Smyrna times., 1883-06-06
A poetical lawyer in our good quaker City

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A poetical lawyer in our good Quaker City.
Has given the public poem or ditty
In which, with satirical language refined.
With shrcwdncSS and cunning to act as abettOrS
lie spreads to his readers a feast Of the mind,
By butler prepared in the kitchen of letters.
In fact, on Pegasus lance he has tilted
Against Il fair maiden by whom he was Tilted
Miss Clara FitzpOodle, of Rittenhouse Square,
A lady of fashion who'd nothing to wear.
We know that lawer is famous for tact;
in matters of fancy and matters Of fact:
And, therefore, expects that in:making plea,
Where he, both the counsel and client, must be
Defending himself every word he may utter,
If Ifquestioned, would lead to an earnest rebutter.
Yes, if the opponent against him arrayed,
UnSchOOled i'll the law, was Il matrOn or maid,
Though clad in All armOr of justice and truth.
Appareled in raiment of merch forSOOth.
He would say to the judge, to the jury declare,
The woman opposing has nothing to wear.
The story that's told, in the poem or dity,
BY the lawyer and poet of our good Quaker City,
shall not pretend i'll its fullnesS to tell,
But give yOu the giSt, as a nut from the shell.
There lived yOung lady in RittenhOuSe Square
Miss Clara Fitzpoode-Mss Clara the fair.
The maiden had pride, and still better by far,
rich, an lnduigent, doating papa.
man who In youth on II fortune was bent.
And loned cut his cash at n hundred per cent.
Until the financial success in his sharings
Made the aggregate sum of his earnings and shay
A round half million, and then he retired,
For his wealth and beautiful daughter admired 4:
Smiled on by women and iattered by men,
He headed the list of the proud upper ten
Now clara his daughter, was handsome and CAV,
And some one had dropped in her hearing one
day
The simple remark from unguarded tongue.
III the fOrche language of " Go it while young"
Now Clara was young and her father was old;
She was heir To his Golfers of silver and gold
And she also had hcaTd-twaS pity, aack-
! That money got over the Evil Ones back,
Would go under his-nn matter when itwOuld 60
| "Tis pTOverb familiar, that all of us know.
| So the maiden determined herSelfShe would bless
| By being the leader of fashion and dress;
Aud (tn post herself up with her friend Mrs. Dar
riS
! She took Sundry trips to the city of Paris
| In her regal regala wheneer she was seen.
| None took her for less than an empress or queen
! Whatever she saw, If twas marked a IN mode
! Was purchased, no matter what price she bestOw.
| ed;
! If q dress, or a coat, or a bonnet in style,
The latest were words that were sure to beguilc
| And gaZN~ she purchased, and buying did gaze
Determined that nothing to please or amaze
| Should be left in the city of Paris, while she
Could draw on the banker her father, and he
! Would honor the drafts of his daughter, the fair
| Miss Clara FitRpoodle Of RitlonhOuse Square.
| At last with hopes in state of fruitOn
| She bade Git rerOiF 10 her friends the Pari>anS,
! And taking II steamer think twas the Ohio
| drought home her effects as the bulk of the car
60"
CTo be continued
And the author would respectfully ask his read
| crS to retain the papers containing this poem
and also to bear in mind that
GARITEE, MASTEN & ALLEN
continue to keep their usual large stock Of mag
nificent clothing for Mems, Boys and Children'
wear at
TOWER HALL, may 24 /!
Nos 5lS and go Market Succt, Philadelphia