Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1895-07-03
AyAFrERyooN WITH THE LEADERS
Or a squao0le tn The siIvor Camp.

Ter git some white lie fer to cure the squeak
OF one Of my reapers, an hitched to tree
Jist outside the office Of Jnstice F G.
An as I turned round fer to walk down the
street
1 heard SIGH q racket as nothin' could beat
A yellin and screamin' at first was in
clined
Ter think twas a murder, but folks didn t
mind,
An passed on along jist as careless as sin,
All actin as tho they was used to the din.
Then / stood still and listened, an found that
it came
From an office close by, so 1 went to the same
Ter try ter discover what under the sun
They was yellin about,-was they mad or in
fun.
There found Captain B. and the the courtly
Med,
An the poetic L. and the slender Judge B.
All yellin' and screamin' with "rhoop' and
"riooPes,'
That silver had certainly ought ter be free.
When they saw me, they jumped up grabbed
onter me-
An held me an talked till a long after three.
Az they said 1 fergits, was anxious ter 90,
And said was harvestin they said "No'"
And went on ter tell me that ifty-oent wheat
Didn't pay If you raised it fer runt pigs ter eat
What needed, they said with whooPin big
holler
Was one dollar wheat and free silver dollar. 20
Now politics somethin don't care about,
Tho / loves mighty well fer to load up and
shout
In a gineral election along with the rest,
But as fer finance and the tariff, I'm blest
III knows much about it but as fer Med,
He knew the whole business from a down to
Il;
Gold wasn't worth having they made it in
h-u,
An Satan used silver aloae fore he fell;
An twas gold ruined our crops, an gold this
and that
Why they took gold an shook it like a cat
shakes a rat;
They killed it an killed. it, an KEEP on KILN
But never, to drop it, did they pear ter be
villa;
An they thumped on the table, an stamped
on the floor,
An dared any gold-bug to come in the door.
was hopeless, hadn't had dinner ter eat,
An wanted ter git back ter cuttin' my wheat (;
Just then the door opened, the telegraph boy
Wanted change fer ten,-~Go way, you
annoy
Our deep meditatiOns :" Judge B. roughly
said
Then, Come here, let's see it, twas a gold
piece instead
ora greenback; Jumped up and grabbed a
chair,
Fer I thought they would murder the boy then
and there;
They every one rushed at him even Med.
Cryin Here, 1 will change itl' Here give it
to me"
They all were so eager they frightened the lad,
Ifhe gave it to one, then the rest would be
mad
So he held to it tightly, an after a while
When every last one had looked through his
pile
An not one could changeit; they all cried out
Wait .'
An tore down the street at a most awful rate
When they turned the Hall corner Judge B.
was ahead,
Judge L. called his cart and jumped in it in
stead
An down 90 the bank all hatless they tore,
With Judge b. in front and Med. number four.
I waited in wonder the boy waited, too,
I don't know how long but they soon came
I'm view,
Judge B. was still leadin' Judge L., number
two,
And his cart raised the dust as it flew up the
street,
Captain B. was good third thomaior was beat;
Round the corner they came, here the horse
sweryed too wide
An Judge b. came on with a long swingin
stride,
An finished safe winner, just fyelengths ahead
OF the Captain,-L. third, his horse beat by
head,
While Med. broken down was a quarter be-
hind,
He lad made a good race, overweighted with
mind.
So Judge B. got the gold piece aud looked aw-
fall glad,
While the others scowled at him an looked
awful mad.
1 was wondrous perplexed, bnt l asked after
while
What's the good of such STUFF be returned
with a smile
"Why. when we all win in the Fall '98,
I'll git two fer one,-oh, I'm dead full of tricks
When silver is free. then fer this gold ten
I can buy twenty plunkers of silver Amen "
you can't DO that now, 1 exclaimed. Course
you can't,
But you can when it's free, he replied with
pant.
"Then silver said "wili so down 10y half"
Yes, you git tr'ce as much, don't you see that,
you calf"
The Captain, the Major, and L., all the three,
Made faces at Judge B., the boy and at me,
An went out together as gloomy as crepe;
I jumped at the chance and made my escape.
An there's one thing that worries me,-hang-
ed I see
How lavin free silver is gOln ter help me.
II gifts full dollar for wheat, then Use got
Only atty cents,-true, fer it's half is itnot
An I'm gittin' more now,-an hanged if see
How calliu' iair.s dollars" is a goin' ter help
me.
lbs good fer them fellers, Med, L. and b.,
But they doubles up while doubles dolc'i, see
An it don't seem like honest 70 write down