Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1868-10-09
A Rich and Racy Letter from
Mr.. Dennis O'Flaherty to Mr..
McGinniS in Ireland,

ioio"iuS uumoIous poeu WHICH Will ITCHY
pay for the perusal:
TO Mr.. Teddy Nc G;nnis, Esqoater, XII
downey County Cork, Ireland. from. hi!
cousin, Dinnis O'Flarherty.
My pen in my hand am taking
To write yez this bit of schrawl
An hopin' in health it will find yez,
As, PLACE God, its laving us all;
And Ted, Il be afther inquiring
How yes doin' this bright summer day
How are the pigs. an the chilaer,
An tile rest vi yez over the say,
Teddy my boy!
Its meself wud be happy to see yes
Put your good looking phiz thru tht
dure
Its meself that wud tllrot out the whisky
Till yez shlept like king on the fure.
I'd give yez my bed but for Judy,
Whose faylins I'm afraid it wad hurt'r
But we'd empty the bottle together.
An together we'd shape in the dhirt,
Teddy my boy.
Shure, Ted. it's an illeghant country;
There is praties an whisky galore,
An mighty good pig for the ATTN.
An money to buy it, ashotore.
An for clothes. bedad I've breechcs
Wild never patch or hole,
And ts mass Judy goes wild bonnet
An u feather as black as coal,
Teddy nay boy.
An election times, Teddy, my darlint;
'Twud make your eyes shtick out fut!
To see hoy the greenbacks are flyin'
An how quick in our pockets they're
put,
Shure what is the use of a ballot
Ii to sell it you always refuse
The way Is to pocket the money,
An then to vote just as you choose.
Teddy my boy.
An that brings me -oun to my sthory
That Ism scratchin' this letther to say;
Election times comm an Teddy,
Its wanted yex are right away;
For DiInny hfats are not 80 plenty
But we want all the boys over, shure,
To shWing the shillaly, drink whisky,
An shove i'll the votes for Seymour,
Teddy my boy.
Niyer mind about residence, Teddy,
Shure your residence is undher your hat;
Dvil one have yez got iii kidowery;
Lave TO me all sucd matthers as that,
Shufe my sisters son, Paddy Mullorcv,
Has friend III New York who will
shwear
That yez worked by his side an dug eel
lers,
Teddy my bog.
I'LL e . -, ,.s,.,s .,,,1,r, -, ,,..Ix
That yell think yaz Amerykin born;
Ina good shute OF clothes yell be struttin
Instead of your breeches all torn,
When up to the polls We are marchin.
Shure the navgurs will all hold their
Whilst;
If some BLACKBOARD axes impudent ques-
tions,
Just tip him a shncll of you fihst.
Teddy my boy.
Och. Teddy, now don't YOU be sthaying;
Hang your furniture on to your shtick
An shtep out for Cork an take passage
Eos Amcriky sudden an quick
For the country will so to the divil
Under naygar an kadIkle shway,
Unless saved by the votes an shillelays
Ov the boys fresh from over the say.
Teddy my boy.
There attn us up wild their taxes.
An stamps, an the dlvil kncws what
(Though, barrin' the ahuty on whisky,
Niyer tax out of me they have got.
They've given us green rags Tor money,
(Its iisht full | wish that he'd
All wer're shtarving on beef aad corn whis-
key,
Which is mighty good shtarviug, bedad,
Teddy my boy.
But that's not the worst ofit, Taddy.
The naygar's II citizen now.
Can vote like Dimmykrat white man,
And shtick up Tor his rights in row,
So pervarted is public opinion
Tisn,t safe to crack open his skull,
An the hair on Dummy krats cranium
Teddy my boy.
III the morning when LAWN the shanty
Judy schrames out 'Delnis, don'tgO!
Some nurtherin thafc Of a naygur
Will be KILN my Dnnis, | know,
An then comm down to the shanty
An marlyin' ME right out of hand -
That magyar should marry my Judy,
Is mere, bedad, than I'll stand,
Teddy my boy.
Cat we'll soon give tie scoundrels drub
bin,
Vallandigham now to the fore,
Thad Stevens has gone to blueblazes,
An bedad we've friend III Saymorc,
So pack up your dhuds in hurry,
Not forgittin' to spell in your tsht
An lay hould on your blackthorn shi'lelay
An we'll soon give the naygurs twist,
Teddy my boy.
Yhur Cousin,
DuNNI. OF, A1Epry