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Barnes & Co. ; Toronto: G. Mercer^ Adam; Montreal: Dawson, Bros: New York : American News Co. . 1867. A ..^^P-^.^-S;.-. t ^^ .-:y, .. Is--.x [ 'r-'y^_ ZD66's SPLORES OF A HALLOWEEN, TWENTY YExiRS AGO BY ALEXANDER DICK. WOODSTOCK, 0. W. : WILLIAM WARWICK, PUBLISHER. 18C7. PREFACE. Thk folldwin'o' vev8os wore pont to oom])cto for the prize offered in October last, by tli(; Montrciil Caledonijin Society, for the "best poem on lliillowocn." They were not success- ful : and some may be ready to ask, " Why then publish them ?" It may be sutficicnt to reply, " I choose to do so ; " I choose to appeal from the award of the Judjxes^ to the decision of the public." A sin^4e sentence will explain wliy I make such an appeal. 'Uhe gentlemen appointed to act as iudges based their decision, according: to their published statement, us much upon "suitability for recitation at a public festival." as upon "literary merit." Had this been stated in the advertisement invitinj:; competition it would ha,ve been all right. But it is very evident that all poems which might be judged unsuitable for such recitatu)n, would necessarily be excluded from competition, whatever might be their "literary merits." and the successful pro- duction could only bo 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 vam_ as to think that my production oiohf to have received the prize, while I was altogether unae(uiainted with not a few others which may have been rejected on tlie same principle— that I complain of the award of the .Tudges, and that I now ap- peal from that nwnrd by this pnblieaticm. _ A Doem mav be very well spUcd for recitation at a public festival, aud' possess very sli-rhf claims to any literary merit, while another indo'"uit,ely superior might not in such circumstances be suitable for recitation at all. now leave tlifMlecision. and shall (^heer- its awani wh'^tlior favourable or the; With the nuhl fully acquiesce reverse. id in A. I). A\'o(MUtock C. ^V.. .I;r '•■'(., */'an"': A' being settled and now dark, Thev set oif in a banu\ It was resolved that tliey sliould try, On Kate, their Jenny-reeker, And see if* 'twad liae 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 throuuh a sluice. Kutc inaistly cliock't, wi' liostin' seized, Rail to tlic door for air, Wi' open moutli und f,^•lspil^ mueli 0' reek she caui;lit tlie luuir, Nor could she speak but oasp for breath Wlien they took to their heel, But bl:iek wi' ra^^e sh'.' shook her iieive And wished tliem wi' the deil. But w]iet]ier Kate lind power or no To put tliem 'neatli his will, Frae tliis 'twad seem thoy could na get 0' mischief hidf their fill ; Frae door to door they madly ran, Frae door to window How, Whare'er a crack or hole they fand Tliey in the reek did si)ue : Till ilka door wide open i\v.\v ^YV bang against the wa', And some ane gaspin' shouted out Some tlireat about the law ; Some cliased, inair earnest, wi' a stick* Auld Jinker threw his last ; And Supplejoints wi' el wand ran Behind, thougli lie 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 hcicli 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 Hab 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 g;ipe, And creepin' down amnng the runt.-^ They pued and pued their wale ; But Rab had spied the twa and thought To catch them without fail. i^. 1 HALLOWEEN 9 I They paw him tae, but ne'er let on Till he at them did grab, Then slioutcd as they hip and ran Weel done ! wecl 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 wTcht. But hoj wi' noise and very rage, 'Twas said, went maist dementit, And w^hen he saw his cabbage smashed, He fell right our and fentit — For on his door wi' batt'ring rams They made n 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 mac its hist'ry bear In mony a dread ['u' scar: And to relate a' that befell, The incidents attendin', This night and maist another tilft Wad scarcely hear the endin' : J How Supplojoints a lesson got To be discrete and civil ; And how it p;icd the priest a text On a' the fruits o' evil ; How Grannie Wilson's rack fell down \Vi' sic a fearfu' din. And owre the floor in bick'rin' race Ran pewter plate and spune. How Mecr