The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-14
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Thar showed up out'n Denver 10 the spring
NV 81.
man who'd worked With Dana on III.
Moo York Sun.
His name wuz Cantell Whoppers, 'ad he
wuz sight ter view
Ez he walked inter the ortice md inquired
fer work to do.
Thar warp't no places vacant then--fer be
II understood
That wuz the time when talent flourished
at that aititood;
But thar the stranger fingered. tellin' Ray
mond nd the rest
Wv what perdigeaus wonders he would do
when at his best.
Till finally he stated (quite by chance)
that he he'd done
heap Of work with Dana on the Moo York
Sun.
Wall, that wuz quite another thing. We
owned that airy cuss
Who'd worked f'r MIR. Dana must be good
enough for us!
And so we TUX the strangers word nd
nipped him while we could,
For II we didn't take him we knew John
Atkins would:
And Cooper. too wuz mouzin' round fer
enterprise nd brains.
Whenever them commodities blew In across
the plains.
AT any rate, we nailed him, which made OIL
Cooper swear
And Atkins tear out handfuls NV his copi-
GUS curly hair;
But We set back and cackled, nd he'd
power OF fun
With our man who'd worked with Dana on
the Moo York Sun.
II made our eyes hang on our cheeks md
lower jaws ter drop
Ter hear that Teller tellin how OF Dana
run his shop.
II seems that Dana wuz the biggest man
you ever saw
He lived on human bclns. and preferred to
II he he'd democratic drugs ter take, before
he took 'em.
AS good old allopathic laws prescribe. he
allus shook EN-
The man that could set down md write
like Danny never grew,
And the sum OF human knowledge wuznt
half what Dana knew,
The consequence appeared to be that near.
ly every one
Concurred with MIR. Dana OF the Moo York
Sun.
This felier, Canteli whoppers. never
brought an item In
He spent his time at Perrin's shakin' poker
dice f'r gin.
Whatever the assignment. he wuz allus
sure to shirk
He wuz very long on lkker, and all fired
short on work!
II any other cuss had played the tricks he
dared ter play. rsn
The daisies would be bIoomin' over his re-
mains today; ~
But somehow folks respected him and stood
him 10 the last
Conslderin' his superior connections In tho
past. -
So, when he bilked at POKER. not a sucker
drew a gun
On the man who'd worked with Dana on
the Moo York Sun.
Wall, Dana came ter Denver In the fall
wv SO.
A very different party from the man wo
thought ter see
nice nd clean old gentleman, so digni-
fled md calm.
You bat your life he never did no human
being harml
certain hearty manner nd a fulness Nv
the vest
Betoked that his sperrits nd his yictuals
wuz the best,
His face was so benevolent. his smile 50
sweet nd kind.
That they seemed to be the reflex OF an
honest, healthy mind;
And God has set upon his head q crown NV
silver hair
In promise Nv the golden crown He mean
eth him to wear.
So, Nv US boys that met him outn Denver.
there wuz none
But fell in love with Dana Nv the Moo York
Sun
But when he came to Denver In the fall
OF 'S3.
His old friend Cantell Whoppers disap.
peared upon a spree;
The very thought OF seem Dana worked
upon him so
(They hadn't been together fer year or
two. you know.
That he borrowed all tho stuff he could and
started on bat,
And, strange as it may seem. we didn't see
him after that.
So. when OIL Dana hove In sight, we
coildn't understand
Why he didn't seem TO notice that his
crony want on hand
No casual allusion, not a question. no, not
one.
For the man who'd worked with Dana on
the Moo York Sun"
We broke It gently to him. but he didn't
seem surprised.
Thar wuz 10 big burst Nv passion as we
fellows had surmised.
He said that Whoppers wuz q man he'd
But he mought have carried papers on q
Jersey City route;
And then he recollected hcarin' Mr.. Laffan
say
That he'd fired man named Whoppers fur
bein' drunk one day,
Which. with more likker underneath than
money In his vest.
Had started on a freight train fur the
great md bounding west
But further information or statistics he
had rome
Wv the man who'd worked with Dana ON
the Moo York Sun"
We dropped the matter quietly nd never
made no fuss
When we get played for suckers. why,
that's horse on us
But every now nd then we Denver felle:s
have TO Ian
To hear some other paper boast nv havIn'
on its staff
A man who's worked with Dana" nd
then we feilers wink
And pull our hats down on our eyes md set
around m think.
II seems like Dana couldn't be As smart an
people say.
II he educates so many folks nd lets em