The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-03-22
POETRY.


the New IHlh N'AN
A wbim for the grotesque or ,d ornda
W. literary taste OF the hour, and cruoe
a'. as verses forming prominent par'ol
current newspaper quotations, IL may W =,
.vel TO make the most oil such prouuctions 70
She popular vein as have some HUE .Uuen "
aal ant In their execution. The following
/. enrs picture, from The Telegraph and Mes
feneer, OF Macon, Ga, is not only capi.aa,'
ftuuy OF local character and turm OF iangu III
tu indicates that its writer has soihe 1rroStad
edge of prosody. The whole scene 'ueS ,barn
Is wonderfully characteristic OF s t,,,,Jar over
loarket-town, and the CARER t,na NJ
Lis crop lien" is as quantity u ue " ~
low-lIe to be iouud only IN Tue s"'ne ''@'''"'
ELLroK GARRY.
Twas driy.n' my two.muIe Vaughn,
With a lot - tru TOR sale.
IN WAGON 10 Get son e haegin'.
(Wbi my Cton was ready to bae.l
And cum 70 place on Ihe sue o the pke
The sanu in a kind or sand bar, like
And seed. a leetle Ways up The road.
man squatun' down like abig ball-ioad
On the ground, figgeiiu' IN the sand,
With his fng-r and motionu' IN the sand,
Aud he look ike Eilick Carry.
Aud as dny up heerl MN blta
10 hisseli, lie a lamb: "1au shi Nine from eight
Leaves nuihin'-and none to carry!'
And Ellick's huh cart was standin'
Aciosswse Il the way,
And the little bud was d expanding
hisseit on IA N1sp OF bat.
Rut Ellick he sot with bis head Dent uo"n'
studyn' and musn' poweriuliee;; ,ou,
And his iorrud was creased With turriole frown'
Aud he workin', apprentice
A RI, u,n. tie sum that worIdn't gee;
Far he KEEP on flggerin' away, IN tn tne s sam
With hi finger, ami mot9ni WIN DIS manu.
And seed it E'iicx Garry,
Ana again herrd him hleat
10 hisseIf like lamb: Hsugh! nine from eight
Leaves nuthin- ana none TO carIyn
woa'd my mules mighty easy
lE'iicA hack vas to'rds The ad
And the wind, hut was sorer breezy,)
Anu got down fin my load
And crep' up close to Eilick's back,
And heered him talkin softly thus:
"Tbem hggers is got me under the hack;
can zee how to it outen the nus
Except to jest naIally fall apd bus
NY eiap-leen cal, tor nine hundred and more;
My count Of sales s Is eight hundred and fur
Thar,s eight, ought. four Jest like on a slate
Here's nine and two oughts-- haugh nine IRON
Leaves nuthin'--aud none to carryr'
"Them cIap-leens, o them crap-leens!
Civ one to ParImaU & Sparks
Hit gobb,ed I'VE up like snap beans
In patch full o. old fee'larks
Fur thought could TOOL the crap-eeD nice,
And hauled my cotton to Jammel S Genes
But shuhi fore even had settled my price
Trey TUX afi,iavy without no bones
Auc leyeyed upon me fur all their loans
To the mount OF some nine hundred dollars or
And snld me out C can fur eight bundrs and TOUR,
AS sure as I'm Eilick Garry!
And there il is down all squar and straight,
But cant make gee, for mines from eight
Leaves nuthin'-an1 none to carry"
Then says, 'Hel'o heic, Garry
However you fgger frOwn,
There's s.methn' tor you to carry,
Far tou'Ue Uorked IL upside doWn"'
Then he rlz and he walked 10 his. bull cart,
And he made like he neither seen, nor heard
Nor kBowed that knowed OF his raskilly part
And he tried for 10 uok as fine want eered,
And gaiberod bis Ines Ii re he never keered
And be div down the road bout quarter or SO,
And then looked around, and holleied, "Hello,
LooR here Mister Ellie Garry;
You may git mp soon and lie down lac,
But youn always lind that nine from eight
Leaves pdihin'-and none to carry!"