Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-01-09
CARRIERS ADDRESS.
JANUARYL 1851.

Since first the Printers mystic art began
10 lllume the darkened mind Of man,
And restore, by its enlghtening grace.
IN enieebled powers Of our noble race,
! Which deep beneath unlettered Ignorance
Had for ages lain in deathlike trance.
lts constant messenger in grief or ioy.
las ever been the faithful carrier bow
lis he alone with young and slender
form. ''''
Has always brayed the cold and bowling
storm
To bear the holy light of truth arar.
Or lr happy speed the news ofpeace or war.
lis ne who prompt and cheerful at your
Each week supplies you with some useful
Some knowledge to add to the garnered
Something to free thoweary heart ftom
GALE
Something to sooth Or tighten the grief
you bear;
And ifduty on him at times impose
10 bear the page which sadder themes dis
close,
Oh blame not him, who must the types
obey
al,d And tell the current actions of the day;
Though unweloome oft the tidings oro't,
Which, come not unexpected, vet un-
sought
To eager eyes, whose changing hopes and
fears,
Are seen in feeblesmiles or starting tears;
All are alike the fruit of weary toll,
Which like, for bread, the Farmer tills the
soil,
Reaped bounteous in the golden grain
For mental food the Printer ti'ls his brain :;
While you, from one small germ of tho't
behold,
By his art thousand more unrolled.
Thus throughout each year that's pathless
fled,
The carrier has en- his mission sped;
Greeting his patrons with cheeful face.
Giving each in his heart a cherished
place.
And now you see him still at his post,
Braying the wi0ter .-defying the frost
That he may at each door by dawning ap-
pear,
To wish his kind friends a"happy New
Year!"
Surely may one who so faithfully serves,
Claim that generous return he deserves,
What thoughts a carrier may express,
You will learn by reading this address
Wherein he bids farewell TO Sixty that's
gone
And pays his respects toyoung Sixty one
BY Heavens Great Omniscicnce guided,
And His kind Beneiicence provided,
We stlll, III life and health are here
10 hail once more the new born year.
Not only here with life and health,
But having every source of wealth,
Whose treasures vast arc vet untold
While by sixty and an hundred fold,
Earth has yielded her bounteous stores,
And want approaches not our doors.
Should not our grateful hearts o'erhow
With the immeasurahle thanks we owe,
For blessings vouchsafed US here below,
And for that mercy which doth spare,
That we for judgement may prepare;
Then how much more for that deep love
Which prof1ers endless bliss above,
If we liie's duties well fulfill,
On earth obey the Masters will1
But Patrons dear with angushed heart
| saw the dying Year depart
With many lingering look Of pain,
While Gloom and Sorrow formed its train,
And | could hearupon tn gale
song of death-a mournful wall,
Lamenting DER the Nations woes,
Which wild and melancholy rose,
And as along the blast il swept,
Methought the plying angels wept
10 hear the dirge Of Freedom dead
The knell, Of hope forever fed,
10 sec he: reign of glory done,
And Misery's dismal sway begun;
That soon must sink in endless night
A nation, born with hopes as bright
Nay brighter far than ever yet,
A nation in its dawning met,
Since Gods bright Sun first rose and set
Since created nations dwelt on earth,
Hope sprang exultant with their birth;
TIL Freedom, seeking peace and rest,
Turned her footsteps toward the west,
The broad Atlantic crossing Ger,
Until she reached its farthest shore,
And there, beneath the sylvan shade,
Freedoms ark of hope was laid.
Ere long her altar here was reared,
And on its sacred hearth appeared
A sacrifice for human right,
Whose flames diffused holy light,
And threw their beams back Ger the main.
Where, meath the Tyrant's CALLING chain,
Her million yotaries groaned in pain,
And struggling, sought redress in vain
Revealed TO them this new found home,
And bade Oppressions victims come.
To share this fruitful wes tern land
With its gallant patriot band;
Where freedoms incense as it rose,
Bespoke for all calm repose,
Beneath her just and equal laws,
Who ospoused her arrighteous cause,
And Joined her hardy sons of toll
Upon Columbia's virg gin soil,
10 teach the savage wilderness,
Their labcrs, with its fruits to bless.
Nor quite unheeded was the beacon sent,
NOT the thrilling voice that with it went |
Az Al It's eau slumbering race awoke-