Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-02-08
wrteu for the STATE JoeRsAl.
REMOVAL OF THE COURT HOUSE.


,Tvss but dreami Tet plainly as a man,
gii- fellow man, can scrutinize and scan,
Inw il all Twas midnight's solemn hour
When tited man bows down to Morpheus
The stars we're twinkling brightly in the sky
The moonbeams nittea from their home on
The earth was wrapped in beauty all sround.
Thc frost had hed-though cold, yet dry
the ground;
Our ancient town was hushed in solitude,
No noise disturbed, no person dare intrude,
Methought man ne'er had seen such night
hefure,
As,oand fro, walked my chamber moor.
OF pausing, TO watch the SOFT silvery hue,
Casl o'cr the "Ooart HO0se," so full in my
That noble old struoture-the pride of our
where Clayton and Bayard won great re.
nown
Where anxious young lawyers-with bags
blue or green,
All running about in haste might be seen;
So wandered my thoughts-'til out on the
street,
nv eyes met sight-sye, sight did they
Fuli twenty-four men-with forty.eight eyes
All gazing lntently, TO my great surprise,
Az the ancient old house, Around them did
Spades, pick axes roilerA. II esiera.
They talked lat all over, And each had his view
Of the ways aud The means, II were best to
pursue.
T. accomplish their common purpose And aim
To take tho Old Court Hovie with them-io
hame-
Some 'aought twas best, as of Arehie twas
Said.
To tote It along 'pon top of the head;
Others suggested much better 'twould feel
To carry It over on roller or wheel;
Yet again IL was said by one in the crowd,
"lets set her anoat, and then have her
Another remarked, "If these rAeAns should
We'll have her trApsported over by rail"
some plan nUst be laid" said young Mr..
oThe hodse can't stand here, but to our srssi
city
nmrely must go on This pery nighr'-
tThey all seemed to think young Chitty was
The spirit Of Archie rose up in their midst
And eager were all in the work TO aatist.
A stndy-haired man, with lips siighi
contract"
Seemed chief Of then an-hcad dog In the
pack,
tThis sine qss non, If his height could be
riYcu
we'd surely declare it tween hso, sir or
His iips gan to quiver-the'd not said wort
But thought it nop time that he should bt
heardl
cousin Ego, said he, "rve hit on the plal
BY which, through hard work, well reacl
And carry these buildings in triumph t.
hdme
Let each take a place, with pick-axe ant
ep0QC,
EQ'h distant apart-when signal is made
Let him strike deep and fast the foundation
wall,
TIL the building Ia ioosened, and then W,
will all,
with our levers and fulcrums ready at hand
Rear Il apupOn blocks, and there let II stand
Til' Biiy comes long with the State Hous
We can then put it on and carry it over"
No snoner said than to work they all sprung
LikeCyclops otold, though Cylops the young
The task was soon done, the building adjuste
They shouted and chuckled, tmethOugh
they'd have busted,D
All now WAS prepared, nothing more wa
10 do,
60 IN patience est amere, mais son fruit "a
dpUr."
In patience they stayed though time scene
Juggling
Waiting Tor Billy, his horses and wagon;
Nor waited they long, for soon did 1t seem,
They heard Billy's voice, and the sound q
Asdown the main street it was rattling along
And Billy was venting himself of song.
Twas but a short time, a minute or SO,
The horses were stopped for Billy sai'
whoa ~
They turned to the wagon, a wonderful sight
Twas wide enough, long enough, big enoug
quite
To hold everything our nsishbors noto wan
With space enough left to put more up on Il
I'pun the front scat ten worthy men sat,
Nepsn for the House and three the Senate =
Immediately back were several men more,
ln,euded no doubt for Trustees OF the Poor
And still further back from Scaford the
We're oysters and clans and all kinds I
The oysters and clans, was told by N
Wcfu 10 be- hcdded In Christians Rirsr.
f"Our city so large, and then, too, so grca
Convenience demands US 10 sisdlIoW IL
The ancient old State House stood back
them all.
Il shuddcrcd with fear, lest the huildir
But strongly and surely the work had bee
with cia,nsand with harssrs, they'd d fasten'
i'on,
In the rear of the cart they'd left enouE
Iowhich they assigned our "Court Hous,
place.
"Our task is soon done I'VE do it but right
They tugged and they grunted, and MAJ
auch attacks,
That the building was soon snugly placed
And then with great glee they carried
over
And set it behind the State House frc
Dover;
Then, with hawscrs and chains, already
hand,
They fastened and tied, till they thought
would stand.
Thus ended the job they all mounted 10 6
They had what they wanted-at least tn
thought SO.
-. q
Was all that WAS needed & start Off the ira
Then they shouted aloud, and hallooed "'
done -
And so moved off to their own Wilmingt'
'Representati. according to population.
Ntw CASTLE January Is. 1873,