The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1868-09-11
A BROTH OF LETTER.

A BROTH OF A LETTER.
To .Ar. Teddy Nc Ginness, Eshqairer. Kitdorery'
County Cork, ireland. from ms CeRst", Den
ms q Ftaherty:
DEAN TEDnx- a A.
My Pin in my hand am taking 81
To write yer this bit Of a scllrawl,
IN hopin' IN heshb it viii find Lez,
As, PLACE God, it q LAWN us nj n ia
An Ted, I'll be afther inquirin - -
HOY yez doin' this bright summer deS
How are the pigs. an the childer',
An the rest of yez over the say,
Teddy my boy!
It's meself wud be lappy to see yer
Poke your good-looking phiz thru the dure
It's meself wud throt out whisky
{ Till yez shlept like a king an the furer 3
I'D give veg my bed bat sor Judy y -
Whose faylin's Pm afraid it wud hurt,
But we'd empty the bottle together,
An together we'd shape in the dhirt,
Teddy my boy!
Shure, Ted, it's an illigant country;
There is parties an whisky galore,
An mighty good pig for the atm,
An money to buy it ashore.
AN for clothes, bedad I've breeches
Wild niver patch or hole.
And to mass Judy goes wild bonnet
An feather as black as coal. t,,sg
~ Teddy my boy.
An election times, Teddy, my darlint
'Twud make your eyes sthisk out fut
To see how the greenbacks are flynn 2 eia
An how quick in our pockets they're put.
Shure what is the use of ballot
If to sell it you always refuse
The way IS to pocket the money, aaI
An thin vote jist as you choose, -sg,y
Teddy my boy. -,..,
An that brings me round to my sthory
That I'm scratchin' this letther to cay !;
Election times comm, an Teddy,
It's wanted yez are right away !;
For Dimmykrats are not SO plinty ~
But we want all the boys over, shure, :s~f
To shwing their shillaly, dhrink whisky,
AM shove in the votes for Saymore,
Teddy my boy. 5u ~
Niver mind about risidince, Teddy,
Shure your risidince is undher your hat !;
Divil one have yez got in Kildowery,
Lave to me all SIGH matthers as that.
Shure my sisther's son, Paddy Mulloney,
Has frind in New York who will shwear
That yez worked by his side an dug cellars
In Amerriky many year,
Teddy my boy. 'a tl''!3 r. sa9
He'll fix up tour papers so nately ,,-r-
That We il think yez Amerrikin born
In good shute of clothes YEN be struttin',
Instead of your breaches all torn. tsn
When up to the polls you are marchin',
Shure The naygurs will all hold their whisht
If some blayguard AK impudent questions,
4 Jist give him shmell of your fsht, n -
Teddy my boy. a. irrfr
Och, Teddy, now don't yez be shtaying 30 81
Hang your furniture on to your shtick,
AM shtep out for Cork am sake passage
For Amerriky sudden an quick. ne3
For the country will go to the diyil ssi
Under naygur an radikfc shwayse-sy .sf..,,
Unless saved by the votes an shillalys
Ov the boys fresh from over the say, -
Teddy my boy.
They're 'atin' us up wild their taxes,
An shtamps, am the divil knows what,
Though, barrin' the dhuty on whisky, 'Es
Niver tax out Of me they have got. -
They We given us green rags for money, m
(It's isht full wish that l had, a'F'
An we're shtarving on beef an corn whishk y
Which is mighty good shtarving, bedad,
Teddy my boy.
But that's not the worst of it, Teddy,
The naygur's a citizen now,
Can vote like Dimmykrat white man,
An sh.ick up for his rights in a row.
SO pervarted is public opinion 8 r- 70
;Tisn't safe to crack open his shkull,
An the hair on a Dimmykrat's Uranium
Is no better than an Afrikin's wool,
% Teddy my boy. @
In the mornin' when LAWN the shanty, soT
Judy schrames out "Diunis, don't 60 -
Some murtherin' thafe of naygur s..,.
Will be KILN my Dinnis, l know,
AM then comm down to the shanty -<3e +
An marryin' me right out of hand !'-
That naygur should marry my wildly,
Is more, bedad, than I'll shtand, t-.l
Teddy my boy.
But well soon give the scoundhrsls adrub
bin,
Vallandigham's now to the fore, .
Thad. Stevens has gone to blue blazes,
An bedad we've a frind in Saymore.
SO pack up your dhuds in hurry,
Not forgettin' to shpit in your fsht, ~
An lay hold of your blackthorn shillalay,
AM Wen soon give the naygurs a twisht, +
Teddy my boy
Your Cousin, ~ !
DINNIs O;FLAuERTY.