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+Title: Splores of a Halloween, Twenty Years Ago
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+Author: Alexander Dick
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+                                    SPLORES
+                                     OF A
+                                   HALLOWEEN,
+
+                               TWENTY YEARS AGO:
+
+                               BY ALEXANDER DICK.
+
+
+                                WOODSTOCK, C. W.:
+                           WILLIAM WARWICK, PUBLISHER.
+                                     1867.
+
+
+
+
+                                    PREFACE.
+
+
+The following verses were sent to compete for the prize offered in
+October last, by the Montreal Caledonian Society, for the "best poem on
+Halloween." They were not successful; and some may be ready to ask, "Why
+then publish them?" It may be sufficient to reply, "I choose to do so;"
+"I choose to appeal from the award of the Judges to the decision of the
+public." A single sentence will explain why I make such an appeal. The
+gentlemen appointed to act as judges based their decision, according to
+their published statement, as much upon "suitability for recitation at a
+public festival," as upon "literary merit." Had this been stated in the
+advertisement inviting competition it would have been all right. But it
+is very evident that all poems which might be judged unsuitable for such
+recitation, would necessarily be excluded from competition, whatever
+might be their "literary merits," and the successful production could
+only be that which among the "suitable" was regarded as possessing the
+greatest literary excellence. It is on this ground--and not because I
+could be so vain as to think that my production _ought_ to have received
+the prize, while I was altogether unacquainted with not a few others
+which may have been rejected on the same principle--that I complain of
+the award of the Judges, and that I now appeal from that award by this
+publication.
+
+A poem may be very well suited for recitation at a public festival, and
+possess very slight claims to any literary merit, while another
+indefinitely superior might not in such circumstances be suitable for
+recitation at all.
+
+With the public I now leave the decision, and shall cheerfully acquiesce
+in its award whether favourable or the reverse.
+
+                                                               A. D.
+
+  Woodstock, C. W., Jan., 1867.
+
+
+
+
+                                 HALLOWEEN.
+
+
+    This night we meet o' a' the nights,
+    For fun the very wale,
+    When melancholy taks its flight,
+    And graning pains grow hale;
+    When young anes, wi' sic antic tricks,
+    And wi' their laughin' music,
+    Gar auld anes tae forget their cares,
+    And feel't the best o' physic.
+
+    And though wi' some we used to meet
+    We canna haud this night,
+    Yet we are here to show we ne'er
+    Forget tho' out o' sight:--
+    And o' a HALLOWEEN langsyne,
+    I will to you rehearse,
+    And as a canter ye may like,
+    I'll gied to ye in verse.
+
+    Ae night gane bye, at gloamin' time,
+    When there was muckle steer,
+    Mang witch mid warlock gathered far
+    To ride in high career,
+    Some callants met, a merry crew,
+    Yet each a decent chiel--
+    Though on that night a' seem'd possessed
+    O' something o' the deil.
+
+    Their runts clean through and through were bored
+    And stuffed with raivelins fou,
+    And like a chimley when on fire
+    Each could the reek out spue:
+    And thus convened they council held,
+    Wi' handsel whar they'd gang;
+    A' being settled and now dark,
+    They set off in a bang.
+
+    It was resolved that they should try,
+    On Kate, their Jenny-reeker,
+    And see if 'twad hae ony guid
+    Upon a witch to smeek her:
+    Jock through the key-hole sent a cloud
+    That reached across the house,
+    While in below the door reek rushed
+    Like water through a sluice.
+
+    Kate maistly chock't, wi' hostin' seized,
+    Ran to the door for air,
+    Wi' open mouth and gaspin' much
+    O' reek she caught the mair,
+    Nor could she speak but gasp for breath
+    When they took to their heel,
+    But black wi' rage she shook her neive
+    And wished them wi' the deil.
+
+    But whether Kate had power or no
+    To put them 'neath his will,
+    Frae this 'twad seem they could na get
+    O' mischief half their fill;
+    Frae door to door they madly ran,
+    Frae door to window flew,
+    Whare'er a crack or hole they fand
+    They in the reek did spue:
+
+    Till ilka door wide open flew
+    Wi' bang against the wa',
+    And some ane gaspin' shouted out
+    Some threat about the law;
+    Some chased, mair earnest, wi' a stick;
+    Auld Jinker threw his last;
+    And Supplejoints wi' elwand ran
+    Behind, though he ran fast:
+
+    On him they wheeled, and charging, fired,
+    In turn his Jenny-reeker,
+    Ane struck him on the head and bounced,
+    And ane gied him a keeker;
+    He turned his back and faster ran,
+    'Twas now their turn to follow--
+    But ere he reached his door his head
+    Had mony a heich and hollow.
