The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-04-11
SIMON TO DON.
The Last Lay ofthe Clan Cameon
Washington Capital.

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The following, as understand it, is
| Simon's dying address TO his son Don,
to whom he bequeaths everything but
| his brains, and his reputation. Simon
does not will Don his brains, because
! Don has no use for the article; while he
already has all the reputation of that
sort he can conveniently get along with
Come Hither, Donald Cameron,
And stand beside my knee,
My race of life is nearly run, rsff.- g..
Grim death draws near to me;
But as quit the public crib
will explain to you s~ ah.
| How Jobs are done and parties run,
And how to put things through
Lo!I have been for forty years,
A statesman and a chief;
Some call me Winnebago! ..a... =.
Yea, some have whispered thief,
But Have never been accused =
Whatever / have done 81 ,a 1881
BY day or night, of losing sight
OF Simon-number one. af...f & 81.
Thus in these marble Senate halls se
- I've sat for many days; .oal sua al
The politicians trade I've learned, f
With all its tricks and ways,
I've learned that statccraft is game
Like poker-with a blind-A saaE4
Where if you pass, for want of brass.
H. You're always left behind aaf
The Keystone is a noble State aleJ5
Realm proud enough for king. lI -
And have ruled il many years u
With what they call the ring,
But now my hand is getting weak,
My pulse beats faint and low,
My fingers slip, lose my grip, .ssaD
And / must soon LET 90
There is place called Harrisburg, g4
And there crew doth meet Is Sass
OF caitiffs and of fiunkeys hired,
To wash and wipe my feet,
This crew do bequeath to you,
To have and hold always; tlIqs
They'l IL do your work and never shirk,
So they but get their pay. ,ar
Now all you need to do, my son,
Is keep the gang Well paid,
And keep those whom you cannot buy
Disheartened or afraid,
If these behests you do observe
And these commands obey, 7a
You shall be king and boss the ring ass
With undisputed sway. ls4 tea-s.ft
I charge thee, boy, if ever thou meet =
With one of FOrney's name, a39gx
Be it in legislative halls .; :.,,
Or In the 1obbys shame,
Face him as thou wouldst face the foe
s1eWho thy sirc's sins did tell; ld noii9a
Remember of what. breed thou art, MA
And give the caitiff hell. -+.lF
New York, March 28.-'Fwo off,
GERS of the Stock Exchange have
been approached by detectives who
are working for reward. claiming
to have discovered flesh batch Of
$800,000 in counterfeit State of Mis-
sour: bonds. As far as can be learn
ed there has yet been no attempt
made to place these worthless bonds
on the market, and monoy lenders
are cautioned against advancing
funds upon any securities OF this class
until They have been examined aid
pronounced genu inc. ,.s sa.f.
New York, M arch 28.-A special
from the scene of the Stafford Hood
yesterday. says littIeis left but shat
tered walls, wrecked timber aud here
and there a gaunt chimney. Tim
bers. machinery and up-rootgd trees
bristle everywhere. and on the once
smiling meadows. now buried deep
in the mud, are scattering remnants
of some sort. Men are already at
work in gangsrepairing the Converse
and Granite mills, which, although
seriously injured win be preserved.