Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1867-12-18
qlOetry.
From the Bucyrus (chio) Forum.)
SOMETHING TO WEAR.

Mrs. Abraham Lincoln, Cf Vanity Fair,
Has superabuuda nee of something to wear
A gorgeous assortment of beautiful .hings
CamePs hair and point-aces and diamond rings
Ard tripkets and gauds- till the catalogue seems
Like the fabulous tale Of Arabian dreams
Did the wife of rail splitter e'er before shine
Tn silks from far India, and gems from the mine
Did ever a fat boatmans widow possess
In such lavish proportion the gories of dress
More than all, did ''rosy queen" ever before
Take off her nice clothes in pawnbroker's store
Till the Georgian costume (short collar and spurs)
With but slight very sli REORGANIZATION was hers
And imagine, while piling the pawnbroker's shelf,
She her friends were exposing much more than her
self,
For of vimeracks and gewglws and laces bereft
What, pray, save her chignon and CATERS we're
left 7
"Did you ever r' "Oh, shocking g' "such awful
disgrace ~
CHOW Immodest r "How shameless !" GLOW bra
zen her face ~
Were the mild exclamations of wonder and bate
sbowered now on woman-ah 4! how Hattersd OF
late.
Mrs shoulderstral frownsd-Mrs. 0ilwell over
flowed
Mrs shodiy ''sich brazenness never had knowed?'
Mrs Fyshe (ot Cape COd)-Ms. sm.vthe famous
these
For "attainments in letters"-the Us and the e's-
And Mrs. DeShragge, Mrs Tubbs, Miss Jehones--
And the twins, Misses Eppy and Dermis DeBones,
IAN Of whom were stuck up in the Lincoln re-
elme)
Raised their dainty red hands with paIrenu
scream
Every preacher found text and pretszt for a lie
In bis Sunday remarks to his friend-ths Most
High
Mr. Stormheaven's sermon made brimstons advance,
(Or "look up" to employ the reporters parlance)
Mr. Mawworm "exhorted the people" again,
Till they said "The good man has call, 1t is
plain y
Mr. Poundtext implored the Almighty to curse
Mrs L. as dsloyal. at least, if not worse
Republican editors. swift to defame,
Voided venom and .pume on the poor woman
name
BY old " Weed, my Lord Thurlow-the cutpurse ex-
pert
By Theodore Tilton-the sanctifed squirt
BY Sleek, OF the TT i6une, and (none to forget
BY the veual Commercial and villain Ga.etie.
Doublc-leaded sensational missiles thrown
At the poor widowed woman, defenceless and lone
Now, why oil this pother Sure never before
Did plain Mrs. Clarke, at pawnbroker's store,
Selling second hand clothes, such rumpus create.
As was seen far and near, in circles of late.
We will tell you These dresses and laces and
rings,
And gewgaws and gincracks and trinkets and things
We're the prices, the bribes by which Office gain
When the row sainted party sweet Abraham, reign
And twas feared that while laid on the pawnbrOker'c
shelf,
Each might give to the cl ERIK some account of itself
And the clerk to some friend indiscreetly might
blurt
The Tale of a Night Gown, " or "Song of Shirt" :"
And no secret safely be kept In New York,
Where Bennett and Bonner (busy B'sl are at work.
So Weed my lord Thurlow-mado haste to ex-
plain
hese bad looking facts good Abraham's reign
sOnce Washington (.econd) declared with frown
On this dcker of herr will bev to shet down %
k,anI O.
nose,
Employing the other to toy with his toes
''Shet do p said the spouse; twill you shet
down on me ?
You had better shet up you old skeesix p' said she
So the martyr "shet up,' aud the 'dicker" went on
And the gifts that bought Offices are now in the
pawn
Oh, SnObbery Jobbery! Robbery list
From the tempest Of scorn and derision desist
She is woe worn and sad--she is desolate now,
With the anguish of wIiowhood stamped on hel
brow
woman and old with no arm to defend
Let this last phase Of infamous loyalty end
Bribes she t'ok but WHO GAVE THEM s-the
world ought to know.
And the scoundrels be ouIlawed wherever they 60
Brides she LOOKOUT P Ms and small hunters Of
place
Don't have camels hair shawls, diamond rings and
point lace
Whst Cabinet member (now hid in the dark)
Bought his seat by his gifts to you, fair Mrs. Clarke
Whst opulent presents were made in advance
| By seekers of missions to Russia and France
Oh, Republican queen p' all the scoundreIs pro
claim,
And force them to help bear your burden of shame