The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-12-27
OLD nan GRAMe
TOLEDO.
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Bag q hn ESchs. and bEzp Of his nU.
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You see wheze an to dry.
With shilling IN this ere pocket
You should zee him chnckk and knock 81
VIII fos.anes locked in he tn; baf fruea.ed
AEiye1 key would unlock i
Ny Eftle key Noah unlock Il
I found N 2 ze-shop kept b. Jew
And mnnaged to make my chilling two:
nss sss ia ss ssss ia "a s ms Gr.n
Nov - where am to-dayT
In b. den .top Of the hutcher's shop
He hes IN his lair of hInks.
And sups on Cruel and rusks,
And bone now and then to pick and Rnaw,
With hardly tooth IN his tough old jaw,
But couple Of curious tuskB-
All, picturesque, terrible tnsks!
Though half Grau Court he calls his own,
Herr, hoardlne his rents. be has lived alone,
Until hike hungry vol, he has grown
daunf and atagzy and gray.
You see where am, erowled old man Gram.
A. l looked IN to-day.
II might have wife 10 r,ske INV broth.
Winch would be convenienf-ratneri
And yOunkeu to call me father.
But a wife would be after my chink, you see:
And banflines for them that like srarls he:
l never would have the bother
They're an awful expense and bother:
went 70 Propose az nffy-foW,
But stopped a. Etised my hand to the door:
To think of dozen bxzfs or more
Bays /. and tuned away.
Now see where am" brags old man Gram
Only see where am to-dayF'
had once niece, who came to town
As poor As any church mouse;
She wanted to keep my house.
Tut. have no house 70 keep; go back
Iease hT dollar. and told her 10 pack;
At which she made such touse-
You never did see such tou<el
Whole ru~s of houses were mime she said:
had more bank shares than hairs In my head,
ana I, "h aas + e %asn sI ssi1 Ss
len see where am. griHs old man Gram
They see where ann to-day.
But If there Is anything detest.
And for which have no occasion,
Sir. it's q poor relation.
They're always plenty and always IN need;
Take one, and soon you viii have TO feed
Just about half the Nation
They II swarm from all over the Nation.
And have rule, though it's nothing new
lis lone that learned from my friend the Jew:
Whatever fancy. whatever do,
ALWAYS ask Will it pays
Now see where lam boasts old man Gram
just see where / am today
The little boys dread his coming tread,
They are pale as he passes by,
And the sauciest curs are shy.
His stick Is so thick and he looks SO grim;
Not even beggar Will beg of him;
You should hear the reason Why
There's very good reason why
The poor be hates, and he hasn't friend,
And none but fool will give or lend;
. For, only begin. thsre' II be no end
That's what always say.
Now see where am, crowssold man Gram
just see where / am to-dayr'
fs miserly gain IL the harvest grain:
All the rest is chaf and stubble;
And the life beyond is a bubble.
We are the beast; and ne thinks. on the whole,
It's quite as well he has no soul.
For that might give him trouble
Might give him deal of trouble.
The long and short of the odd man creed
Is to live for himself and to feed his greed.
The world Is very good world. indeed
IL only a chap might stay;
Only stay where am wfines old man Gram
Stay just where / am to-dayr'
u r. TroW5ridgs, in HGrper's Magazine for
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