The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-01-07
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One byone they sadly died 4 ga - as s 1 b .e
Gone from the home, from the foreign land @si
Gone Gone where wherc .h the earthquake rent the
Gone where the battle havoc kept sda
Gone meath the where The wild waves roar 4esl @
Where theses Bird lighted and shore @ & IS fa
Zone where but now in Ohds sdscp = "A aa
by the fearful wrecks their bodies seepsf Nv & 5 si
As As the sprta@arch fanersi trains y ] IS @
Tins IS their dirge like sad refrain ~.
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In the land whore the proud Celestiais dwelI- 40
And An opened realm to the Nations ali q@5 .ss
While the superstition ofages past 1 75s,5 So 1900 "
Il Old forms and fears all yield atiast t gsa is 5a,
70 tn tns On 9sy gsad march right
And the far off East with found o4pa4
An Embassy headed BY Buringamo il 5. "" .aa sas-
i Of ankec nation and Yankee fame, s.8 q gs
ne dee Old year brought to our m western shore pr
On the sea gt Crete shines brighter sun ,1eefsQ
For its island homes, than the years have known.
And in Spain, the tyrants q church and I n.
J. While in Britain Reform goes bravely on
In spite of the tory, the lord, the throne. rf !. VI
soreIy smartng with pain, from the opprossors rod
Is nursing her wrath, to keep it warm, ga.g s s.3
An And waiting and watching to burst like storm
Have impoverished and ravaged the Emerald Iso .tif
At home nation proudly say, ais ,as a
Freedom shall rule and all obey so a4ot1 a ta 'og
As long rivers shall run to the sea- .s.s5a
Now we wait impatient the coming day stak eide
When he shall to Grants decroe
As did his friends at the "appIe tree = @ a4 eaa Sue
lay' %hy sst est'as
Every man soil is free, e "a aag d
And his labor, his vote his shallbe. &so5 $3.50 2
Onward the march Of Improvement keeps, .ass55a f9
In the Yankee nation that sleeps osisftJI sTa
Hurries our commerce to every shore -. ,3s4 $780,
Covers our lakes and rivers DER; s 4s <i@ ~
Farther and farther, the iron way ,&80t taEtKh.
Stretches to westward, day by day. s.ags9 sli9sgF
Soon shall it couple Pacifos strand , 3s 8 - atif
Withits iron bands 70 Atiantic's land "a 800
The harvest of bounty is garnered wcil et 3 'aa
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And the mill and the factories busy hum, 500 aas
oer an the land sweet peace sway @ a @ u &.
50 with grateful hearts We calmly say . as.s5l
But another procession is just in sight n, 1aa aaaj
Happy their numbers their steps are bright;
Theirs the bridal song and the infants glee,
And youths hopes chanted merrily -zs--ee
1a ;ss sasss sss asss.s ssss sas .si 9 9s.y. ring
4 l,r ~. o. s. 80. I. - .1 Welcome New Year
Of Liberty and Right throughou. the land a. esssF
The principles asserted the bloody field EsW stigsH
That loyal men could never consent to yield II ss M #
BY choice Of Grant, the hero and Colax.
Despite the murderous wrath Of fKu-Klux Khan asi,
Ana sesndonsa man .,a
Wy ho to his place of power fouly 80 sasa ~ f'S
BY the assassn's hand despite the rebel psess, tTls4
TRUTH es and SssG,q tSs n.
And influence Of Seymour, and tho name ,sz - gsb il.
pah Right the hurryns h1opg s... @ ss n
Ofloyalists pressed, turned aside 9oT5 s Is
For two months more the reign Of Andy must be borne
Then hated and despsed, and most tororn,
He subside forever and with release safI st6
From robel domination we'll with Grant have peace;
During the year the country, grand and great,
Has tracked the path of progress Every State
Now free of rebel influence, has forward moved a
And everywhere society improved 1ss 5isss 1a5
Recovering from the of war and strife f.eF@
Has shown enterprise and life. @
Across the mighty plains from East to West, ska
And West to Fast, Nations highway pressed
With seed unequaed has advanced and nearly spanned IA
From the intervening land.
The locomotives sbrek, and war whoop wild fa1is8
Ofnature savage independents child, ,0a5 81 I'll
Has mingled the air. The mighty hills assfFf a6as
And mountains capped with whose cooling ris
Refresh The barren earth, pierced scaled, M M
The lowly valleys by Indians trailed oa s4
Are swept y roaring trains. The streams gaaiqF Ta
Rejecting from their depths thousand brilliant gsams
OF light and iurowed deep earths breast
g spanned with airy structures, strong The
OF the deep forest and the wide spread plain A0A
Is broken, and from main main Eess "a sgtz .asgRv
The commerce oi the world will move
AS with the mighty power Of laundering Jove;