Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-10-28

From his pocket TOOK MS WnetStOnot
Put an. edge upon mis- falchion,
And his blade sang in the moving
Whilst the xynd blew through his whish
ers.
II was many, many autumns
Ere the days Of kope Elias
When we had the nasty blue laws,
And 10 kiss ones wife on Sunday
Was against the dark blue statutes
Statutes in such case provided.
life was hardly worth the living,
Ana there was a wrong impression
As TO whether tue Good Being
Had an atom OF affection
For the wretched, wretched human
he had made for his amusement
Made in an unguarded moment
Then IL was Napoleon Pangborn.
Fractured one Of these blue statutes
In manner quite annoying,
Broke the law and hurt his feelings,
Soured his milk Of human kindness
Ere he had chance 10 skim 1t,
Left his milkhouse lone and empty,
Lone aud empty left his miikhouse
OF bis milk OF human kindness
or the milk Of human kindness
That was once Napoleon PangoornG
In amongst the dark blue statutes
Lurked the one that tried Napoleon.
1t was made 10 punish swearing
Aud il made IL quite expensive
For a man who swore like he doue
When things seem 20 so agln him.
Then he'd do some offhaDd swearing.
Something that betrayed his genius,
Something that would hold one spellbound
This 10 was OF which speak OF.
Mr.. Panghorn owed neigh6or,
Owed him pretty near niue doll ars,
And he swore he'd never pay IT.
So no gave his wife the homestead,
i q a. hsa ma n
Swearing low that he'd not pay IL
Till the germs in hell were frozen
And malaria driven from IL
So. alas Napoleon Pangoorn
Went into reputation,
And when Mr. Mggs came 10 him,
Asked him for his old nine dollars,
Told him that ne needed pautseS
For himself and those dear 10 him,
Panghsrn's wrath was something fright
ful,
For he swore not only rudely,
But with wonderful yehemence,
: wearing fast aud swearing faster
TIN his breath would clog aud choke him.
Tbs il was II which ] speak OF.
But Napoleon did not notice
That old Miggs had kept notch stiok
For TO keep a sort OF tally
| or the oatbs turned loose by Pangborn,
| Nor that MiggS most always saSsed hiIn
! Just as he was almost Ccaelubt
| Irritating Mr.. Pangborn,
Meanwhile filling up the notch SUCK
! This 10 was OF which / speak OF.
| Thus IL har lened Mr.. Pangoorn,
| VINO was not up IN the statutes,
! Did not know that the iniormer
! Got a quarter from the swearer
! For 70 cav for his endoavor,
iEor To be remuneration
! For the lob OF which / speak or.
| Fhus he swore out forty dollars,
| Forty dollars worth OF swearing,
/ While nine dollars and quarter
/ Went 10 Miggs, the meek intormer
/ Thus il was that Mr.. Pang0orn,
With a wrath that grew more wrathy,
/ Whilst his tireess tantalizer
! Made him burst the dark blue statutes
! Statutes in such case provided
/ So that when the sun was setting,
! And Napoleon's SHADOW lengthened,
! ON his wrists the gives were fastened,
| Whilst away 10 goal they marched him.
! All that night he tossed and mutterad,
! From his limos he tossed the covers,
! Dug the stone wall with his toe nails
! With his toe nails dug the stone wall,
/ Whilst he sobDed and sighed aud muttereo
/ Till the dawn stole through the prison
/ Wich a dull uncertain dawning,
! Struggling through the iron air1ole.
! Need | add that In the morning,
/ With his naughty spirits broken,
/ Chat Aui wheat straws In his whlskerh
/ WIN HIS blue ewes red and bloodsh0t,
/ with lis lips all parched and purple,
/ Uumpl.a. downCast, sad aud broken
/ Win the morning came repentance,
! Came repentance with the moruingi
1 For he paid M forty d9Lsrs,-@
, Paid 10 Miggs nine aud quarter
/ And stole hOmeward through an alley.
| We may learn a wholesome lesson
! From the annals OF Napoleon,
/ For between the lines here written
! independent Of their sweetness
/ Aud their high intrinsic beauty,
| Turks pleasant little moral,
| |. urIks a wholesome little lesson.
! Asa rule / bate lesson
Squirted through a glorious poem,
/ For IL damages the measure,
! Cramps and gals the feet poetic,
] Whist injurious 20 the rnyth-um,
| But IL makes slight exception
La the case OF MIR. Pangoorn,
! OF Napoleon Baby Paugoorn.
MORAL
He who makes Reputation
/ Mostly what be lives and treathes for,
/ Giving n his whole attention,
earns before his life is ended
] That it gets 10 be expensive,
= And 10 takes right smart endeaVor
To unwind the kinks of justice.
, When the world owes you living
And you claim 20 owe II nothing
And the matter seems one sided,
You may mud that In the cleaning,
J When the tree toad is rehersiDg,
And the beetle knocks his brains out
on the door jamO or the easement;
/ When your life has reached Us evening"
And behind you lie the rulzs
OF the Spanish castles bullded,
Builded In lies golden morning
And collapsed ere you moved 10 them;
When your life lies wrecked behind you,
And the future holds no promise,
You may then regret the effort
That you thOughtlessly expended
Seeking 70 escape your du!y,
Working often after hours,
Planning how 70 dodge your duty
This il is, dear, thoughtful reader,
That demands our keen attention,
This it Is Of which 1 speak Of.
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