The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-12-21

Future, holding in its arms the child S
dream and the poets .ong,-the hopes
7 of youth and maniac remorse,-pure and
+ holy love and the murderer on q hemp
en- cord For Gods sake, let us entomb
this old nomenclature! Well have a
glorious funeral procession-all its Gear
triends--those pompous orators-sLaIl
stalk behind the haarse in the dusty street ;
and we will sit under the shady tree, on
the messy bank Of the b: billing brook,
with Nature robed in beauty, and tho
airs laden with fragrance; and then and
! there, we will tel these pompous wind
bags, how they have robbed us Of our
! best words, murdered the expression Of
our most loving thought, and broken the
! limbs cf memory, go that she halts and
limps about tie compartments of the
mind like superanuated paray tic Some
aerial genius shall be singing this sianza
/ of a scotch song
! "The twinin' o that siller leash,
! Brought it ia pang to me ?
J Are friendly tears and blessings poured,
! Jeerngs and mockery?
l. To speer at Gallant spesr at maid,
| Who DER gone time thro' a,
la conjured up loved faces far aw;.
When usage, the grey haired sexton,
! has shaped the grassy mound, Wen let
the worst word singer in tic world mount
upon Il barrel and speak TO his fellows as
Iorr rs he chOasea
Then will grow new words, which
rnav float upon a whisper, freightcd With
nj the dav-,lreams ofthe world, by them
what We saw at the wedding party, white
gloves and frank, manly face, the spotess
robe aud lovely form, the emotions of
pure, Young hearts, shall be borno over
the carcs ofIife, and among the angels in
Heaven, as surely as tho bread footed
camel bears his burden over the burning
desert whore tie common hacks, Past,
Present and Future, would die and van
ish before The first fierce blast oftho secth-
ing simeon.
| do not Object to reasonable anbi-
ton. only think there is a difference
le.veen demanding tho world for an au-
dience, and striking q chord in the great
heart of humanity. The mighty Pyr-
amids on thu banks of the Nile drank the
Life blood Of millions, and the builder was
SO poor that there is nought to mark his
tomb. The ''Barl of Avon struck lis
harp, and the vibration is as true and the
tone as sweet to-day as when the stroke
was given. His song has built for him n
monument, and in It's living beauty it
walks ahent tho earth. In Rome, it
awakens the pride Of Roman lineage, and
drops tear upon the grave of fallen
creatnes>-t flies full in the fragrance Of
orange blossoms, and shapes the thought
of lovers beneath the moon-lt apple
trees.
Then let us have song to the dear
old words and books,-not written by a
man who fools away his life spreading
his souls sails to tho breezes Of the
Egean sea, or running rampant in the
Roman streets of long centuries ago. but
by Poet who knows that to-day there
a~s real, live people in the world. Let
it be pure and white,-coming as in sum
mcr the clouds concentrating majcsti
caIv through this edge Of tue azure vault
of Heaven.
After the Essay had been read, and
some mince pies had been further minced
and green apple, ditto; one Of tho Club
gave the following
SPEECH.
BRoTHERs :-Associat;ons Ike mon,
advance almost insensibly from in
infancy to age. It becomes necessary
for those who have joined hands and
hearts in the formation Of associations,
to be always girded, and at work, or the
years will glide by and they vii. fail of
the Accomplishment of those ends for
which they are associated. All nature
teaches us that our time for effort is
short. To-day, we lie in the cradle, To-
n orrow, in the coffin; to-day, booted and
bearded we stalk round the world, to-
morrow, the idle wind plays with our
ashes.
ness fSIllaThS aFS OCCdtSiotS(l, bcSauSo
we meet tonight to celebrate the the
Third Anniversary of the "FRANKLIN
CLUB" aud it seems to me peculiarly fit
ting, that we are reminded how swift the
time is passing-that we SEQ if we are
pursuing the course marked out three
wears ago-if we are accomplishing the
objects, fer the attainment OF which the
CLUB was instituted.
l nigh, and gladly would, spond an
evening in speaking of the past h story Of
this Society, but refrain. The convic-
ton must force itself upon each one of
you, that were we to sit in judgment up
ON the past action Of the CLUE, we could
scarcely fail TO bring in verdict of ap-
prevail. We have passed many pleasant
hours. We have met with a cheering sue
cess. If our past action, is an index Of
our future prospects, for the accomplish
mept of great results the records Of the
CLUB give pleasing augury. We have, |
believe, exhibited in no small degree, that
earnestness which should ever character
ize an association which has for its aim,
"mutual improvement in know!elge and
tho mower of expressing ii.