Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1849-01-03

NEW YEARS ADDRESS,
or THE CARRIERS THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM
Well Ladies and &c mile men, It's New Year once
more,
And, as is the custom, I'm again ut your door
To wish ono and all long life and good cheer.
From the first to the last Of the coming New
Ysar.
All night I've been trying to make into rhymes,
The most pron,ine mt fac Is in record Of Times
What has been tho result for u DIME you may
As the dimes are more use full than rhymes are
For it's always the case that on New Years day
The carrier wants money, and ''the Devils to
pay"
Understand mo, kind friends, who mean by
Two no reference at all to the Satanic Lord
Of the "bottomless pitt where all il confusion.
For of such old "lmp." I will mako no aIlu-
siOn:
don't owe him a cont, il 1 do I'll not fail
Upon every occasion TO give him leg bail.
'Tis boy in the Office call by that name.
be- he 10 youngest and last one that came.
The "6nc art'' to learn from the foreman and l.
And can do nothing yet but knock forms into pi
He's good IittIo boy though his name may not
be,
And the moneys divided between him and me.
These my reasons for selling my rhymes.
And without more ado please hand ont the
Then Ill leave YOU 10 finish the rest OF my lay /,
While / trudge along in my rough sort Of way.
Tho first news ON docket Of interest to you
Is tho election returns which rtun and true ;
Aud the democrats find they at last must give
The election OF Taylor and Willard Fillmore
The "noise and confusion at last has got still ,
And both parties yield to the peoples good will;
The excitement is past, and the struggle is over,
And the Whigs. once more, find themselves in
tho "ciovcr."
We must all wait and what "Old lack"
will do,
Until his term ends in the yea, iifty-two--
Jfhe docs right or wrong, in the next four years
time,
will bring it all to you done up into rhyme;
but my muse seems to think that you don't
want TO hear
So much Of "Old Zack' in the first Of tho yenr.
And l thought too, so the theme laid down,
And turned my aftc ntion TO things about town.
Tho first thing thought rs looked out Of door.
Was that "coming events cast their shadows
before" 4
60 / looked toward Eaton and thought could
Tho noise Of steam car sound loud in my ear;
The sound still grew louder. and palmer too,
And ns stood looking the cars hove in view:
Tho freight train came first. and was loaded
clcnn down
With large lot of goods. for the merchants in
town;
OF the merchants who produce for dry goods
had sold
As the crowd gathered round l tried to peep
through
To look for the ladies'. but only saw two:
Miss DAYTON was one, and Miss Eaton the other,
On visit TO see Mrs. Richmond their Mother
I just got glimpse. a. they threw back their
curls,
But tina, glimpse convinced me they were pretty
girls.
These are some Of the shadows spoke of be-
The substance will be here in about two years
more;-
Here my muse took offence. at this part Of my
About the Railroad and the girls called pretty.
And before she'd consent to mako any more
rhymes.
I had faithful to promise her half Of my dimes;
She then gave consent, and so at It We started.
To sing about those who half broken heart
OF the maiden whose check is all sunken and
pale,
From vow. she once p'ighted and thought would
not fails
But too soon, alas. she found to her
Thatyows made to-day, may be broken to-mor-
row:
OF the widow and orphan, the poor and the nee
" no in sorrow look round on a world that
And SshoId them all striving. each one for him
self,
Te horde up without measure the gIittering pe!f;
but who never have time their few wants to
relieve,
And leave them in sorrow and trouble to grieve:
Here my muse almost wePt. At the sighs Of such
woes.
But cheersd her by saying. ''d's the way the
world goes"
Now kind patrons aud friends. . word moro to
you,
And like the year forty will bid you
adieu:
NV desire 10 this, that each one Of you here
M. - ;crnrova vell hin time. through the nav h..
gun year;
That the merchant, tho brakeman. and farmer
nay 6nd
A reward for his labor and trouble Of mind;
o. eontentn,ent and peace, may you have
good store,
And sbst We, ~ q nation. may "ieasn war nc
mere"