Poetry in 19th century newspapers (7)

From the Morning Chronicle of Thursday 23 September 1841, the ballad below about adulterated flour  is printed at the end of the article entitled: "The adulterated flour in Staffordshire".

"Prepared at the Union Mill
With a engine of great power,
And handy quite as any pill,
'Tis ready to be mix'd with flour.
Such miracles by it are wrought,
That by its power alone
Mankind may very soon be taught
To make their bread of stone.

CHORUS
"O there's a way found out at last,
To thin the people faster,
All other schemes are surpassed,
By Copeland's Magic Plaster.

"Likewise by one James Bea-d-ore, who
The truth to tell more plain,
Was once a flour dealer too
Residing in Stoke Lane;
But not content with selling flour,
And wishing to thrive faster,
He dabble in the magic power,
And mix'd it up with plaster.

CHORUS - O there's a way, &c.

"But in defence it is set up -
It's like a lawyer's rigs -
The plaster was intended but
to fatten up the pigs;
But people are so apt to guess,
And many guess quite shrewd,
The pigs that were to eat the mess
Are the swinish multitude.

CHORUS - O there's a way, &c.