Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1880-02-09

4 poEr,s TRIBUTE.

lHY THE NAN At THE CRANK.
I know . man whose name is Hayt,
Aman Of, great renown,
He dealt in odds and ends and oil,
He came from Jerseytown;
He also ran q savings bank,
But ran it In the ground,
Its patrons never got their cash,
For none there. could be found.
But Hayt was happy, he had made
Asnug sum of the poor,
He chuckled az he softly said,
THE VOLTS kept from the door,"
His Ill got gains were slowed away,
His success was complete,
Said he, I'm fixed for rainy days."
This oily CANNON Hayt.
He got o job to buy supplies,
On the honest Indian board,
And while he served the ragged Lo,
He also served the Lord.(D
But Grant, Lord save himfor the deed,
Knew this man for a knave,
He kicked him off the board, and said,
It elsewhere and behave" n
i Just then our friend from Missouri
= Our dearest friend named Carl,
Says, "Hayt, my chum, my oily chum,4
Come let us make q bar'l;
You have been treated cruelty, "
+ BY Grant, theSworsti of men;
III put yonin my Indian crib
Go boss it-say amen"
He placidly obeyed our Carl,
And jumped into his chair,
He said, "wherc can I steal a mines.
! Oh! where! Ohilwhercp Oh! where:
Our friend John Hammond then appeared,
With a map of Arizona,
Says he 'sJust re-survey this line.
And the mine it liz our own-ah."
I Old Haytjumped up with tears and said
Railways loved you, Johnny:
1knew yon were an honest man,
/ Bxtremely.h honest sonny.
y Wen draw the line and take the mine,
I'm sure it is no evil,
If you are asked what you're about,
just, say, go to the devil"
The line was drawn, the mine knocked off
!. The Arizona map,
q Twas bought up by a fearful youth,
Whose name was Edward Knapp,
The name was good enough, but still,
It was not quite complete,
For after Knapp, ithas transpired,
Should come the name of Hayt.
"Avaunt ye, paupers, fore and aft"
Screamed Carl Schurz's abortion,
"John Hammond go and sink q shan,
Beware of all extortion."
u John Hammond went, and others too,
Who followed on his track,
And told him that the game was up,
Il. Says he, ''Well give it back"
Now comes the climax to the farce.
It ended rather drearily,
Although the Hayt and Hammond ring
BeganSlife rather cheerily.
When Schurz was told by Mr.. Fiske,
He said II can't believe him.
He thought his friend from ~Jerseytown,
Would hardly dare deceive him.
But Ffske produced the documents,
7And placed them in his hand,
I He looked a look Of blank dismay,
This leader of the band.
"What, hot" he cried, ''tell Hayt to git,
And leave for Jerseytown,
This thief of Arizona mines, 7
This man of great renown.,'
"Tell Hammond to appear at once,
* Andsay who wrote this letter.
And if he cannot speak the truth,
A lie may answer better"
Bold Hammond came and swore a lie,
But then he thought it better
To tell the truth, ere he might die,
He said, II wrote the letter."
Ye Gods! he fell upon the floor,
His first truth nearly killed him,
Twas thought the devil had Tim sure,
1t looked as if he'd billed him. /.
he rose up from his sudden feint,
And said, my friends have mercy,
Where is my chum, my oily Hayty"
Says Fiskc, Hes gone to jersey"
"Gone, has hes" swore this invalid,
/. "And left me in the lurch, fg
/ I'll Hollow him DER land and sea,
Perhaps he's gone to church, ,
Butno he knows he's busted sure,
Hypocrisy's too late,
III squeal and give him dead away,
MY pious chummy Hayt."