The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1871-01-21

! of our tisoe 10 making the common neOessa-
ries Of lite more available to every one To
give a man bible which costs fifty cents
and refT3e to give him loaf Of bread which
cost ten Sents is the height of sDObbery. To
give poor man a free seat In a costly
church TPw, extravagantly cushioned, and
refuse tfI provide for him a plain, comforta-
bic, freel lodging house, is about as ridicu-
lous ssfte of things as can well be inag-
ined. 10 give a man freedom and the bal
lot, and refuse him comfort and independ-
ence,s che OF the sublimest mockeries of the
age. We must begin at the beginning and
sec that the foundation is strong.
The magnet that attracted tie old man
to the n ivate court was music. He heard
it, likeif it, was good Judge of it, and was
''led aTay by it." And was that sinful
He haGj been accustomed to music twas
bis her kage 1t was born in him and of
him. The melOdious sound came from the
best hlIuse in the court In the paror was
a man who wrote verses and made bis occu-
patton profitable. His general principles
we're be same as those of the musician who
was r anding by the door. Both had suf-
fered Equally, but in different ways. The
poet Sss afflicted with the measles and scar
let feFer in bis infancy, was attacked by the
small pOX in his youth and was occasional
y tsbubled with the govt in his middle
age He also had rows with bis publishers
and 5be critics cut him up sometimes. He
had Just finished the verses
Let RI 20 to place where It is dirErace
| To We n nest and manly and free,
WhcJe man with out bushing may ash his own face
| WHERE W man may draw her ovn tea.
I Bryiv that the duties Of lie are a curse
| Ptt wish 20 perform nv share
Por bold n at one sided life IL worse
Tl'Pn The lis independence must bear.
No, am mistaken. He could not have
penhed those commonplace lines. must
givf him a better record than that. will
F say that he wrote the following:
l Wooed her ike man, sir;
watched her smiles and tears;
Yielded to her every whim,
smoothed her hopes and fears
kissed her hand profoundly;
told her hour by hour
That The was rith In beauty
And full OF subtitle mower.
lavished Vif's abundant,
: Drove ennui from her door
Stoke my love with honeyed words
What could she wish moreY
Yet she grew too vain and stubborn-
And said I was her slave
That she could lead me by the nosc
Aud ma Ike me fool or knAve;
Th,t hut for her my cheek would fade
My heart would break Ia twain
Ny Wit would ~ weakened blade
My spirit soon would tame.
, lhat any age to hersel,
III and rank,
] Ne posts every
y ather bank.
lwaM oft, chided soft,
, told Fer che was wrong
| 7 She answered that another swan
Would Ill my place ere long.
| ! gave her up, but with a sigh
| prayed she might reform,
Ihat evil clouds would pass her by
| 4 Without single storm.
went abroad but not to die
) Nor yet to fade and RroAH-
One rainy dsY tried TO cry,
D But could not even moan.
: lnde"d rather gained In flesh
Aud ew in stature too,
e My health vas equal TO the best
! seldom felt g blue
q / So, after All" said, at last
l. - Ny heart is still nv own
hail not soon forget the past
8 But grevng is unknown
- she does not own another swain
But that's her fault. know
c FOR though he tides all the time
] New suitors come and 70
meet her now without a panR
4 ! IN malice or Of pain
hate her not, hut still she knoEs
r cannot love again.
: Whether be wrote those verses mr. hatto,