Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-01-05
Nd u YEARS. Adj DRESS
OF THE CARRIERS OF TIF
d ALLY FREE PRESS,
JANUARY lsr, 1855.
To FRIENDS AND PATRONS GREETING,
a HAPPY NEw YEARS MEETING

JANUARY lSr, 1850.
To FRIENDS AND PATRONS GREETING,
a HAPPY NEw YEARS MEETING
Stepping forth from out the precincts
Ofthe place where mems ideas,
Grave, or laughable, or tender,
Dreams Of youth or tales of years,
Visions glowing fancies beaming,
| OF the poet, or the sage,
Are by wond'rous art embodied
In the double, printed page
From the busy glad confusion
OF the Office where the press,
Strikes off thoughts sometimes SO novel,
Fen our Editors confess
, That they much confound their thinking
From this scene Of active turmoil
Gltd in mind and young in years.
Laden well with heat warm wishes,
Lo! your Carrier appears.
On this joyful day he seeks you
To present in simple phrase
Kindly greetings of the season,
Kindly wishes that the days
OF the year just dawning on you
Bright may beam with Joyful rays,
And that Time, from downy pinions,
Softly as they rise anl fall,
Scattering oft and varied blessings,
May bring peace and JOY to all.
The old year in retreating,
From out the Future to the Past,
Hath left | see some records here,
Traced while he was going fast;
Lines whose lasting deep impression
shall for other times remain,
And on looking uavi. I --.A .hem
Standing there SO bold and plain,
And mark them with emotions
Sometimes joyful, sometimes sad,
As they indicate our progress
Toward the good or toward the bad;
There see, well writ, a copy
OF some noble Temperance laws.
And note with JOY the triumphs
OF this glorious, giant cause.
Not only, oh, believe me,
Many others, too, will bless
Those statutes of the land one day
Which have made temptation less.
But that any should turn backward
In tho conflict gives me pain,
| would have this war-cry sounded
Up from Georgia, down from Maine"
And the States unite like brothers
In one common cause again
Cause victorious as that other,
When a monarch sought in vain
Meanly, from an infant province
T'njnst taxes to obtain
Joining in this glorious struggle
Let us on with hope and pride,
Painting heart and prospects dreary
Leaving for the other side
And our steady forward purpose
Soon shall our success decide.
For Enterprise and large Ambition
Surely we are unsurpassed
By the men Of any nation,
OF the present time or past;
SO l read from off the records
The old year hath written there,
And full proofs how true the statement
Are abounding every where,
See our railroads, intersecting
All our countrys wide cxpansc,
(Some | own, not yet completed,
We must reckon in advance,)
And the day is near, I'm certain,
When the tracks along the ground,
Shall throw meshes all about US,
OF net work iron-bound.
See our ships, with swelling canvass
Steering for the distant shore,
Where our men, with bold adventure,
Strive forbidden realms to explore.
Golden treasures, brightly cleaning
Well our youngest State supplies,
Fair results of many labors
All around US beauteous rise,
And our land lies peaceful, looking
Upward to proptious skies.
Fortunes wheel, with steady turning,
Still as ever gides around,
And its motion bears some upward
nj gc,,o 1oebos ,Io o.,o,,,l
While | note these oft mutations
And deplore the downward throw,
| would hang a-near the center,
Not too high, nor yet too low,
That in falling, if so happen,
| may not have far to 60.
Though some gloom has lately gathered,
o'or the nations far and near,
Shadowing all mercantile prospects,
Making them look dark and drear,
Much we hope a brighter dawning
Will enkindle with this year.
Fraudful plans in distant places,
Some o'cr grasping ones have laid,
And their daring bold successes
Have made cautious men afraid;
But we know the Right shall triumph,
Rising surely in the end
And as sure We know that one day
Downward shall the Wrong descend.
Id not havei i'll gotten treasures,
Since with them too ! must hold
Thoughts defled with plans of evil
For the sake of paltry gold,
Wen know that greater riches
Than are bounded by the seas,