Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1873-06-05
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By THOMAS DUNN ENGLISH.

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Take care and move me easy boys. and let tn,
If there's any use to try and patch whatlittle'
The,eTthat'Iitio. MS all no use-I see it il
You needn't purse your mouth that way--yar
M Naien's got to die. .a.. .,r..
And IL there really be no chance TO save 4 fel-
Well. well! the blast was quite enough. and
+ iIwell excuse the knife. go .-r.r-
just loose my collar gently, boys,-it hurts me
Put something underneath my head-ion'i
| quite so high;
And let me have some water-Ah-h tell you,
1t beats old ryc-rought to know-I'ye surely
drunk enough.
You'll say whatever were my faults, to say the
T.. thing that's right,
That Jim fany yalen never shirled his liquor
r. ora fight. t-- e,r- 20. ..-..,--. ..-.
The eircuit-rider? What's these? | hardly
think one prayer,
However long. has power enough my whole
account TO square, -
And at the day Of Judgment, when the world
its work is through,
And all the miners round about account for
what they do. 'I7
The Lord above. who knows all things, will be
as Just to ME
And mere riiul--at all events, with Him I'll let
it be.
Somehow my mind goes backward, boys, TO
To the valley of the Overproek, and the farm
~ house long and low, T'.af
When wandered on the Palisades to gather
And, mixed with liiacs mother placed them in
= 0ur.sittiRg- room. .IH
/ see them in the fireplace, in that pitcher
-white and high !
al ino nnf,o Il -l,ar
ones about to die. -
Why, I can see the orchard, boys, upon the
sideling hill;
The place fished Tor kilies in the crookd Pei
lum Kill;
The deep hole where the pickerel lay the ras-
cal long and lsIak.
caught him with u moose Of wire and sraked
him on the bank: ~
The places in the meadow where went TO trap
the mink;
The mill-pond by the roadside where drove
the COWS To drink
And there was little Kitty, boys. her house
was close to ours,
The gardens almost Joined, but she was pref
- tier than the flowers. .. 80. |
We went to school in winter time upon the |
49, Nneck r0ad. |
And when put her books with mine it seemed |
to ease the load: .---.
But when we both grew up, somehow wasn't
quite so near 'N
She married Peter Brinkerhoff--and that is
why I'm here. .lI
There was my good old father, boys, with stern
.--- and rugged brow
used to think him hard on mel know him
~ better now; .-..
And, then, my dear old mother. with that
.sT-- pleasant smile others rr l.
} what gush Of tenderness the thought within
aft me stirs. II
;ome, father, raise me in your arms; andlmoth-
or, stroke my brow
our hand is c0Ol-what odd conceit; they're
neither living now
rhey're gone, the old Y an Vafens, BOYS there's
no one left but me,
Ind an going tOo-and so | send no word,
You see.
he boys user to play with, and the girls
used to know,
irown up to men and women, have forgot me
long ago. ,
we been to Bergin county now for many and
many day, |,
md no one there would care to hear what
might have to say. -
find I'm getting weaker, boys, my eyes are
growing dim,
here's something dancing in the air; my
head begins to swim.
Vater!-That'S good! that stirs me up. that
gives me life again.
on talk about your dead nen-why, I'm just
as good as ten.
here's something heavy on my breast--yeu
take the thing away
lother. there is Kitty Demarest--may go
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