Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1872-01-04

Floods ne,er had reached higher mark
Since Noah launched mammoth ark
Than those & Which h swept @ o. Ger hor ChRas mas plain
Earthquakes oft threatened here and there,
And plainly seemed to say Take Care"
a a herce 1. and r furious nous gale ga t passed DER
While lest steepss ot tall and shade trees nice
We're hurried earthward in trce
And trouble did much more abound
Famine plague, flood and fire.
Proving mammoth funeral pyre.
o. Of f"io1 aGfeRts tbo each t%a p pstsns isST ys'r
How many cheek turns deadly pale
Alas! that "cursed thirst for gold"
Is Is still the cause OF woes untold
That largest gains with least least "n1 oon
Holds rule entire control
Of morals-body mind and soul!
While widows sobs and orphans cries
Again for 0 u inspection
On %Westfed" and lives 'twxt food and fame
Are nobody to blame?
We but mortal, and we must
d Isags with @ God God 5.t S 1ssds and jssts {as5
The reader with abaed breath,
Repeats as oftentimes he
Of broad gauged railways murderOus deeds
FR FRe5e m9Feb aFa bst fae aoedsn Tou know
Whether the :s. EOrId at at l Large progresses well
And then belieTe~weI, what you Choose.
Bu Riy so be- t~ faif be- or so&etBg nay ii tEu new
While natives" of surprised"
The consummaiOn of great schemes
Surprising all our former dreams,
WSepe newer ebOs aow aG he gh Gav
6Gnatr mGun Gents a%d Tpnpf E ba nog d0ns
News darts from shore to shore
At cheaper than before.
Ships are now sailing round the world
With canvass spread and flags unfurled
Not doubling capes and going asray,
But "cuttng lots' half the way.
Our country keeps wide open DOORS
And strangers gladly seek our shores,
We greet the needy OF oppressed -
AS warmly the royal guest
Of late there came noted duke
One F whom hon we We i cannot to ovgrloqk hdP5 ~
Rnnnbiican SIfi%s13 s1IIi simpicitve Ne zn'"'e see
Make haste to prepare him banquet and ball.
The expenses of which of course very small.
But O. him it gives pleasure to tell
he behaves extremely we'll
Death with it's Overwhelming wave
Bears millions yearly to the grave
The The eW nRy xho h breFoEa 6Fe attention to 1e osm
Ohio the heartfelt tear has shed
In memory of two worthy dead:
he revered and of years.
long been honored mong his peers
seemed ch9sS c5ps 4jf d onsB5 and a brain
The worker ever at his post
VAL1AND1GHAM the Democrat
The The lawyer yet rnssPd IN spite sodafa Of that
Well nigh resistless in debate.
Has fallen with his
9G g Dusy Ta!ied shq or nIsnS WbieR nPRn well begun
Forever must be left undone.
nnortus nil nisi bOnum.
These and myriads sleep.
While sorrowng friends sad vigils keep.
GRANT takes trip the country through,
And don't blame him much, do you?
He makes some speeches, rather brief
While, better still, the smallest sheet
Finds room forevery speech complete.
# each, ike eRAS4, would OGt hold his tongue
In language clearly all his sST own, l1'SA
Every line of which plainly shows,
And calculates to hold it. too
Exactly 10 to do
To something that must ever live,
Of all the scenes speak most dire
And os ile bGs Gsiu it's horroT 8i the breast
M Moes @ ss 5nfne rs TssR sn Res tive s1e os
And well nigh countless is the cost
But of this dark cloud the silver lining
To 4 srf WHICH all classes fn fend their aid
And gifts most generous are made
Thus fastening as best they
The promised brotherhood of man.
The state elections did reveal
good display of party zeal
sRou sny 6Sugh SOSgs iG5 Salt Hfe City
For fear he might have pay,
Finds it convenient to be away.
Late Developments in Tammany
Prove honesty the best policy.
In keeping with this growing age,
Last year the HERALD's page
Expand, and its weekly sheet
Contemporaries find it hard to beat
Its patronage, increasing fast,
Each year larger than the last.
And now may Eighteen SeventyTwo
Be a happy year all o.
May cherished hopes be realized;
May hearts long weary be surprised
At Fortunes coming, andb
And eyes be gladdened a the sight
or many wel-fled
Awaited long anxiousy.
That all your joys be without alloy,
Is the heartfelt wish of the CARRIER