Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-06-02
Phil and Jenny.
mot suERIDAN's RIDE.

mot SHERIDAN's RIDE.
A young miss stood by the garden gate,
| A cloud on her brow rs dark as fate,
BY her side was her lover, noble youth
| With stalwart frame, and a look of truth
Yet on his brow too rested frown,
And thus he spakc, with eyes cast down,
''To morrow is our wedding day,
Where's my new clothes to come from
And the New York Store tpenty miles
away"
Then up she spakc, and her eye flashed
fire,
While she strovc to quell her rising ire,
Il have not got my wedding dress,
Nor gloves, nor cloak, my love, guess
That we can never welded be,
For upon my life cannot see,
What we're to do in one short day
For all our goods, and love you say,
The New York Store is 20 miles aeay."
Then Phil conceived happy thought,
He rushed to the barn and around he
brought,
The grey horse Jim, who knew the haste
OF his master, and had taste
For everything swift, and soon were they
spicd,
Phil with his bride elect at his side,
Darling on behind Jim, who WAS feeling
so gay,
For he knew that tomorrow was the
wedding day,
And the New York Store fifteen miles
dWdy.
ooh! Phil" said Jenny, blushing rcd,
AS red rose in it's garden bed,
II don't believe I've money enough
For only dress; and there's SO much
stuff
One needs, to get to be married in"
"We'll see," says Phil with knowing
grin,
money at that store goes a longer way
Than at many others I've seen in my day"
And the New York Store il ten miles
aeay.
"Now Phil" says Jenny. lone thing more;
Can you find the real New York Store.
Aunt was in town only last week,
And of course the New York Store did
seek,
At last she found the real store,
After being told at two others before,
This is the New York Store" said they;
She'll remember them for many day."
The New York Store is only fee mil 2
dcay.
"They cant fool me-" says knowing Phil,
For can use my eyes and soiU,
The sign hangs there rs plain as day,
Right straight over the entrance way,
Then to Lawton Bros g. Posts well go,
For everyone says their goods are SO low,
And they have the greatest and grandest
display
That have beheld in a long long day"
Hurrah! The New York Store is only
one mile aWay."
The first thing they saw on nearing the
store,
Was the crowd ofpcoplc around the door,
1--WE cannot get in," says Jenny in fear,
"IIang tight on my arm love-" he said in
her ear,
While Jim, who was hitchcd at neigh
boring post,
Felt proud, for he knew he'd accomplish
cd the most,
Towards fastening along their bright
wedding day,
By bringing them down all the long wind
ing way
To the New York Store twenty miles
away.
TO make matter that's long seem quite
brief,
The goods were SO cheap they thought
they were deaf,
When they told them the price. Phil got
some clothes fine,
And Jenny all things she wished in her
line.
Her dress was made up in jiffy or more,
BY stylish modiste ut the very same
store.
They had cash enough left to buy dinner
that day,
Also funds enough left to give the parson
his pay,
They were united in wedlock the very
next day.
TO every young lady and every young
gent,
Who on uniting themselves in marriage
are bent,
Jump into the wagon and all take Il ride,
To the great New York Store, of our city
the pride,
Look up in the air where their banner is
spread
Be sure you are right then go ahead,
And buy all you need for the great happy
day,
And you'll surely have enough for the
Rev's pay,
Come though YOU live forty, fifty or TWEEN.