Macon beacon., 1871-08-19

| tNIHllH sweet MOWERS ana Ecplyrg.
| And stray gem from PlOddCr, the farmer. de.
go, scrlbing couple of heifcrs;
| There were billcts from beautiful maidCns. and
| DlllS from q grocer or two,
Ana his best leader hitChed to n letter, which
-, inquired il he wrote it, or who2
| There were rapturcs Of praises from writer's of
the smoQthc and molliiuOus school,
| And ono Of his rivals last uapCrs inlOrmino
hlln he was q fool;
There wcro several long resolutions, with
| -, names telling whom they Were by,
| Canonl1lng some harmless old brother who
-, had done nothing worse than to die;
| There were traps on that table 10 catch him.
m and SCrpentS to sting and to smitc him;
There were gllt enterprises to sell him, and Bit
~, tcrs attempting to bite him;
There We're long staring "ads" from the city.
and money with never u one,
Which added, please give this insertion, and
send in your bill WheH y0u re douc;"
There were letters from organizations their
~, meetings, their wants, their laws
Which sp snpld, "Canyou print this nnnounCCmcn
m for the good OF our glorious cause?"
There were tickets inviting his presence TO
festivals, parties, and shows,
Wrapped in notes, with "Pleaso give US a no.
tice," demurcly slipped in at the close:
IN snort, as ms eye took the table, and ran o'cr
go, its ink spatcred trash,
There was nothing did not encounter, exccpt-
ing perhaps it was cash.
The iEdi rdrcamily pondcrcl on several pom
dCrOuS things,
On different lines of action, and the pulling of
Upon some cquiyocal doings, and uncquyocal
duEs;
On how few of his numerous patrons were
quietly prOmpt'paying ones;
On friends who subscribed Just to help him. :"
ma wOrdy encouragement lent,
And mad given him plenty Of counsel, but
never had paid him cent;
On vinegar kind-hcarted people were feeding
80, him every hour,
Who saw not the work they wcro doing but
wondered that printers arc sOur;"
On several intelligent townsmcn, whose kind
ness was so without stint,
That lhoy Kept an eye out on his business, and
told him just what he should print;
On men who had rendered him fayors, and
never pushed forward their claims
80 long rs the papcr was crowded with locals
containing their names;
Oh various other small matters, sufficient his
temper to roll,
And finally cOntriycd to be making the blood
of an editor boil.
And SO ono may see that his feelings COull
hardly be said to be smooth;
Ana he needed some pleasant occurrence his
awakened emotions to sootho;
lie hat IT for 10, ON the threshold, a slow and
reliable tread,
And farmer invaded the sanctum, and these
are the words that he said:
Good lnorhln', sir, Mr.. Printer; how Is your
., body to-day!
IN EIau you re TO nome Tor your leIIcS Is
, al ayS away
Your paper last week wasn't 50 spicy nor sharp |
as the one week bctorc
But | s'pOsC when the campaign is opened, |
~, you'll be wh9opin itqp tQ en- more,
That fellow that's printin Tile Smuyhcr is 60 |
IN IOr you pretty smart
4 nd nur fnlks said This InprDiu' at brc,l,Tugt |
they thought he was gcttin the start.
but l hlthcd en- right up IN a mint ana sand |
good word Tor you;
as well as you knew;
And told en- that some ono was tayin' and
m WI ocNCr twas IL Is so,
lhll you can expect muGh OF ono man, nor |
., blame MN l9r Wnat he don know. =,
But layiH aSldo T??gunI Tor business I've
hroushl you lny llltlp BOY JIM, ,.,.
ana tnouEnJJ ,,l WUu,a ,,,. sSG IL you coul'h
MY ilWuy STOCK Is lhcrcasih Whilc o,hcr
iolkS Gems 10 run snort, a.
| We got rlEht smart OF Il llmlly-ltS one ol |
-, the o,d laShlohrl sort,
mere lcha4ou, Isaac ana lsrtdl' a WorhIh
m away on the iarm-
They 40 RQut us mnch rs og' GOO" boy-and
80, MAKE thlhSs go OH ike charm.
hNit +'''N' W." 80" va 'iN ~ Nl'N'' an" ''I
=, llkc couple q cCls; 49,.
But t9cy re- loi a3lG S.Ga!y IN one thIh6-'hcy
,r, al .ys Elt louHu 10 luelr mtIl,'l ,..j. i
luVIe wy - IVY lnNch'lh NhouRh """'
nc lhNGh!S cNii tccl. ,.,.
