East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1860-03-15
ON SALT.
BY ANCIENT R., THE HANDSOME MAN.

The following production was written
by the author, Ancient r., at the earnest
solicitation of his intimate friend, Capt.
S. II. KIRBY, at whose request we publish
it, r~Jqtim. The stilc" is purely origi-
nal, and compared with this we think our
readers will agree with us saying the
best productions of X. n. Pepper, Phe-
nix, or even Artemus Ward, are common
place, if not decidedly fiat
"EAsr SAGINAW, March Sth, 1860.
At the request of Mr.. CURLY, j have
indeavoured to address the salt Company
according to the best of my ablety.
Heaven favoured salt Company: BY
your felisefy, your geology, your force,
your faculty combined have produscd one
of the greatest events of the World;
Second only in magnitude to my steam
Power. 1t will reflect immortal luster on
your names, that will be handed down to
the latest posterity. Yen are the salt of
the Earth. If the salt had lost its SAVIOR
wherewith would the inhabitance of
Earth be sailed. East Saginaw has pro-
dused some of the most energetick, EN-
terprising characters the world c ser pro
dused BY geology they can measuse
/ II 4 III r A, A. %,
though its deabths ware HIM lreds of feet;
and by their unrcmiting labour, regard
less of expenses, have penetrated to the
depth of 700 feete, and have found the
purest and strongest salt water ever re-
corded in the anels of history. They can
build temples and consecrate them to the
CODES of liberty. BY astronomy they can
sore aloft and travel among the stars and
fix or calculate the rotation, order and
graduation of the PLANETARY cistcm. They
can find springs in the bowels of the
earth and measure their dcbths accurately
Though you have millions tons of salt in store,
My steam power viii transport with rails horse spede
more,
Orc Earth, threw air, sea from shore TO shore,
TIL man shall sleep in thine to wake no more
Heaven favoured salt Company, how
iaafcbly happy, how suprcmly blessed
would You be, did you but know how to
appreciate the privileges you enjoy by the
swcats of liberty, as one who is doomed
to wear out rcchcd cXstance under the
tirant's lash, or wear the gauling chanes
or fetcrs Of pirats, monarch or tirants.
Yea company n saltcr, 10 glory ar,c
Most pure II thy brine found under the skies.
Thy genius commands the with rapture behold
More pure Is yoEg brine, yea purer than gold.
Your PLAZA &. The beet and the noblcst ia time.
IL ftlosofy guided f,uud Dope ia the mines,
SURPASSED by all nations, al countries and ciimcs,
Let the sorgs of the past near cnviren thy name,
b. freedom, AID cicuce, and vortuc thy fame.
May we be greatful to Almighty God
for the blessing. May ii be sacred to
gratitude and devoted to the sons and
daughters of sorrow. This is pure and
uudefled religion that will stand before
God and his holy angels at the CRATE day.
This will game you passport to the &C
lestial abode. When at death you will
be born again, pass threw the gate OF
Heaven, where we exist eternal with God,
attract to congenial spirits of the same
eifinity of ourselves, and progress onward
, and upward from World to world, from
; cistem to cstem, viewing the works OF
, God and creation, and their see what
varied beings people cvry star, and view
. the miltiplisity of multform beings that
Q swarms threw all Of those Unreasonable
regions of matter With a CLANS o
thought return to the earth and comuni
cate with our near and dear friends e
whome we are bound by evry tie tina
will sanity humanity. Teach them the
= light of revelation. Amen! Let happ.
= millions sing and make the heavenl,
earches ring with glory to God in thu
: hest"