fought valiontly, and
we put him on platform, wich stunk
with nIgger-yea. the SAVIOR thereof wuz
louder than the Ablishun platform itself.
But behold the people jeer and fout,
and say " the platform stinketh loud en-
ough, but the smell thereof is not the smell
Nv the Afrikin-it is of the rotton mater
ial Nv wich it is composed, and the corrup-
shun they hev placed on it''--and New
York goes Ablishun
Slocum held hisself up and .ed come
and buy" And our folks bought him and
his tribe, but he getteth not his price
Moo GERsEY --ABLIsHUS II
Jobs cattle wuz slain bv murrain and
holler-horn and sieh, and not livin near
Moo York, the flesh thereof he Good not
sell
But Job he'd suthin left-still he Good
sell the hides and tallowl
Lazarus he'd cores, but he he'd dorgs to
lick them.
Moo Gersey, wuz the hide Il taller Nv
the Dimocrisv, and 10 that is gone
( What little is left of the Dimocrisy is al
sore, but where is the dorg, so low as t
I lick it?
/ Moo Gersey wuz our eve amb-lol tn,
! strong hand Nv Ablishun hez taken It
Moo Gersey wuz the Aryrat on wict
oCr ark rested-behold the dark waves w
Ablishunism sweep over it
Darkness falls over me, ike pall-.h:
shadder Nv woe encompasseth me.
Down my furrowed cheeks rolleth IL
tears Nv anguish, varyin in size from
large Pea to a small tater
Moo Gerssy will vote ior the Constoosh
mel Amendment, and 10 !! TIE Niger vii
possess the land.
see horrid visions
On the Camden and Arboy, niggs
brakesmen-and at the polls, niggersi
Where shall We find refuge