The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1893-11-15
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"Tis done-but yesterday a "candidate,"
And arm'd with candidates to strive
And now thou art a numberless thing;
So abject-yet alive tlH
Is this the man "that road the goats"
And "hugged the coon for Republican votesIr
And can he thus survive?
Since he miscalld "their guiding star,
Nor man nor fiend hath fallen so far.
Ill minded man! "now viewr your kind
Who how'd so low the knee,
BY gazing on myself grown blind,
"Your followers could not" see.
With might unquestio 'd-power, to save,-
Thine only gift hath been the grave,
To those that worshipp'd thee;
Nor I'LL thy fall could mortals guess
Ambit on's less than littleness!
Thanks for ''his" lesson-it will teach
To aiter-warriors more
Than high Philosophy can preach,
And vainly preached before,
That spell upon the minds Of men
Breaks never to unite again,
That led them to adore
Those Pagod things of sabre sway,
With fronts OF brass. and feet of clay"
OH That Byron was here. A grin"
plays over my face this evening like
young goats over a stable roof and pene-
trates my whole anatomy. drink in the
election returns with as great relish as
a thirsty man swalloweth hot whisky
punch, as goslin swimmeth with de-
light in mud puddle, so swim in sea
of glory. Visions of ecstatic raptures,
brighter than the hues of humming
birds pinions visited me in my slumbers
last night. reached out to grasp and
woke to hear the cries for John Hardin,
resounding from hill to hill, nothing
definite having been heard from Brock
enridge and Hancock, on account of
wires being down. entered road cart
this morning (the Sth) and drove down
to the Leavenworth road. From Ed.
Loves to Brandenburg ] looked ain every
nook and corner" for "Populsts" but,
alas, a bunch OF Grape here and there
told too plainly that funeral was the
result Of last nights virgils.
Ali You "hugged the coon" and
fawned on the Republicans that thrift
might follow fawning and behold the re-
suits. You sold your birthright for
mess of pottage and how does it act on
your liver? Wise men must be awful
scarce in Meade county that they have
to court favor of the common enemy, and
then have their barracks torn down
their idols broken by the the battering-
ram of fools" II changing" is any
indication of wisdom" you ought to be
as wise as Solomon by this time, and be
able to repulse an enemy with the COM
bined force Of the Republicans and your
hosts that abound in every nook and
corner of Meade county, ali !" "You
scratch my back and I'll scratch yours"
was on the bill OF fare, and partaken of
with relish, but it didn't leave the
right kind OF seasoning in it.
Some of the readers of the News will
ask, why this hilarity? / will tell you.
Pm Democrat "died in the WOOL" and
/ am proud to know that the flowers OF
Democracy" still bloom in old Meade, to
shed its sweet fragrance over the tomb of
Third partyism. IT'S true that "some"
OF our best friends have wandered off in
to bad company, but we may yet reclaim
them. Then / have .been accused of
being paid by Gen. Gross and John
Hardin to work for them, the rest you
know.
"oh, landlord fill the flowing bowl
Until Il does run over,
For tonight we'll merry, merry be,
For tonight Wen merry, merry be,
And tomorrow we'll get sober.n