The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-02-17

New York Sun.

New York Sum.
swayed the corn beforo the breesoe,
sang the birds among the branches,
shcne ths sun betwsen TIE cloud lift.
scared the eagle o'eF the mountains,
SWEPT the bison DER the prairie,
when from out his painted wigwam
Slowly stepped the Great 6tu66d frophet,
Slowly stopping On the grssnswaEd.
Hushsd the song Of birds and brooklst,
Still the eagle and the cosnotalk,
Paused the bison In hio running,
Fearing last the Great Stuffed Prophet
Miss step and fall upon them.
Idly sassd the Great STUFFED Prophet
On the birds and corn and nfooklee,
On the proudly soaring sogle.
what 20 him were Natures hoeutSogs
When they have no market value,
Cast no votes for his election,
Would not let him eat q drink themf
Then he turned his massive body,
Like turkey stufDed for Killing
stunned TIL useless savo tor Killing
Turned with many gSunt ana joint croak
TO the cradle OF the sunboams
Then he rsised his fst hands skyward,
Raised them with mighty EFFORT,
And invoked the God Of faf men,
0bssidius, friend Of fat men:
DOOUU80IODp VO0O8IVUD V8t1V0S
whose great giFth exceeds al measure,
whose great thigh would make IN army
OF mere ordinary m0rtals,
Whose great neck requires collar
Larss enough 70 gtTd the earth With!
To the voice Of thy disciplel
.1n the name Of al thy fatnsss,
Let me Be now % once was,
Ruler Of these sixty millions,
With Private Secretary
Able 70 conduct the business,
And few small Mugwunp organs
LAudine Loud my every action,
While the people stand and wonder
Give me these, Q Obesidiusl
And sccept my friends In payment"
Answered then the God Of fat men:
ss0reat Stuffed Prophet, faithful stuffed one
Happy were the God Of fat men
Could he grant thy meek petttioni
But thy conduct whilst In once,
Whilst among the nations statesmen,
reastiug In the nations kitchen,
And thy cowasdics In battle
When Democracy was threatenods
And thy cautious hesitation
On the present silver questions
And thy arrogance and tedium,
KIN eli chance Of re-elec2ion.
..For the people. my STUFFED Prophet
nave grown vlfo0 OF jealous 0umDu9e
Sick OF bowling down 70 wajst-gffth,
Weary Of thy porcine eelf-praiSe;
Now they long for unstu6ed statesmen,
Even II their necks ere smaller,
And they eat leGs ct . sitting"
Slowly gasped the Great Stuffed Prophet,
Az the words Of Obesi0fus
eifted olowly through his brain-cel1s,
Then he threw his arms above him
And crashed DOWN. I'd on the ggeengward,
Crashed upon the shrinking greeuswaSd,
Fell - falls the stricken bullock
When the butchers knife has pierced him,
While the trees within the forest
Shook and laughed In exultation.
Then the people In the Westlaud
Told long yaInS about the earthquake;
And the people in the Southland
Wrote about the awful laudslide;
And the people In the North1and
Wondered what shook all their cities.
But the birds and corn and bsooklst,
And the eagle and the bison
Laughed aloud In joyful concert,
And they took . piece Of birchbefk,
Took . piece Of silvery birchbayk,
And ths eagle wrote upon it
With Its sharply pointed talon,
So that all the tribes might read II:
"Ihis was once the Great STUFFED Prophet"