Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-11-18

His eyes were of watery blue,
His legs we're long and thin,
His brow it op"d back gracefully
From his undecided chin;
His hair was of sandy hue,
His voice was low and sweet;
A sharper who should catch view
OF him npon the street
Would to himself say, '.Yonng man, you
Shall be my dainty meat!'
Oft to This young man excellent
Would say this ma.deu's pa:
II TAX an interest in iGy
Pros ective sonin law
Believe man whose brain Is clear,
Although his hair is gray
The Uulon in sucn peril ne'er
Has been as lis to-day.
Tee SOli1 South bv-night rings to
The boodhouud's :,onest bay,
And murdered cOlored cJiz.ns
Gu ber eaca public way;
Ard :" it'll the fierce old rebel yell
The Souihrons for the ray
Ra!li beneath The tr ,itor vino
l need not name th- man
'Gainst the Union hosts at gettysburg
Lea the Con ederate van.
II Y u should think n.y words are not
ST 70 ,ruthfui tune
The speccneS read of General Grant
me an those, made s,uc- .Juue
II Hanc,ck shouin slec ,el b.
My tears. e r are JUS
The Union will in hals an hour
eVelted with the dust;
The f,e'ories s.r, will al! be closed,
lie 5auk> will all ne bust;
Tie p:z 1T y III stnp the ca5s
Dn al To- sbr-ft-cir line,
Ana PES fence rag that will not pare
the Lohacronis tn ir s. rs
A my worm. shall aekhowled<e the corn,
In manner mo { .incivll;
The mid1e 70 In J!ie rye, Will. in
RE wheat pop goes the weevl;
The seyenteen- year locust, snail
Come every seven years,
And gr SIS crow knee-iiikh in the streets
Excuse these patriot ieais!
III.
NV som should say son in-la'-
We, if we arr alert,
MAJ disc. unit the c,tastrophes
That We cannot avert.
i would not Set your ruin wrought
= A. d you unahfe t14s~~-+' -~--'.-
Prov lie hom for her who bears -
Toy u a owe so true:
Take an old mans advice-5ehold
The tn IN. on ought to tin:-~-s.zszs-s-ess
Sell OIL know man who'll buy
Your mill and factory;
You ouli b. uinei L. SIX weeks
By Free Trad oil cy.
Th price hem ffer will oe low
That cannot be gaIsait.-
Bur halt a loaf is, as YOU know,
Much better than no read.
And then a sDnni investment seek,
And so on the very day
That Hancock is elected he
The rebe debt wilI pay,
Put all your proceeds into bonds
Aud notes Of the &. 3. A
know a man " II sell YOU some
TIE price he'll ask is high,
But they will ju-t go k ing up
In the bitter by and bS ~
The young man sod his factory
And bought Confederate notes,
AID lay awake al night to think
OF the electoral vote.
OF the Splil Sout,. and the triumph of
The fell D :mt cracy.
IN. BIT was the old mans agent
His property did buy.
P. 81 was the old man, agent
That did to him award,
At a fancy price, the Confe 'erate notes
Were bought tor dim. a card.)
The third cay OF November came,
And when the sun did rise
H. sou 1T the good old gentleman
OF alarming proE hecies
Il swan,' the good OIL man exclaimed,
s'Wr were mistaken sadly
To 'hink the Democrats could e'er
Affect our business b4ily.
But what is done csn't be undone.
And wise men meier hewail
The lacteal fluid that has Orce
Escaped the buckets pale.
You h We hundred Thousand left
To Wall street quickly hie
And a round million dollars worth
OF stocks of al kinds bnv.
For now that we have trIun he'd, AID
From dread the lands released
Stocks o. all sorts VIII ja>t holu
Like ol1-ttme homemade yeast."
".
The Young man his bank balance drew
And dowu to Wall sire It went,
Put rne stocks he bon ht in q cay or two
They went down ten Ier cent.
An the oh man broker that scuoped him ii
Wedtlrd he MAIDEN fair,
Ard off 70 Europe yesterday
They sailed, III, 'appe pair!