Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1882-11-18
Off For Salt River.

OFF For Salt River.
IBY 4 RURAL RoosrBR.l
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Loaded down to the guards. and with black
chimneys smoking,
The Opposition orsft 10 up Salt river poking;
The republican,. the leaders. each with sack
cloth grit.
On thss on-shartered steamer. the ''old Bloody
The Turner'S command. as they oft do Of late.
With their eyes on tho Thslbote. their ricksty
For since the news from Ohio. they're on the
alert.
Lest 1t and its friends. their ship nay desert.
To take the bost through for woe or for veal,
Two men Of experience have charge Of the
wheel;
Kirkpatrick and Powell know each point ON the
shore.
A. they've Travelled this river so often before.
81 robust In frame. and for danger net caring.
Tom will ask blessings, and Kirk do the swear
ing;
Down here they can't enter tho political gates,
Blu. up in that country they be heavy weights.
Chief engineer Tsubmsn Il now in . rage,
With his hand en- the valve. and his eye on the
gauge.
And a. the craft mAyaa IL roailv dona aaarn
He IL orowdinE the boat with a tull head OF
He shouts at Tom Watson and friend Woests-
meyer.
To throw in the coal and keep up the IRE;
They hear his last order. and each works like .
Turk.
A they know Bob means business when fairly
As calls loudly his strikers. with the voice Of .
demon,
Cole springs to obey. aud Likewise friend
ThismAn;
The nrss il iors. sore and covered with patches.
By sisspinS with friends who gave him ''ths
scratches"
laws.
SS~A e"y ~So0 "ANA Ia IA o0u D8Wb
u the wheel should be broken. the same he'll
repair;
. great deal Of akin and much loyi NJ care.
II charge Of the books. you'n not ind . novice.
A. Phetaing IL there In control Of the ONCE;
Whsn he gets to that country. We wlsh him good
luck.
Bot he'll ever remember his encounter with
:Buok."
Wash Llllard Is steward, aad bowed down with
grief.
A he sllces the bread and passes the beef;
And it's said he 10 v Hing and slvsys in able
To furnish. st least. one ''star Route" fer each
the end Of each week, he'll have sometb,px
the way Of extravsganos, or . ..Whisky
Rrng'' slice,
While he takes from the caster old Robeson's
navy.
with it and the tari4 he seasons their gravy
When all are On board. each tbs other Il greet
rhe arst one they'll seek IL our jolly friend
Heating;
10 goes up on this boat in charge of the bar,
Fer you know they can't live without liapor
up ''tnAr."
kuhlmsn down here couldn't handle our cash. !
10 he goes along to ax up their hash;
Assisted BY Branch. who - good on the Jaw
And now. 70 his ''boss.' - can expound the law
'oor Green. with such hopes. it made US to
shudder
u he sprsns from the shore and LIT on the rud-
seated in safety. his collections hem
make.
70 his party moves ON he'll ride in it, wake,
.ong, long before they reach that Gsr distant /
harbor.
'aeh one will be sadly in need of . barber;
o Northcutt who began with . heart full ofhope. |
Vail attend 70 their wsns with his rssor s.d |
soap. |
sabbsths he'll act Is spiritual teacher,
md will read to them sermons By q great. |
gifted preacher;
LIS texts he will ind without any trouble,
u they're taken from the bibls according to
Hubbell.
keep the boat clean. and to have all thinas
ready.
'hsy'N pat Crisp In a. ballast, to keep the boat
steady;
[srs visions Of glory will enter lis nlnd.
'us nell tatnk most Of our Graves. left smiling
o attend to this party with its pains and it, ills
n. Becker goes up with quinine and pills
tut on each square inch, he'll ind An ernnti.n
nd his verdict VIII DO ,.DIed Of corrnntj.n -
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