Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1858-03-11


Wren more than half their number died
And s:outest spirits tainted.
A tear uHbidden filled one eye,
Ny smoke HAD filed the other;
One sees strange sights at such time,
Which quite the senses bother.
KNEW was alone-but 10!
uet him who dates, deridc mel.
looked, and, drawing up chsir,
Down sat man beside me.
His dress was ancient, and his air
Was somewhat strange and foreign
de civilly retained my stare,
And said. -I'm Richard Wanenla
"Yon1l fnd my name among the list
Of hero, sage, and martyr,
Who. in the MAYFLowEKs cabin. signed
The first New England charter.
II COULD some curious facts impart-l
Perhaps. some wise suggestions
But then; I'm bent on seeing sights.
And running DER with questions"
ASK on, said 1, "I'Il do my best
To give you information,
Whether of private men you ask,
Or our renowned nation"
Says he, First ie II me what is that
In you compartment narrow,
Which seems to dry my eye-balls up,
And scorch my very marrow.
His finger pointed to the gate
Said That's Lehigh coal,
Dug from the earth--he shook his head
.'ltis, upon my soul"
] then took up u bit of stick,
One end was black as night,
And rubbed il quick across the hea rth,
When 10, sudden light.
My guest drew back, uprolled his eyes,
And sirove his breath to catch
'"Wha; necromancy's that, he cried
Quoth "A friction match"
Upon pipe just overhead,
turned little screw,
When forth, with instantaneous flash.
Three streams of lightning flew.
Up rose my gusst-'No@ heaven me save"
Aloud ne shouted, then,
is that he'll fret" '''Tis gas" said 1,
1--WE call hydrogen
Then forth into the fields We stroiled,
A train came laundering by
Drawn by the snoring iron sEeed,
Swiftsr than eagles hy.
Rumblcd the wheels. the whistle shrieked,
Farstreamed the smoky cloud,
Echoed the hills, the valleys shook,
The flying fores:s bowed.
Down on his knees, with hands appraised
In worship, Warren fell
''lirest Is the Lord our Coo" ciied he
He do.th ali things WE'LL,
rtrs.ayrt0f IRE,
Ths horsemen, too, thereof,
o, may ne'er provoke HIS ire,
Nor nt His rhreatenin.s scofi."
.'Rise up, irierd, rise up" said [,
Your terrors all are vain
That was no chariot OF the sky,
Twas the New York mail train"
We stood within a chamber small
Men came the news to know,
From Worcester. Springfield and New Yolk
Tex as and Mexico.
Itcame-it wenr-siIent but sure
He started burst out laughing;
"WhaI witchcrsft's thata" lis we call
Magnetic telegraphing."
Once more we stebped into the street,
Said Warren, "What is that
Which moves along across the woy
As softly as cat!"
81 mean the thing upon two legs,
With Aa:hers on its head
A monstrous hump below its waist,
Large as a feather bed:
I ut has III, gift of speech, HEAR.
Bat sure it can, be humanl''
any amiable friend, 4" said l,
That's wh at we call a woman"
"Eiernal powers, il cannot be-"
Sighed he, with voice that faltered,
y loved tie women in my day,
But, oh, they're strangely altered"
] showed him then q new machine
For turning eggs TO chickens,
A labor-saving HENNERy,
That beats the very dickens.
Thereat, he strongly grasped my hand.
And said, ''Tis plain to see
This world is SO TRANSFORMED,
Twill never do for me )"
"Your telegraphs, your railroad trains,
Your gas lights, friction matches,
Your hump backed women, rocks for coal,
Your thing which chickens matches
-'have turned the earth so upside down,
No peace is left within III
Then, whirling round upon his heel,
He vanished IN a minute.
Forthwith, my most veracious pen
Wrote down what had heard,
And here cfossrd-r M in 4.-.zss-ss.. .. sry,nU,
You have it, word for word.