Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-07-05
That Ebrew Jew.

There once was tradesman renowned as
screw,
Who sold pins and needles and calicoes too,
Jill he built Hp fortune+the which as il
grew. I}i}fI So
Just ruined small traders the whole city
through
Yet one thing he knew,
Between me and you,
There was distinction Efl
'Twixt Christian and Jew. 49,
Till he died in his mansion-a great million
aire-
The owner of thousands-but nothing Il
For tie peedy and poor, who frem hungel
might drop, ~ ~ -
And only pittance to clerks in his shop.
But left it all to
A Lawyer, who knew q
A subtitle distinction
'Twixt Ebrew and Jew.
This man was trader, but simply friend
OF this Gent who kept shop, and who, near.
ing his end,
Hand over million-'twas only his due,
Who discovered this contrast 'twixt Ebrev
and Jew.
For be said, "f you view
This case as do, - II T
There IS audistinction - -. i
Twixt Ebrew and Jew.
ssFor the Jew is man who will make money
through IS SO NA sosa & ~
Bis skill, his .fnesse, and his capital, too,
And an Ebrew's man that we Gentiles car
tdo.A * ffg7st3va NfhotAN SO
30 you see there's a contrast 'twixt EbreE
and Jew. 5'.' - .fss 3 Nhf y
Ebrew and Jew,
jew and Ebrew,
Theresa subtitle distinction
ssfwixt Ebrew and 1ew."
So he kept up bis business of needles and
But always one day he atoned for his sins,
But never the same day (for that wouldn't do
That the Jew faced his God with the awfn
Ebrew.
For this man he knew,
Between me and you, Esf 81
There was 8 distinction
'Twixt Eorew and Jew.
So he sold soda-water, and shut up the foun
OF a druggist whose creed was the speech OF
the Mount, - = = = = -
And he trafficked in CATERS, and ruined tn,
trade
of German whose creed was by Great Inth
er made.
But always he knew,
Between me and you, -
A subtitle distinction .
'Twixt Ebrew and Jew.
Then he kept hotel hare his trouble began
In a fashion unknown to his pfimisiyes plan
For the rule Of his house f6 hIe haauaS I ran
"Don't give entertainment 70 Isfselits fnkns
Yet the nanaeer knew = kshss 6
Between me and you, +
No other distinction
'rwixt Ebrew and dew.
.sYou may give to John Morrissey supper ana
wine,
And Madame N. N to your care I'll resign
You'll see that those jenkins from Missour
Flat
Are properly cared for; but recollect that
Never a Jew
Who's not an Ebrew
Shall take up his lodgings
Here at the Grand o.
..You'll allow Miss McFlimsey her diamond
You'll permit the Van Dams at the walters tt
You'll alIowsdiss Decollete to fiirt on the stair
But as to an Israelite-pray have care,
For, between me and you,
Though the doctrine is new,
There's business distinction
lWlAb f1urcW dud JCW-
Now, how shall we know? Prophet, tell us
pray do,
Where the line of the Hebrew fades into The
Jew?
Shall we keep out Disraeli and take Rorths
child in?
Or snub Meyerbeer and think Verdi sin? =
What shall we dor
: Oh, give us few - -
Points to distinguish
"Twixt Ebrew and Jew. X
There was One-Heayen help us!--who died
IN mans place,
With tborns on his forehead, but Love In bis
face, I'D 80 81 y ~ -
And when. s'foxes had holes" and the birds Of
the air .t.fts5 -
Had their nests in the trees, there was nospol
to spare
For this "King of the Jews"
Did the Romans refuse
This right 10 the Ebrews
Or only to Jews !? o{ Ets.se. 3
washington Capital. BRET HARTR.