Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-09-27


of all useless human beings, such a. in-
yetsrate drunkards and hopegessiy dis
sased persons, and, of course. these phil
osopbers find texts in the Bible 20 sup
port their theories, such as the tree
that beareth not good fruit shall be
heyn down and cast into the FIRE. Now
I do not give this acquaintance Of mine
cigars TO kill him, bus in the hope that
be may thereby have more money 10
suend for his wife and children. for to
baeco he will have, IL they starve.
Just as you came in | was about to
AJAX the old machine there IN the corner
what ID had TO say about cigarette smok-
inc. Yod are young and vigorous; you
NAV turn the crank and / will listen to
the song"
We accepted the proposition, and with
both hands seized the crank.
TIKI CIGARETTE sNoKKB.
Cigarette, cigarette.
never have met
In the world anywhere
Such soother of care
As you, cigarette.
Though my shoes are worn down,
And my hats become brown,
In my clothes there are rents,
In my pockets no cents,
still never fret,
Be IL dusty or vet,
II have q cigarette.
Every hour in the day,
IL at work or at play,
must puff away
At my dear cigarette.
Wife calls for dresses,
Children call for bread;
I've only six dogs,
And they must be fed.
Bot the butcher won't trust;
He says am bust"
Perhaps hs is right,
Bot i seldom get tight"
Though know Pm in debt,
Which ! greatly regret;
But without cigarette,
10 winters cold
Or summers weather.
Ny body and soul
Would not hang together.
Cigarette. cigarette,
ALI care forget
When sucking and blowing
At dear cigarette.
No fishers ever caught
such prize in their nets
As a bunch of white rods
They call cigarettes.
There, that is enough" exclaimed
the growler; but, while we are talking
about smokers, you might as well pull
out that stop there and see what the old
machine has 10 say about the fable of
THE PAINTER AND THE pIo.
A painter, for frolic, a picture once drew
OF pig on his launches at ease;
A cigar in his mouth, from which the
smoke few
And fioated away ON the breeze.
young brother pig in his rambles drew
near.
And, wondering, gazed at the painting;
Abashed ct the sight, he away fed IN
fear,
And gasped in the air as IL faintine.
What troubles you now p asked a sheep
from her pen,
As piggy with sorrow was choking;
i fear, /" replied piggy, that boys, like
the men,
Are learning the habi. of smoking"
II like the elder Weller's advice 10
sammy about poetry: Never stoop 10
poetry, sammy But poetry, even ma
chine poetry, IL IL has point 10 it, NAV
he tolerated occasionally. So, now that
you have warmed up the old machine
and the old machine has warmed Won.
you may pull out another stop and drop
this slip Of paper in the hopper"
We obeyed orders, as before, when out
came the following ditty;
TEE CLERK AND rHx CLIPPER.
(Sceae ~
A spruce young clerk
Sat on a three legged chair;
There was fur on his lip,
And he parted his hair
Very nice and exact In the middle.
He earnestly eazed
To the walk over the street.
For there q young clipper
His vision did greet.
She gave him a smile
Most killinRly sweet,
And her form was like that Of fiddle.
And she ogied him,
And he smiled silly at her,
As he stroked his ringed finger
Very fondiy over the fur
Sprouting under his nose.
The hair on her foretop
Was banged 10 the eyes.
And the paint on her face
Quite rivaled the dyes
OF the rainbow. But her breath.
I'll wagerits fragrance
Was not like the rose.
lScens p
All me- how rapidly
Away flies simel
Almost three years
Since wrote the above rhyme
OF the clerk and the clipper.
I've seen them at home,
A slovenly place;
They've two dirty towbeads.
Beth minus Of grace,
Almost Of sound sense;
And the line of her face
Is some like . rusty tin dipper.
And the once spruce clerk.
He smokes and he drinks;
Every day lower down
He gradually sinks.
Taking her in his fall.
What else could we think
That they would do1
He la not Franklin.
Nor she Martineau.
They followed the fashions
And cared more for looks
Than vigorous health
Or knowledge in books.
A clear case OF blank and blank
Producing two 30 count
In the census That's all.
an Ia very evident remarked the
rowIer. m We ceased turning the crank
nd prepared 10 60, "that such an efu-
Ion "a that will never become immor-
Al, The rhymes are too Tar apart and
ps measures are haltinR ans imperfect.
osssbly 10 may contain 30 idee. II 80.
9 will excuse its nncouth dfsss, TOT. AZ
- Raw John Russell says. 10 IL ideas
~ s,s frl. t,,htnins nat the thun.