Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-06-26

II had done, as fancy most inclined me,
In thinking first of this eventfuI scene,
A garland hit and fair would have twined
A wreath of press-howers-set in their
own green.
Plague on these laws conventional that
Aud held me from this brilliant might
wherein Ia shown our Secretary bold.
In hue and principle, mari-gold
Perhaps tits better thus; L own there's
] danger,
That, in the headIong rate at which I
I dash on,
Like n wild comet, or q Texas Ranger,
might have put Parnassus in a passion;
Besides. this is the era of the Granger,
And agricultural tropes are much the
| fashion.
Don't say, now. THAT'S green 'insinuen-
OF course / wouldn't dare the things that
! men do.
Then forward, Aftermath, sans further pro-
And bid them think us not OF little soul,
! That, whereas all who've writ u previous
Have made the Press collective, as a
whole.
Subject of praise, or admoniiion solemn,
Our small objective points the local col
/ umn.
/
Some million titled men were in our land,
| And after il, wherer you took your station.
twas "Captain," Colonel" Major"
! on each hand
Fierce men OF war, and bold, who for the
i nation,
Or 'gaInst, had made a very valiant
| stand
| A General too, you often might arrive ut,
And also. now and then, you found pri-
| yate.
! IA A a hat
/ changing era,
b Only to make them worse, says your Old
stager.
Captains are plentier grown, and Generals
nearer
Each other stand than bars along a cage,
or
A three-years' sassafras growth. Do you say
The. privates ?" Well, they've mostly
climbed to Major.
Then, TOO. we have, thanks to our city
A powerful crap" of blown civic Col
| I'm parei,fhese, .Coionel, do admire,
In tact the tiIle'squite pet of min'-
| Its bearers have such wit, and grace, and
fire
I've seen some who'd summer night
outshine-
That is, II Il ,oere cloudy I aspire,
For it, some day, special wreath to Irvine
OF honorable prefiXes; Ills the fern,
Springing from seed that no man may dis
cern.)
Ills done in this way; Smith, say, for ex-
Upon his .'ganden sass" bestows great
care,
And takes his county editor a sample,
OIroots, fruits, or tubers large and fair.
He's grateful. and on courtesy MOTTO tram
pie,
In next weeks paper hastens to declare
"From our friend Captain Smith, we've
Might wake the envy even OF a Plato"
Smith writ Captain, he must be impartial;
'rwould never do TO set his neighbor less,
Whose spirit 5 daring, ana "hose TASTE as
martial,
And whose support might help or hurt
the Press.
(self-interest sways men, spite of critics.
The golden calf life bows to, is success,)
And so we read, ."Our handsome Major
Late hi, we re glad TO SEQ again in town.
Bib hath much money. Heaven knows
how gOttens
He made it all. last year, when corn, or cot.
| ton,
Tobacco. wheat or pork. went up or down;
! But, since he chose his tent to pitch this
| spot on,
And build it wide and near. as his renown,
OF course v ere told that, General Bibbs
fine mansion
But speaks the larseness of his souls eI-
| pansion.
For spring supplies of calico and shoes.
4 BE sure the gentle drummer with the scofn-
AlOn, a part, to sit him doth not choose.
Jones nabS he straight, and Degs HIM TO
] adorn a
Paragraph of next days morning news,
| Wherein our friends brevetted "Colonel
| Jones'"
Trust upon greatness, body, soul and bones,
And so on, ct ceftrd. adj i.Jindum;
Such things we've all read by the twenty
score.
| ] pity those who read, and those who write
The former less, the latter rather more.
The public taste regimes the personal Item,
And hOwso'er this paragraph deplore
Their names appearance with the undue
| Lhink they're not ungrateful to the do
nOrs.
Now, II had the Puritan ambition
OF setting right whatever Is amiSs,
I'll ask anent our hOnoF-FOlIS condition:
''SirS, is there not somewhat toomuch OF
this ?"
And tell you twas your high and noble
mission,
Sure weIl-fulflled, TO "pan out" tons OF
bliss,
Due reverent homage TO our brave TO yield,
But laugh these uH,oo" spurs from off the
field;
Aud preach you. then, mighty pretty
Nicely compact OF wisdom, wit and learn |
ing
All sprinkIed DER with gOdIy dews of Her |
mon,
And liz with flame of piety most burning. |
With here and there n misty cloud of Ger
Relieving unbeIief. and blind discerning |
Upon a subject vaster than the sea,
Tie difference 'twixt what is-and ought to |
be.
But am no phiIanthropist. The moral
Heroic never was my taNOrite Neln-
The way that suits me, would not set for |
Others To 20, in sunshine. wind, or rain.
never give advice-not liking quarrel,
And know, sirs, Tor your pleasure. oryour /
gain,
This aftermath Of titles will increase
'Tis only with IfIi'aB4, supply can cease.
suli. SHINING friends, and-I hope friend.
~ sinners,
Although pass without eXpOstulatiOn,
Your practices, must say 10 beginners;
II You would nObly MI the noblpgt ste.
lion,
And play, in life's strong game as worthy
winners.
Make him the object of your emulation
Who life shows right, truth, bravery,
strong aud vital
Not the mOutl-honoT of an empty title"
With that last word my Vagrant rhyme Is
8u1Pd,
Linked sEeetneSs long drawn out" is
not my styiS.
Speak boldly out. IL auy t'Ye offended,
hate those Villains who still smile
and smile 1857
Best take il, Sirs, Just rs ii was intended
A tribe that might idle time beguile-
Matter of mirth or moOnshine for your
leisure;
And may you find therein some grain "f
pleasure.