The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1869-01-07

Of starving ''printer's devils" into lean
ness.)
So OIL posted-'tis no matter how
If by balloon or railroad-yacht or scow ;
Yet though I'm nimBle, so was Isabells
Who UaWOS'd casaa with her 9other fsl
low"
Let those who dare proclaim the Queen de
based,
/ I, Puck, viii swear that she from spaIl
was chased
With due discretion Puck pursued t
France,
And found to say his speech a luck,
chance;
The sx-oueen heard in silenCe-heaved
sigh
Gave Puck package-made a Jsiat to die
At which shouted "Murderl help J.
thieves freW
And left Napoleon and Eugenie nigh her
Then, piling floral heaps on BAUDIN'
grave,
Puck proudly sang, ''NEy Country holds nj
slave!''
next considered Of my safe return,
And bought velOcipede, with patent ohurn
And droveit right across the English Chan
mel!
My feat was done in rhyme-were ,Orappec
in flannel.
Appearing duly in the Daily Times,
Ny singular feat-my plural feet were found
in
So swelled astate that they were more as.
toundingl
Then Puck informed the nO5Iesss Of West
End,
To spread no feasts, for he could not attend,
Supporting thus his dignity and station,
While sparing them from futile expecta-
ton.
They called in shoals, the slender and the
stout
Poor high-bred souls, they thought I had
the goutl
Once Gladstone and D. israeli met
Said one, He's better the other said, you
bet.'
Now, gentlemen I said, you are both
well read,
Pray tell if LjUtng- g-stOme, be not stone-dcadl
Discarded drapery I call spirit wrap
pingsP
TheyIaughed until they shook their Lordly
trappings.
Said GLADLY, Bead my Descent into He'll >
Said Izzy, Il would like to see it weI.'
PUoK told them plainly this was Jerrold's
A Prentice in the States could equal it.
With that they rose, and bowing and re-
trieving,
Said they would be "not faithIess, but be
EeaUlag."
Next morning, feeling strong and fully
able,
I came across the ocean on the Cable.
I held my breath, you see, till almost
through;
As I emerged the clerk cried, "PUCK'sl
that you3"
The rumOr spread that Puck was we'll
nigh spent,
And so was-it cost my bottom cent?
Well, Bonner, of the Ledger, with his
matches,
Drove up,to get late telegraph dispatches.
climbed into his gig and said, 'you've
got 'em;
Them's clever nags Of your'n, let's see you
trot 'em."
He drove me round the "Central"-they
went well,
And left me at 5th Avenue Eotel.
10. PUoK-from London-bound for Hills
I wrote upon the register-just so.
The landlords and the clerks, with bland
est words,
Make profFer of the best the house affords,
And feast and fawn and fatter at such
rate,
As though were some officer Of State.
In blissfuI ignorance, I read the news
About the late eIections-what you choose,
Until list of Congressman elect
From. Georgia met my eyel Twas there's
direct
Ezplioit-bold-amOng the black and
white
Aiy name ,Oas there! Why, POUNDS had I
my sight7
Yes, there it was-"Q. PUCK, for Bun
combeville,
Three thousand votes ahead of Robert
STILL"
Well, well, thought there's some mis-.
take, 'tis clear,
To go to Congress is beyond my sphere,
Then, dimly to my mind the truth arose:
To Georgia--by balloon-to Congress
crOwsl
Perchance there came letter in the mail;
sent tif SOY TO fetch it WITHOUT fail.
instead Of one, dozen-yea, a scorel
80, one by one, them open then tore.
IN each found draft-"pleass pay q.
Puck
)ne thousand dollarsl" Thunderstruck
with luck,
feared was the victim Of jest,
to enjoy it with zest,
But found the drafts were good--'twas not
a sham,
But dues to PUCK for tttest telegram!
At Washington next day did report,
Aud was received as at royal court,
of foreign lands in state,
IND home officials did my coming wait,
FOR had not dispatches from a Queen,
Done up in gold, as fine as ever seen2
The. Cabinet were. formed in circle
round,
he President the central sitting crowned,
And first the package Seward was to