+
+    Nae time was lost--to Rab's they ran,
+    But ere they reached the gate,
+    They haulted to mak sure their plan.
+    And guard against ill fate--
+    For weel they ken'd that Rab would watch
+    His cabbages that night,
+    But they resolved that them they'd hae
+    Afore the morning light.
+
+    Twa slippit up and oped the yett
+    And tied across a rape,
+    The others creepit through the hedge
+    At whar there was a gape,
+    And creepin' down amang the runts
+    They pued and pued their wale;
+    But Rab had spied the twa and thought
+    To catch them without fail.
+
+    They saw him tae, but ne'er let on
+    Till he at them did grab,
+    Then shouted as they lap and ran
+    Weel done! weel done, our Rab!
+    Rab in pursuit wi' a' his might
+    Fell lengthways at the yett,
+    The groans he gied were as the fa',
+    For Rab was heavy wecht.
+
+    But he, wi' noise and very rage,
+    'Twas said, went maist dementit,
+    And when he saw his cabbage smashed,
+    He fell right our and fentit--
+    For on his door wi' batt'ring rams
+    They made a grand attack,
+    And Rab within not darin' out
+    Was sure he heard it crack.
+
+    Nor yet on his alane did fa'
+    The brunt o' civil war;
+    A score and mae its hist'ry bear
+    In mony a dreadfu' scar;
+    And to relate a' that befell,
+    The incidents attendin',
+    This night and maist another till't
+    Wad scarcely hear the endin':
+
+    How Supplejoints a lesson got
+    To be discrete and civil;
+    And how it gied the priest a text
+    On a' the fruits o' evil;
+    How Grannie Wilson's rack fell down
+    Wi' sic a fearfu' din,
+    And owre the floor in bick'rin' race
+    Ran pewter plate and spune.
+
+    How Meg wi' toothache girnin' sat
+    When startled, sprang a loup
+    That cured her toothache, but she fell
+    And coup't the water stoup;
+    And how quiet Willie frae his bed--
+    Wha gaed till't aye at dark--
+    Put past endurance and a' shame
+    Did chase them in his sark.
+
+    But here the battle grew owre hot,
+    So dreadfu' the alarms,
+    Now doors ahead wide open stood,
+    Wharin were mustered arms;
+    So what wi' those in rear that charged,
+    And what wi' those in front,
+    Against sic odds they ken'd 'twas rash
+    To battle wi' a runt:
+
+    So they retreated to the Crafts
+    And Council held o' war--
+    A' laughin', talkin', crackin' jokes,
+    Uninjured by a scar--
+    When Robie said, come on, let's gang,
+    Hugh Christie let us cage;
+    Now, Hugh was crabbit and they liked
+    To put him in a rage.
+
+    Wi' tiptae steps they slippit up,
+    And firmly tied the door,
+    Then gently tirled--Hugh cried, "Wha's there?"
+    Will gied a cuddie's roar--
+    Hugh in a lowe, wi' door in hand,
+    Said he would them he-haw,
+    When Jock like ony sheep did bae,
+    And Pate like cock did craw.
+
+    Hugh finding that his threats were vain
+    For that the door was tied,
+    Began to swear, and kick, and pu'
+    And "let me out," he cried;
+    When raging like a very bear,
+    And down him ran the sweat,
+    They a' put out their utmost skill
+    To mak him yet mair het.
+
+    Some squeak't on panes, some thump't the door,
+    Some rumbled on the wa'
+    Wi' muckle stanes, till Hugh was sure
+    The very house wad fa';--
+    Now, Tam, the laird, sat on his loom,
+    When hearin' sic a racket
+    He hurried out sayin' to himsel,
+    Sure Hugh has now gane crackit.
+
+    But Tam was late--the stage was clear,
+    Yet Hugh still raged and swore--
+    Tam in gruff voice bid him be quiet--
+    What ailed him at the door?
+    Now this was mair than Hugh could stan'
+    Frae Tam to get the wite,
+    And getting vent, he burst on Tam,
+    Then baith began to flyte.
+
+    Hugh wanted out--Tam wanted in:
+    Each did the other blame--
+    Tam cried to Hugh, he'd break the door--
+    Hugh cried to Tam, gae hame;
+    But how it ended I ne'er learned,
+    But 'twas na then and there,
+    For, Hugh and Tam, they did'na speak
+    For weeks, and may be mair.
