The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-03-29
EGYPTIAN DRAMA.
PERSONS REPRESENTED POLITICIAN coll
ORED voTERs-MAY FRIDAY, AND OTHERS.

tons, and my decanter is sadly empty. 1t
was never known to fail me before, Sad.
dest omen yet! On that could fling my
life away from my brethren of the Emerald
Isle. What is that Shades OF the depart.
ed, stand ye before me heret All It's but
the shadow of my greatness gone! 1t holds
as il it were in Its CHASTITY hand myster
ious web, and thread by thread it is snap
ping them all
Black threads and whi,e!e
What m,ans the vision see to-nieht'
Let me away, mus, tie them all back.
Tongue for tho white and grub for the black.
mu.t away to m, man Friday! tExiD
SCENE 2--oFFICE.
Pol-The top Of the morning to to you
Friday, but will unburden my weary
soul. II can not be! They tell me
all my glory fades as the leaf. II cannot be!
This head has served me wcllI have not
yet reached this the meridian Of M great
ness. The fates decree that must walk
among the STARE. SO let it bel sigh for
power. What think you most vir,uous
Fridayi
Friday--My lord, good cheer, the oracle
informs me that the fair penacle Of your
power shall stand full bable.high, and that
tho mighty foods 10 their course do but
fight for us. The oracle says:
"Toysf for the babe,
And meat for the belly"
Which means, that babes arc fond of
play things, and that the hungry must be
fed, and whereas you saw the mysterious
hand chipping black threads and white,
it means that enemies are at work to steal
thy constituency. throw this and that
together; high water, meat, "nigger,"
and what is the conclusioni II would in
suit thee for mel to say, but if thou were
not logician would say. my lo'd, that
meat for the belly is the thing.
Pol Most noble Friday, wisdom is
justified of the children, and thou art
craven on the very brow OF wisdom.
When thou vast born the magi kissed thou
feet
Yes, most svordupois Friday It shall be
meat for the belly, for this day remember
that government presents helping hand.
You know dear Friday that ifyou give meat
for the belly, you but rear a scaiIold that
lifts you up to the main building Of power,
I think this 10 figure Of speech, but l sm
not man of books, am stern man Of
actions. Presto Friday! A telegram for
the governor
oh the wires the Telegraph wiros,
wonder why they're made.
Friday-"Toys for babes and meat for the belly,
That your glory should not fade" (EIit)
SCENE 3.--DEpor.
Friday.-"26,0 600 rations, my lord, I am
informed, have taken wing, and will soon
be here"
Pol.-"Ycs, noble Friday! Does this
mean that my power wanethl That this
brain pan is but IN empty trough where
nature made mstakel"
We now but gather up the black threads
that hold the balance of power, 80 Africa
shall serve the Celt.
Selah.--"I say to the governor 10 this,
and he doeth it,"
Friday.----"I am glad, my lord, tina.
these orbs Of light serene, c'cr saw thy
form,
Poll must away, so fare thee we'll"
(cxit)
SCENE 4.--ON STREET.
Sambo.--"Whar ye gwinc Boncsl"
Boncs.-"To git me rations, sah!"
Sam.--"Why you own forty acre fahm,
clean back on dc hills. Watch putty high,
I zumef"
Neptune.--"Howdy Uncle Jerry war
nebber SO glad in all my life libb-n in de
hills, but I gifts me rattions." Holding up
a side of ,neat.)
Uncle Jcrry.-"samc hcah! has plenty
ub dc cash, but nebbcr makes II pint
ter spit in Uncle Sans face, for when he
step down from de rostrum, and lays bacon
in dc bag, is under moral sponsbility ter
take it,"
George Washington Jackson. Bless you,
soul Parson, John de Baptist. Where did
dey all come fromi' (Sp,aks of rations)
parson--"Dry is Spontaneous, and Is dc