Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-01-04
CARRlER,s ADDRESS.

the low,
From hearts over burdened With gIadness or
It rippIes along,
Like Beautiful song,
Or the laughter Of waves when the summeris
long
A HAPPY NEw YEAR A HAPPY New YEAR,
Through the palace OF plenty resounds;
From parlors in front to realms in the rear,
Are pealing such ioyial sounds
As 'Ife to the loveliest. "Loye to the lorn
The light Of prosperity rise with the morn
OF the promising year"
And may Ills disappear
As oft as they gather to wither and scar.
A HAPPY New YEARi A HArpY New YEAR!
From the lowliest cottage i comes,
Where the children are dressed for their
holiday cheer,
And the sound Of their merriment
huns;
When the mother has poured on the family
The choice little dainties SO thoughtfuIly
And lovingly stands,
With half wearied hands
R eioiced to accede to her darling's demands.
4 Harry NEw YEARl A HAPPY New YEAR!
Is echoed by light stepping ieet
AS they hasten to join in the gay career
OGthe people who throng the street;
And rolicking boys, with their quaint look
ing toys,
And the sweet little girls who tell oftheir joys,
In each Ginning tone,
Their joyfulness own,
That the new year has dawned, and the old
one has Hown.
A HAIRY New YEAEl A HAIRY New YEAR!
While all those around me are glad
And brimfal Of happiness seem to appear,
Shall the Carrier Boy be sad
True, my trials and woes are known but to
those
Who weather the tempest and laugh at the
SHOWS;
Yet my heart is as light,
And with promise as bright,
As Of any who bade the old a good night.
A HAIRY NEW YEAR, A HAprY New YEAR!
Letme swell the triumphant song,
That is heard so delicious-enchanting the ear,
And its Joyful measures prolong,
Though my cords may be rude and my ideas
crude
Ny heart With coatentmeut is deeply imbuedi
Then viii you employ
a moment ofjoy,
Ia reading the rhymes of the Carrier Boy :?
The old year is dead! His promises fed,
To the darkling tomb Of the past,
And pleasures that o'er us their ruddy light
she'd
TO the winds Of the morning are cast +;
The fears that beset us are quite oyerthrown,
The terrors that met us to shadows have
Bat hopes that were high,
On his natal morn, lie
Like storm scattered leaves meath tempest
spent sky.
The old year was peace, and OF plenty IN
crease,
And exalted each patriot band;
Of sorrow and suffering has been surcease,
Through the whole Of our cherished
land,
flushed the dirge and the wall from mountain
sss.a ~s=lrs
Aud the terrible crash OF the iron hail,
TIL we all could shout,
At the total rout,
Of the foes that eucomPassed the land about
With the record we hold of the glorious old,
ff Z nav NNeA ~ o.
Whose outlines grow plain as are slowly un-
Their lights and their shadows to
view,
SeeleNe North and the South, the East and
the West,
In garments Of Freedom are royalty dressed,
And hepceforth their claim,
To a noble fame
Abidcs in he bearing Of liberty name.
But our President erratic, ike crazy fanatic,
Still sticks to his fayorite Illusion.
In his message to Congress, IN terms quite
emphatic,
He still urges his monsuous deluslon,
And biathers and pirates,
About excluded states
And whines like a cur at their miserable tates;
But Andy's gone ups
On grief must he sup,
And drink to the dregs his own nasty cup.
MY Policy is dead, It's knocked intbe
The sire and son lie together.
And the army Of cravens who feed on his
bread,
Aa a SJren be sung, as Ground the circle he
swung
And h0ueyed the words that fell from his
tongue,
But the voice of the people,
From hilltop aud steepie,
Decrecd that 30 traitor their country should
cripple.
lae very .alm tone which Congress has
Ja tae subject ol Reconstruction,
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