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Come Send "round the liquor and till to the brim, A bumper to Railroads, the- tteSS (Vas,and Steam;
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To i-a|s, ba^Js and mrtgalls, tnlc, paper and quiLl , The Post anA the Postman, the £ude RolanJ HiSL;.
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we uoo travel itiair quick than the o.aglp^-A sixty mile trip For the price o" a sau^ A
Rin it has pownlil ,— th Atlantic, surmountit. , WeML compass the CVlobe in afortuigot or bang.
The Gas Vleezes brightly, yi.ni witness it nightly ,
OttC Ancestors lived unco lang in the dark .
Their wisdom was folly , their sense lnelancholy,
When compared wi' sic wondei-fic' modern wark . Then ,rr/tsJ S^f
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!Neist o' rags,T>a£s and size then , let no one despise then ,
Without; tliem whar wad a* our paper come frae,^
The dark flood o 1 Ink too, J*ui given to think too",
Conld as ill -he wanted at this' time o' day. Come send Pc.
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The quill ifis a queer thing , a cheap and a dear thui|£ ,
A weak looking object, hut gude Tfeus how Strang,
Sometimes it is ceevil . sometimes ifs the deevil ,
Tak tent when you touch it, you hai.nae itwrang'.T^/vz j-end.&b.
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ThePress Til nex,t mention , a noble invention.
The great mental cook with resources so vast-,
It spreads on "bright pages the kuo-wledge o' ■ ages ,
And tellji to the future the things' of the past . T/re-n jensl&b.
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Hech, Sirs ! hat its aw£u', ( ~bttt ne'er iniud its la-wixr j
To saddle tlie Postman "wi" sic meiHe T?ag*s ;
^i' epistle? and. sonnets , love billets and groan -etjl ,
Te'll tear the poor Postie to shivers and- rag)) . The/i sensf- &"?
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Noo i Jock sends' to Jenny, it cost* T>ut ae penny,
A screed thai has near "broke the Dictionary's back ,
-Fit' o' dove -in and dear - in , and tliou^kts ' on tlie sliearin''!!
Uae need noo o' wkisp'rin' ayrovfc aTvrheat stack . '/'/i£-n t-efut^rt.
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Auld drivers werelazy, their m-ail coaclies crazy ,
At ilk Public Housie they stopt for a gill ;
JB*ut iioo at the gallop, cheap mail- hags maun wxdlop,
Hurrah for our Postman, the great "Roland Hill . Then, j-endlfc.
JicMis&ed ijr [Price One halfpenny.] Tt.WJfume J/^koreMitk.