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Show SAVING THE UNION "Oh, buy a bale of cotton, please," The Southern planters cry; 'We're going bankrupt by degrees, The war has kept us off the seas, And here you see us on our knees A bale of cotton buy." "Oh, buy a box of apples, cheap," In Oregon they wall; "Wo cannot send them o'er the deep, And if our prices once were steep You'll find that they have dropped a heap Attend our apple sale." The copper magnate, too, is sad, And bargains advertises, While finest jewels may be had, At figures that should make the dad Of debutante or climber glad. Magnificent surprises! So I have filled my bungalow , With many odds and ends; I A bale of cotton, white as snow, Stands in the parlor, with a row Of apples boxes, bought to show, My duty to the land I know. The copper I have stored below; A plow I purchased, likewise, so fThe steel trust would not have to go Into receivership; the blow Cut coffin prices down so low I bought a dozen; thus I stow The things we all must buy, or, woe! Our nation's greatness ends. Q But will someone please tell me where I may Buy ham and eggs at bargain rates to- da,? R. B., In Los Angeles Graphic. |