Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1867-03-02
4 MA ONlC POEM.
"YE IRAGICAL TALE OF YE ANCIENT HIRAM"

| Old Hiram Abir--so the histories run
Was jolly old chap-a lone "Widow's Son."
HIS father Tyrian-and as to his mother,
Gcneal"Gist- make up dense of u pothrr,
Some going for one, aud some for another:
Some say she belongs to the Naphtali clan,
And some call her one of the daus sh,ers Of DAN"
This Hiram lie came to Jerusa-lum,
And made that famed city his happy hum;
| lie helped wise King Sol h,s temple to build,
For in all works Of brass hc was nightly skiiled
But, alas his sad fate now must bcwail.
Come, all We bright Masens come list 10 my tale!
This tragical tale. which thry say is true one,
Is old-lut the manner is wholly one;
For Bill Dre~-~hos II writer Of some reputation, ~
Has told il before. in TEDIOUS narration,
In "A style of such melo-dran,a tical iullness,
10 whic nubody listens, because uf its du!iness.
At high twelve--hi, usual custom, they say,
Old l!irm went into the Sanctum to pray,
"A very remark Bile thing, by.the-wayJ
And whilst he WAS praying, AS hard AS he could,
ihree rascally, scoGn'irelly Fellow Gratis stood
At the gates of the temple. on murder latent
And waited for Hiram, when forth he should went.
when Hiram had finished. h. straightway arvse,
nd most energrtically blew his red nose,
Aud when lac aIrove 1t the gate OF the South
Then one OF the ruf:ians opened his mouth,
And asked him to give him the word and the grip,
saying, Now, then my lyrian, I've tlIee the p"
Says Hiram, ''Aicn Gut was is desc dngs. Iia. ha
Oh yaw! l hrstay, and dats you, Jubca.'
"lry up, you Lutehn'an,'' then the william IL;
olive me them secrets, "r-Ill punch your head"
"Iiave patience, Jubel' Hiram then replied
"Nait til this cruel war is oer and you II be
Talk not ton o patience! Again, rye thee, stay
"And give them ere secrets thy lie III ,urel
say!"
But Hiram stcadfast and bold as lion,
And told him his dodgc it TO try on;
SO Jubeli wrathy, ana biiin with rage,
Immediately picked up his two-.oo,-long gauge,
And with II hit Hiram right over his chokcr,
And knock-ed him almost stiff as a poker.
10 the cst-to the " Nest-dii our Grand Master flee,
thus chana aing his base, by flank march, you see!
A critical movement in tactics, We know,
For there stood the other chap, called Jubelo,
The villain tried hard for to pump our Hr"nd Master
ict Hiram but stuck to his purp"tr the faster,
And finding his sol i-tatipiis no 80,
The scoundrei he gave HIM a laundering blow
Upon his lett breast, with IA wrought iron square.
Not the 81 thing to do-so all Maspns declare.
With the weight ui the onslaught, w.s Hiram 5 ad
by strategic movement. to the East he skcla!dled
BIT alas ! in that place "Orirnta' he found
NJ "bralti.ul waiter girls nor "Xw Il h. ger around
And mindful only IL escape-"i course;
"A horse" he ho.rscly bawleI, my Kingdom for ,
horse
DO t.. kc for ?? and nlno> stricken dumb
Poor Hiram recognized the tr-i ncd ub lam
1hi> tl.o" was nau.sht, If youth only believe, than
sort "f ryriin ',ick .t-oi.Ieav, H."
Mho ".,.es h, d b'' III tbs ptnor.m',
A. o"ncaNy It'ln IN "ur ''tnttt'ns "rtma.'
Jim Dalton "tya A", ''A"H "e'e aiw 'ys N rain"
Meaning ,ln, "i COURSE so nuw up and be aoin'-
Give he them secrets ,I,.t you keep So close,
Ur 10y tn i,n~,l zig boot IN split your nose"
-. ''''"", ana 'unte, Iu.t STRUCK p. s..
Like Lost"r in kI.ci,c, tnt lele, t.ulc li,h:
AMI tn" william, not posted ia art pu u-ilistc,
Nor daring to tr. combat l,tic,
llt Hiram 80 smashing =, crack with his gavel,
That he sent him 10 grass--or Father to brasel.
ihu, dill t> ruiHtn this foul .uieIun,
Knock our or mi Master into kin sIom come.
Not a drum Va. there heard. OF "A funeral note,
As his corpse in the rubbish they buried.
But fearful remnrse tn ,ir con sciences snoto
A. away from the spot the three hurried
At midnight hour, when, as I've heard it said,
That churchyards and graves give up their dead
These william traitors, who'd till now deferred,
The corpus" al brave Hiram di.interred
And toting 1t ont OF the temple. due west,
On the brow oi hill, they laid him to rest.
sprg OF shill-lah. Or oi Cassia branch.
They did plan, on his grave, and th.n-.amosed the
ranch.
When Solomon came to the Temple, next day,
lie very much wondered where Hiram did stay,
And fearing lest he might have got in muss
Sent out h- detectives to search for the ciss.
Just at this time twelve fco" Crafts did appear,
Clad in clean shirts-much needed. fear
sort of Loyal League arrangement of that day
Loyal IN nothing but the name, say.
King Sol. that wise and mighty potentate,
Then ordered them at ouce I" separate
And travel East aud cst. and SOU tn and North
In search of Hram's carense, and 50 forth
Away they went. and those who tra.eld West
Met Way E,rng man, whom they addressed;
sert oi Connie seos.h, who reported,
Three inen he d seen, who wished t. be trausported
But having nary pass, or amy other tickets,
They coudn MAKE ii out to pass the outer pickcts
ihc three returnd, aud TO the King the. told III this
story DER,
Wh"crcd aloud, Again lepar and travel As before "
and weary,
Sat down to rest at brow of h lonely and dreary
While thus he sat, he heard three shock
Ing exela,natIons from roek:
And peerina in--what should he see,
But .ubela and company.
ihey seize, them all and bound them tight,
And brought them to King Sol that night,
v ho ordered them out OF the Western gate
Their hori ible crime to ex- x-pi-ate,
4 full account OF thu same you'll get,
In last week 5 extra Police Gazette.
King solomon then got up u procession
OF Craftsmen and Masters in reg lar succession,
With Garnums brass band the right .: the column
Playing rleyeis sweet hymn in manner quite solemn
Ahrn arrived ut the grave they all gathered round
And with eyes full of sorrow they gszcd AT the ground
Their noses turned up, In style quite inaperioas
For he smelt not ut all like Bluemi,g Cereus
And King Solomon then--thouyh quite weak in his
joints
Raised his dead-.abb up, Ia ,aods de Five Points"
lhen back to the temple they all OF en-, went,
A"a e'as Ms sa,s,Aina ls.,ilt = &@e ,.saav,nest
With column all broken, and virgin a cr,ing,
hiie Time stands behind her, her ringlets diving
With Sterlings An.brusia, or Invigoratur,
OF which Jeremy Cross the orilinutnr
And then-but III her. draw the mystical veil,
And Of Hiram AbiH, end the tragicai tale.