Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 August 1894 — Ode to Vai. [ARTICLE]

Ode to Vai.

[The Author has < seapod [ My name is Vai, Valentine Zimmerman. I hail from Rochester, Rochester on the banks Of the race that runs from Manila u To the soft and sinuous Tippeeaiofi. . At twilight when the sun goes down I listen, Listen to the wooing of the frogs And to the lowing of the kino. ’Tis music to mine ear; Ami it reminds me, Brings back old Germany - And bock and Schweitzer, And weinerwurst. That toothsome fruit. And li m burger, That.'poem. But I digresss. Those were happy boyhood days. But now ' ' I am a candidate for congress. Hank Barnhart

Says so And e Hauk knows. $ I beat Windy And the Cass county bar, Madejaine Pollard And Pat Keefe. Hank Barnhart Says so And Hank knows. I beat ’em all. And I am the nominee, Me '' ' ■ • Valentine Zimmerman Of Rochester. I am a democrat. Hauk Barnhart Says so And Hank knows. I am a democrat Because any man Can be a democrat And be consistent. Everything goes With democracy So you vote the ticket. If you want everything Vote for me, Valentine Zimmerman of Rochester.

And if you want to know * How I stand Ask Hank, Hank Barnhart, For. Hank knows.