Ah4 10 'LouS H. naviVLVm.nc i.iV m an" '"VS ~
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IhuIC Apiaut ,., t uiu h'3Gtt Is h"IIIOu' u'eH'
Mntklh my laIln loI hlh'Vu' A.,
ana 7Hui Sl3SnUu i, M % Is Ip LII III Snoo''h '"nu
80 c e tIiu ,n @ Un yuU Si,GIL III ,,ro,i,, u
nc tVSl VI w JGgi 2iV "i bIo"l" ''p' '"lS
hStlp ~ i, luH. Wh,th ~ - I'M t,it, .-.,i;,,
anu tuous'tc my fui n'P' w mani" 'h
culuVl o"''h h'n'
.,1t.;.,, a., ,.r,o, .l,l.o, T., Il,.r .b..,,,t
l'G alI no Elcai IiihHps % aor to Iu3r' though
" iTGViVu MN '.s' ,,ob
an ilno LII, m c az,
hTM II, ~ ,t W. y'n "H, oIn =" ,,r aud
''U' Nv HAM bir, h; ''"'' "''
~ nUtG,"' nUttG" g. n,,ntito ,nL' and ,oro h,,.,yI
HNctlliH us 2i,p''i'0 oH'' 'n" 'i''' "' g dc
Boo" 'S r'8'
,.rI.,,,, liz, o,rr,i,,, luncheon. ,,l film,
N.Y. .,', ~ H '"''> "''' '''''
uu ai i Sno SSmT Tho ,,crt,toc. and 60,
any NM w rin, ,,i, tn Inns P'''''''N'' "''' '''
And TIKI thcr ~ thrre i tbvgS fo bc doip' bclrin'
tbc womon in the doors
lh'dI aihcr T"H "scriptions H' of chores "''' '""
put hC don't take TO nOtbin' but yictuals. and
D"' 'bciII ncvcr bo much. I'm afraid.
:, / thoucht il would be a good notion to learn
'o him ihn Editors trade.
M, hndv's TOO small far a farmer hi. Indictment
LIS r,ibor too slim.
D., thought We ncrhnns couII br making an
but H. iHUuem omton a him
H"i'04 '"''
an. ,uucb In rct mn n rorcr-it woulln't
~ W., ~ Mn, lane, Ear tn learn
:, tahI Eau tand tho t"acbin" I'm ,LirLin, with
llc .,, couia ,,o,J stropnin' fcliaw IN imrn,
SOlllN bNVu fNA"lli iNtip' W 'HiA'
Anu ,gi, 1n,m59 ,",V ,',1' +" 10
enough mU" ~, o,o W. w or ,orr ,,,,oli,or, and
JUst Keep nn W. Un SVTi rhi thrnc,h ~"
cISCh SVui "d ~ roIi1 d ,,Lcn II
U'Sa sen ior rot ~ Up' and how; w ''"' INV WYNN
N9s 49, ~. ~ " II nnoJc by ,,ocbinrrv-I rou
But us iho5I VI ~ in"uv MANI, ~ m.''''"'i' vi"
Sou ~ a." ,ln L,"'i !, "oT5tn"i"i hv nochincrv
'NHu y; nSrcnt DESIGNS
9, OF GlhetVhht sh uvS,Rl' ,orrcrto IN scc ia
hach H. oHo Hion.th wtI,' nf ihc lines.
And hear a New York clairyoyant is running
anu ,in \ n.i;l n.iicEcr thon crease.
AMI r,n,ia' her heaven born productions al
couple ol u9lllrsa piocS' ,,.,l oo.,.
An since the Wholo rauC haS grOM;u o'SS'
tWoulu Docusi oHoIsh' H. ~ "n' nn LI;t,r
- 'outcn Of Jim"
,r,,o Ed;tor SAT in his sanctum, and looked the
old man in tho cyc,
Then glanced az inc II grins adn ~. rSSUiy SU%iH ''"
anu aonl s'nnI mNhomnJ cIiiion of Moscs
anu m oU,Vto'i liz ssn;rits with mcckncss, and
Gan nc colllaSS o,nr tnS natb , Si'i'
SLl"ns,v ,.o ali III wp"ngs to ,bo r,tnrc. and
Can ho leave all nis wrongs 10 iho l"'"''' '""
carry NE io"It & -. nr n,l INV ,,iru,c npdIvc
Can nc 10 um noWt 49, W. III lni'"''' ""'
on slApSnvU spstoors,v I'll 10 IN c,,oI ,pdbrow-
Gan nc ;wuMdSrf ,fiH Gnnccg NJ a" 'p"'
heaI an .hu"S IN anmIcn;o or1cr and dn
Can he kSeh tninss III aI5Ple-Plo oluoi' """ Wv
tn nIir nrcss ali tho springs Of knowledgc with