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is thrown into the air bursts asunder and shows its 'innards' when it comes to the ground and shown upon him a portion - at least a quart of those seed of praise therein opening for those who are deserving, that he may be cheered on to persevere in his high aspirations. [ Not long after this sketch was written this man became a professional gambler.] The Mexican war was now raging, the "pasty plate of soup" had been eaten clumsy the "fire in the rear," and the whole nation was in commotion, and while our troops were fighting against the common enemy our Congress and President were at loggerheads, and to help them along a little I wrote the following exquisiite (!) Poem, (and preface).

Albeit friend Whitney, I am not a Poe(a)t rhyming. I had (unclear) the inventing a machine which I expected would cause considerable uproar among the lit(t)erary herd as well as those subject to politics, woodthicks(?), eratricks, and going - upon- tick and you may judge from the following performance the revolution it might have effected in politics had not unpropitious fate declared otherwise Affairs of the Nation From my Patent Revolving Mamothernism Pegasus. what can be the reason of this commotion? While Scott gives leader piss and powder lotion