The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1858-01-07
CARRIERS ADDRESS
TO THE
FRIENDS AND PATRONS
OF THE
COURIER.


N anua1y L, 1905. r...
happy new year. to patron and friend,
Is the wsh printer and carrier extend 10. O. p
Happy on its dawn-happy as 1t goes
Happy in its stay-happy at its close ~i
Happy in dnty-happy in pleasure isae .re
Happy in labor-happy in leisure
Happy we wish it, with equal good will, 8
To those In the vale, and those on the hill;
In thegish, no distinction respect
OF age, occupation, nation or sect :. ..sa. ..
Kindred, neghbQrs and strangers who are here
We wish each and all, happy new year. '.
The printer, you know, works hard a. bis trade,
And early in the year ought to be paid,
The carrier, TOO, for running about town,
We think should surely have his cash down. sata
Certainly it is so in these hard times, .,ss'..-g
So please, then, allju hurry up the dimes
The Courier, when the country was new,
Had, in the place, all the printingto do,
1t was posted In matters long ago srga. .se
Things which past, and which you ough. to know,
When the town had no Council or Mayor I'D
And no Marshal to vex the tax payer, .a r.,a
Weekly you might find nice little sheet
Printed and published by warden and Street,"
From August the Eighth, eighteen forty eight, .
The papers first number brings US its date,
1t keeps advised Of all that's going = -s. t-
All that's worth telling, all that's worth knowing
But before the Courier came to our aid, -a..-.s
Five years the plat of the town had been made,
On the first Of May, eighteen forty three, s.at
White men rushed in where Indians used to be;
They looked at the bluffs, they looked at the river
And thought this the place to make good liver
Rock abundant, the water good
Plenty of coal and "a fine chance Of wood" a-
The soil was as rich as you often find -...
Wla fruit trees thick and the best Of their kind
Twas quite central for Wapello County.
So reasoned the men who selected s.ar.s7
The site where our city Is erected;
The matter of choice being decided
Lots squares, streets and alleys, were divided,
The compass chain stake. and all were required
And IL were well could we ever again, ss..
Find the tracks ofhim who carried the chain.
Where he went up the hill, where he came down, r4
And where he left the lots all about town;
Could we STILL without losing or winning, lEa
Fer run" back to the place ofbeginning. f
The reasons by which the founders were moved, sf
Each of us has by his conduct approved, 4
Here We are and here we still mean to be,
Though the site be roughlike the rolling sea,
Our noble blufs will never dash together,
But show fine views In all sorts Of ofweather.
Our eyes, If We choose, at all times may meet,
prairie, rich, wide and spread at our feet; a
Reaching up the stream and also below, ... saa,y
Where its wayward windings rapidly dow;
Its banks the spring with vendure may adorn,
Autumn may hide them with forests Of corn. s.a.,
Perchance old Keokuk and his brave band, a5
Were charmed with this view Of water and land, q,
When far wandering from their comrades they came.
On the scent of war or in search of game,
And for the stream they called Keosauoua,
Left the Iowa and the Chicauqua,
Till by their tribes being thought far away, a.
This to put in word, "Ottumwa" they say;
Here they raised corn, built "Weekaups" here, "a
From the stream took fish, from the forest, deer,
Till Keokuk on the prairie, his name laid down
While the Ottumwiieft theirs to the town. e=tF
But not from savage hate which we abhor. -a+
Burst forth the fierce flames of "the Ottumwa war;"
AZ in feudal times, clan would clan oppose,
So in our streets fearful fight arose;
No pen yet the dreful cause revealing, ...
Has traced to Its source, Its vengeful feeling;
But tradition us Of spirit, zr
We never from milk water inherit,
| Fired with which the combatants did engage,
Selling kettles. n rQyo
And as missiles wildly here and th ere few, 7
| And hot and still hotter the conflict grew,
As Jink" missed BiiIy" and % aBilly 81 missed "y.nl
And most terrible din and rattle, zlEf
| Comprised the smoke, roar and crash Of battle
Which in prowess was greater lesser,
| The band of Crawford or clan Of yesser,
Is yet point involved in mystery,
And may elude the grasp of history. 8S
Other such scenes Of like worth In story.
At ether times have blaxed in their glory,
We need, then, no Troy new heroes to bring, aag-
All we still lack Is the Homer to sing.
But to keep In mind the town as 1t grew,
Soon for justice, temple rose to view;
/ Furnishing room for the court below,
And above rooms, where the iuriss might go;
A place too for concerts, churches and schools.
| place for politicians and their tools, rsa
| And what was to some much better than all,
Quite large too should there be needed ball.
| For the verdant their manners to refine,
For sharpers to cash their suppers and wine;
Here certainly all might meet and mingle, $50
The young, the old, the married, the single.
But as time rolls ON still larger We grow, t,fg.g
New enterprises and new hopes we know.
| "a Starr In the East" arose now and showed,
| The use and value of plank in road; 'tss.4
Why haul through the mud our crops and our goods,
While plenty OF timber grows In the woods? FTs
| Let US make road with the axe and saw,
Then see how much at q load we draw; @h ~
Come, neighbors, hurry and take all the stock, a
| 1t will yield fruit like new corn in the shock;
Alas Alas for US In these hard times, sla
/ Well give the stock. but give dmea
'If through Dahlonega our railroad Co." 4. III =.
Then your little town Is killed at blow"
90 gravely thought our friends down the river.
Moving us gently about the liver; .eg.
We woulddo ii with ''6Id Tay'' at our head,
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| Our friends most suddenly started to 20, az
And now they come with their "whistle' below.
We rejoice TO see them doing so nne,
And when they reach here, shall ask them 20 dine
Burlington and Keokuk, side by side,
Will enjoy a dinner amer their ride, seus sz
For both to reach here needs but little while,
It Is but forty, to count by the mile.
| A road too from South to North we expect. s
l Both the other roads here to intersect,
1 Making for us, vast and grand centre, 5' 80
Which friends from all the Union may enter.
But 1t remains TO glance at the press, go
| Whose power Is likely never to be less,
/ TO push as forward In this western world,
Where freedoms flag is SO proudly unfurled.
When, as President, whis held the sway.
And Democracy WAS scary this way, tHF
| To keep all stIaight according to Counter"
press was manned by johnson and Hunter"
| "The Des Moines Republic" livedi in Its day,
| But like q thing Of earth soon passed away.
| And since 1t was no longer liver,
4 Its types and press were sold up the river,
Where they still are, and ever ready,
| To work in the town planted by Eddy,
! A city to us neighborly and near,
Sister, We wish You happy new yeaf.
] Time has, we see, since the Courier began
/; Brought some ofits boys to the sise OF msn kzh
| And so has given, since the last winter,
! To democracy both press and printer.
/, So now just dofing our beaver right here. af ~
Neighbor, we wish you happy new year.
/ IL we take from the democratic hOst, t
I Here the Statesman" or In Boston athe Poek ~
J You must confess, as will clearly be seen,
. That, II we are black, democrats are "Green."
Words you know, are things an empty head heeds
/ But hearts oftrue men are shown by their deeds
But our lines must have, like the year. An end
Scan them, we pray, with the eye Of . friend,
And do not suppose that We take no heed, sf@
Though India su0er or Kansas bleed:
| SO much In our history do we nnd,
That here We pass the rest OF mankind,
Leaving Slavccrat, Mormon and Fourier.
To dissect on the leaves ofthe Courier, 48
Remembering, then, and dropping tear,
On hopes, joyes and follies Of the old year,
And meaning 10 he both earnest and true,
| Let US gird ourselves for work In the new. f