The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-09-15
A Rich md Racy Letter from Mr.. Dennis
O,s Imheriy to Mr.. MeGinness
in UrelHuL.

in Irelaud.
The Cleveland Herald publishes the follow
ing humorous poem which will richly pay for
perusal: rs's +".''
To MR.. TEDDY McGISNIs, EsHoUIER, KhDowERY'
COUNTY CORK, IRELAND, FROM HIS COUSIN, DEN
MS o'fLAHERTi.
DEAR TEDDY
My pen in m hand am taking
To write yez this BIZ OF schTawl,
An hopn in health it will find yez,
As, PLACE God, its LAWN us ALL 81
An Ted, III be afther inqurin'
How yez doin' this bright summer day?
How are the pigs, an he childer, ..E.tr5
An the ret OF yrz over the say,
Teddy my boy?
Its meself wud b happy to see yez
Put your .eood-looking phiz thru the dure;
It's mesel that wud lhrot out the whisky
ill yez shept like king on the f1ure.
I'd give yez nv red but for Judy,
Whose iayns Pm afraid it W All hurt,
But we'd empty the hottie together.
An toy Their we'd shape in the dhiri,
Teddy my boy
Shure, Ted, it's an ilgant country; r
There is praties an whisky galore. ...
An mighty good pig lOr The latin,
An money 10 bus it, ashore.
An tor clothes, bedad I've a breecbes
Wild niyer palch or hole -=s.-frE Ff5h
And to mass Ju ~ goes wild bonnet s-.
An feather as black as a Goa,
Teddy my boy.
An election times, Teddy, my darlint! a.
'Twud make your eyes shtick ont a fut
To see how the g eenbacks are fyin' 70
An how quick n our pockets they're put p
Shure what is the use OF a ballot ."tf-
II to sell it you ALWAYS refuse! f 'H1
The way is 10 pocket the money,
An then vote just as you choose,
Teddy my boy.
An that brings me round to my shtory
That I'm scratchin' this letther to say; o7}
Election times comm an, Teddy.
Its wanted yeZ are right away;
For Dimmy krats are not 30 plenty "e"
But We want all the boys over, shure,
To shwing the shillaly, drink whisky,
An shove in the votes for SaymOre, -i
Teddy nay boy.
Niver mind abou riside n 20, Teddy,
Shure your residence is undher your hat;
OWL one have Nez got in Kilduwery;
Lave to me all such matthers as that = &
Shnre nv sisther's son, Paddy Mulloney. II
Has friend in New York who will shwear
That yez worked by his side an ding cellars
Teddy my boy.
He'll fix up YOUR papers so nateiy '-ea f
In good shu a Of t eothes ys 5e s9n
Instead OF your brooches all torn, 49, Z
When up, to the pollsye are marchin',
S5ure the nayguIs will all hold their whisht;
\ II some backgard axes impudeAt questions,
just tip him shmell OF your fsht %
N- 80 -5' Teddy my boy. .
Och, Teddy now don't you be sthaying;
20 Hang your furniture on to your shtick
An shIep out Tor Cork an take passage 81 p
For Amerriky sudden an quick
For the country will go to the divil
Under nay gur an Radikle shway,
Unless saved ny the votes an shilleays
Ov the boys fresh rom over the say, -
t.t Teddy my boy. laF %
There atm us up wild their taxes, aa
An stamps, an the divil knows what .---
81 Though, barrin' the dhuty on whisky,
-4I Niver a tax out Of me they have got,) DO
They've given green rags for money. .
tits a isht iull wish that had,)
An were shtarving on beef and corn whisky,
Which is mighty good shtarvins, bedad, -
s Teddy my boy.
But that's not the worst OF it, Teddy,
The naygurs citizen now, ~ -- egg
Can vote like Dimmykrat white nan, G
An shtick up tor his rights in row. as5
So pervarted is public opinion l-rA
mi Jisn't safe to crack open his SKULL fIh-r
An the hair on Dimmy krat's Uranium
Teddy my boy.
In the mornin' when LAWN the sbanty
Judy schrames out "Dinnis, don't GO!
Some murthern' thafe of a naygur. ii5- Nd,
Will be KILN my Dnnis, / know,
An then comm do n to the shanry
An marryin me right out of hand!"-
That naygur should ma ry my july,
Is more, bedad, than I'll stand, rfl
H-t ta - Teddy my boy. t~ni .ia1t
But we'll soon give the schoundrels drubbin',
Vallandieham's now to the fore,
Thad Stevens has gone to blueblazes,
An bedad we've a trind i'll Saymcre, -
So pack up yonr dbuds in hurry. y"
Not forgettin' to sphil in your ffsht
An lay hould on your blackthern shillelay,
An we'll soon give the naygurs twist, g
Teddy my boy.
Yhur Cousin
DInNIs O'FLAHEaTY.