Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-06-27
AFTER MATH.
uY MISS MATTE COLLINS.

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They quite used up the best things 10 be said,
| Wisdom or wit, for such occasion meet,
| And sang you strains whose sweetness did
My Iuckiess muse, perforce, must 60 TO grass.
II had done As fancy mo / inclined me,
| In thinking fri Of this eventtul scene,
| 4 garland al and fair ] would have twined
a wreath Of press flowers, set in their own
4 plague on laws conventional that bind me,
And hold me from this brilliant might have
Wherein id shown cur secretary bold,
In hue and principle, mar-gold.
Perhaps It's better then--I own there's dan
Thai, in the neadIong rate al which dash
Like a Wild comet, or a Texas Ranger,
l might have put Parnassus in passion
Besides, this j. the era of the Granger,
And agricultural tropes are much the fash
Don't say, now, That's a green insinnuen-
OF course i1 wouldn't dare the thing that men
do.
Then forward, Aftermath, sans further pro
And tel your listeners, ere we reach the goal,
Another aftermath Wen plainly show 'e1n,
And bid them think us not OF little soul.
That, whereas, all whO've writ previous
Have made the Press collective, as a whole,
Subject OF praise or aumOnitlCn solemn,
Our small objective point the local column
Before the war, by the least computation,
some million titled men were in our land,
And after Il, where'er you took your station,
Twas Captain "LOlonel,'' Major on
Fierce men OF wal and bold, who for the Ma
Or 'gainst, had made valiant stand.
\ General, too, you often arrive at,
And also, now and Them you found pri-
yate.
We've changed all these things since that
chang ing era
Only to make them worse, says your old
stager-
Captain5 are plentier grown, and Generals
Each other stand than bars along a cage, or
a three years sassafras growth. DO you say,
The priVates%S Well, they We mostly climbed
Then too we have, thanks to our cityJournals,
A 'poH erful crap" OF tull-blown civic Col
onels.
I'm parenthese, Co lionel I do admire.
In fact the titles quite pet of mine,
Its bearers have such wit, and grace and ire
I've seen some who'd summer night out
Tn at is, # it were clondy-I aspire
For il, some day, special wreath to tWine
OF honorable pTefXeS; It's the fern,
Springing from seed that no man may dis
cern)
It's done in this way: Smith, say, Tor exam
pie,
AND takes his county editor sample
Of roots, or fruits, or tubeTs large and fair.
He's grateful, and, on courtesy not TO tram
In next weeks paper hastens to declare,
From our friend Captain Smith we've po-
tatO
Might wake the envy even of a Plato"
Smith writ a Captain, he must be impartial
'TwouId never do TO set his neighbor less,
Whose spirits daring, and whose tastes as
Ana whose support might help or hurt the
Press;
(solf:interest sways men, spite ofcrittcs harsh
The golden calf life bows to is success)-
And so we read, "Our handsome Major
Late III, we're glad to see again in towns
Bibb hath much money, Heaven knows how
Or Should know, tor tits only guessed in
town.
He made II all last year, when corn or cotton,
Tobacco, wheat or pork went up or down;
But, since he chose his tent to pitch this spot
And build it wide and new as his renown,
OF course we're tod that General Bibb's hn0
But SPEAKS the largeness of his souls expan-
sion"
Cityward cometh Jones from the Dark Corner,
For spring supplies of calico and shoes.
Be sure the gentle drummer with the scOrneT,
Aloft, apart, to sit him doth net choose.
Jones he nabs straight, and begs him to
Paragraph of next day. morning news,
Wherein our friends breveted "ColOnel
Jones'
Thrust upon greatness, body, soul and bones.
And so Oh ct eortera, Gd insfnitum;
Such things we've all read by the twenty
I pity those who read, and those who write
The former less, the latter rather more.
IT'S public taste requires the personal Itemy
Their names appearance with these undue
I think they re not uDgratefuI to the donors
Now,.if had the Puritan ambition
OF setting right whatever is amiSS,
I'd ask, anent our hO1or-rOll's condition.
"Sirs, is there not somewhat too much of
And tell you twas your high and noble mis-
Sure weIl-fuInlled, to "pan-out tons of
Due reverent homage to our brave to yield,
But laugh these UnlOOTT spurs from OF the
teloi
And preach you, then, a mighty pretty ser
mon,
Nicely compact OF wisdom, wit and learn
Ali sprinkIed DER with godIy dews OF Her
mon,
And lit with fame of p'ety most burning,
with here and there misty cloud OF German
Believing, uubelef, and blind discerning,
Upon subject vaster than the sea;
The difference twixt what is-and ought to tie,
But am no philanthrOpist. The moral
Heroic never was m : favOrite vein.
The way that suits me l would not set for all
Others to go, in sunshine, wiz or rain.
never give adVice-nOt liking quarrel
And know, siIs, for your pleasure, or your
gain,
This aftermath Of titles will increase,
It's only with demand supply can cease.
still, SHINING friends and-I hope-friendly
sinners,
Although l pass, without expostulatiOn,
Your practices must say to beginners:
''lf you would nobly fill the nOblest station
And play, in LIES Strong game, as worthy
winners,
Make him the object of your emulation
hose LIE shows right, truth, bravery, strong
and vital
Not the mouth-honor of an empty title"
With that last word my vagrant rhyme is
Linked sweetness long drawn out " is not
my style.
Speak boldly out if any I've offended
hate those VILLAINS who "still smile and
smile.
Best take it, sirs, just as 1t was intended
4 trlfe that might idle time beguiie-
Matter of mirth or mOOnshine for your leis-
ure;
pleasure.