The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1870-01-06
CARRIERS ADDRESS.

lis winter now and the winds blow cold;
The leaves are dead in the forest old;
The snow lies white on the old north hill
And hushed is the,sound Of the babblins riIl -
For the armies of cold;winter are spread
0ert homes of the living, Ger the bones of the ,ea
The merciless winds and creaking snow
Bring joy and sorrow,-bring veal and woe
I'm thinking now Of the old years BIRTH
Of the joy we haa,-of our fun and mirth;
The young Prince came in his icy sheen.
Cold was his touch his breath was keen:
And :he stars looked down from olympian heights,
And twinkled him welcome, that cold, cold night
Next was our earth sl robed in green
And there came from the south the Summer Queen
To bedeck our earth so lively and gay
That the hours whrled by as a summer day.
And at last 1t was Fall, and the Kings brown hair
Took the place OF Summer, and bowers SO fair.
Then Winter came with his clustering, blowing,
With his gusts OF cold, his freezing showing;
Moaning, sighing laughing and whirling.
The snow in clouds is drifting andScurling -
The old King bends meath his mail Of white,
And grasps his sword for the final fight;
For the old man knows alas /! too we'll.
That his life he must yield with the midnight bell,
Then the young Prince will, at the midnight hour.
Start out ON his rule of twelve months power.
But away with sadness now, and grievin3,
That's for the pastb to-day, for retrieving.
'Tis New Year now and the world is gay
Throw sorrow and grief from the heart away
Our country is prospecting, and money, at last,
Is flowing the land in abundance and fast;
Our ladies are handsome, our ministers kind,
And as honest any you ever will find.
Lawyers grow poor for having is ccasng,
Doctors grow poor for knowledge's increasing;
Our stores laden with wares nice and fine,
Oursaoons oerfiowing with good q liquor and wine
Our harbor s completed, q told you twould be,)
And boats by the dozen flock in from the sea;
Our villag. siincreased, bout thousand or more,
And at each turn you find uew warehouse or store
IT'S delightful to find that we're going ahead,
Earning our living and making our bread -
Our State is Republican, honest and true,
But our County Democratic most all the way through
Hence gin the County, have cheating, and stealing
And darkhanded treachery and queer doube-dealing.
For Governor, still, we've a FAIR CHILD,
In department he's fair, and honest and mild;
To that Office our Lieutenant adds just a POUND
So say the people, at least, the country around;
For Secretary, next, they opened their book,
And said they would give copperhead COOK.
But we thought the thing er and raised such BREgsE
That they yielded at once the best way please
SO turning their coats ON account of such lack,
They offered a new man--te actually BLACK.
But he alas, fell like n granny on skates
For we gave him, to nbble, welI-tried B-Erz;
and they, good people, SO loyal and true,
Dug their own graves ere the fun'ral through.
But what we for election schemes,
Of partisan tricks and artisan dreams2
sat last night where L saw the skies,
doodily thinking of buildings and PIES
DID Jcaurus rose in the cold, still East,
Aud Castor and Pollux stood viewing the beast;
1assiopea, too sat there on her throne,
And Andromeda seemed sad and wholly alone.
The great star ship came up from the sea-
4 nd Orion gazed with the rest to see
some sight, conceived, that the Gods admire;
md Orpheus, too, up with his Tyre
70 soothe old Ccpheus and Perssus, Kings
Who always seem listening while. Orpheus sings.
1t length there approached to my window near
A virgin of beauty with voice so clear
That heard distinctly, as she spoke to tho stars
Proud potentates of Heavenl from Venus and Mars
Bring the tidings.-THE YOUNG PRINCE COMES!
)ne more link just now from tme is withdrawn"
Then there wen M shout from the heavenly lawn.
There were sounds of music and stars crarroling:
awokef The midnight bell toIlilg.
And now that the old year has faded away,
Nay you live and be happy for many day.
The carrier has sung you his prettiest song,
And with thanks for your favors he'll be jogging along
For the year that's beginning must come to n close,
And we must not squander the time as it goes;
So kind ladies and gentlemen, now
The carrier makes you his humblest bow.