Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-01-06
CARRIER BOYS GREETING
TO THE PATRONS OF THE
4'a'tts County 9ernID
NEW YEARS DAY, 1870.

8"g'tte County 1'r"Io
NEW YEARS DAY, 1870.
HAPPY NEW YEAR from the Carrier to /
many friends,
With wishes for prosperity to patrons he c
tends
With prayer that adverse winds may not
lengthy life bcset
But peace and plenty reign supreme, and {
duh care forget.
May God in mercy grant to you life of ],
and peace,
And add His blessings daily till life on ear
shall cease;
And may His grace be your support viii
through this vale you glide,
And heaven be your final hOme-with ange
there abide,
A Happy New Year, once again-a New Yci
full Of joy
Sends greeting to his patrons, all, your hun
BILE Carrier Boy
Dead SIXTY NINE farewell forever;
Eventful year thou vert, tits true.
Naught can from our memory sever
Needful lessons learned from you.
Many scenes occurred of sorrow
Since thy dawning we did greet
Scenes Of trouble, crime and horror,
With poverty and care repleto.
Yet, methinks, while retrospectng,
Thinking over thy career,
Thy course was not all miSdiTecting,
Nor all thy precepts led to err
We call to mind with pleasant feelings
Much that memory has retained,
Proving clearly all thy dealings
With the world were not in vain.
'Tis true thy history will he blotted
By DEGREES of modern fools
Who with iiendish devils plotted
To retire Gods Word from schools.
Yet relief from this construction
May by Bible friends be had;
Where the Gods design destruction
They, the Gods, do first make mad.
Thy history tells us we've been granted
Grant to run the nations mill,
Grant to grant to all, undaunted
Peace on earth-to men good will.
Moral progress is our maxim;
Pay all debts that's Justly due;
Do to others, is our axiom,
AS you'd have them do to you.
SEVENTY will record this sequel
TO progression DER this land:
Before the law all men are equal,
without regard TO creed or clan.
In this age of Cardiff Giants,
lumbug monsters. quaint and queer,
Art and Gypsum bid defiance
TO Yankee skill and Yankee care.
Mastodons Of huge proportions
Come and go ut Humbug's call,
Which sCienCed men, without distinction,
In one huge gulp take bones and all
In press, in speech, in congregation,
Woman's Rights has been the song,
And will be till their elevation
Is established right or wrong.
Female Suffrage is now demanded
BY Mrs. Stanton, Lucy Stone -
And hosts of those whose lords remanded
The pants" by them so proudly worn,
We're like the youth that asked the blessing,
The winding up" is sore expressing.
He closed his prayer peculiar, surely,
With Most respectfully, yours truly"
Sow, we might grind till day is breaking,
tnd tell of progress Fayette's making;
Tell about the hogs we're raising,
Jf mammoth cattle-talk amazing
ell of Railroads contemplated
Yer which our friends become elated,
ell Of merchants enterprising,
ell of wonders we're devising,
ell of beauX and moonlight walking,
.Ove-sick youth and whispered talking,
ell a Thousand things worth knowing,
md show a thousand things worth showing,
Int with your leave we'll now subside,
md let these weighty matters slide.
Els hard to do to force poet
r make Il jingle when yOn know it
r, rather it is hard to jingle,
Fhen rhyme and reason fail to minglo.
his makes the writer quite .lelencelesS,
critics term his efforts senseess
nd turn their noses up, disguised.
nd wonder why the carrier trusted
lch a writer with his greeting,
nd he true poets daily meeting.