wi' toothache crirnin' 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 ureadfu' 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 kcn'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 Kobie said, conic on, let's gaiiLr, 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 AVill gied a cuddie's roar — [there ?" Hugh in a lowe, wi' door in hand, Said he would them he-haw. When Jock like ony sheep did bac, 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 niair het. Some squeak't on panop, some thump't the door, Some rumbled on tlie wa' Wi' muckle stanes. till ITu£]rh was sure The very house wad la' ; — Now, Tarn, the laird, sat en his loom. When hearin' sic a racket He hurried out savin' to himsel. Sure Hugh has now gane crackit. But Tarn was late — the stage was clear, Yet Hugh still raged and swore — Tarn in grutT voice bid him be quiet — What ailed him at the door ? Now this was mair than Hugh could stan' Frae Tani to get the wite, And getting vent, he burst on Tam, Then baitli 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 Turn, 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. IIALLOWKKN. la And now to Pecrci'ie's thev arc aff, Wha's ij^levM and niaistly blin' — Hoot! haiidawa fruid folks ! ne'er fear! They dinna mean o' sin ; They're daft wi' fun and this they ken— A's <>;ame on Halloween — For Baillies' threats and Provosts' laws They dinna care a prein. p Jock gied a backie-up to Tam, And Jimniie he stood bye, When Tani should gie the chess a rap That he should then let flv : Tarn gied twa raps, and Jimmio quick Upon the sole let cbsh, Wi' sic a noise that Pei^irie thoufrht Had fallen out the sash. V-' She hurried to the door and then Weel bhickguarded 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 lient a hole or crack she fand And far less ane could see. ; u llALi.OWl<:KN. While liiMpin:^ liore, ynd kcekiiii:' tlioro in search o" ci-ncks and hole — For she was sure that some werti jn'oke, For i>lass was on the sole — Jock sli})pit up behhul, unheard, And kittled quiet her 1ul>, And ere she could to him turn I'ound lie neist li'ied her a hui!'. »• In niucklc rage that ane would daur Wi' lier 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 b}'e, A fish-wife for a tongue, And Peggie seeing something move On her the w^ater fluni>\ But Giiilii preserve us ! what a screigh ! And what a dreadf u' aitli ! Than Hnnnarjad, far w ir wi' aithis She ca'd her in liale-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 ecu. 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 'niaist 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 w.is up, Led aff his gallant corps — Thinking it prudent Nell and FVg ►^^hould settle their ain scoi-e They helped him up upon the dyke And canny he crawled up The gavil c:ipe-stam's on his knees, Till lum-head he di 1 grup; 16 HAJ.LUWKK.N And raxinp: up upon his taes, He ncist looked down the lum, Just tlu;n he heard a lively skirl And Johnnie's weel-j)ieased hum, And, thro' a pno - '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 stand in' out foment 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 : ivnitlier miglit liai> blamed some ghaist, But Joliiinie's faith was matter, He never dreamed (.' starin banes. His thoughts were sometliing fatter He now looked up, then down the street If he the cuuse eould tin' — Jock keeking round the corner, now Said to his neighboui's — rin. And aff tliey ran, and in an ace They a' were out o' sight — Now, Johnnie seeing naetldng that Could throw on 't onv li<>ht, Bethinkin' o' his pluck g led in The sight was nane to please, For some jimang the ashes lay, The rest was in a blecze : Did Johnnie, liank'rin", now sing dool ? Our birki(>s naething rued ; Nae sooner Avere they afF wi' him Than a new sploi'e was brewed: Though niuekle tickled at the thouo-jit 0' Johniii'.'"s clappit wame — Which might h le been as stent's a drum And witness o' its fnne — Yet muir, by far, they liked sic fun As gar red the bhiid wcel dance ; They hkod a clw.se frne ane that cinild Break wi' thcni sic a lance : Now, Jimniie Adams was that anc, 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 saircst test, Nor wad the fuut be theirs if not The nettle .