Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-01-29
CORN-FED BILL.
Dicktated to all der Changers.
By CARL PRETzEL

Der midday sun for fifty years had played der duce
Und turned der tint from red to brown. till no white
meat vast left trace.
His hands vas brown, und der great big lines vat
plowed deep in der shkin,
Vas told der years Of toll und work, dhroo all his
life had been.
His fhrame dond vas vat il yoost to bin, tall, and
straight ind SHOUT
But had shlowfuly doubled itself intoo, while der
muscles vas playin out.
His kneeses too, gittn weak, und his legs could
hardly walk,
Und his jaws vas loosen all his tooths. ind he
gummed it in his talk.
But of the outside in of his manly breast, some
warm impulses grow,
Und obey vas bloom, und shprout, und shmell
vherefer he was 60.
Der merry nerfs, mitin his heart, shtrong und
steady shtill,
Nix grief, nix care, could tumble down der soul OF
Corn-fed Bill.
1t pooty tuf to shtihe grief, ven he lookt out
init his eyes
Und saw from efery billy top, some odder moundair
rise.
Und all dhroo life dose hills vas dhere to plock del
Und no sooner qwick he climb der one, der oddel
befront him lay.
But you see dem acres of farmin land; veil, fol-
efery herb Obey sbprout,
More as sexty trops of vasser shweat from old Bill.
brow come out.
You vas saw der proofs in der golden corn in del
meddew of der field,
You vas saw der proofs in der orchard lot und il
der fruit Obey yield.
Old Bill vas farmer mans for sure, honest
shgware und true,
Una would ask of you yoost vat recht, und ex
pect der same of you.
But make him aggravation once, by tam he donC
shtood Diet,
He knock you down so higher kite, while yo,
shtand upon der shpot.
He vas lifed to been green old age, und hat
shouldered troubles sore,
He vas shrugged hard to fife der wolf und keel
him out his door.
But der more he worked, diem wolfses yelled, mi
mouts all open wide,
To shduff emselfs of dheir outside in, NIT de-
farmers beef und hide.
Aldough dem animals vas der latest kind, shtil
dheir shdomacks dond get full,
Obey keeb expanding as obey eat, and on de
Obey eat der meats of der bodadoe, corn, der bar
ley, und der oat,
IND only leaf der husbandman vat he wouldn'd gi
shoat.
Dot made old Bill git some dander ub so he shwor
heafy shwore,
Und allowed he wouldn't plant annodder seed O
grow him noting more.
Der old farm might go to grass, und he'd shtarf TO
load of wood
Before he'd shwet him a single hair for odder fel
ler's good
Now dis vas dose vat old Bill preach, ind practice
too, next year,
Und on his farm dhere vas noting raised-not efel
disturbance dhere.
He wouldn't allow old mudder earth to grow out
single seed
Not efen enuff for der brindle COW, nor his odde
chicken reed.
Well, der wolfses coined, as obey had done a GOO
many times before,
To shdeal der fruits of der farmers land und 70
him of his shdore.
Bur dose vat shdruck for old Bills farm-vell, de
shdory easy sad
Obey only found some old post-holes und Wagon
tra~irs instead
MORALE.
Dose wolfses vas dem monobolies vat shdeal de
farmers shduf,
To I'LL NIB bloated arishtocrats, vot meier could &c
enuff;
But corn-fed Bill vas make EN- sing a song dot mad
'em tanz,
Und deached 'em some new deories bout railroad
und der banks.
Und Offer Obey dond look pooty gwick out, de
Changers git ub dheir backs,
Und only feed 'em NIT old post-holee uud empd
wagon-tracks.