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WHEN I helped 'em run the local on the "St. Jo Gazette," / I was upon familiar terms with every one I met; / For "items" were my stock in trade in that my callow time, / Before the muses tempted me to try my hand at rhyme, -- / Before I found in verses / Those soothing, gracious mercies, / Less practical, but much more glorious than a well-filled purse is.
A votary of Mammon, I hustled round and sweat, / And helped 'em run the local on the "St. Jo Gazette."