The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-09-18
HY. A. WATKINS WOOINo.
AFTER LoNGFELLow.

On tool-bench in his shoe-shop
Sat the ancient foot gear maker,
In the land of West st. Louis,
Where dwelt the tribe of Big Ears,
Building CATERS, boots and slippers
out of paste board and split leather.
At his side in made-up beauty
Sat the dudine. Minnie Hathorn,
Sau his daughter Soda Water,
Mending pants seats with round patches:
OF his trade the old mans thoughts were,
And the maiden's of her lover.
He was thinking, as he sat there,
OF the days when double prices
He had charged all thro' those war times
For his spongy, half-pegged brogans;
stood in with the quartermasters;
Got some hunky army contracts;
Thinking of the furloughed soldiers
Who came home and cusSed his Door wOrl
Said that he was ION the swndle."
All, no more so green Govern
Ment will e'er be found as it was!
uncle Sam now bonds his suffers,
And they do not dare to 'divy!D
She was thinking of a mower"
From the land of North Chicago,
Wherein dwelt the tribe of Splay-Feet,
Young and Slim and very tony,
Who, one morning n the spring time,
Came to buy some bunion plasters
And sat down in her pas store-front;
fingered there and smoked a Segar,
Looking back as he departed,
She had heard her father mock him.
Mock his: Jaw. a pair of tooth picks
Yaw calm make me faw thix dolIers:.
Would he come again for corn salVe
To the counters of her parent?
As she paused to thread needle
And her eyes grew very dreamy,
On the pave she heard a foOjstep,
Heard cane 30 gently tapping;
And with London limp affected,
With Il Norfolk jacket dressed in,
Suddenly feminist the entrance.
Hy. A. Watkins stood before them.
Straight the gray-haired half sole artist
Looked up gravely from h labor,
Laid aside the calf SIX n upper
Babe him "Shut the door" emphatic,
Saying, as he rose to meet m:
Eyes, your box toes they are finished"
In the lap of Soda Water
Hy. A. Watkins la the package
OF the caramels he'd brought her;
And the maiden looked up at him,
Looked up from her reinforcing
OF the bosom lacking trousers,
And remarked, with gentle accent:
you're no SLOUGH, oh, Hy. A. WatkinsV"
Very spacious was the floor there,
With lounge to try the fits on
'Gainst the side of that emporium;
But so long and broad his pedals,
Hy. A. Watkins knocked the couch DER;
Also kicked out half window
In the rear part of the Hathorn
Place of business as he walked back.
Then uproSe far Soda Water,
Alias Miss Minnie Hathorn,
Put away the wooden breeches,
Fetched out pie and sat before them.
Water brought them from the hydrant,
Gave them patent paper napkins,
Listened while young Hy. was Ginning,
Listened as her fathers jaw wagged, -
Listened with her elephantine
Ears waving with excitement,
But not once her grub-trap opened,
Not single word she uttered
Yes there in trance she listened
To the brags of lily. a. Watkins,
Who was taking his vacation,
AS he talked of how ut Lehmann'S
He had charge of lace n ribbon,
At a sal of fOtccn weekly.
And am sho to be promoted"
And how me n the book-keepah
Go out every eve a-mashin."
And that "Shee cawg IS the dandy
Burg 10 hang up during life in"
After many years of cross fires,
And noospapcr foot and ear taunts-
Let's have peace between Sent Looy
And its rival town, Sheecawgey."
Thus continued Hy. A. Walk ms,
And then added speaking slowly:
That this truce may last forevah,
t5rvt nc as1np -bi. &c TINS Tcfromo''
Minnie Hathorn, Soda Watah
Suntiower of Missoory women"
And the ancient cowhide stitcher
Took some tine-cut ere consentng.
Watched h S daughter then in silence,
whose auriculars were tapping,
Gazed at Hy. a. Watkins stogas,
Number SOS by the tape line,
And made answer very br ely:
aus, CT Min is on the marry;
shoot yer mouth OIL Sodey Water"
AND the fan cared Minnie Hathorn
Seemed Just scrumptious as she started
over to club-foo ed Watkins
fat down on h hoof majestic,
Winked and gigged and then tongued IL:
I'm yer oy'ter-9et the licenScH"
This was Hy A. watkins wooing,
stopped the strife, and peace cemented
'TwiXt the Mound and Garden cities,
In the Lake and River regions.
JET JOslyn," in Graphic NelUs