The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1869-01-07
CARRIERS ADDRESS
TO THE PATRONS OF
The AI1eghan1an.
JANUARY l, 1869.

JANUARY L, 1869.
Goot friends und radrons vun und all
| I've paidt you many weakly call
Und now mine yearly roundt l make,
To see vot monish | can take.
Nit needer drumpet, fife, nor trum,
Togedder py mine self kun,
| Und quietly, nit printed sheets,
You, on dis happy day, greets.
! hopes you'll not much git afraidt-
1 only wants to pc veil paidt-
Some dinks ] wants to spheak NIT you,
Und den receif vat ish mine due.
On sich occasions as dis here
De openin NV prau moo year
| Your Carrier, like de President,
Mustn't talk nit every resilient;
Und tell dem und so IS de case,
Und every diHks volts tooken place:
Dat ish, to spheak pout all he knowed,
Und we're it is, und we're it growed.-
Mein Gott now, ven / look Pehindt,
Und call de oldt year pack to mindt,
Und tink of dem who hash gone deadt,
| almosht git clean out mine headt.
Mitin de twelfmunt shust gon out,
Much beeples, vot vas weak und shtout
Haf pegged their way 10 udder blaces,
Und run de last NV earthly races.
] wipes mein eyes-Gott pless dem all,
! Und make dem right far Gapriers call
| Votever may pc saidt apout dem,
| We're pound to git alongk mitout DEM
| Imachn We 60 cross de sea,
Und take vun look at Sbarmanee,
Und oder places over dare,
De opcheckts NV our special kare.
Oldt Austria she kept mighty still
Since neetle- guns gif her her fill
She kultiwates de arts NV peace,
By raisin kabbages und geese.
She compromise nit Hungary,
Und gif her sort nv liperty
Herr Francis Deak he go it plindt,
Und Kossuth den kooms in pehindt-
! Her Prussian neighpor she outpeats
In many dinks-not varlike deets-
! For Prussia, fusht nit victoree,
Forgits some dInks to make so free.
Deres Hollandt, she continues in
De pizness maxim chin
I'm only sorry none kooms here
De beeples NV dis town to cheer.)
Oldt France, de Embror shtll she keep,
l hardly see how he kin shleep;
| He shwear to sh'port de Constitooshen-
| Den busted up dat inst tooshen.
| De mems who hslp him first to power
! He vent right pack on in an hour;
| He shoot and exile Liperals,
Und played great many fol de rolls.
De Iipcrty to shpeak und brint
He shtop und now if vun shust squint
At any dinks vot ish de troot,
He fines und locks him up to poot.
In Meksco he dit play hob,
Und leaf to finish up &c chob
Poor Max who finished got himself,
Nit crown und all laidt on de shelf
OlGt Nappy peter look apout him,
Or else dom Lipra,s may clean ouGt him;
Some day he may go deadt agin,
| Und den Eushenie she kin wed agin.
Now, Chenral Prim pegin his ightin,
| Und sendt Queen Isapella kitin
He shtopped her pisiness dere III Shpain,
| Und shipped her off py speshial drain:
Sich hoory ven de vistle plew,
She hardly dit know vot to do;
She pack some frccks unit dimont rings,
| But leaved de crown und udder dings.
Bnt dhough she loosed dem dings und crow
Sha hash much monisch salted down
! An embpty booklet . not Eer crimes,
She = Peso DLros mixed nit Dimes.
OIdt Garipaldi he keep quiet,
| Soon tay he III raise great pig riot
Nit bresendt rule in Italee,
An orkan- krinder she musht pc
| De Schwiss shtill lif in de same place,
Und watches make, und Schw eitzer- kase.
! q Schweitzer- kase vot chny feels
! You shtink so much like oranch beels !
Wv Swedes und Danes, und udder such,
haf not time to shpeak much
| To Roosha next We turn addenshun-
She veil desert our most pest menshun.
Now, since de great Crimean war,
Her Embror S peen de bresent Gear,
! He hash not much NV fghtn done,
| His vctrces most py peace was won.
! He freed de serfs uud Ply dat act
! He show us one imbor;ant fact,
! Dat we the nigger might make free,
Und save und strengthen our ccundree.
! Besides, he sell us very cheap
| Some landt he didn't want to keep;
| He's 'pout de pest NV all dem fellers,
Und keeped goot vine town in his kellars.
To Greece and Toorkey next We go
| De Sultan wants his dinks shust so.
lie sendts TO Greece his utimatum,
Und dinks King Chorge viii den koom at hin
/ He g so much vimmens in his harem,
! 1t keeped Chorge pizzy now to scare him:
| SO let d EN- fight so much dey please.
Ven eat up Toorkey cooked nit Greece
Oldt Afric IS plackened clean all over,
| Il er beeple schmells like Hew-mowed clover
! Slave ketchin pizness hash peen shtopped
Since Lincoln let pirate dropped.
Now, let US at Oldt ENGLAND look
] knows her hishtory like pook
! At vunce she vas de greatest power,
Now oder nations make her COVER
! Ever since de Revolooshions,
She hate our laws upd institooshens
Und afterward, in Eighteen Tweif,
She dry to lay us on de shelf
Und ven dem Repels shtart de var,
She looked deir ro tten bondts at bar,
Und sedt dey vas pelligrent beeples,
Und ringed der brase frum evry shteep!e
She fit out vessels shust to peat US,
Und do great many dinks to cheat US
But ven de Repels Grant did lick,
She change her tackt;x mighty gwick.
! Vunce she vas mishtress NV de seas,
| Now she goes down upon her knees