The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-07-21
THE COME I,
GONE, AND DID NOT SwIrCH ITS
TAIL AT Us.
BEAUTIFUL RESIGN OF
THE SUN EDITOR.
INTERESTING DISCUSSION IN
THE CITY COUNCIL.

Y
and thu old earth still sails on through
space Our escape from destruction was,
no doubt, narrow. Wa therefore con
gratulato our readers.
In Cairo, tho only persons who were
ready TO 90 up wore the publishers
of tho papers aud the momher' Of the
council.
Early in tho morning we called % Bro.
thcr DAVIS of the Sun, and found him In
his ascension robes, made Of unbleached
mu'lin lie wore upon his features n
look OF resignation and, as he grasped
our hand, was picture Of calm happi-
ness GOOD bye, old boy" ho sad, "I'm
going home | thought would like to go
to Spring field this winter, but I'm going
| 10 tho New Jerusalem, whore Pope don't
run the Republican party, and the citizen
angels phtroni2e their own papers and
do not send to St Louis for their
job printing. All John, we must part
Dnt of course you will publish paper
down there, and hope to exchange with
you. | nm informed that recently
postal treaty has boon made between the
government of the country where l am
going and of tho country whero you are
going, and that postage is cheap. So, let
w. exchange. Good bye forgive YOU
may you secure II cool tire 60 burn in, is
the last earthly wish OF yours truly
Then be relasped into silence and solem-
nifty.
The council met carly in tho morning
Mayor Wood, presiding. Tho ascension
robes Of the members were ot the iiGe,t
mstcrials We observed that Alderman
Morris had cotton umbrella under his
arm. Hc said he hsd no doubt he would
need an umbrella before he got becf, and
no had noticed, in a late market report,
that few speculative angel. IN the New
Jorusalcm, having made corner in urn.
) brollas, wcro oxtorting from their fellow-
angels, II am willing TO pay TAR price
for goods OF any kind, said Morris to Us.
"bit no person or angel can put up job
on me. I'm an antimonopolist and II
get this umbrella into hoaven
and beat the umbrella corner,
provided the tariff duties
are not protective We told him they
were not--thst Prot Denton hal in.
formed ne, that tho last Time n dead
friend of his called upon him from the
other world, he had learned that free trade
was the policy of heaven that not even
a tariff for revenue was tolerated
The mayor, having oailel tho council
to order, said the meeting was special as
to the comet and general as to all Other
things.
One OF the aldermen from the Third
ward moved TO take up the comet. n
r member for the First ward moved AS NJ
: substitute, that tho council should taxi
d the comet by the tail The substitut,
n was promptly ruled Out Of order, and th,
y comet wsa taken up.
! A member from the Fifth ward said h,
had prepared preAmblea and resolution:
g bearing on lhosubiect under discussion.
member from tho Fourth ward said h
would offer the preambles and resolutions
A member from the Third ward said h
would move TO adopt them. 4 meTbo
from tho Second ward said ho would sec
ond them.
The Mayors the council ready 70
the question
A Member Let US hear the preamble
and resolutions read. We may lhou kno'
something more about them than we d
IN now, and be able to vote intelligently.
st The mayor thought tho council woul
in vote as intolliSen,ly without hearing thsr
read lie had noticed that tho counc
10 acted wisely occasionally when 1t went
at blind. But no would have Tue prcsmble
20 and resolutions read,
Tho clerk then resd IA lollowa:
!" WHEREAS, The tail of the comet
ne I'a wonderful long thing,
With u wondrous breadth to BOAST OF
IN And wOndrous width OF swing,
WurRrAe \ man we dom know
~ Has advertised that IT,
ne with wOndrous length OF hot tail,
IN This wondrSus world vii hit;
rs IuEREFoRE RESOLVED, That this counc
'c- In the show will take 10 stock,
90 But await, IN patient silence,
Tho coming Of the shock.
VIZ RESOLVED That We protest now
Is Again thi. KIND Il scare
Melcors, floods and earthquakes
ire And stars with nery hair &c.
ow That il the Old cirth Is hit,
ort And med like meat well doue,
We are guililess OF the mischief
Aud We viii blame the sun
O VIII blame the sun Ion it gave
3 10 the comet the zig tail
Ils wildly llingng round now
Like the hcainss OF Hail
, BY hands supcma handled
| In The threShm-s done on high
l By the busy Granger angels
who cultivate the ,iy.
a Member from, tho Flrst-l move
"a strike out the second stanzn of the fiji
resolution and insert the following
And if the old thing IL hit
O The BULLETINS to blame,
2 For which we pay a roand price
rood fail 4