The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1868-12-25
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HANNAH BiSprse SHOES
Poor lone Hannah,
sitting at the window binding shoes
| Faded, Wrinl ted,
sitting, stitching, IN mournful muse.
Brirhteyed beauty once was she,
When tho bloom was ga the tree
spring and inter,
Hannah at the window binding shoes
Not a ncighbor,
Passing nod or answer will refuse.
| 10 her whisper,
" Is there from the fishers any news %
q, her heart adrltt, with one
on an endless voyage gone
| Night and morning,
Uannah's at the window, binding shoes
Fair young Hannah,
Ben, the sunbuEni Usher. gayly woOs
Hale and clever
| For Il wiling heart ana hand he sues.
May-day skies are all aglow,
Aud the waves are laughing SO
Tor her wedding
Hannah leaves her window and her
shoes
May is passing
Mid the apple boughs u pigeon COOS.
Hannah shudd.fs,
Far ,he mild southNcs.cr mischief
brews,
Round the rocks of Mnrblchead,
Outward bound, a schooner sped
Silent lonesome,
llannah's ut the window, binding shoes
Tis November,
Now no tear her wasted cheek bedows
From Newfoundland
Not sail returning viii she lose,
Whispering hoarsely, Fishermen,
Have you, have you heard OF Benz
Old with watching,
lIannah's at the window, binding shoes.
Twenty winters
Bleach and tear the ragged shore she
views,
Twenty seasons
Never one has brought her any news,
Still her dim eyes silently
Chase the white sails Ger the sea
Hopeless, faithful,
ilannahs at the window, binding shoes
Siguor Blitz, the genial vcnirilc-
quist, gives the following amusing
account of an interview he once held
with Daniel Webster. when Web.
ster was Secretary Of State, the Sig
nor was in Washington, endeavoring
to collect bill from a man in the
Treasury Department. As he was
intimate with Webster, Bli,z called
upon him and asked his advice on
the subject. After learning tina, he
could not attach the salary Of a Gov.
eminent officer, the Signor said to
MIR. Webster {" think would like
to hold Government position "
" Well, what would you WANT" in
CURED Webster. ~ would like to
be n Government magician" Why
SOP" asked Webster. Because,
said the ,Signor, latter you had cares
fully counted over bundle Of one
hundred bank notes several times,
could count them over after you and
there would be only seventy FIVE"
4" Nonsense !" said Webster, =" we
have men in the Treasury now who
can give you twenty-five and then
beat yor
Alta Paris theatre they were play
ing sensational drama The whole
audience listened anxiously and
hreaihlessly. A youth saved his
mother, who was about to tumble
bcadlong down = prccipicc, which
causc.. general emotion and -obs
innumcrable. Jus. then the niirn-
ton of the whole house was attracted
to the gallery, where sat mother
and her son, the former Of whom ad.
ministered to the boy sound emf,
which was followed by an irropressi,
BILE bawl. "Why didn't you do as
much for me, BOBBY, when your sot
of a father tried to throw me out oil
the window
-. 4, a,.. .Ao.
vending his way ,o his church one
Sunday morning, caught sight of the
two sons of one of his parishioncrs,
going into the woods, evidently for
the purpose oi hun'ing' fee'ihe
certain that anything Ike remon-
france WIN Wy you" su"", ,,
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