Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1874-12-09
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TIE AGRICULTURAL FAIR.

Yesterday my soul grew weary
AZ my desk 50 dull aud drearS,
And unto myself muttered,
Il will 20 out 20 the fair.
Aud combining biz with pleasure,
Pick up itcms-coumu more
Here thought came Ger me gushing,
As the 'deyil' in come rushing,
yelling In my ears his war-ery;
Yelling copy !'-pesky bore.
Like q dray-horsc turned to pasture,
As | handed my Shinpiaster
10 the man thgi kept the gateway,
Feit |, sure rs YOU are born;
But kept my eyes wide open,
Watching for chance to rope in
Items. for lacked a column more.
Silently watched and waited,
AZ before to you / We stated.
For a chaner TO gel q local y
THIS Ia often done before.
SLOW followed through the many,
Few of whom knew, ii any;
But my eyes kept up their vigil,
As they Oft had done before.
Now | walked in meditation
n lie strans@ things IL S''tn Tie score
seful Things and ornamental
Some not worth "A ''coHtiuentai"
Hut 50 many things oil all sorts
Eyes had never seen before.
Walked till my limbs grew weary;
Then asked myself the query,
is there any place around here
Where man can get a drink
Then saw the men crowd thicker,
Aud knew Forthwith twas liquor
That thcsc people lowered DER.
Cautiously stepped MP to them.
Aud buihOught me, If they knt W me,
They would ask me mp to drink !"
Id been treated thus before.
Not moment had stood there.
When a gent WHO owns a brood mare
tt- Mn, .l.. Il.
As he asked me What d take:
MOtioncd he to bottles handy,
Asking whether bter or brandy
As libaiion would pour,
Then | answered him politely
Eve acquainted we're but sligEtly,l
That ia drink some lcmonade
This I'd never drank before.
Then his friends began 10 snicller
A the mention of this liquor,
Laughing out in one load chorus
rs tncN never laughed before,
Then said one. - on re Il reporter,
And Nou think you hadn't ortcr
Take the beer, or maybe more -
And ans Wcred him in sadness,
'.SCldom lis that q reporter
Drinks aught else than cistern waterf'
Then lied d Lied before.
FIRST this ultcrancc quite unstrung them;
knowing looks they cast among them
Seeming 70 themselves to mutter,
Here a iriluw We can lay out
As he neser was lain before,
We viii feed linn beer and brandy,
D;iab his inodtn " itlt Iassesa CANDY,
And within stock-pcn lay him,
Whore lie ur'cr has lain before
Drunken local in Il stoek-pcn!
There he'll lay a day or more"
''divr ~ bccr cried one, upsiarting,
Wicked looks from red eyes darling
AT the keeper Of the heer-stand
That we all were CROW tling rguud
give us beer for eight or more
Hesitatiagly ~ | took il
A. beneath my nose he shook it,
Slowly drank then the liquor,
A. | never drank before:
And they Winked and asked each other.
"Nill he drink just one glass moro r
Then came mugful after mugful,
Till Im sure | drank a iagfui
OF the frothing foamiag beverage
That VI" all calf lager beer,
And could drink kcgtul mere,
| was home "a drinking lager:
But my friends began to Stdgger,
Stagger meath the load thc5 bore
This WAS just the ConsummatIun
That | had been working for.
Tielled WAS | DER aud o er.
Now each yictimized, drugged loaler
Felt = once Than he must 20 for
Each and every other one,
Which Immediately he did
Fired were their brains with liquor;
And without ado or diClter,
They began a general scrimmagc,
" lille /. sober, kept the score
Then rcturucd | 10 the oiiiee,
Aud '.vrote up ~ Bloody Fight"
THUS | raised a column more.