+
+    And now to Peggie's they are aff,
+    Wha's gley'd and maistly blin'--
+    Hoot! haudawa guid folks! ne'er fear!
+    They dinna mean o' sin;
+    They're daft wi' fun and this they ken--
+    A's game on Halloween--
+    For Baillies' threats and Provosts' laws
+    They dinna care a prein.
+
+    Jock gied a backie-up to Tam,
+    And Jimmie he stood bye,
+    When Tam should gie the chess a rap
+    That he should then let fly:
+    Tam gied twa raps, and Jimmie quick
+    Upon the sole let clash,
+    Wi' sic a noise that Peggie thought
+    Had fallen out the sash.
+
+    She hurried to the door and then
+    Weel blackguarded them a,
+    As scoundrels, rascals and far war,
+    Though ne'er a ane she saw;
+    Then owre the window 'gan to grape
+    And looked wi' head agee,
+    But fient a hole or crack she fand
+    And far less ane could see.
+
+    While graping here, and keeking there
+    In search o' cracks and hole--
+    For she was sure that some were broke,
+    For glass was on the sole--
+    Jock slippit up behind, unheard,
+    And kittled quiet her lug,
+    And ere she could to him turn round
+    He neist gied her a hug.
+
+    In muckle rage that ane would daur
+    Wi' her sic freedom tak,
+    She hurried in and quick took down
+    A jug beside the rack,
+    And filling it wi' water het
+    Frae kettle on the hob,
+    She sware his fairin she'd gie him
+    For sic a shameless job:
+
+    But muckle war for Peggie 'twas
+    To get in sic a fike,
+    Far better had she taen a stra
+    And kittled a wasps' bike--
+    For Nellie Brash was passing bye,
+    A fish-wife for a tongue,
+    And Peggie seeing something move
+    On her the water flung.
+
+    But Gude preserve us! what a screigh!
+    And what a dreadfu' aith!
+    Than limmar, jad, far war wi' aithis
+    She ca'd her in hale-claith;
+    And working hersel' up to wark,
+    Wi' screigh like ony fien',
+    She rushed on Peggie like a hawk,
+    And swore she'd straucht her een.
+
+    But Johnnie wi' a pluck that night
+    Was seen gaun in his door--
+    Now, a' that ken'd him, ken'd that he
+    A pluck did 'maist adore;
+    But maist a jaddie he did like,
+    Aboon a' ye could name,
+    For never man liked woman sic
+    As Johnnie liked his wame:
+
+    And Geordie guessing what was up,
+    Led aff his gallant corps--
+    Thinking it prudent Nell and Peg
+    Should settle their ain score--
+    They helped him up upon the dyke
+    And canny he crawled up
+    The gavil cape-stanes on his knees,
+    Till lum-head he did grup;
+
+    And raxing up upon his taes,
+    He neist looked down the lum,
+    Just then he heard a lively skirl
+    And Johnnie's weel-pleased hum,
+    And, thro' a pue o' steam and reek,
+    He saw amid a glow
+    The pan and in't a fork did pat
+    As to the tune--"My Joe"!
+
+    And bending owre he aimed fair
+    A stane as big 's my han',
+    And drappin 't down--a blaze got up--
+    He'd coupit owre the pan--
+    Quick as a squirrel he dreipit down
+    And owre the yard he ran,
+    As quick cam Johnnie to the front
+    A sair bewildered man;
+
+    And standin' out fornent the door
+    He stared up at the lum,
+    But fient a thing there could he see
+    Like either head or bum;
+    Then north he ran, then South again
+    The lum to look about,
+    But naething did he see or hear--
+    It must hae been Auld Cloot:
+
+    Anither might hae blamed some ghaist,
+    But Johnnie's faith was matter,
+    He never dreamed o' starin banes,
+    His thoughts were something fatter--
+    He now looked up, then down the street
+    If he the cause could fin'--
+    Jock keeking round the corner, now,
+    Said to his neighbours--rin.
+
+    And aff they ran, and in an ace
+    They a' were out o' sight--
+    Now, Johnnie seeing naething that
+    Could throw on 't ony light,
+    Bethinkin' o' his pluck gaed in--
+    The sight was nane to please,
+    For some amang the ashes lay,
+    The rest was in a bleeze:
+
+    Did Johnnie, hank'rin', now sing dool?
