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Duckfarmer's Philosophy.


Riverside-on-the-Nac
Glen Dell Cove. Port Republic, July 4.
Every night, early and late.
whistle and wait
Not for my love, my angelic charmer-
But for Beriah, the dandy young
henfarmer.
Oh how my mouth waters, as 1 sit on
that heap of rails,
For l am anxious to know how to
grow cocktails.
So far Beriah has kept the secret-kept
his tail folded tightly. But he has
uubosemed himself in reference to q
vision of golden city. John, on the
Island Of Patmos, heheld the Eternal
golden city. which l trust Brother
Beriah and may enter after we have
pen and our pitch fork. But 1 fear his
vision of a golden city on this earth is
but delusion-his cherished hope akin
to chasing the wilPo-the- wisp. Like the
rainbow, while it betOken q pr0mise-it
fades away. Beriah, old boy, we don't
want any golden cities down here.
Why just imagine you and sauntering
along the glitteriDg streets with the
odor of chemical fertilizer on our gar
ments and our whiskers full of hayseed.
We would be out of place-we wouldn' t
feel at hone. And to dress in becoming
style for such surroundinge-togged in
purple linen and plug hat why, by
gosh, I'd rather q thousand times be
here on the duckfarm. Be of good cheer.
If the clouds of depression hang heavy ;
il the wheels of commerce move slowly !;
if your glittering gold has appreciated
beyond your reach, thereby depeciating
the price of eggs, farm produce and
cocktails one half, remember that this
cloud, although murk and drear Just
now, has q silver lining and when the
sunlight of truth and justice breaks forth
in all it's splendor you will behold, in
letters bold, this incription on the inner
Inning Restoration of Silver in
America, as it was in the days of pros
perity-1792 to 1S73." If the strong
oppose the weak if the rich oppress the
poor remember that Divid, the shep-
herd boy, vanquished Goliah the giant,
with sling shot, and that Davies cried
to Lazerus for q drop of water to cool
his parched tongue.
Aye, Napoleon had his Hundred Days.
Upon the record of that mighty warrior,
before whom all Europe trembled, there
is an everlasting stain. Naughty,
tyranical INSCRIPTIONS, he trampled the
affections Of Empress Josephine beneath
feet, and cast her of. But at Waterloo,
it was Blucher with 10000 Prussians,
and not Grouchy, who arrived with
reinfOrcements and gave the victory to
wellington. And Napoleon restessly
paced LoDgwood in exhileon st. Helena.
Such is the fate of tryants. Twas
ever SO, and if there be oppressors today,
in the light of Christian civilization, in
this land of liberty, with a free press and
free speech, their day of doom and
retripution will come. Take courage
Brother Beriah and remember that we
are benefactors, for we have made two
blades of grass grow. What q glorious
inspiration it is to be q benefactor, even
if we have no money to jingle in our
pockets or no tobacco in our old
tobacco box. Nay, brother, don't lay
aside that fluent pen and permit the
cob webs to accumulate and befog your
bright intellect don't retreat into
innocuous desuetude. All great men
have had their seasons of despair,
There will be .fruit' for US yet. Come
go down to Washington with me. know
the ropes. They need another Clay and
Webster to dissect that sugar. amend
ment. That will be easy alongside ol
the Galloway finance investigation. So
saith Absalom,
will send you q special invitation to
attend the next meeting OF the Huckel,
berry Blossom Blowers League, and ifoul
buttermilk girls, clad lin Mother Hubbardf
q Ia delsarte. cannot chase away des-
pondency then the heart must be past
redemption, So saith
URIAH DucxFAR,6E1.