Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1866-11-10
P @ L T | G A L.
From the Atlantic Era
SEA N d A l. Gus.

We turn the author of the following doggerel ov,
o the wishes Of the ladies. We make no apologi,
or him, he has neither youth nor age to rccommen
i'm to clemency. We have reason To believe thu
his act of his was tho result Of mature delibsrator
lear what he has to say:
As along the street blundered,
Much marveled, much wondered,
Seeing sights and things that mortal
Never saw or dreamed before;
On the pavement came rapping
As Of footballs gently tapping
And I heard a musln--hnpping,
Which my eye would fain explore.
Z" 'Tis some female, then ult ered--
! had seen the thing before
Only this and nothing more.
Came this female sweeping by me:
Fearing she should chance to spy me,
Suddenly stepped into
Friendly, waiting, open door;
Thence l saw the lovely maiden
Being from some distant Alden
All perfumed and dry-goods laden,
Pass me and 20 on before.
Naught had TO do but follow
And noto down the things she wore
Twas mystery to explore.
And found-by close inspection
That her naughty, upper section,
Something chance had called bonnet,
On its pericranium wore;
And her breast was heaving slowly,
Meath garment fashioned iow.ly,
And knew the movement wholly,
had never seen before;
For knew twas patent heavers'
That this radiant maiden wore,
Only those AMI nothing more.
And her cheeks were full and rosy
could tell you, inter nos,
Secret that druggist told me
Of the color that she wore
Yet her checks were very pleasing,
But her look at me was freezing,
And she showed a sign Of sneezing,
As she swept along before:
And she sneezed a pair of "plumpers"
Out at least n yard before,
Only this and nothing more.
Then noticed an uncertain
Lifting of the muslin curtain,
That her feet had deity hidden
From my errant eyes before;
With each lift came a desire
That 'twould lift little higher,
And at last It did aspire
Higher than I'd seen before;
And knew it was "tilter"
That this sanity maiden wore;
Just " "tilter''-nothing more.
And the fitting and the rocking
Up and down the splendid stocking
Chartered by blush ribbon,
That chanced to see she wore,
Showed me-'twas n sight for weeping,
That pair of calves were creeping
Out of place as che was sweeping
Like stately queen before;
Calves that she had late.y purchased
From fancy dry-goods store.
Patent calvcs-and not much more.
And the nutterng and the tapping
OF the maiden's gaudy trapping
Showed me sights that never mortal
Eye had dared to see before;
Sights revealed by every lifting
Of the folds Of muslin drifting
Round her, which the winds were shifting
Eye.ward, higher, more and more;
Sights that to mortal vision
Never were revealed before,
Nameless here forever more.
And while thus her rigging Auttered,
Much wondered, and l muttered
''And you call this thing woman
That is trouncing on before;
She the brazen doll of fashion,
Wrapped in one tremendous passion:
Sunken from her noble station,
To the thing that goes befcre
Oh that every mortal vision
Should such mystery explore"
This understanding more.
And the thought came DER me gushing,
Where has gone the art of blushing
That we loved in wife OF maiden
In the sanity days of yore?''
Call me, if you will, unciyil,
While name her thing OF evil"
And wish the very deuce
Had the toggery she wore,
And again she were arrayed in
Dresses like her mother wore,
Vanished now forever more.