Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-07-14
THE or PRINCE nan.

PART o..
Hamlet was u gay galoot,
worc IL Number Fourteen boot.
Hit father, King of De2msrk, stood
Six feet above the ground, unShod'
lie was a comedy king as Ger
Thrashcd a young prince or suaalod beer
lie had a brother, who looked down
With enyious eye upon the crown.
One grcwsome day n sad mishap
Prolonged the kings post. prandial nap;
Prince Hamlet, on u garden bed
OF violets, found his father dead;
"S,ung by Il serpent" SO twas seen
In the official bulletin.
But Hamlet made another guess
Out of his elmer CONSCIOUSNESS,
Which from that moment seemed to wnkC
His Uucle ClaudIus in the snake,
Who, in one little month" had wed
The Queen and rcigncl in Hamlct's stead
One freezing midnight, hanging DER
The walls and streets of El,inorc,
Prince Hamlet and his friends stood guar,
Where trowned the fortress ocean-w ward.
\! stroke of twelve, the Ghastly time
When night and silence link with crime
He saw, rs curlling from the mir,
His fathers ycngctul spirit there;
Armed to the teeth, rs hne a ghost
As any kingly realm could boast.
With graceful gesture pointing where
They might escape that biting air,
Then from his pocket deity drew
A flask of Rhenish, old and true,
And drank to warm his ghostly frame,
While Hamlet, shiveriug, did the same.
the ghost procec led to relate
The bitter story of his ta'e,
How Claudius, william while he slept,
With stcalthy FOOTBALLS on him crept,
And Ike a serpent gliding near,
Poured aqua-fortis in his ear
Sent him unshTiyen, BY cursed stealth,
70 realms not genial to his health.
Whercat, Prince Hamlet swore revenge
That neither time o chance should
change.
And the poor ghost, his mission done,
Dodged from the presence Of his son.
Then Hamlet improvisod a play
Before tho King and Queen ore day,
In which his uncle's secret crime
Was shown in ghastly psn:omimc.
The guilty monarch Ewooned away,
Which put n dnmpcr on the pl u
And harried by remorse and fear,
The more irtenso with Hamlet near,
. He Matched another crime to screen
The one he fondly hoped unseen.
} In Hamlet's death alone, he SAW
His throne SECURE, his will the law.
Vain hope! that silence could condonc
The crime that led him to the throne!
Our County Convention for t
Sotvo,'on OF d~l-..ns 80 ~" S'o
nominating Convention, tax
place ON Saturday next. We wou
), Impress upon the Convent ON /
proprivty of s%cloctil & good a
true men to represent NoXubee
that occasion. Send them withO
instructions. All the candi lates
The field are good and true me
{ aud let our delegates not be Sc
5 as dummies, but permit them
: trust to their own judgement
the good of the State. If instru
= ed, We might as we'll cast our Vt
o by proxy, and save our rcpreSen
E tivos tho trouble and expense
c attending. We have non in t
county on whom we implicitly
ly. Let them 60 untrammelcd.
.. The people will DO satisfied, t
delegates will be satisfied in '
: ting intelligentIy as cireumstant
may require. Let us have u Fl
y attendance, so our men can und,
c stand the drift Of public opinion.
The Vicksburg Herald in ostim
ting the vote by county deIegatio
: for Governor, gives HUMPHREYS
decided majority. Since his cs
! mato was made Lowndes win
y was placed in tho HUMPHREYS c,