The New York herald., 1872-08-02

AS of to the meadows they hle;
While the tall chimney swallows the swallows,
As into its black nue they fly.
zone moment rampant and rash-the next weak
and cowardlyn-A "Vete1un EditOr'' on Horace
greeley.
There are men who most always are sneerlng
At Chappaquas wonderful farm;
All, little they know what 1t costs me
To clOthe me and keep myself warm
All day must pump at the pumpkin,
And at eve the weevil weave
Spin spinach, and turn up the turnp,
And bind them tight in a sheaf
'sDays ar breakn'l, "What day9" 'Horace
Day." "He be smothered thought you meant
Horace Greeey.n The point lies In an indla-rubber
telescope.
Let chicken thieves ride in carriage,
Let cabbage e-heads ride In cab;
I'd rather raise hob on hobby
From Chappaqua to the Punjab.
want to bestride hOrseradish,
casque of pig-irOn on my head,
And sweep through the land of the living,
Down into Its realm Of the dead.
Between the two Horaces-Day and Greeley-the
people were likely to be much harassed, until the
labor reformers, 'naving accomplished the object
Of their expedition" retired, and Day really broke.
For this world is 80 sad and so lonely
Not pumpkin its sympathy shows,
Not a cucumber sObS with my sghin',
Not horse bush will weep with my woes;
Oh, fie on the heart of the cabbagel
Oh, fiddle for folly and sin
Farewell to the earth and Its SOrrOwSl
Cape graveyard! fain would turn in!
The New London Star says that Charles Sumner is
evidently troubled with worms. "Mr. JONES'" said
lady to a gentleman (the story Is not new),
(which do you prefer sparrows or worms p"
"Dunno!" replied the gentleman, "A-w! a-w!
never had sparrOws."
'"Twas the song Of the rake and hoe,
The song OF the hammer and axe,
The song OF the booming loom,
The song OF the shoemakers' wax"
Which thus at the close of day
He sat by his door and sang,
For his heart with sorrow was wrung
While the hills Of Chappaqua rang-with the
news from North CarOlny.
A. NJ Winn, q prominent citizen Of San Francisco
q lifelong democrat goes for Grant very naturally.
He would be q fool If he did not 60 into Winn.
Two democratic Grant Clubs have been formed in
Galveston Texas.
The campaign machnst has reached Fort Wayne,
where Sergeant Edward Kennedy grinds Off q verse
like the following:-
Why are the democratic leaders
Now supporting Horace GreeleyP
Because they all want office:
That is their object really.
CHORUs-What do the liberals mean?
What are the democrats ab0utP
And tell us, Horace Greeley,
Can you carry the North and Sout?
Says the Bath IN. W CoMrier:-
While the democracy are shouting over the access
sion to their ranks OF former republicans, they
seem to forget that thousands Of democrats are en-
listing under the banner Of Grant and Wilson.
licans in Welsville, Allegheny county, who support
Greeley and Brown, and now to dampen their ar
dor the Grant men come out with call for meet
ing to organize Grant CLUB with q list Of names
exceeding the entire republican vote of 1858 by 120
Because they all want office
They say Greeley Is their man
To give them all positions
Likewise the Tammany clan.
CHORUs-But the fifth day of November
Will tell the sOrrOwful tale,
Which will cause Carl Schurz to trembe
And make Belmont look pale.
"Phelm OFlaherty," who writes poetry in the
Celtic vernacular for Cleveland paper, dashes or
glowing lines like the annexed:-
What names this rant,
This whine and cant
by those who want
TO beat Gineral Grant,
Just lave his enemies
Rave and rant;
Beat Grant they can't
They can't beat Grant.