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WEBSTER WORCESTER,

THE CHAMPION SPELLER.

Expecting victory at election,

And better still to be M. C.

Shall we tell how prowling bands

Filled the country, armed with stories,

Bearing placards in their hands,

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"Death, or vote for Hiram Jones!"

At seven-ten the vote "corrected"

Through all the land like lightning flew, -

"Election quiet here, - elected

Jones, Republican, by two!"

In parting at the Cragga station,

Jones made a speech, in which he "hoped

To carry North for education

Some youth who yet in darkness groped."

Alas for Jones! A sable heart

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