| Show WHEN GOVERNOR SPRY WAS MARKED AS THE GOAT As an echo of the late republican convention the following from a local humorist will provoke a laugh even among those whose political bias will not allow them to endorse the rich satire 1 and it came to pass that during the reign of a great political king it became necessary tor to put another one over 2 and lie he called together tile the scribes and pharisees Pharis ees and the pussy rooters footers and the colf conjurers jurers abid aind tha sorcerers and a great company of laase that seek for office and the whisperers whis and the vote changers 3 and lie he said unto them verily have lave ye seen tile the wickedness cs of william the spry towards tile tho Prohibit es who do murmur him for that which lie hath bath done is not seemly 4 for albeit yie great political king as wroth because of the praises which the Al Mammo ammonites who were at war with the Prohibit es did sound of william the spry even with sounding brass and tinkling cymbals and the lyre and the psaltery 5 and the political king in his heart conjured against william tile the spry how lie might destroy it him im lest les t lie he finally usurp the kingdom 6 for he knew that the ites hated william the spry tor for that which lie he had refused to do to dry up all the land of utah and consume the wicked with thirst 7 and straightaway he called from among the Prohibit es the chief cen thereof and said unto then them yo ye know the wicked thing which william the spry hath done therefore whom shall I 1 deliver unto youa you 8 and they erred with a loud voice saying william the spry deliver him unto us 9 and tile the great king said unto thim them ge jt it even evell so 10 0 and straightaway ay the cl ackers began to clack ciack and the quackery qu ackers began to quack and the whisperers whis began to whisper and the whackers whickers wh ackers began to whack then the scatters swatters swat tem swatted him with the kings kinds swatter both upon the ankle and on oil the wrist and marked upon him the fig ure of a goat and they cum compassed passed him round about and smote lif liim m with the jawbone jaw bone of a hinny until lie he was a dead one this was in the days of a great political king ogden standard |
