, 1873-09-14
THE IL MoNgrnE n nAJ1oON

THE " MONBTRE BALLOON.
Il left vauxhur ono Monday at noon
:3,., Ana every ono aaid we should boar Of 1t soon
Mith WI as,s news from .Aspno , Or ,scanderoon
= =, The noting had harst-the rilk-ti.o shoioona;
Il bad met net with trade-Ylnd-a ''ouccd monsoon
They ought 70 have put OF the!r journey I'LL Juno;
%" Snrs 1Gno but +; a9onhsy go0ss
Then they tak'd about Green" ohl vnoro's 1r.
And where's Mr. Holland, who hired tho ,nachino2
And whcro ss Monk Mason, tho man that haa been
Aud who wrea Huch nice ettors describing tho sccuo2
And whcres the cold fowl, and tho ham aid potcen
And tho portable coup in tlo patent tnrccn
IIayo they got to Grand Cairo, reached Aberdeen
Ssea e. IT, hav
scon |"
gtsy here's M: ayea aMr. Frederick aye.,
couple os hundred Of toses, Or ii niah, '4'eA'
4 cockstrido tho Tui1eries panticles, to sur
With Dollond's best telescope stuck 1t nj oys.
And my umbrella under my arm ike Fail RI,
hossa soa h'ass
Any longer; and, feeling remarkably dry
From sitting all day stuck up there like CUR,
came down again, and-you aee-ler9 am l |"
But uthorca Mr. Hughes What says young Mr Hughes?
!" Why. I'm sorry to say wovo not got any news
Binco tho letter they threw down III Of their Hhocs
Il pcppa LIZ oysss e ook 1T thor erso
Over Dover; and which sho folks lockl to poruso a'
A. he syenns II
Turka. Heretcs, 1nadels Jumpers. and Jewa,
gsGnng Rn 1 nassloFs IND warren
aud my father and are 1n terrihlo s.ows,
For 80 large baloou Ia Rad thing to losel"
Hcro's at last l-ucros naws como At laatl
vessois como in which han sa!leu very fast
Mr Nokea-hua declared that Tho party l.as pusscd
safo across to the Hague whcro their grapnss they
A. fat brrgomaster was staring aghast,
70 seo such monster come borne on tho blast,
And It caught In his waatband, and thcro It stuck
a. O. f. fol NJ. Noksswfor shamo, slr. Nokoal
ane and snfh }s1ng y9ar malice but acurvy elost
snd w HHso oRG of IT. aory
.,ohl what shall we do ?-oh! whore will II cpd7-
Can nobody 90 7-Cau nobody sond
Can't {e yxis,E 80 thefo soursof7 Can't you ~rito to
For nova upon which We may safely depend 2"
Huzza huzza c-andcisht-ponce to pay
Eor letter from Hamburg, Just coma to aay
They descended ut Weilburg, about break Of day:
And they lava lent them tho palace thoro durng holr
And tho asuy; ts;wn is bocom,pg uncommony s.y,
@ Aaa ey1o e, tIsas,ne nS party and soaking
And tho !andgsaSes, aud Margfayes, aud Counts bog
Tint thoy Won't think as ret about going away.
Notwithstanding, they don't moan to make much do
lay
Put n1 rack pp tho balloon in 2 wagon OF drsy,
And got on to Paris by Lisle aud Tourney,
Where, they boldly declare, any wager thoyll lay,
Il tho gas-poople thera don't ask thom to ray
geh e, sum % must force them at once to Ray Nay
Aud be back again hero tho beginning of May.
1'a. paar mo what If, trGas t for juvenile fse
Ihcrell he hardly aonl to he seen III the street.
Tor ut Vau1hall tha wlolo population will meet
And you, scarcely got sanding-soo1n, much leaa
For this MI preceding attraction m,at boat,
Since they'll unfold whas We want to be to!d,-
low thy conghd; ho~ thoy snoez'd; how they
How they tipp'a tho " cordial "a racy and old
Aud how they all thon fct remarkably lold:
How ney thought tho bosd beof worth ita own weight
And how LII. Green wss beginning to acold
Decaure Mr. Mason would try to lay hold
VI the moon, aud had very ncaE overheard rolld!
And thure they'll be sceu-thoy1i he nl to be econ!
The grest-ooas, tho conee-pot, nlugs and turuen!
With the ught-ropo. and hro-works, aud dancing bo.
tween.
II tho weather should only provo falr and sorene;
| And tAore, OH q beautiful Transparent screen,
| ~ inc middle you'l SEQ large picture of grosn,
Mr. Mason on t'oher, describing Tho acene
| And Famo, on one leg, in tho air, like quoen,
With three wreaths and trumpet, will over them
| While Envy, in serpents and black bombaz,ne,
| Looks on from below with ar Of chagr[ni
And tho people Will dance by tho llght ct tho moou.
AMI keep up tho bali til. tho next day at noon
And tho poor and the peasant, tho Lord and tho loou
The naughty Erandoe mud tho low pscaroon,
Tho R1x-foot Me.guarlsnan aud tho little gosson.
Will MI join III throo choera for the "AIonatrob Bal.
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