The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1869-08-25
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stSay, Paddy dear, and did you hear,
| . The news that's going roundn-sH .
Much obliged for the penniesAit's
a hot day, and pennies are scarce.
Have I a history? OF course have.
A hand-organ that has been carried
about. from placeto place since '66,
! has seen and felt enough 20 fill volS
ume. If you amt afraid to sit down
here on the curb stone beside the poor
One-legged soldier that does nothing
but turn my crank all day, some
times sIghing when he sees men look
at me and sneer, I'II tell you a hiSto-.
nv, for I've come to be q part of the
soldier, and he often tells me that he
should come nearer starvation if it
weren't for the tunes I play. The
sun blistered the cornish around my
corners, and burned the face and
hands of the old Veterani But beg>
gars can't be choosers, and Ned some
Times tells me that the organ business
is but a higher stepto beggary.
Phe first thing remember was be-,
ing In q big room in New York, piled
atop of other organs until almost
touched the floor above. IguOSs there
must have been a thousand Of US in
that one room. 1t was only once IA,
a long time that the door of the room
was opened; once In a while 3 suEly'
looking Italian would come in and
try one Of myIcompaniOns, and per-
haps buy one $ but le0ftea heard nay
i
wish he had US of his hands. I very
well remember when the war broke.
out; men who came in would talk
about it, and once 1 heard q "copper"
head'' tell my owner, who was a
truly loyal man, that he needn't wor-
,ry about the loss OF stock. that the
hand organ business would bemighty
brisk after the war. Iheard my own
er threaten him with arrest and boast
that his party were going to reward
the soldiers for their patriotism.
-., Tramp, tramp, tramp, 3
The boys are marching
2! That was splendid tuneOace, hut
after the bog got to trampiDgAround
with hanElzOrganse6u their backs, Dit
didnot draw jat all ;tOnea morning
after had heard that peace WAS de-
clarsd, my OWNER came . i'm yandI he
looked 90 iollyand IIibhedi his hands
so often, that ReGWOndefed what
good news had come to him. He
commenced taken rs down, eneatber
another, until he had hundred sit
ting on the floor and then he gave
directions to have US bOxeddpP and
sent west. When I5zsaW- daylight
again, Ned, here, stood waiting
ItOl hear me. play de looked pale
and wan, and j. bW0nde deredin losing q
Iile9 n1Rde.PeOpbe, book athRt way six
iyearssafter ward latter he had given
me long trial, andtIied IN vain to
Hover my price, he hnRlly signed
over his pension papers and took me me
AWAY on IhiSBb&ck. He sat down by
the road side forrest, AFTER AWhile,
and he told me someth hing Of his his
tory. He Wasiona sOfthe. first to en-
List he believed In the Union right
/ through. o MensSh00k his hand; fair
lSdieSE smiled ON him, and he was
Ipronised go many 0mces When he
/ should returnI that he Oftea fused TO
think, white lying tiu chs Atattered
ketIdoWn en- the lPotOn1Rc, how
he could decline q few of them and
mot hurt the feelings of his Repubi-
can friends. sc e.tl--- tlIl e-ls.
'ssThen hutrah for The soldier. 50 true
Hurrah for the red, white and blue"
Thef6afn'ts0 much ehurEahing Gs
the was once but perhaps the sigh
OEthe eEippIes1ud haa[llotg0u dolEat
br6eds uSiasm. Z AIhen Ned eanae
| home wounded every body praised
hisG devotion to the flag, and 9you
ought to have seen the resolutions Of
Ethanks,tO him. which th6iinext1 Re
i publican causus passed. Z Ned WaE
Epoer, and when. hsdgOt about agaih
with his best arm gone, shtS4 dollars
were might scarce. ,o1 1tWAsRi ifmuch
he could do with one leg 1andsSo nat
urally Sh0ughk of the Pt6mise1 SAaee.
FheY were makihgeup their RomfHA
tions, aRd, unfortunately, theEewere
iusseRohgh mem VII b h1d heE9ieallS
remained at home TO keeptthe HcOp
llperhe8ds' from 0itIug! to Ifit aeV-
II cry nomination except OneeoASt0ble
II as themomineBLon SttTes ott1eH ticket
IsIitas aimRn] w Rh0as had oIe6asSd stoI Re
enlist just when the sCountFy wanted
4 himzmpSbnHnd WOuldnle seil his State
II bounty abseHe1tyCc cents on tlleV dol.
IaES Hed'slchanoes were Though 2tc
IEba certain. j -Hes1adj been fairly yiBom
II and one wing decl for q gentle
man who had been promised the OF
II fice for throwing mudsin the face D
little boy for throwing mud In 'tlaS
face of g. little beylwhe was selling 4
'copperhead" daily; andSoRsd wa.
requested torwithdraw for the sake o
harmony In the party. ..
Fl -tsTell fhe traitors. all around you,
-. That their cruel words we know" /
You see the "copperheads,' mus
be put down atany cost. Bystke-by
where have they all gOnef q Il ofteI
wonder WhyW6 dom 3 hear the 2WerC
any more. And every time Me-
tried fOrDfhce 1t seemed that he. wa
in the way. He wasn't in the wa!
: quite 80 much5dUWn st the front, 'Bu
holding B. mBket has nothing to- d
with holding Office. They used Il
g put him off with an excuse, Iant
: promise better things but at las
: they come to tell him there was n
: use In trying for office. Wait q nain
, ute ,,Ll
''And the Star sprangled Banner
i In triumph shall wave" ,
3 / WaS trying tocatch, the eeaFof tha
} man who had just got outofs his car
| ! riage. Ned used to Know him !; ID
I / deuarmyI contracts, sold sho odd.
2 clothing, bough e bonds. and now re
r turneds a. big Income. - But b
t | wouldn't see me. Perhaps Ned
= old blue overcOat reminded him q
2 something. And, besides, there ain
e so much enthusiasm about the ia
q as there wos when volunteers had +
90 willingly, or rich men stand ith
, draft, And the bonds saFe more 81
/ lcure than. they Nerea when Lee
J. troops were Pieking1e up in Penn
& sylYania. Amt it odd how the Rad
: icalschaVe hxsd this bond matter
I You woldn't t hardly believe that,
1 costs Ned ten dollars q year for tn
ii privilege of grinding me, and that
I rieh7man3 has fifty thousand dollar
/ in bonds without 3 cent OF taxation
9 But then ..-.e. ~. l.
+ .. fMy country Ills of thee
v5s Sweet land of Liberty"
) And the Tosa IF Nadia leo at GatEvI