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A BRUISER. 



OULD'ST thou ken our local bruiser — see 

 him ride, and see him fall, 

 See him rise again, and hustle to the fore 

 to lead us all ? 

 You must come out in our district, where he daily, 



without fear 

 Pounds along on any cattle — hounds resolving to 

 be near. 



Would'st thou see him really happy ? then upon an 



awful brute, 

 When the multitude is pausing, watch him from the 



horsemen shoot ; 

 See him pick the blindest portion, where the barrier's 



most high. 

 Note his dauntless resolution for a fall, if not a fly. 



Don't be anxious for his safety — years ago we won- 



der'd, top. 

 How it was he never happen'd once "to die instead 



of do;" 

 He has lost an eye, a leg broke, and has fractur'd 



too, his nose. 

 As, when you have seen him riding, you may readily 



suppose. 



