White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-12-22

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uowO OLD BROWN TOOK HARPER's
~" FERRY.
BALLAD OF THE TIMES.
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-. s,-. ia Kama. settled. like ''sadfaIt Yankee
farmer,
,,.a sOIy, with four 'on'-aH ItAlWar men Oh
nght;
b. ,0ok. aloud sOr Freedom, sad the BOsdsr-strif'
rsS warner,
rn,b, Rangers fred his dwelling in his ab'snes-in
he nIgbt-
And Old Brown,
Osuwstomie Brown,
,on.x,rd ia the morning-to fad his house burned
down.
n.M rr..ped hi, trusty ride, and boldly fought for
Fresdomi
sO. from border border the fierce. invading band;
.,Ib. sud his brave boys vowsd-'O might Heaven help
and spssd EN-
The, ~oud save those grand old prArsI from the curse
that lights the land;
And Old Brown.
Osawaiomie Brown,
s,1 ~BOy, the Lord will aid uI!" and he showed his
ramrod down.
H. LAX daw
and even,
s.,in. Kansas from its per-and their very lives
ed charmed;
Heaven
unsmsd;
Then Old Brown,
Osswsiomie Brown,
Shed tear, bot 'but his teeth, snd O~nsd terrible
Then they seized another brave bOyuOt amid the heat Of
battle,
Butin peace. behiad his plow-shars-snd they loaded
him with chains,
Aad with pixies, before their horses, they gOad
their cattle,
Drove him. cruelty for their spor, and al last blew out
his brains;
Then Old Brown,
Osawaiomis Brown,
Rr..d his right hand up Heaven, sIning Heaven
vengeance down.
Andh fearful oath, By the Of the Almighty,
He would hunt this ravenng evil that had scshsd and
torn him
D, wou seize BY the yitaE he would crush il day and
night; he
Would pursue its footrtepE-So return it blow for
blow
That Old Brown,
Osawatomie Brown,
fheud be swear by, in backwoods or in town.
Then his beard became grTzed, and his wild blue
eye grew wilder,
And sharply curved hiI ksnose, Tnufng bat
tie from afsr;
And he and the boys e, though the Kansas strife
wa1sd mider,
Grew susn. till was over the bloody Border War,
And Old Brown,
Osawaiomie Brown,
Had gone eraIy they reckoned by his fearful glare and
frOwa.
SOAs len the pains Of Kansas and their bitter be-
hind him
Where the atAteamen All bofn-
Hired farm by HarPers Ferry, and one knew where
to find him,
whether he'd turned psrIOn, jaeketed and lhOrn
POr Old Brown,
osawaiomie Brown,
naaa'hs WAL knew tsI' enough to pariOns gown.
he bought plOwI and hsrow spades and IhoVss, or
Iueh Erifss;
b., qni'y his rancho there came, by every train.
S0i'' full of pixies and pistols, and his weIbelOvsd
Snaps rides;
And eighteen other msdmen joined their lssder there
again
Says Old Brown,
oIawatomie Brown,
OOI'' we have got an army large enough to whip the
Whip the town. and seize the muIkets free the negroes
and then arm them
C'rJ the County and the State; aye and ali the potent
South;
VI their own head, be the slaughter if their victims rise
to harm them
Ia''s Virguishs! who believed not, nor wouId heed
the warning mouth"
Says Old Brown,
0IAwSiomie Brown
world shall see Republic or nv name is no; John
Brown"
T~" the siIteenth Of October on the .v.uins If |
Sunday
"Thi' good work. declared the captain .,baI b, on
holy sight!"
IL wa on Sunday evening, and, beCor, IN. ma, NJ
Monday,
With tive 'OE,, anu Captain Stephens, fifteen Urva,s,
black and white
Captain Brown,
oIawatOmie Brown,
''ned aerO'I the bridgsd Potomac, and knocked the
sentinel down;
me s0afd'd a'nOy building, and til. mssLsts and
the cannon;
'p'1i'd all the County Majors and the cOlOnsl,, one
syOue;
death each gallant scion Of Virginia they ran on;
''O'' the noon Of Monday, say the deed done.
Mad Old Brown,
OSawatomie Brown, ~
'EA''en other crazy men, went in and took the |
"N' noise AID blOstsr, little smell of powder, made
~" al done in the nidnirh., ike n. Eaps.Ors ss-S
NE wines; stop the raileass: bold The Streets and
bridges" said he
''''fsd the new Rspublie. with himself for Eaid-
iaEEtar- 49, |
This Old Brown,
A., Osawaionis Brown
ood two thousand citizens Faa of snd lsif the town
u" riding and railrOading and exur,,sing here and