Evening star., 1899-01-03
MEDITATIONs OF MARTIN pooLEN
Has a Few Remarks to Make on gen
Shafters Hay Fleet.
From the Chicago Journal.

| From the Chicago Journal
| Mr.. Dooley had been reading about Gen.
| Skaters unfortunately abandoned enter
prise for capturing Santiago by means of a
| load of hay, and it filed him with great en-
thusiasm. Laying down his paper he said
BY dad. L always said they give me frind
| Shafter tn worst iv it. If they'd left him
do tn job tn way he wanted to do it he'd
We taken Sandago without losin' an
ounce"
How was it he wanted to do it, Mr.
Hennessy asked.
Well said Mr.. Dooley, twas this
way. This is tn way it was. or Cervera' s
| fleet was in tn harbor an bottled up. as tn
| man says. Shafter he says to Sampson:
Lock here, me bucko, what tn diyVle ar re
| ye loafin' ar-round out there Gr, he says.
] like a dep'ty sheriff ut a prize fight he
says. Why don't ye 20 in an smash tn
| CASTLES? he says. IN doin well where l
am says Sampson. 'Th navy iv TIL United
States he says. which is wan iv tn best,
| if not tn best. in tn wurruld, he says.
| ightn',' he says. Wen stay here he
! says, where ARE he says. until he
| says. we equip tn ships with moo
matte tire wheels he says. an ball bear
| ms, he says.
"'Weil.' says Shafter. If ye won't go in.
| he says. well show ye tn way ha says.
| An he calls on Cap Brice that was wan iv
| tn youngest an fastest dhressers in tn
whole crool an devastatin' war. Cap he
| says, is they amy hay in tn camps? he
| says. 'Slathers iv it,, says tn Cap. On
| less he says, tn sojers et it, he says.
| TIL las load iv beef that come down firm
| tn undhertakers.' he says. was not good. =
| he says. 'Ayether he says. twas improp-
| erly walked he says. or he says tn
| pailbearers was careless he says. Amy
| now, he says, tn sojers won't eat it. an
\ wi in I aft
| hay he says. Cap. says Gin'ral Shafter.
| If amy man ates a wiSp shoot him on the
| spot he says. Those hungry sojers may
deSlhroy me hopes iv vichry. he says.
What dye name? says Cap Brice. L name
this says Gin'ral Shafter. I name to take
| yon fortress, he says. IN sind " in, Cap
he.says, in ship protected be hay he
says. her turrets II be alfalfa shell have
three inches iv solid timothy to tn wather
line. an wan inch iv tn best clover below
IN wather line, he says. Did ye liver see
| an elght-inch shell pinitnrate a bale iy
nay he SAYS. 1 niver did says Cap
Bflce Maybe that was because | niver
see il thred ne says. Be that as it may
| says raj Shafter. We niver SEA il done.
No more did he says. OnIess.' he saws.
they shoot pitehforks.' he says. they'll
hiNef huF-ft ye, he says. y ell be 0nViHcf-
Die, he says. Yen proceed into tn har-
| Dor, he says. behind the sturdy armor i,-
! proJuce. he says. Let ye'er watchvord b.
stay on IN far-rm an go on to victhry'
| can L thank ye fr tn honor?' he SAYS
lis no Wondher tn men call ye their f6d-
der, he says. Twas a Joke Can Rrica ma
az IN tlfne. Ii! do tn best / can he saws
an II die in III attempt he says. bury
grave he says = -''e
An Gln'ral ShafteI he got together his
Meet an put tn arnlor on IT, Twas a
Lofinld-able sight They was TIL cruiser Rox
Stall, tull arInored with sixty-eight aies il,
IN hnest grade iv chopped feed; III R-red
6afn, a modhren hay battle shin protected
ne Whole NOW iv timothy. an tn gallan,
niue Haycock, torpedo boat shootin- dead
y missiles ~ explosive oats. The exDedition
was delayed be wan iv TIL mules sihrnIlin'
GOWN TO IN shore an atm up III afther ba+-
thry an par-rt iV tn ram iy tn R-red Ta rn
an DeIure repairs was made Admiral Ger
vera heerd iv what was goin' on Glory h.
10 IN SAINTS, he says, what an injayniou;
thfibe these Yankees is says he 'On'y a
lew weeks ago they thried to desthroy me
be dumpn a load iV coal on me he saws
an now, he says, they're goin' to smother
me in feed he says. They'll be rolIin,
par Is " tour on me fr m tn hites mex h,.
says. I'd betther get out he saws It's,
tar nobler, he says, to purrish on hi r-rlp-
IN main. he says. thin TO die with ye'er
lungs fun iv hayseed and ye'er eyes full iy
lust, ti ne says. l was bor-rn in large city.
ne says an L don't know tn rules iv III
his lickin.
1t was too bad shafter didn't get a
chanst at him, but he's give tn tin TO III
ia-ads that makes tn boats No more ex
plnSlVe steel an ir'r, but good OF grass
II m IN tWlnty-acre meadow Th' shin
yards II be moved firm tn say an laid down
! IN tn neighborhOod iv Polo Illinye an, ali
IN Mississippi valIey'l ring with tn sounj
~ IN scythe an tn pitchfork buiIGin' IN
qeflnse iv our counthrys honor Thank In
LORD we've winrows an winrows iv Shat
buQue" anu Du-
Mir: Hennessy said goodnight As me
cousin used to say he remarked. we're
st'o stilrough Win wan hell iv bad year. am
Wen. said Mr.. Dooley, may tn Lord
nlver sind us foolsher wan lhan this ;,