Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-01-04
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THE FAYETTEVILLE OBSERVER,

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Hail old Lincoln, with Christmas calls.
| With hops select and young folks balls,
/ With seminaries high and churches,
And schools where masters ply their birches
| t0ftowering hills and lovely rivers,
And killing shafts from Cupid's quivers
Of boys engaged in mischievous sport,
Answering to Judge Hickerson's court
Which justice metes to every freeman,
And gives the law to Attorney Holman
Of snow squalls drifting on the gales,
OF Evans and his auction sales,
Of dry goods patterns, low and high,
And other goods not quite so dry,
OF Bob McKinney's Railroad expresses,
OF ample hoops and low-necked dresses;
Of the latest upward movement,
The stately Goodrich house improvement
Where pals are sold with ready handles,
And oy sters, toys and full weight candles
Of gaming hells, the good mans loathing,
And lots of ready made-up clothing
All held on very low commission
And building lots in "Brighes addition;"
OF fine beef slaughtered from the pen,
OF grog-shops where they slaughter men,
Burning them slowly, but as we'll
AS fire burned out the illinois hell"
Which roared at midnight on the gale
AS fierce as Williams breaking Jail,
And made all dreamers ope their eyes,
And gaze about in blank surprise.
Old Time forever on the wing
Seems to have enthrOned a nepotic king,
And given in lieu Of honest stuff,
Ulysses Grant, who is "good enough
For those who hold him in their tolls,
To ladle out the party spOils,
And by the constitutions clause
Be sure to "eTecNte the laws"
And Congress, too, a precious set,
AS e'er in nations council met,
Who Wag as much of senseless tongue
As all the wives of Brigham Young,
And train in petty cliques and bands,
And parcel out the public lands,
And guard mighty Dation's rights
By midnight brswls and saloon fights,
Take umbrage at nod or wink,
Then shed much blood with pen and ink,
And end it by another drink.
Hail to the Columbia Railroad route
Which Capt. Steele will bring about,
Uniting Lincoln's prolific lands
With Alabama's golden sands.
Well engineer and fix the grade
Before the Railroad track is laid,
On which, without especial guiding.
Prosperity is already riding,
In quest of markets for the State,
And therefore cannot longer wait;
So pray indulge the precious dream,
And give the engine all her steam.
But, patrons kind, cannot stay,
For on my round | must away;
Though wind may blow and sleet assail,
And rains descend with icy hail, SO
And summer with its biistering heat
May burn the path beneath my feet,
shall return with the OBsERvEB,
And hope twill make you all the wiser,
And cheer you on the toilsome road
Until you leave for that abode,
That beautiful and happy home,
Where storms and sorrow never come,
That holy mansion of the blessed,
Where souls will find eternal rest.
| know that Time upon his way
Will turn my soft brown hair to gray,
And write upon my forehead fair,
And set his seal of wrinkles there!
So, patrons | am now addressing,
Vouchsafe to me friendly blessing,
That as carrier through life,
l walk exempt from vulgar strife,
And my frail bark so justly steer,
That may reach that glad New Year,
Where patrons all and carriers go
Who do life's duties here below.