Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1864-02-19

The Newspaper.

,ad before the New York Typographical soci
AZ tho commemoration Of Eranklin'a Birthda
,uary, 1864.
NJ WIZ. GLAND DoUpNe.
Listen to my simple story
OF the arts Of modern printers;
Never mind the watches ticking,
Nor the telegraphic clicking,
Nor the types incessant sticking,
But with patience hear the story
OF the arts Of saodesn printers.
Gs.her all the rngs and tattcrs
Round tho house from top to bottom,
And collect them in bundle!
What . world Of fond emotions
Cluster round the mighty bundle
Little frcclss, In which your darlings
Ran and rolled arcxnd tho carpet,
And YOU thought Shat surely never,
III the world should last forever,
Would another chorub infant
Like yo.y cherub, conc to visit
Earthly homes Of esre.worn mortals.
srd4te fock' Yor love it dearly.
S'or your eheruo long has worn 1t;
But'tho iittle mink has tern it,
And YOU thrust 1t in tho bundle!
There arc remnants Of the bridal,
And, perhaps, some things old fashioned,
Worn by loved onss who have left you,
And in brighter skies are wearing
Garments Of spotless purcness-
Loved ones who have watched your footsteps
hen you. too, were like chs:uo,
In the years 50 long gone by.
And these loved ones prayed for blessings,
Richly dropping from the sky.
Cpcu now that self-samc bundle.
Take the pieces one by enei
And you foel that each momento
I.a apatchwork just begant
For each piece is like bundle.
Full Of fond and pleasant memories,
And you love to look them over,
So ths. Times heArt-thriRins patchwork,
Out Of fragments, may restore you
Fright and sweet and loving faneics-
fancies that may often cheer you,
Fancies that may hover near you,
Fancies that may never weary,
But when hours are sad aud d-eary,
Peace, and calm, AMI hope cnsuring,
Joy may bring, and biiss enduring.
"S.ll the bundle to the rasman!
Let him turn An houcst penny!
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lie will take it to the warehouse-
Tall and strong ard costly warehouse
Where same rich and jovelied mefenan.
Buys his stock from little dsalers-
Dealers with single hand-carS
Let me ask you now query;
/. the merchant but . rAgmAnl
Is the rsguian, too, . merchant
In the bales the porters pack them,
And by railroad car or steamer,
They are FASTENED to tho rag-inill.
Washing, sorting, tioaching. drying,
Picking, cleaning, weighing, tearing,
Till they reach the vat. ~here quickly
Round aud round tho dashers turning,
las ard .at.er,. thoughts and 'snci=sf
Make fulp ss whits as snow.
through the .trainers slowly passing,
Coating now the mois.ened blanket,
Sliding DER the polished rullcr,,
ill by turns and rolls il is.uos
Pure, and white, a4d spo.lsss paper.
&c, and wake the old Egyptian,
With hi. roll Of ancient paper.
30, and call the proud Athonian,
With hi. slab Of polished rnsrbls'
ue, and gather up the parehmenn
or the skes that Lave fled
Ag-s numbered with She desd--
Age. in Otlivion's bod;
But VIC show the sp0.less paper,
And upon its page We write
Words Of hrs and words Of light,
Words Of truth And words Of mi sht. .5
Wake the .cribes, with customs ancient;
Wake the chroniclcr Of fame,
H. Al II
Slowly trace somc favored name,
See the sculptor, with his chisel,
IN the marble cut hi, names
Turn We to mishtier engine
Turn No to Herculcan power.
For the PRxss is now the engine
Working on to Freedoms houIl
SEQ its wondrous rcvolutionss
Hear its countless tongues oetspeAktns.
See its wheels in constant Nation!
Hear the loud and fearful rumbling
or a world in revolution,
Il is only that your fragments,
By tho power Of art transmitting,
Have bccn changed to spotless paper;
And smother set Of rollers.
Touching blocks and grsvsn metal,
Stamping thoughts aud things immortal,
Printed on the spotiess paper,
Brings the wsrld revo,ution'
With the Pass, the mighty mover,
onward in the path OF Progress,
How much brighter are tho agssl
Light is flashing through the darkness,
bay is pouring ON the nations,
Bondnen break their heavy burdens,
And the hopeful cry Of FRrEDoS-
Freedom for the sad and lowly,
fresdom for tho pure and holy,
Freedom for the signing bondmen,
Freedom for the scrf and subject,
Freedom frem the bonds Of error,
Freedom from the night .. terror
Hopeful songs Of eosins Freedom
Rise from million tongues around US.
r,css we onward to tho Fntare,
Peace, and truth, and ioye saaN VIM
Till in every rsnsoued nation
flushed shall be tho battie-din!
Swords shall change to peaccful plowshares
Ssoat. to pruning hooks shall turn,
And the Pe,,,ss shall teach the nations
Love that eve. more shall burn
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