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The railruad Is coming - Stand uut of th...

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Day
20
Month
February
Year
1880
Copyright
Public Domain
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The railruad Is coming - Stand uut of the way, Moss-backs, Skmflints, Fosuils: Whoop-her up JSIechauics, Laboriug men, Retail dealers, Manufacturera and shippers. If anybody gets uu the track, Kun over him, lliish bim, Grind him to sausage, Stuff ti i 1 11 tur a iiiuminy, Hing bim ou a ;elegrnph pole, Süng bim ovur the wiren, TkJfifeiy"1 ilrv in tUe wiud May 8ee him, And sniell him, And sbuu him, For we are railroad men. And wo ourselves have said it, And so has everybody Excopt a few. ïbeir gravpg are dug, And we mean to chuck Them in. And build turn-tahles over tliem, And the engines will Como every day, Ai:d waliz around, And whistle their doom, Forever and ever! For we live on the plains, That blossom as tho rose, When tho railroad comes. Open your gates, ye farmers, Masters of the trade God taught to men ; Let in the iron horse; The noblest steed That ever crossed your field; Sired in England, Trained in America, A thorough-bred That can make his mile in a minute. Haul all your grain to market, Aud doublé every dollar You bot on him. You want it, And so do your sisters, Your cüusins, And jour aunts. Want what? Why, the railroad! So let her boom, Liouder thau thunder, Louder than Grant - The dickens take politics 'Till the railroad cornos, E. B. Wushbuine, often ineuticned as the dark horse in the moe, has declarad for Grarrt ; Belknap is tor liiui ; llenry Ward lieecher in a speech favors hini; Shepherd wanta hlm ; ConUling and Caiueron are for hira ;Bftbcockand Robeaon declare for him; the St. Louis Globe, theeditor of which served a tenn in prison for belonging to the whisky ring, is for him; all the scala wags who gcentanother four years of plander ara outspoken for him; riugs of all kinds, whisky, Indian, St. Domingo, post office, uavy, District of Colombia, Séneca saudstouo, sutlers, all are for Graut. Itisa curioas combination of politioiana, clergymen, robbers and jobbers th.it are declaring for a third term. Just pause and think of the ooalition ! Was there ever anythinglike it'r1 What are the people of this country coming to? The voice of Providence was qnickly recognized by the Congregationnl minister of Lennox, Mass., at a salary of $1,500 a yoar, wlien he was offered f8,000 by a Madison avenue, New York congregatiou. Isn't it time for the man occnpying the presidential chair to contribute a portion of Samuel J. Tilden's salary to the Irish relief fund?

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Ann Arbor Argus