Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1880-10-16
THE STRANGER AND THE SPIKE.

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BY THE BARD OF TOWER HALL.
stranger to the city came,
Its glorious sights to see
The Hall of Independence, loved
By all the brave and free;
The pleasant parks, the water works,
The bridge they call Suspension,
And all the many sights that might
Be worthy OF attention.
He the women gay dressed,
Come forth from hut and mansion;
He saw them with their lungs compressed.
And with their skirts expansion;
lie the lily and the rose
On many cheek unite
And never thought of 'Iiq,,id rouge
He saw the ladies sweep the walks
With silk and satin trails,
And caught the glance of beamng eyes
Behind Illusion wells.
And one whose eyes he thought were bright
By chance her veil let fall;
Hsr ieq fRlhtr et M 81 ei'esss!t t at
He stood agh9st, but it was so
For seeing was believing,
And he condemned Illusion wells
AS wfuydeceivng
He got into a city
one day while it was raining;
They numbered twenty-one inside,
And every rib was straning.
None could get out for none could use
Their hands to give a pull,
In front the smiling driver sat,
And said he was not full.
market woman, large and fat,
And on her brow frown,
Looked wsttul on the strangers lap,
Then ON his knees sat down.
She had market basket full,
And an umbrella, too,
A II soaked with wet; she thrust the point
Down In the strangers shoe.
His shoe with water overnowed,
And pallid was his cheek:
He tried to get the woman up,
But had no breath to speak.
He found, at last, that she was Dutch,
And in despair he tries
To see if any in the car
Could give the Dutch for "rise;"
ii e got the word and left in haste
To get some stockings dry,
And ever after, when it rained,
He let the car 90 by.
Another thing the stranger did,
Ofcourse he made call,
And got a suit of the very best,
Up at the TOWER HALL;
And thus arrayed, he looked about
To see what next to do
Then went upon a scaflOld high
TO get another view.
Upon some object, far away
His earnest gaze was bent
ii e made step, his footing missed
And headlong down he went.
A number who were standing by,
Supposed his life had ended.
But halfway down upon spike
He caught. and hung suspended.
A crowd collected round the spot.
The sad result to hear;
But still upon the strangers cheek
There came no shade of fear.
At length he spoke and said: MY friends
Be firm and act your part;
My clothes were bought at TOWER HAIL.
And not a stitch Will start
/ own that my position here
| do not really like;
For all the hopes have in life
Are hing upon spike
And if the story gets abroad,
MY credit vii be ended;
For rivals with malicious tongues
win say have suspended"
The crowd by this time got rope,
And rugged a nice invention;
They lowered ii down. il was too short;
He asked for no extension.
They gave him time for time it took
To get the rope he wanted
But soon the stranger from the spike
Was taken down undaunted
His pants acre Signify out Of shape,
But mere not torn al al
He asked the crowd to be excused,
And left for TOWER HALL.
But wildly on the crowd did rush
To where he led the way
The firm did sell thousand pair
or pdntdtOOnS mat day.
So when you want to get a suit
Ofclothes that all must like;
Remember famous TOWER HALL,
The stranger and the spike.
We offer the most reliable clothing for Mems
Boys and Childrens wear, at the very lowest prices
and guarantee every garment perfect.
GARITEE. MASTEN & ALLEN,
Tower Hall Clothing Bazaar,
Nos SIS and $40 MARKET STREET,
Oct2. Philadelphia.