Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-12-30

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n us1lsaAl Labor CoaGress tsics.
E1 t1gse luag d1ys, 10 oeganise =
Thgsa days Nias Anthoay has TO wait
70 zee II shs's delag.tsi
Ths Prcsbytseians I'D sdicu
Both to The Old school and the New.
United once again thy stand.
Now 1T them keep 70. heart and hand.
The Msthodists vote Yes o. No,
And make Lay Representation 90;
And prosper finely, . we learn,
In al things, ssvs their-Dook Concern.
The Pope, anticipating ''squslls.'
And Rcumenical Council calls,
To see that things are kept $50 So
In Latin phrase, ~ statu quo.
Harvard, victorious at the oar,
Whenc'er with Yale she makes score.
Challenges Oxford to a race,
The lat ter naming time and pace
Choosing her men, she sails away
To England for two months stay.
By daily practice made complete,
IT'S almost certain she viii beat.
The day arrives, all clear and bright
And myriads 90 to see the sight.
The face Is rowed the hnal test
Shows Harvard to be sec3nd besf'
Were to say that II was 0lgd!'
Some Of you, Patrons, might be mad
And so, for fear Of angerng such.
I'll say II was mt sorry, much
Judicious, healthful exercise
I advocate; yea, greatly prize;
But, carried to extremes, 1t tends
To thwart the most suspicious ends:
And furnishes occasion nice
For practicing all sorts Of vice.
Baseball, the Nations favorite Game,
Was harmless once, but now Its name
Il linked with practices 80 bare,
| 1t proves national disgrace!
| In short, we've '.run IT, tout of bound -
Or, what's the same thing, Unto the ground"
| The Ladies' favorite Game tOqud
10 net in quite 80 bad way:
And yet think that 1t must be
A trifs mixed" from what see.
For Gentlemen now join the Game
And they, Of course, are not to blsms.
They but accept, while she invites;
Thus getting used to ''woman's Rights.
Yet lucky 'hits" are often made,
Though ladies' sometimes gct-"cyoquei
In fact, I've seen them badly ''used,''
Yet gents scarce ever get refused e
| Velocipedes-once ''all the talk
With some young men too weak to walk
Have "foundcrcd, mid much swell" and
And left poor inyalids aground =
XVI
How can tell you o dear me-
About that GREAT PEACE JUBILEE.
Ten Thousand Voices o. my stars.
One thousand Players, o. such jars'
One Hundred Anvils o. my EARs...
Ten Hundred Thon-and RousIng Cheers.,..
laundering Cannon one BIG DRIrNM,.,,,
Acres OF People Isn't that SOME "ssss.'
oh can give you no "ifse''
or that Great Big Peace Jubilee.
Grace Darling OF America
/ Miss Ida Lewis IL, to-day
! Famous for saving drownin. men,
Modest and plain withsI.-but then.
Somehow she has such winning ways,
4 rI>a sl.f
While she 80 chArmingiy behaves.
Moro hearts are broken than che ssses
The Cardiff Giant proves sell
Unearthed while digging for a-neH.
/ For ra,er Whist do you suppose
And quickly everybody goes
To see the FOSSIL Man." 30 ed,
tAra see tneir reitor Man rel. soil"
How beautiful the display
/ Witnessed on Decoration Day
The Soldiers graves strewn thick with flowers
While purcr seems this earth Of ours.
Dear is the memory OF those
| Who saved our Country from II foes;
And Springs sweet flowers shall bcautify
The ,rayes where "Onr Defender" lie
Vermont the h. arfcit tear has -h,d
In memory II two worthy dead.
The one, re,ercd and full OF years
Had long been honorcd 'mong his peers
The faithful teacher, wise and kind.
OF manners winning and refined:
The earnest preacher, meek Divine,
Whose light WAS ever seen to shine
The valued friend, whose genial face
Earth's noblcst gatherings would grace
Drawing well nigh on seventy yesrs.
There seemed 10 be no place for tears
Yc. tears nccr fell sncerer than
For Hicks. the Christian Gentleman.
The other, T. II. W.,
no riddle. this, to trouble you
IIn- falIen with his harness on
so busy, and iutcnt upon
4 Iii, varied work. which, we'll begun.
| Forever must be left undonc,
| His Was The tceming. active brain.
| Eager all knowledge to obtain:
| His wxs the ever ready pen,
| Skctching the lives and tmce Of men:
His war the quick, inquiring mind.
so certain every fact TO dnd:
| n wa- the large and generous heart.e
'nin ever took tie sufferers part:
Hi vvas the grand and noble soul
Thst made his life perfect whole
woshsAg necessarily. he fell. ~
/ With m, but not with US, .'tis WE'LL
ALr yet Vermont, though deep her grief
Finds in his virtues sweet relief;
i A~xi speaks with chastened, calm delight.
1.-THE name Ut PLIkY HoLToN WHITE.
I But let us brief attention give