Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-04-17
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"a A Lay aoF LADIES' LOVE AND DRU-ERIE
BIZ G. II. wEBs.

90 "a AAA A''Of LADIES LIVE AND DhO-nnlH'
By G. II. WEBB. g %
The spiciest thing out on the great hallroa pa,
war IS the following, which we hnd In A1fPe'
TeeSty, April 18th.
CORNELIUS the Great Cornerer,
A solemn oath he swore,
That in his trowsers pockets ne
Would put one railroad more:
And when he swears he means " at Il
= akma The stout OLD Commod
Words have certain weightiness
That strikes one OF heap,
When dropped by men whose early home
With 20 much sadness in their speech,
Their oaths are sure TO Keep.
IT serves him well, the Commodore,
-sa5Si His battling with the breeze;
Knowing the ropes, he takes and swings
-41sss AS one should do who all his life
Has been upon the Seize.
Not following now the seas, instead {
,saseqs You see b1m behind Bays; #
IT'S said he always holds pair; ~ +
sGsG And no one him gansays- Ft
Being on stocks, tbs plain that he
Must have his way and Ways.
Each, every inch railroad man, -
In not a line awry, ls8t
His arms are railway branches, 8
His feetare termini-
If you doubt me, there are his tracks a. !
To witness If | liel 4,..s +slfT
He was the Hudson Rivers bed
sss M, The Harlem's bed and Board ~.
ga 81 Is mightier than a sword:
His pockets were the tunnels
nfsk Through which these railways roareds
ssas Such share of shares were quite enough;
sgA ESQ TO serve common mind,
But not the stout old Commodore's- ~ ~
He for an Eyre pinned:
As though he were the Eagle bird fts -
~ BY chance-or had the Blind. @
But brooding DER the Erie sat-
In fact on the same lay
~ a A bird, that feathering his nest,
SO Affirmed by yea and nay,
Before he'd bulge he'd see them all,
Much further than I'll say. ft.Tats
Said he unto the Commodore; ew
Your bark is on the sea, ~ s.NeeE
49, But do not steer for Eries ile 3&
&Ss@ y Since that's been struck by me.
Co. man of sin, and leave me here
10 my TheologyP' a~ nv Az,a
The dearest ties on earth TO some s&
Are plainly railroad ties;
SO little wonder that he spoke ssr5
ni!tee In anger and surpr1se-- IA $40
@1ats Tears would not flow; the Commodore
1t seems, had damned his eyes.
n When Greek meets Greek, then comes thu
Which is all wrong you know;
UnfIiendly fires burn fast enough
q aHes Without the help of tow,
s.tq Especially when Coke is on,
And several lawyers blow.
Such 'sEerie'' sights, such 50 Eerie'' sounds
Came from this Erie crew, ..st.tg
s45 1t seemed indeed den of Lines sfs..
-Rle Prepared for Daniel-Drewl
1e Not strange hat he at last resolved
To make his own ado. e EE
Fleeing from jars-perhaps the Jug
he looked to foreign lands, sssaa.ti ~
And to his brethren said: Arise,
20 These Bonds put off our hands; "a
We will into New Jersey, where taeg
My Seminary stands III "a ssss,a. 81
b. "There, in that benefice of Boys, 925a.'aa
afa OF stocks and Stubs and fen,
Dfrectors--if not rect0rs-we'n
Be all Tyngs to all men
They'll strain their canon some, think,
If they would reach us thenl'
twas thus that Daniels bark-and bite
Came on the Jersey shore:
q He Can not cross, since in his face
4 Is slammed the Commodore -a-As
There he mast bide his time and tide
Tied till the row is Ger
The gage of war has been thrown down,
broad-guage-broad and free
And taken up-the Commodore,
gauger Is, per sea;
Cries Drew: ''He only wants to get
The weather-gage OF mel u
TITS plain that il, in this tournay--
A foutrance is the tilt
The Commodore should keep his seat
And Daniel be the split,
The latter must make tracks, but roads
VIII all be Wander built.
While If upon the other hand
The Commodore should fall
He'll see that little backward time
= : Asked for by Mr.. Ball
In other words, he d lose his age,
M And Drew would have the call. zsef, II
Just how the ioust may terminate,
Nobody knows nor cares
& No need to ask how fares the fight -s
Et They'll ask us for our fares, a5t ka5t H.
And whiche or side may win will plow
The public with its shares.
So we will sing Long live the Ring,
And Daniel long live he. =
May his High school confer on him
Exceeding high degree,
Doubling his DIS until, indeed,
- fs He is ID. d. ID. d. 81 se@sf
AS for the stout old Commodore
May he still rule the wave,
Yet never waive the Golden Rule,
Fen the odd trick to save; ft&
IF called to play the railway King,
May he ne'er play the knave. f5 ~ 81.
This ends my lay, if either wins;
But if they both should fail ~
Imean that If, by any chance,
This struggle DER rail
Should end like the Kilkenny CATS,
You'll see another TAIL