Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-06-18
I'D lASHfABUtA5 OHIO, FRIDAY, JUNE 18, 1875
WILLIAM BROWN OF OREGON
NJ JOAQUIN MILLER

| GL ~ NJ JOAQUIN MILLER
They called him Bill, the hired man.
And she, they called her Mary Jane,
And lovers often drew rein
To chat and sigh as lovers can
Across the gate IN snatch and catch;
And wolleh winked across Their tea -
And said, and truly 50 thought he. .
That she would make splendid match.
This hired man had loved her long
Had loved her first and best and last;
Her very garments as she passed
For him han symphony and song,
So when one day, with brow a-frown,
She called him Bill, he raised his head.
He caught her eye, then faltering said:
Il love you, and my name is Brown
Shefairly waltzed with rage; she went.
You would have thought the house a-fire
| She told her sire, the portly squire.
| Then sEleIt her Smell Hfha sait8 and llettAt S S
Poor William did what could be dome
-Hesswung pistol on each hip,
And gathered up great ox-whip,
And drove towards the setting sun.
He crossed the crest backbone of earth;
He ssR the snawY mountains rolled cC1
Like misty lillows saw the gold
OF awful sunsets, saw the birth
OF sudden dam upon The plain g Z
And every eve would William Brown
Eat pork and beans and then lie down
And dream sweet dreams of Mary Jane
ThesteteE hoaId otitfeR6es up,
The tetsr beard oi lie ots down,
The sweetest face must learn to frown;
The biggest dog has been pup.
Her lovers passed Wolves hunt in packs
They sought for bigger game; somehow
They seemed to see about her brow 2 @
The forky signs of Turkey tracks. -
Q naideps, pluck not 1t the airt99si4 or
Ihe sweetest flowers fThaEe found ss-.I o.
GroT rather close into the ground,
And highest places are most bare.
Why, you,had better win the grace
OF one poor eussed African
That win the eyes of every man
In love alone with his own face.
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At last she nursed q new desire;
She sighed, she wept for William Brown,
She Tstchea, the splepdid sun 90 down
Like Some great saitfng snip a-fire;
Then rose and checked her trunks right on,
And in the cars she lunched and lunehed,
And had her ticket puRGhed and punched,
Until she came to Oregon.
She wore blue specs upon her nose,
See reached the limits of the lines,
And then set out to reach the mines,
In rather. short but manly elothss..5 9iLA
Her right hand held apaFa6d, sY5Iy 5Esrl
Her pocket held Testamept;T aruRbslE
And thus equipped right on-she went,
Went waterproof and waterfall.
She asked agniner gazing down,
Si0wstiiEin some hing with a spoon,
90 stell der GFae salid I'll her soon
What had become Of William Brown.
Helooked askance beneath her speckS.
Then stirred his cocktail ropnd and round:
Then raised his head and sighed profound,
And said, 'Heis handed in his checks.f .
Then care fed on her damaged eheek,sig g
And she grew faint did Mary Jane, .,o;.I :
And sInelt her Hing salts In vain,
Yet wandered Oh aWaFwofn. and weak; S44 g
Until at last she sat her down
Upon a;sluping hill alone; ii "a zwfJ 3
And there, good gracious! stood stone,
And To-! that stone read, William Brown,
ooh William Brown! o, William Brown
And AeIe ype reE at ast, she said,
With q IS one tone above your head,
And forty miles from any town.
/ will plant cypress tree, will,
And Will b1fld fence around I"
and win fertilize- the, ground, ,Fisgga III
With tears enoughtO turn a;milE." r7.lal
She went and got hired man;
She Brought him Tory laileEffOm town;
Then In the tall grass she sat down,
But Digger berders with their thsadAH :, n
They saw, and 'hurlledly tbsy ran
And told the hearded cattle-man
That some one huilded on his lands.
He took a rifle from the rack;
HegiFt Hma1 the Battle pelt,
Then mounted on his chargers back
And plunged ahead. But when they showed
A wonsn there, about his eyes
He pulled his hat; and be likewise
Pulled at bis beard, and ehsEsdan chew
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At last he got him down and spake:
ooh, lady dear, what do YOU here?'
n build A tomb unto my daar.nd s2TEl Il
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fhe bearded man threw his two hands
Above his head, and brought them down,
And cried, '+0h, am William Brown,
Apd this the eoEnsEses my lands"
Her spects fell of, her head fell back,
Some like lifted teapot lid; q;
She SCREAMED this gatlcie6tH maiden did,
Then fainting, split herself, alackI
Right in the beard of William Brown.
Then ell the diggeFs we're amazed,
They thought the lovely maiden crazed,
And cireli9g thsresthey sqqatted down.
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The preacher rode spotted mare,
He galloped forty miles or more,
HesFqP hesnever had before
Seen bride or bridegroom half so fair,
And all the miners they came down
And fesSted as the night advanced;
And 1.-THE DiggeR drank end, danced d
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