The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-03-26
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4 TALL; Of 4 COMET.
ny j. +. rhnW BRIDGE.
We hal seen the streaming nietrofs Hsn'.
M,,l i,.ii trails of fire. The atf,iiiii night
AMI sl.,,,l of i.Iiin. -ky-roc ks hurried
From s:,,a.. ioli.-s:nrc exploded "ofht
OF comets lrisking among the STARS
with laii. like. fiery trains OF cars
And asked Should The rrckies s engineer
Al some r;tkis, comet steer
tr:s,iu. into atmosphere.
How would the rlaEct'- shell resist h'i'i
1ru 81. run.crsr.l of he solar system, y
And lunar men;
And Doctor Ben
brought out his globe. at hall past ten
Au, .rcl AIRED. eivin. conclusive REASONS
For ii los. cc!ilIacS. chimes ana scisons
IN weary ., last, went 10 he'd.
N,b !. ;,,,upl. vi wonderful things. III NY
Moons AMI comets and mctcoritcs,
.;,u,.. and circle. and polar nights;
And there lay thinkin.
And drnw.iiy. winkiDg,
A, something's ray-tnro' my bctl-cnrtains
thinking; -,
III, bright for !. star, aud growing still
brighter,
M,kiur the moon lit chamber yet iIghter,
" h:cn very much nstoiilshrd the "iiter
| u;,Z,al from the easement,
And wondered, with cvcr-tacrc;.s1"s alnazc-
mrnt.
s.hat l,. look of alarm on the Moons frown-
ing face meant
For there was the Moon and, strange to say,
There too was the Earth, just over the way,
Like the Doctors globe, or huge balloon,
Forty times larger, perhaps, than tho Moon,
All covered with circles and looming III
space;
There we're groups upon it, and every fncc
lnttg
T.lrsc..pes at the sky were pointed:
And there, with IL terrible rushing and hum
ming
Au, kissing of breath, was 4 Comet coming:
So Ion. and SO queer, and as it came. ncarcr
1T grew every moment longer anu quecrcr:
t'util made ont such Il cOillcal chap,
IN Il ;4,l-tuuncl coat with IL very long flap,
Ais u,.se pecrimg out from IL very close cup,
Ills fingers in .nittcns his chin in !. wrap.
Like u tourist prepared for Il very cold snap:
On. on he sped, tlro' the regions Of space,
Will, very short legs at a very long pace,
1Ils wcItfiilcd Lnapsack lashed on his b.ck.
Extr,. shoes and cantcen strapped under
his pack,
Ills coat tail flying away on his track
EntAn gIed fur off in the Plc;,tlcs,
On The horns Of the Butt and Orion's knees.
On, on he came.
With nose like flame,
So red was sure the tc!ow'l been drinking
Ills c,ntecn was empty, | knew by the
clnking);
..Aud what can IL sober Comet lie thinking"
cried, mot to see there, plain as the day,
The Earth, like Il target, hung right IN his
way!"
The groups were beginning to hurry about,
And hustle and hustle and signal and shout,
Aud the Moon looked scared, while
shrieked out,
''Dcnr sir, beg pardon, l don't know your
pray you'll consider. and if it's the same
To You, here's Il planet! don't think you
knew it;
Bur, sir it will be
"A great favor to me
An, a very large circle Of friends, as you sec,
Ii Won will drive round 1T instead OF right
through it,
He put up his head with stupetied stare,
And says he, II declare!
No, | wasn't aware!
And I'm going at such Il deuce OF Il rate
Id stop if / could, but fear its too late
Bless my stars! here l am lie had just
time to stoop,
When through it, head foremost, he went at
swOop,
As Il circus rider dives through Il hoop!
With a crash,
And Il smash,
And Il roar rs Oi thunder,
1t lulvereu
And shivcrcd,
And flew usunder;
The Moon, looking down, shed trng icai tears
While, wnking hard and holding his ears,
The Comet came out On the other side.
Wheeled round, swUre loud, and ruefull,
eyed
The ruin; sncczcd two or three times thcl
drew
Heavens and earth! what have l done!
This does beat even thin. under the sun!
don't care the wink of i, STAR" said he,
For all the damage done to me"
aFceling his nose, and then with II tlirt
Careful .ly brushing away the dirt
From his coat and its stained and drasglc
= But look ut this dear little, queer littl
planet!
I've done the business for her and van, it
Is quite too bad! The iaircst OF creatures
How we'll l remember her pleasant feature:
The slnil; on hor face and the light i'll he
When I've touched my hat to her, hurryin
Many il time, on my way through the sky +!
Id mend the poor thing if | could-and l.
try"
How he got it, or where,
can not declare;
But thcreupon lie drew up Il chair.
Hung his long cDat-tail over the back.
Sat down by the pieces and opened his pucl
Brought forth from its depths !. stout need
and thread,
And there he sat squirting and scratchill
his head,
As il rather tloubtfully questioning whcth.
Twas possible ever to patch her together !!
while-but how can hope to tell
half that to my friends betel
un the shattered and scattered shell
How depict the huge surprise
or SOME, at the Very astonishing rise
Of their real estate shot oft in the skies!
How describe the flying blocks,
The fall of stecples and railroad stocks.
Inc breaking OF banks and the stopping
clot ks;
And all the various knocks and shocks
Frantic reporters rushing about,
Aud correspondents setting out
In big balloon, intending from it
To interview our friend. the Comet
While the wilc-awakr daily press uninrlc
Its rival bulletins "ENp OF THE WORLD
FKlGHrFUl COLLISION! AMERICA HIT y.
Full. PARTICULARS! CANADA HURLED
OVER New ENGLAND, The UNION SPLIT
INTERRUPTION OF rRAvEl. AND TRADE
Illr. COMET COMING To OUR AID
For now the Comct-odl to see
Although it didn't seem odd to lie
With thimble aud glue-p t, sowing al
Siuing
Tue shattered globe was chcertulls doing
ii he could to restore the ruin
Patiently replacing all
The scattered fragments. great and small
Stitching here and sticking there.
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