+    Our birkies naething rued;
+    Nae sooner were they aff wi' him
+    Than a new splore was brewed:
+    Though muckle tickled at the thought
+    O' Johnnie's clappit wame--
+    Which might hae been as stent's a drum
+    And witness o' its fame--
+
+    Yet mair, by far, they liked sic fun
+    As garred the bluid weel dance;
+    They liked a chase frae ane that could
+    Break wi' them sic a lance:
+    Now, Jimmie Adams was that ane,
+    Nae daighie but guid mettle,
+    And he had what did recommend--
+    A wee spice o' the nettle:
+
+    That mettle they resolved that night
+    To put to sairest test,
+    Nor wad the faut be theirs if not
+    The nettle stung its best,
+    For Willie frae his pouch had taen
+    And charged a muckle scout,
+    And said that Jimmie he wad show
+    The wonders o' a spout.
+
+    Now weel they ken'd that he wad chase
+    And that tae like a gru'--
+    And whom he caught he'd mak him squeel
+    As e're did ony sow--
+    But what had they to fear frae him?
+    Each suppler than anither,
+    Nor was there ane but what might be
+    To Asahel a brither.
+
+    But they made ready for the race;
+    Their breeks they buckled up;
+    Their bonnets pued down to their lugs;
+    Their jackets buttoned up;
+    And aff they a' for Jimmie's set
+    When coming near the house,
+    They on their tiptaes slippit up
+    As quiet as ony mouse.
+
+    Will by the curtain keeking in
+    Saw Jimmie at his supper,
+    And aye the spune gaun round the bowl,
+    Syne dippin' in the butter;
+    He whispered this in Tammie's lug;
+    Tam oped the outer door--
+    Then Willie followed close behind
+    As silent as afore:
+
+    Tam cautious oped the inner door,
+    It gied the slightest squeak,
+    And Jimmie wondrin' what it was
+    In listenin' turned his cheek--
+    Just then a strone frae Willie's scout
+    Shot right into the spune,
+    Which was as fixed in middle way
+    Between the bowl and chin:
+
+    Bang, bang, gaed inner, outer door--
+    Nor Jimmie wi' a clout
+    Did dicht the parritch frae his face,
+    But up, and he was out:
+    Now, Tam and Will did trip and fa',
+    Ane north, ane south, were seen--
+    Out Jimmie cam, and trippit tae,
+    And fell right in between.
+
+    First down, first up, they aff like hares,
+    Each takin' different airts;
+    Nor there lay Jimmie lang to grane
+    And haud the bluidin parts--
+    But like a gru' he aff and ran
+    Wi' bicker down the street--
+    Na need had Tam, nor did he let
+    The dirt stick to his feet.
+
+    First down ae street, then up anither,
+    Then through an entry ran--
+    Here Jimmie, furious, in the dark,
+    Maist coupit owre a man--
+    He lost some grun, but did'na wait
+    If down to help him up--
+    His lufe owre youky was, to stay,
+    O' Tam to get a grup.
+
+    Thus Tam did lead, thus Jimmie chased,
+    Maist owre half o' the town,
+    But wishing Jimmie warmer wark
+    Began to wear him roun'
+    To Johnston's Corner as agreed,
+    There he his neighbours met,
+    Wha, seeing Jimmie in pursuit,
+    Took owre the Kirk-yard yett:
+
+    There Jimmie followed--now was fun--
+    A' round the kirk did rin,
+    Like drove o' stirks wi' tails on end,
+    And raging bull behin';
+    Syne out amang the headstanes ran,
+    And there they jouked about,
+    Here mony a jerk did Jimmie get
+    As he ran in and out.
+
+    At last he fell--they heard him pech
+    But saw nor heard na mair--
+    They did'na wait to ask him if
+    The part he hurt was sair;
+    But owre the dyke they maistly flew,
+    Syne yont the Crafts like stour,
+    Whar on the grass they lay and laughed,
+    And joked for maist and hour.
+
+    Till Jock said he na supper had,
+    That he was now gaun hame--
+    That he was as a whistle tume;
+    As tume as Johnnie's wame;
+    And Robie said he could na stan'
+    That he was maist clean gane,
+    His brawns he said gaed flappin round
+    And round about the bane.
+
+    But whether Sandy gaed straucht hame
+    Or no, there is some doubt,
+    For on neist morn, cencerning him,
+    A something leaked out;
+    The outs and ins I canna tell--
+    Some mystery about pouther--
+    Pate Bryce scarce put the kettle on,
+    When it flew owre his shouther.
+
+
+                       Printed at Warwick's Job Office.
+
+
+
+
+
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