The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-06

WHEN WE TOOK THE PAPERS.

CThe following poem was read nv ,,a
author. Mr.. James Riley, at the animal
ainner OF the Boston Press Club. February
8. 1881: uaiS
Or all things in country store IN raLa
its trade succeed " 'ahe
You must have two daily papers FOR ,,.
customers to read. '''e
ana they must mean both parties, these
For shee,s OF which / speak.
FOR IL they don't you'll In the end ara
trade is rather weak
An, mat is why we each subscribed an.
para for year by year
Each hls opposin' paper. the firm of wav
K Speare. "a way
Joseph was Republican. but never come
An as for me. Suranus speare I was a
Democrat.
But you'd never known I, excer.,n, o..
that paper ioi
strong nation shaper eAi''
Joseph took the Tribune. comm dow, ora
day too late ~ o'e
But never mind for that" they said
Tor Greeley he can wait"
Sometimes when I'd be busy. we,rh,n.
A.. cheese an pork, an tea,
An Ion, LON Earl from his talkin' would
:, reacn an look at me-
Ia tie the knot an look around. an, fora
I'd snap the string. Ao'e
Ia quote to Tom the Democrat. when.
Joseph across. his paper down. lifting his
49, gold-bowed glasses MS
Nould say, sam. charge Zeke Shan tuo
quarts o. best molaSses Two
an ehargin' Wy
l tumpin here; an Samuel there. each
step the firm enlargin'.
There's good deal got by talk,n. b,,
as much in keepin still 49,
An haEln tongues a-waggin' cheer ,ha
team that climbs the hill
ever run in gear
An put smiles up in packages was the
nrm OF Way & Speare
Our business was to listen to listen an.
TO cater: "A
An that is why we served three vears
each in the legislator.
An allus thought Ii prudent to have them
papers seen ~
Though of course there was executions nc
when tapn Bial Green 80
Would go on yellin. talkin' 10 old deaf H.
ram Warner,
Their sleighs below stoppin' to argue at
In this way takln' trade fran liz tina.
went 10 Eugene Crockett
w ny, IN such case as that of course
the paper sunk the pocket
But on the whole the papers paid, The
nights we'd I'm that store
a
ocratc lore:
An Jim Sharpe. tall Republican. a read
in an a teliin
In war times, bout the treach.ry o Cen
When "TIup" would come up Michael
Hines on keg, an all was stiH.
Ills empty sleeve to give respect he'd
toll ~ Malvern Hill
Then bout the folks that stayed ut home.
an look jim IN the eye:
Why, II I'd been Jim Sharpe them times
Ia curled right up an die.
II You want earth's democracy. the equal
ttv OF head
You must ind your cracker barrel where
the daily papers read
There. Win the soil right or the boot an
face an hands well tanned.
You u md great Natures orator a servin'
all the land
So twas with us. the years wen, long the
statesmen sittin' high
IN barrels ..,l1 an on boxes, givin' each the
Old faces CROWN fewer men had travel
81 down the nation
Inside Of him two papers. that had been
this education.
Trade Ei'tin' duh an duIler. iii a, las.
We sold outright.
(keepin' each. Of course his pap~ro tn
young Fred Parmenux White.
Only once I went 10 see him. me young.
bright. smart Storekseper.
Tia. cold trade Hight, bat compared 70
US. ne Was se!lln' cheaper
Las week i vas Ne buried my old part
neT Joseph Nav
Ar Soiu by that sold-our sfo-e sssens shgs
uany a day.
fhnss1t 81 times when we'G our swing
an brightly burned lsfe-s taper
In that old store. whore we held trade
a. each enc took lis payer.