Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-07-06
THE VA6AB0N0S.
!, I. TRONRRIDGE.


| Rogers any doG:-cdmc here, you scamp :
Jump Tor the geHtleaeH,- mind your eye
/ over the table, look out iuT the lamp
J he rogue II growing liilr old;
! Five years we've irampcd through wind
aud weather,
] And slept outdoors when nights were cold
Aud ate and drauk-aud starved togeth-
/ We've learned what comfort is, | tell you
/ bed oh the door q tat of rusin,
4 ifr t" thaw our thumbs, poor fellow
| The paw he holds up there's been frozen
Plenty Of caignt for my hddl.,
lIhis outdoor business is bad for
striugs,)
! Then few nice buckwheats hot from the
CRADLE,
And Roger aud set up for kings
/ No, thank We, ,ir-i never drink;
Roger and are exceedingly moral
Asru't W. Roget SEE him Wiuk,--
Wrll something hot, thrH.--wt won't
quarrel
, He's ih!leiN, tno,-srr HIM nod his hradf
What pity. sir, that dog can't talk
He understands every word that's SAID
And be- kunws good milk from water.
snd;chslk.
!
I've been 81 sadly given To grog,
| wonder I've not lot the respect
tiIrtc'> TO yott, su'1 even If tiny dog.
Bar b" sticks by, through thick and thin;
And hls old coat, with its empty pockets,
And rags thai smell of iobacrn and GIN,
Hen follow while he has eyes III his
sockets.
There isn't another creature living
Would 1t" IT, and prove, through every
disaster,
80 fond 81 faithful, and 80 frgiving,
10 such u ntt,rtatlc, thanki,,- master
Ne, stt'--cc him wag his tail and gfin'
ny tit"Ic'! II make my old eyes water
That j., theirs something IN iAl- gan
That rhokrs a fellow. But 10 matter
/ We'll have some music. If you're wiling,
And Roger thcni' what plague cough
Shall march a iitrir-Start, you villain!
stand straight! Bout face: salute your
Officer,
Pat up that paw, Dress Take your rifle
t>"nc dog have arms, !oH ~r,N New
held y"Hr
. Cap Will" The grnilrmrn give iriil",
10 nd poor old patriot SOLDIER!
Marct. l,lG Now show how the rebel
-haht-.
. When tr stands up to hear his sentence.
Now tell us how many dran;s II takes
To- honor a Jolly new acquaintance.
+ Five ycip,,-that- tive; he's might! know
mig,
rh,. nights hr;ofr rs, I'LL III" glassrs'-
Quck, ,li' I'm lll.-my brain IL going
SOM" brandy .--thauk you,-thrrr.-It
paNs,,'
Why hot rcimm' That's easily said;
lmt f'r GONE through such wrctched
treatment,
Sometimes ton getting the taste If bread,
Aud scarce RENE nhctng what meat
frtaht,
HAT rs Pee; -,nHa, ~ past reform;
Aud ih,i" az i.n.,> when, mad with
'ui hu-.
Id ,,li out heaven frr something warm
10 Iol,a h"uIh.c inward s.uAuG.
I, jh,rc way to forget 20 ttmh'
At YOU: a@r. ~, hour. to'tuuc. friends,
, / dean sIIt'- ,uNr.--tut took To- drink
The samc Old stoty you Know he" 1t
II you could have seen these classic tea
lou nr' dn'i laugh sir; Tiny were not
then
Such a lwuiug libel ON Gods creatures:
was one ut Nuut hands, me- men.
It YOU had seen her, 80 fair aud Young,
Nhu-e head was happy on this breast
Ii you could have heard the s"ug- | surg
When the wife vtnt round, you wouldn' Z
have Guessed
That ever |, III. >hould be s,Iayipg
from lpnl Ia door. with tddlr and dog.
RAyg, d and prunilrss, md playing
To you to night for glass Of grog'
She's married sincc,-a parsons wife:
Twas better ior her that We should
part
Better the suh,rest, prosirst life
Than blasted home aud broken heart
have seen hcr' Once: ! was weak aud
sPrHt
On the dusty road. carriage stopped:
Bat little she hrramrd. ~ "n she went.
WHO kissed the coin that her fingers
dropped
You'y, set me talking sir; I'm sorry;
1t make, Inc Wild To think nf thr change
What do YOU care for a bcgsar'- -tury'
|, II amu-lug' you tnd It strange
| had q mother 40 proud If ne
Twas we'll she died before Do you
II the happy spirits in hrayrn can see
The rum and wrrtchrdncss here belowf
Another glass. aud strong, To Gradcn
THIS pam; then Roger and will start.
wonder. ha- he such Il iumpi~h, l,adcu,
Aching thing, in place If hearth
lie is sad sometimes, aud would weep, /
he could,
No douht remembering things tina
Ntft.--
A vfr,uoH. keunrl. with plenty Of food.
And himself a sober, respectable cur.