The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1875-12-10
Unsophistlcated.
BY APoTH f. CARY.

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| And they owned house and lot free and clear
| He had his money in the bank,
| Ana his maiden name was Blank
| But his wife called him "Blanky, my DEAR
Twas in eighteen seventy-five, and the
country was alive with initiation, corruption.
and SReform y Tammany Hall was feeling
bad, and old Polly Ticks was mad, while
| tho farmers cussed the feeble price of
| corn.
All the party prophets said, off must 90
| the political head of each rascally tax-rob-
bing knave the whole thievish horde must
be Jonahed overheard, or we'll get mighty
| thin tidal wave.
But the boldest of the bold,
Like Diogenes of old,
Were puzzled where to find the honest men.
There might be some such things
Outside politica. rings,
Though scarccr han whskers on hen.
SO to the country towns they ran. finding
here and there lamb, whose fleece Mary
lamb.like was clean; and they gathered in
poor Blank, who had mo1ey in the bank.
| and was honest, unsophisticated, green:
On platform made of plank, there thew
stood poor timid Blank, for passers-by to
scrutinize and scan and the party papers
said, Blank was level in his head, and the
Office fitted nicely to the man.
But the opposition press
Called on Blankey to confess,
How he came to have the money In the bank :
How he poisoned neighbo ring we'll
Sent the family all to -;
How he lied, how he gambed. how he drank.
How he used his hired help, called his
mother-in-law whelp, and was down on
the Bible in the schools how his father
wasn't sane, how his grandmother was
lame, how his family run to scrofula and
fools.
So he houghta ton or more of foolscap
from the store, and linked it all over with
denying and campaign lie was nailed
with each letter that he mailed, but he
couldn't stop the liars from their lying,
Then the wise men counselled Blank
To draw his money from the bank,
And scatter it wherever they directed
little here and there,
And good deal everywhere,
For he'd surely get it back when elected.
So blanky used his pile as a lubricatinp
"ile, greasing over each political old hack /; |
looking forward to the day when he'd draw
official pay, and financier his nest egg safely
back
When the bank grease had been spread.
Blanky's counsellors all said, if you wish |
to surely weather this rough storm, you |
must mortgage house and lot, and come
down with all you've got, or goodbye Mr..
Blanky and g Reform
With the mortgage duly signed,
Mrs. Blank had freed her mind,
And " Reform " seized the people by the throat
Poor Blank was on the wing,
Sinking hands with everything
That wore pantaoons and had right to yore
The day came and passed, and the yearly
1ete was cast that makes Corruption every
Fall hide her face: When each voter in
he land walks up and shows his hand, and
lelps to save his country from disgrace.
With the setting of the sun, Blanky,s
leart beat two to one, and his Photographic
eatures grew pale: There was quiyer
y the chin, as returns came ticking in, and
be Salt River breezes blew gale.
re the clock struck twelve that night
lanky knew he'd lost the fgit /; =
Lost his friends, lost his money, lost his all; f.
ost his honest reputation;
ost his chance to rob the nation,
And, like Adam, lost them all In the Fall e
So the jury sat next day on poor Blanky's n
feless clay, snd told why his heart had 4
sased to beat. He had softening of the b
rains, caused by large Republican gains, n
olt-evil-split-tickets- land defeat. I
MORAL. d
The moral Of this melancholy tale is put 2
? in hermetically sealed tin cans, carefully
raped with pamphlet copies Of the
eecher- Tilton trial,i thirteen different Ian y
lages, and sent with full directions for h
'e upon receipt Of most any thing. ii
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