Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1867-08-10

The following poem % comes from Wheaton College,
Illinois. Some Of the Latin is rather original but
quires only moderate acquaintance with that tongue
to get tolerable understanding Of the lingo. -F-
The nox was Lit by lux of luna, ao7,~gEl
o. And twas nOx most oppoftuna .-i- 10
To catch FOssum or a coona IN .-....,-s $50
For nix was scattered DER this mundus
A shallow nix ct non profundus.
On sic a nox with canus unus,
Two boys went out to hunt for coonus,
The corpus of this bonus canis E..lsir,-,
Was full as long as octO span is
But brevis leg had canis never,
Guam had hic dog; bonus, clever -'''s7'f
Some used to. say in stultus jocum 7
Quad field was too small lOcum ana
For sic dog to make turnus .s.- ~.
Circum self from stem to sternus
5s.17I- : an 7,21''l 1dl - = l-.dA q11.
UEis canis, duo purer, -i -
Nunquam braVer, nunquam truer,
Guam hoe trio unquOam fuit
If there was never knew it. VIZ -'
His bonus dog had one bad habit; -1'5
4 Amabat much to tree rabbit, .sl ftas eait
Amabat pulus to tree raitus, d .5,- ....-
Amabat bene chase cattus.
On this nixy moonlight night
This old canis did Just right -i's,9
Nunquam treed q starving rattus, al4-st
Nulquam chased starving cattus, ..y.-
But cucurrit or intentus, .-...t.
On the track and on the scentus, ' 20
Till he traced possum strongum. eEa-
In hollow trunkum longum, ..rl
Loud he barked in horrid bellum, fi.. .,F
Seemed on terra VENT hellum.
Quickly ran the duo puer, '' ,--
Mors of possum to secure. '4
Quum venerit, one began r.. b ...l-rI
To chop away like quisque man, ...l ..,
Soon the axe went through the truncum,
Soon he hit per, cher. chunkum, -
Combat thiekens on ye bIayu -9 @F3E
CAMS, puer, bite. ct staYus; 5-i af z.s5i.z5r..f
As his powers non long US tarry, ,.-..aI-.
Postum potest non pugnare,
On the nix his corpus lefh, i-i
Down to Hades spirit fiieth, li l- sa>i
joyful puers, CAMS bonus .5. %. -3,It-t5
Think him dead as any stonus. ......f
Aint his corpus like a jellyg
QuOd plus proof ought hunter velle? '--I2
Now they seek their paters donio, e f14
Feeling proud as any homo, .--. ...1 ~
Knowing certe they will blossom -.s.
Into heroes when with possum,
They arrive, narTsbunt story,
l PIenus blood, ct plenior glory. nl 5.. p
gi Pompey David, Samson, Cesar, .-.=sg5s-fs
Cyrus, Blackhawk. Shalmanezer: ,..-...
Tell me where est now the gioriai
Where the honors of Victoria! '
Quinn at domum narrent story, -@'l
APlenus sangune. tragic, CORY. -ii ,-.f.f-l
Pater praiseth, likewise materi -...,-,.-
Wonders greatly younger frater:
Possun leave they on the mundus-. 'i trt
Go themselves to sleep profundus, .a'a=I
Somniunt possum slain in battle -, s-se.s
Strong as ursae, large as cattle sp
When noX gives way to lux of morning,
Albam terrain much adjoining, ss'i-4
Up they jump to see the varmen, AHA
OF the which quid est the carmen, .l,... .gdf
Possum hic est reserectum, -....t.3.-
Leaving puers most dejectum.
Possum relinquit track behind him, Fl3lL4t
Ga Sed the puers never find him. al .-.i.', -
r Cruel possum, bestia yilest !, d. ~, 80
90 How the puers to beguilest.
Puers think non plus of Caesar, - go y
Go grammen, Shalmanezer i--sl
Take your laurel, cum the honor, if
Since ista possum is a goner. .......,..
And now III leave the language brindle, I
ss And will wind up on the spindle, --4 -.',
Made of English every Bit co. -.. = ...a..
And I'll try and draw moral,
That with pessum tale won't quarrel @
We the people Of this nation m ....=.ls
Killed beast we called secession,
And It's known the ugly creature
Seemed possum in each feature; (;
What the moral is, you can guess 1t,
So it's useless TO express II, -,rs