The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-02-14
,ruo>E rsRHlHLE aCKcNytss.

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escaped he commenced operations in this
vicinity. lie operated on Leavenworih
about week ago, and the town Is now
flooded with the sublime evidences OF hi-
inspiration. And be has not sighted our
neighboring towns. We notice his tracks
in our exchanges every day. lie has the
divine aiilatus' in very eminent degree,
and his poems contains more poetry to the
square root than any that have burst upon
the world frcm this vicinity since the days
when flourished ami sang the blushins
Maid Of the Mississippi" lie doesn't
take kindly to the newspapers,
but generally patronizes hand-biil, and
his poems, which he wrings out Of himself
at the modest price of four dollars apiece,
only find their way into the papers occa-
sionaly-rut there by friends OF genius
who can't endure the thought OF letting so
much divine effort so into the sad and si-
lent rubbish pile. OF the poems which
have appeared in the papers of neighborins
towns We have caught and preserved the
following gems. The first Is an iambo-iyr-
ic, of exquisite sweetness, dedicated 10 the
memory Of a silversmith. The parts leit
out, in nowise mar its beauty or symmetry
| ewelry, rich, fashionable, fine,
Lovely watches that work sublime,
| Il rilliant gems 20 deck and grace,
| I. ooll, sparkle from their cosy ease,
) cts the fairest here supplied,
W it'll best can deck the b!ushiug bride,
| Engraving done with greatest skill.
| = ee highest place i'll the ant can ill.
| T. ach knows repairing best Is done,
l. ook, great the triumph lie has won,
| R espected by patrons. long will strive,
| y es, on Commercial street, iG,.
The next is sacred 10 the memory OF
shoemaker and is full OF touching paihoS;
hear the poet as he sishs:
: hoes for ladies of >oftest kid
| q nee on by them will ne'er be hid:
| n ew line OF mems wear, there is no end.
| Is oots, all styles, We can commend.
| One thing We ever know IS sure,
d ur comfort there is made II cure.
+ his is the place we long have sought,
y hoes made by Burt there are bought.
IL is prices are low, 10 suit gives care.
Our greatest bargains are found there.
The following brief extract is from an
idyl inscribed 10 green grocer:
Call at the st re, tits really a treat,
| IS there you will see the best TO eat:
Supplies for families of every kind,
III ousewives 10 suit you, sure yourI find.
That's not quite so pathetic as some 9TH
ers, but it excels in the PECULIARLY OF the
articles it offers for sale, especially in the
last line, where you are assured that
Housewives to suit you, sure you'll find"
We are glad 10 be able to chronicle the dis
position thus manifested by the commercial
world TO bring elegant literature to the uses
of business, and in order 10 encourage it we
have tried TO engage the Sweet Singer OF
Michigan, and have also made PROPOSE
tion to Ballard, the poet lariat OF Iowa, but
failing in our negotiations with them, have
employed an acros,ic poet OF our own, and
present herewith his first effort. He is a
little lame at the start, and breaks little
on the second quarter, but gets down to
business on the home stretch, and in the
last four lines, you will observe, he strikes
the acrostic poets gait exactly:
| ID obbs, the soap biler
o all bilers the best
| II eats all the bilers
| II angs everything west
3 doth this boss biler This TobbS
| The soap that he bileth
| II e bileth sublime
Even biIeIh this Dobbs
| Sercnely 10 climb
Over the heads of all other bilcrs
| nd chaw them all up
| r ut '.m in his kittles
B lie EN- up into soap
| Z n any cline or land
| Lives man with soul deAd
| Ever singing as he shines
| R emember Dobbs and what I've said
The acrostic man charges four dollars
apiece TO- his poems, but our poe, will fur
nish such as the above for three and half
at retail, or three and quarter in job lots,
with liberal discount to the trade.