Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-05-22
no THE EDITOR OF THE JoURNAn.
BY THE DEACON.

II
Mr.. Editor of the Journal. how do you do7
| I'm exceedingly glad 10 hear once from you
IL you can't come to see me just wrte me once more,
! For like you much better than ever before, 4
As you hhye an appreciation OF nursery rhymes.
| DO not spare palms, paper. persons or ink.
But DO, my dear, darling Editor, write what you
T. think. N Hl Mo-
But pray how is your family, your children and
Your religion and politics on which all depends,
And our City Government, which is above all the
| others,
For the members are all like SO many. brothers.
Except the unruly Democ ats, and its no difference
hIg there shoudno be one come in tillnext fall;
| For the City's found out that it only takes nine
| Good yirtuUus men do the business up fine.
But your labors in their cause, arduous, they
say, rs "a. rr- ~
That YOU are beginning to look old, and turning
| q quite grey; r- & g
| | have taken your paper for good many years.
Rut don't recOllect Of its affecting to tears,
| 0c of its ever bong so dreadful sublime,
| Not more than Ol Mother GO0se's nursery rhyme.
| GU have told us where We could get rid Of our
| money,
But not much, we recolect that was witty funny.
But I'm clad we've a paper that's perfectly pure,
Andan Editor with good morals, that's certain anu
And in It's columns you'll find not word of abuse.
And not one thing that's wicked, inlnoralor loOse,
As it's not to be found through tho world we roam.
| And then when you came up TO manbood's estate,
You must take your place with the learned and
great
There's not every mans born to be silly and weak.
| For sometimes nature will take freak. ,,y,
I've heard mothers tell children, "Just now mend
your ways,
And you'll be something or another some of these
days" ---
But I'll have my mind you may be born to good
But you can't whip chicken intoa duck. ~.
They may talk Of education but there's no kind Of
They can't change turkey into agoose,
You must have had the real native germ in your
And il troubled you so, you never could rest, .s
Until you had mOralized on these wicked times,
And you had written against writing nursery
Bot still old Mother Coo'e. think. will be read,
After Memory has forgotten every word you have
said.
koow you have told MS you were pained to state,
Orsomething or another you were glad to relate,
That is, as an Editor, lsuppose you w.re glad,
And, edltorally, YOU didn't feel very bad.
Then when you were pained, it was an Editors
pain,
And there was not much danger of its afFe,tins the
brain.
But there is one thing in which never knew you to
fail,
Of telling of some poor drunken man who had got
0r-the bad state of the roads and the incement
weather
Had kent good many ueople from coming Together.
And then as the people couldn't all of them 60,
The man had 10 fail with his wonderful show
Not that the Editor hadn't puiTei him up fine.
And whaL Won had written was trae every line
--"U ""' 80 y, 'A' "'''''A "'' u s'S'' I'4''
Then sometimes az n mere ite =, of news '.. N.
You tell us where we can get cheap boots and cheap
shoes.
Then where we can get the best whisky and rum.
And rnod lager heor for the we offered Won some
Nov ind. nv dearest Editor. I never could think
IN Z you vonld in snv Wv taLa to drink
For tell Vou INV friend IL SO IL with trenbIipG and
fear
ia see voi, take small drink of the smallest kind
! Of small beeT. ~ -
Rut whisky or brandy would be entirely wrong.
FIR IL donit do for weak heads In take ANYTHING
strong. ' l'"'' w '''A' '-' ''''''e
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And IL never could have been YOU who eoncoctel the