The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-07-07

But the subject grows upon our hands :;
and for fear Of trespassing upon time set
apart for other exercises, we bring to an
abrupt close this. very unorthodox dis
course, and which is hereby rendered
and submitted to this Association with
none but the best motives and most
respectful and kindly feelings
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ANNUAL POEM DELIVERED BEFORE THE
EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION AT PRAIRIE DU
CHEN, JUNE 21ST.
BY H. N. ROSS, OF sHEBoYGAN.
Knightly Brothers of the quill,
Who with ever ready will
Grapple each disturbing i'll
AS 1t grimly troops along a..se f.sf
Who OF progress lead the van,
All its wonder workings ecau, 1851
And unfold its secret plan
TO the insight OF the throng-
Who with zen, and ink. and press,
Work with varying success,
All In LIES great race to bless,
Catering to mans highest need
Who with patience day and Eight,
Work to shed broader light
Work 'gainst Wrong and for the Right,
Work for manhood's noblest need
Glad are we once more to meet you.
In fraternal gathering greet you
With the warm and earnest hand clasp.
Palm to palm in hearty friendship,
Made scuh by the bond OF union
Ever drawing near together
Those who seek the same endeavor--
Glad this fourteenth annual gathering s-
VI our Press Association.
Finds go few among our number, .i
since the last we met together
60 ne before o'ei the river.
Where discordant cries for" copy"
Meier are heard from lips Satanic
Glad co see your pl, arant faces
Redolent OF health and comfort,
yelling from peaceful conscience EB
free from guile, and hate, and malice
Glad your 'tpairOns oped their purses,
(Ihougn reluctantly 1t may be,
And with air most patron ''-izing,)
Dolillg out your long earned greenbacks
10 release You with brief respite
From the ireadmill ronnd OF duties
Ihat SO bind You to your sanctums,-
Glad TO meet you by these waters.
Mighty rolling " Fla her of Waters -
Aqueous highway of the Nation @ -4
Meet yon on this plain historic,
Once thu home of the OjibeWas,
Proudest tribe OF the Algonquins
here, where er>t. In times quite Olden,
Near two hundred years have passed since,)
HeRnepiD the bold adyenturer.
First upJn't set eyes Caucasian; r
Here where fonr decades thereafter,
Pressed Dame Cal dlnell's foot the green sWard.
First white woman on the Prairie;
here she lived an hundred summers,
And was to her fathers gathered
With century's years and thirty taE
Marked upon the faded milestones
OF her LIES eventful journey.
Mark we now the transportation!
When the cowled and shaven jesuits,
Hennepin, Marquette and Joliet,
First descended the Wisconsin, @
And deserted this mighty river
With joy wildly eXultant,
None but savage hands had ever
Launched upon its placid bosom
Floating craft of human fashioning;
Only the light bark canoe had
Ever cleaved its darkEome waters. stsssf
Now, against its rolling current,
With m ght almost reeistlese, ~ 80 3a.tses
Speeds the proud, majestic steamer 3s g.
Born Of modern civilization
On it's acknowledgement voyage,
Frcighted with nations riches
Then upon this lovely prairie va ~
Oft was seen the council fire,
And was heard the war whoopB echo.
Now we mark the crowded city's
Busy mart and gilded spire.
Gone these dusky forest children; ....t
Gone the wigwams, chiefs and warriors;
Gone the wild, unettered hunter; 5a<
Gone the shaggy coated bison,
And the antler'd deer he hunted M 4t sH44
tone the hunters trail that threaded
The dark forest where they sported.
In its place the track OF iron
Winds along Ger plain and valley. H
And the Numbering train comes rushing
Like jubilating demon
5hreking its wild note of progress.
Then the courier feet-footed,
Drawn of limb and ample chested. ttl
With symbolic belt of wampum,
DR. with bark unc0uthly pictured, es
Many waxing moons. and waning, t $3.50.
Passed In weary toisOme journey
Through the forest, on The river,
Cross the plain. and DER the mountain,
Hateful message to deliver. ~ a. tns. |
Now in ambient air suspended. /
ir beneath the mighty water, H HH
Magic wires that once were Voiceless
Pulse with ambent life electric, rM
Pulse and thrill with glad emotion,
Az the sentient flash OF lightning i#
Thought conveys from sea to ocean, |
Dr. the wondering world engirdles.
As we mark this wonderous contrast
If the old time with the present,
n the history of this city,
n the history of the nation, 1890
We must wonder, We must Query, 4,
What has wro't this transformation
v no was the occult magiciaHY sse..r
Vhat the magic wand Re WELDED
phus the world to metamoIphose
With power almost creative /.
lear, emphatic and sonoroue, h
Up along the line of ages, II
Jones IN cheering tones the answer,
Tis the PRINTING PRESS has done it'll"
Then paean of joy to the PRESS be sung, M
N 10 1ftumphs from heart and from tongue;
tbs the fucrum and lever Of Archimedian power
NAT moves the great world in this life stirring |
md the warmest enthusiast that chants forth it's
pra1pe. aEfse4 t8s
IAN scarce be too ardcnt in framing his lays ~
'ut let the newspaper press to this hour belong,
.nd make y we therefore the theme of our song, 4
'oI OF all the great Priesthood that rules the 10
day,
10 member exerts more powerful sway.
o a moulder Of public opinion and life
promoter OF earnest and vigorous strife n
Tie power we never can thoroughly know,
or in silent though still ever widening flow,
to influence reaches the lowliest mind.
md In some degree fnds 1t responsive in kind !.
rs not . mere mirror in which people may see {
themselves and each other as they happen to be, {
y the world as It leisurelyjogs along. =
ut careless OF right and regardless OF wrong; :
lot merely tell tale of human events
brown together IN haste without reaeon or sense
lot simply and snformer OF moral mirdoinps
)r carping reporter Of social outgoings;
I is a reformer OF positive mold,
Jnobtrufively enters the family fold. N
ne connting-ro DON, warehouse, the Workshop and q
/ store. E# fsEtatss4s a ss 49, \
he market. the stndy with its treasures of lore.
% the hard handed toiier fpeakg words Of good I