The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-12-01

ACEFU TRIBUTE To HIS MANY GOOD
QUALITIES.
The following poem is the sequel OF q
practical Joke played some time ago. The
subject of the verses sent L. r. running up
three pair of stairs in high indignation to
call a certain Tom Collins, in one of the
newspaper offices, to account for what be
had said of her. l.. r. in pursuit of ven-
geance procured the writing OF this Pindaric
ode; but on reading it over some doubts re-
main as to whether the colonel hasn't the
best OF the Joke still. 1t is plain that the
s~atirest hadn't the heart to be very bitter:
Not a pastoral ditty-tor he is no PastsT,
The friends of fiction who these lines follow. may
See but a rem sketch of one yclept Holloway.
And 1 promise you well, these hnes will tell
A wonderful story as told IN a cell sell,
TIE author is not as some might suppose,
Tho il may be a sell, sir, "a seltzer aperient)
In earliest youth a type-setter was he,
PTwas before he eer thought a Postmaster TO be
TITS, / III venture a hat,
Not 10 be denied that 4.
AT the time OF the strike,
Quitting work and the like,
He came near developing into a rat,
A rattlesOme, long-tailed rat
XJournsl and PostofHce rat.
At the Journal Office, IL surely was, there
He made his debut In the editors chair.
1t is also acknowledged he proved TO be very
Efficient as Private Secretary.
The Governor M, on whose stan apoSitlOn
He tOok-thus acquiring a "colonels" commits
sion.
And a great political doctor he was;
He gave speedy relief, and he searched out the
cause
OF pol IIical quakes
All the Ills and the aches,
All the agues and tremors and feverish shakes,
The office-seeking fevers and SNAKES.
IfaDy OF these diseases you have,
Ask for Holloway's political salve-"
Now. readers, ask your closest attention,
While a fact that is simple and true l must
That. much to his profit as we'll as his pride,
He was nearly by marriagel to grestness allied
For he won a position lin in T Sapidg his Oride'
a fair bride and position beside.
aim not in this the mark widely TO miss,
Yet say in this ditty,
Heowns the whole city.
I am sorry FOR this-rm opposed to monopolies.
But to prove it-you've heard of "Holloway's
indianapolis"
Was afraid he'd get trouneed II he told not The
And another know
Hes from near Kokomol,
Tho'a Wndman he is. tells the truth all the
0ou lust ask the Colonel, he'll give you the
nance.
Our hero once thought to the clouds he'd as
Till distance to earth ar enchantment should
lend.
In fact ne was going up in a balloon.
Had the pesky critter not gone up too soon.
But people viii talk" and remarks have been
Which prove he was really a little afraid.
Like the dventuresome Puck, that mischievous
He was lightsome and mirthful, and joyous, and
And si actually said that he has the power
To girdle the earth in less than an hour,
Just now he's in Californy.l
1t is funny and true, and would make you
The high steps and many he takes in a mile;
You would certainly thick
He was as quick as a wink,
And ne gets through the world EASTERN any man
For he puts in more steps in the space Of a
minute.
His military record shows never a blow;
He vOtes-well he votes-if / haven't forgot,
'Tig said that he votes the way that he shot,
Hes republican throushout2
But that party just now is surveying the moon,
Or perhaps 1 should say, gone up In a balloon,
Or else | might add, gone up higher'n a Kite
But we can't tell how soon.
But the Colonel. so kind and so thoughtful is he,
That he wouldn't maliclously injure a flea;
And I'm sure IL is true, deny It who can,
His forte is general utility man.
ne III GEM II SOClciys
He has proved the right man in just the right
place.,
And has furthermore proved that most any he'd
grace.
He is tall and is straight and 1t further is ru-
mored,
He's rather good looking and very good hu-
But he being a fellow of infinite jest.
Played the Tom Collins joke on L. r., 'mongst
the rest,
But it's my impression, dear madam or sir,
He's not likely 10 get much ahead OF her,
At least he's not likely TO get very far.
Fer she Will o'ertake him, she Will, Will L. r.
Tho in ONE things he's fast, yet TO anger he's
slow.
He's a genial good fellow, this all his friends
know
And when he's a friend, he's the strongest and
best,
Most generous and kind-jot this down with the
rest.
AndI hope though I've written this SPECIAL ditty,
Not a very fine poem, nor yet very witty;
AS no malice is there,
SO none shall he bear.
May his friends still outnumber the birds of the
air. EMILY HAWTHORNE.