Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-09-04
WIDOW wEAvER's couRrsn,P.

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WIDOW wEAvER's coURTsAlP.
Qnoth James to himself, sIt's too bad
II don't strike lead II go mad
dean't hnd a friend TO endorse in the bank.
The Is to pay just as certain rs -.
I've tried every political art,
In conventions ye acted my part,
There isn't a place in the gift Of the state
That haven l scrambled Tor early and iats.
played a most desperate game,
risked all had Ola that same;
For Congress ran on general plan
MCrary and sampson each held full hand;
thought was paying it well;
Alas! the. truth must tell!
l came out behind by going Ii blind
For political gambling I'm not much Inclined!
II was bad luck 70 y eayer, the widow,
4 his rad, disappointed young widow,
She play ed the deuce fine, bat was caught i'll
'nine,'
Better luck next time my dear widow,
81 let politics go In the lurch-
Talked temperance loud in the church;
went for 1t strong, and Joined in the song
or The teetotal abstinence temperance throng;
fought against ale, beer anu wine
Zine game that pla, ed was too fine)
The Guuernatorial chair WAS my goal,
but failed on the home-stret,n and fe.l in
My fre nds picked me up in a furry,
They dustea me OIL in a hurry.
For the Senate ian, Il Republican rad
But was Deaf ny regular Old Democrat :!
then resolved would never,
BY jingo, forever aud ever
Consent To be made n dampaool candidate
For any political place IN the atate.'
,,oou-bye then to Weaver, the widow,
This sad, disconsolate widow.
May her soul rest in peace, and her shadow In
crease,
This heart-broken, griefstricken widow.
resolved would follow the law;
Briefs, petition, and fees would draw;
Would try 10 retrieve the fortunes q lost
FOR political game never hall pays the cost
followed that RUE for a week
But my great inclination to SPEAK
Made me quit in disgust-l will ii must =
VIII either be elected to Congress-or bust
but what party in ali the creation
VIII give me nomination.?
Republican, DeDocrat9 Neither Of you,
II ever get there must find something new.
That night AS he lay in his bed
strange ideas ran through his head;
vii the ueyil 8 assistance he dreamed out pla
To become the most famous man in the land
Success then to Weaver, the widow,
This 1iting and flirting young widow.
May she soon have beau, though she has
eat crow
This dashing, enchanting young widowl,!
Quoth Weaver to Henry, the Colonel,
I've marked out u programme internal
If you wiil help me bnt one brief little hour,
Wen break up the thieving Republican power.
says Trim0ie, lou only are Joking,
Your fun ut me thus to be poking,
So often yous sc damned the Democracy clan,
can'tquiIe believe you, my line little man"
Says " eaver, 'YOu surely remember
deserted ME RAIDS last September,
I've burned all the bridges, I'll never retreat.
I'll light them forever, success or defeat.
then went aid joined the Green hackers,
The rousng, rip-roafing bull whackers;
l'mA 'Communist true in The national crew
And m thinking OF joining the Democrats to,
Will bring the whole crew of them over,
We II feast on the Government clover,
l We'll have q InaiOrity all npuht ha tio,
IL the factions ill werk for assimilation"
says Trimb e, You're taikin' my hearty,
Wen defeat the Republican party,
BY joining our forces together at once
We II gain the election, or Pm a great Ounce.
But what shall tell the Democracy,
| The dyed-in the-wool aristOcracy-
Pray what shall say to the questions they as
Riding two horses ut once is "a difficult task! p
Now You'd better be sharp, Widow Weave
| You angel-browed, loving deceiver!!
Or you'll say something wrong, aad spoil I
l my song
Yon naughty. deceiving deceiver!,!
Says Weaver, "You write them letter
And put in that letter Whatever you please,
some sweet soporific 10 set them at ease''
Henry's optics began to illumlne,
And with his legal acumen
lie DIRE up a letter with the sole intention
To capture the em0cratic Convention!
There, ! think that will do now," sa
Trimble
TlSkluS Tie tnltuDIe,
~ write in this letter on the plan Of fiat,
| General Weaver's a genuine old Democrat -
II is true that he fought for the niger,
In the army he cut quite figger,
But the General thinks that the Niger is dea
And under home rule hell ne er show his hes
1 He fayors Cancellation
| And IL elected to station
He will heartily work in the halls Of the natl
For a regular Democrat organization.
For the fiat grsenback he will labor,
Pay his debts with green pieces of paper,
Endorsed on the back to be seen near and far
ELIMINATION to him icho won't take this al par
The fine-haired long whiskered deceiver;
..That suits me exactly, L II stand on that plan
Here's your pay-here's fiat check drawn
/, in blank"
This blushing and bashfui young widow.
What an excellent plan, may she soon &c
| man.
This striving. conirlving young widow.
i So,he letter was published abroad,
Throughout all the kingdom of Nod;-
, The convention was held.--but they failed to {
dorse,-
He could not quite capture the Democrat hor
They found that they conldn't quite go
Tough buZZard mixed with tougher old Gro
, so they coolly resolved to leave the track Gle
And let Widow Weaver walk off on her earl, !!
Bnt the General thinks he's ahead
+ Full five thousand votes, it rs said,
But II such men fill the halls of our nation,
The Insane Asylum must change it's location
Now. he'd better look out for Zeke Sampso
ri And stophis rearin' and prancin',
For Zeke's got the grip of that sampson Of O
: And he lay this Young rhlistine out in
cold.
This thrice broken-hearted poor widow,
The disconsolste jade should remain in
!. A husband she never viii git. OF
Y. " X.