The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1897-02-19
Presidential Canvass of 1896.
AS SEEN BY UNCLE JOSH.

Mayhap yer may think tibet Pm doin' wrong,
Ter stir up ther lection agin thet's past an gone
| But somehow I've got into this ere head ov min
| Thct Pm sorter bceged ter rt rhyme
! Ter kinder tlgger around how it come about,
One feller goes in and tother he has ter stay out
Now beggin' yer pardn if I've busted env rule,
! | shant say word if Pm called blame fool
For scratchn' this ere stuff thet Tve Jest writ
An | shant blame nobody, Stree not bit,
But as ther more say aforehand the wust scrap
get IN,
I'll drop ther preface bizness an go in fer to win
Wal two little Willies once upon a time,
Got it into their heads twoud be sorter fine,
Ter go on er kind ov a big vacation spree,
So ter nose around an see what they could see.
So they both got ter figgern about where ter go
Kinder droll aint it thet both fetched up at the1
perlitical show.
Meow afore 90 eny furder er statement I'll make
Thet these leetle feers didn't both belong ter ther
One ov them tied up in Nebraska, don't yer know,
Tother one he lodged in ther big state ov Ohio.
Noehcr thing reckon meow oughter say
Is thet they didn't both go vacatin' on ther same
day.
Wal they decided on a IeetIe fshin' ther luck ter
One sot out in Tunc an tother feller in July.
But aiore get thing mixed up, let me see,
One of these chaps was Willie NJ tother Willie b
Neither one didn't hev whskers on his face,
But they both pitched in an hustled fer furst place.
Nll'ic NJ. Sorter lowed thet he'd sometime ben told
Ther best kind of bait ter use, pure shnin'
gold.
Tother Willie didn't seem ter hev ther same idee,
He lowed thcr silver bug was ther best don't yer
He said tibet fishing with gold in lakes an ponds,
Wus like runnin' ther country by lssun' bonds.
WAL Willie NJ. sauntered down ter ther 6. o. p.
lake
He went in fer business an hitched his boat ag1n
a stake,
sayin Mark, thet Pm workin' in a systematic
manner,
Pm goin' ter find out what's the matter with Han
He kept on chin an fshin like little man,
Saying ter hlssef, I'll land this critter yew bet if
can.
The furst fish thet he saw, sorter smelin' around,
Sot his knees ter bumpin an his big heart give
He spit on his hands an grabbed ther pole with
care,
Sez he, now ketch onter thet ar bait if yer dare;
Ef yew hev eny sort ov er miseadin' idee,
Thet I'm afeard oy yer, jest grab aholt an see.
He bit with a rush, this ere big mountain trout.
But Billy braced agin the paddles an soon yank-
ed him out.
An hevin' landed ther krltter his fishing fer the
So he shouldered his prize an put fer home
ther run.
Now with his big fish wen let Willie NJ. rest a
An see whatthere is about tother Teller tew tell.
Willie B. was n chap thet by years want nigh as
As tother Billy thet done his fishing with golds
But in manly strength, power, speech an wit.
lie want benlud the other Bill, no sir, bist
An with basket, pole an line an his little SILVER
hook
He went ter anglin' in ther big Popocratic brook
He he'd big luck an didn't hev ter wait,
Half as long as tother Bail, who used different
bait
His hook hadn't no more than struck ther water,
When there was a rush fer it from every quarter
Democrat thArB an her itt.
All cum fer ther line with er rush an er swish.
Billy didn't know which ter take, but made up his
Thet ther one thet bit first would be ther kind.
He couldn't see ther bottom, but poorly theirs
Ter ther end ov ther line hitchcd ter her silvc bug
lie gifts good hold an gives I mighty big yank, |
An lands safe in Chicago with ther Popocrat |
plank.
gun ter discuss,
Zach mighty well satisfied, it might hey been vgus.
They discussed an talked; they talked an discus
An' both vowed ter reach ther White House or
bust.
Yer they kept talking but ther fshin' was
done,
An ther next thing to dew was ter fire ther lee
ton gun.
her folkses kept up an swallered every word,
\n' it kept them a swallern clean up ter Nov. sd.
'hey'd take a bite from one speech, than me from
ther tother.
tut both Bills kept on their oratn' just ther same
ayin', if yew don't git enuf At one dose cum
again
Election hes cum an gone an now swow
IS poOty hard tew find Billy b. anywheres now
lis line, pole, bait, silver hook, fish and all
lev ben weighed an found wantin' an turned agin
ther wall.
Ie stays ter hum an duz bizness at ther old stand
While Billy NJ slips inter ther first place in ther
land.
f enybody wants ter find Billy b, they'll hev ter
seek
ur ther poor feller is fishing trip up salt
creek.
e he'd ter nuCSle under ter ther gold folkses wish
N has got er plenty time thar ter hunt an fish.
les got ter do il ef it don't seem quite fair,
les got ter keep hshn' while Billy NJ. fills ther
chair
p. S.
believe sumbody said Brine he'd koncluded ter
wait,
ill nineteen hundred an then try new bait.
CHARLES O. DAVIS.
BRADFORD, VT. .