Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1867-03-08

Alnu 10 lault, they Weiconlea 70 tiieiT
land
The halfstarvcd wandering Anglo
Saxon hand,-
Their fruits, their fishes, and their ven
ison gave -
To those who'd cross'd the broad Allan
tic wave. .....
But gifts bestowed, the giver will ex-
pect ..
IN quick return some token Of respect.
So pale face gave to them, in their good
| will, .'. ..-.
4 Fire-water strong from European still
/ The red man tasted, drank, and calfd
! it good; ,...
Like fire it kindled vengeance in his
Once powerful, peaceful, skilfut in the
Now they're weak but revcnSeful
race.
Once they were virtuous, honest, truth
ful, pure,
] But now disgustfu| without moral cure.
( Our fathers got their lauds, aud gave
them rum,
Which did their senses and their minds
henumb,
| Which brought upon them misery and
distress.
And they've grown small and beauti-
. fully less;n
Till now they roam about in little
squads,
The scourgc Of white men, and the hate
of gods.
Whence all their ruin, and their misery
dire? .-
All caused, we know, by drinking
liquid fire.
Distilled damnation, call it by its
name;
For, he who tastes it, drinks to quencl!
| the flame.
Some people argue that the rcd mans
blight
Was brought upon him by his love for
fight.
Pardon, my friends, but I'll convince
you now,
That other people sometimes have a
row.
Some men will quarrel when they have
been cheated,
While others .EyM because they are i'll
treated.
Then somc for glory will their mallets
swing,
Like Heycr and Heenan, Morrissy and
King.
| All these 90 fight, as every ono can sec,
| Because 1.-TWO of II trade can scarce
agree "@
But drunkards fight, with neither wit
.." nor sense,
Both friend ANA foe, they think in self
defence.
! One / well knew, wretched tipsy elf,
Had none to fight, and so he fought
himself
And thus with some, it is "wine's in
wits OUT"
They hardly ever know what they're
about.
Yet some will know precisely how to
act,
AS did the Judge; (this anecdote Is fact
Twas back in Essex County, State Of
York,
Where people dine on fruit and not on
pork,
lie slipped The cup, and staid out late at
night.
Until his wife imagined all not right.
With woman's instinct quick did she
discover,
Her legc lord had becenlc n spirit lover
. One night, as usual coming home quite
He went to bed to ease his aching patio.
Face from his wife he turned, for he
was blue;
Don't turn your back" she said
"you'cr drunh al Hrough."
Some PERSONS Sical because it is their
habit;
While others poach-to get a quail or
rabbit.
Some will not work, and yet they must
have food;
Hence they'll filch corn while others
will take wood.
Some will take oxen to Gil up their
maWs,
And by sharp quibbIing do escape the
laws.
These sneaSing thieves will say tits not
for gain, ...
But to supply their homes, their wives
maintain.
If they would work, as honest people
should,
They would not want for clothing or
for food.
OF all the thieves by which this world
Old Alcohol is found the very worst.
Now first and foremost he will steal
! ones bruins,
Then from his pocket he will take his
! ..a- gains.
His next great thieving is to take ones
And while at this lie carries Off his
wealth. .. ... ...
! Then next in turn, as everybody knows,
4 He'll rob his victim of his very clothes.
He is a double thief, steals from the
/. blind,
Hardens the heart against all human
! kind
Stcels the affections 'gainst the child,
! the wife,
And then he'll steal away ones very
/ life.
! To illustrate, + will tell story;
Ills of man whose name, l think,
was Cory. ..
! lie had n home, pleasant as any boast,
/ Till brandy was admitted as bis host.
In course of time lie spent wllate'er he
And WANDERED round detected, wretch
ed, sad.
All, all was gone; and he, with reckless
To get him rum his wife's own Bible
| stole!
Some men are vicious, and their wills
! are such,
That they will rob cripple of his
crutch.
! While some are found to bre3iS all
! decent rule,
/ And strike a sick man, yes, and Kick
fool.
Some are so lost to honor, virtue, sense,
That they'll for spite throw down a
neighbor's fence.
| OF one ! heard who like braggart
scorncr,
Fenced up tho road way down at
"S-'s corner"
Some one, tits said, for either guile or
hate,
Took down and carried of O saauH
man's gate.
Some men for mcanness stoop to little
joys;
They take delight i'm prosecuting boys.
With one bold push (they do not know
perchancet
They drive the boys from meetings to a
dance.
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