Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-02-20
DAILY DEMOCRAT.
THE 4. Attest SONG.

THE 4. aTEsT SONG.
..cOME DOWN FATHER"
TIE most pathetic Song q ~ Dsy.
Oh father, dear father. come Gown with the
stamps,
Nv dress makers bill is unpaid
She sid she would send il right home from the
shop,
A soon the donnces were made.
Nv new dress from Stewards is down in the hall,
The boy will not leave without pay
I've nothing to sport with--cant 20 10 the ball,
So please send the shop boy away
Come down come down come down
Please. father. deer !sthcr come down!
u hear the sweet voice of thy child,
Who cries in her room alone.
U, Who could resist her most pltifnl tears
80. father with stamps you'll come down.
o father, dear father. come down with the
stamps.
My cusls are not tit TO be seen
The hair dresser ssid he would not do them up.
Unless I could pay him fifteen.
He emily asked twenty " give = new set.
And take the old hair in exchange:
Besides, pa, my waterfalls nvfully rough.
And 10 my back hair will look strange.
Come down come down come down,
Please, father, for Brateau. come down!
y, hear the sweet voice Of thy child, DC.
Ewlly Explained.
Some sharp genius explains rs follows.
certain Latin phases in common use:
"Oid verbum sat upon tie grass
Aud held the head of poer Sic Transit.
Who bled from gashes sharp and deep
As the incisson of a lancet.
For Transit had a little mill
With that fierc' bruiser, young Mill.
Ard he was blown "a bit
Whit sickened Transit lone who knows
Insists were heavy body blows
yed-besides broken nose
When he and Nlhil TT.
Geiting High.
The Rev. John pierpont tells how it is to
be done, - follows:
The sturdy oak full many cup
Doth hold up to the sky,
To catch the rain. then drinks it up;
Aud thus the oak gets high
By having water in his cups,
And 50 must you and |.
The l'lncimmnui Pork Trade.
The reports of the hog trade Of Cncin-
natl shows that during the present season
the receipts of pork, bacon and lard at that
city amount to 3,ll5,lT6 pounds IS com
pared with 7 ,bH ,T0S pounds TO the sane
date last scasoE. The shipments this sea,
son are 25,5ll 900 pounds as compared
with 22,773,152 pounds last season The
Cincinnati Gosette says: These figures show
. falling of in the receipts this season OF
4, 429, 1922 pounds, which is accounted for
in part by the lower prices ruling this sea
son, aud In part by the Interruptions in
means Of transportation. On the other
hand, the shipments have increased 3,73S,-
SOB pounds, over tw0-thrds Of which is in
the single article.
The Fairfield Ledger reports the hog
cholera very prevalent now, with fatal re
suits in most cases. II says: 1--WE hear
Of hogs dying from this disease all around
us. W. N. Read, Of Reads MILL informs us
that he has lost during the fall and winter
about lao head. They were good condi
toned hogs. some Of them being fat, and
would weigh from 80 to $50 pounds each"
TnE National Intelligencer says there are
| Gil men in the House Of Representatives who
ara willing that half their countrymen shall
hold their liberties at the will of bii;adicr
general Of tho army. Are they willing to
hold their own liberties by the permit of a
military commander. If they are. they are
fit to be slaves, and unfit for the high duty
Of an American representative. II they are
not, with what justice can they claim to be
true Democrats OF honest Republicans, who
would impose an arbitrary authority on their
countrymen to which they themselves are
unwilling to submit 7