The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-01-02
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January Is.. 1878.

The glad New YEAR hath dawned once more,
=, Der all this broad and glorious world,
sAnd1fne, from her etherial thrhne, "a
The cleaning ensign hath unfurled,
Til every nation, every cline,
The herald sung from shore to shore;
Aud countless millions sigh to learn,
The dear Old Year is now no more!
Stay, stay thy hand, o rapid Time!
The Old Year hath on thee some claim.
Heap not the ashes of the Past,
Ere it hath won itself a name.
A rlan.ei anempty boon to leave, stl
And yet solace strange to say,
That paints a smile upOn the heart,
While Death is stealing it away.
Aid 'tis aerushing thought to liye5
! A thing of iife-then pass from Earth,
Unknown, forgot, without name,
0re'en the vestige 0r birth.
Then let the Year, the dear Old Year,
! p, Come forth and speak-it hath voice;
Bear record of its many deeds
e. Wen sing its praises and rejoice,
Bat no, tits gone, forever gone!
And il is vain to call it back;
That which is dead cannot return
Its searth lies in pathless track. 8
But we, in honor of the Year,
Remembered, loved, in every land,
Would write its history, brief and clear,
With careful and impartial hand
The Old Year came on bright winters morn,
All merry and glad, full of hopes newborn.
Its welcome was sung over land and sea,
And Nature was happy as happy could be.
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And thousands forgot to remember their care;
Still time when the banner of peace could wave,
And Nations tears slept on in the grave.
As the Year sped away, events marked its fight,
And some most Joyous, but others less bright.
'Mongst the former no subsequent years may see
gayer event than the Great Jubilee.
What myriads came from Eartll's distant lands r
To join in the swell of harmonious bands;
Or unite in Songs sweet, melOdious strain,
Entrancing the heart with each gentle refrain.
There the harp and the lute with musical voice,
And every known instrument, richest in choice,
With the great piping organ and timbrel of old,
Formed chorus at once majestic and bold.
When the music arose with yoluptuous chime,
Earth ne'er had heard strains 1noregrandly sublime
All, who can forget the musicians and songs,
OF the Great Jubilee, and its numerous throngs?
Or the thrilling emotions that swept o'er his breast,
Like the waves of the sea in IFS deepest unresti
But scenes of dark sorrow found birth with the
Year; ...-.-..
Our noble and good have been laid on Deaths bier.
Our authors whose works have enriched heart and
mind,
OF the Nation at large, made better, refined,
Have gIeaned in the harvest till all was replete,
And lain down their sheaves at the Good Masters
feet.
"Fanny Fern" is no more, nor Buchanan Read,
Whose writings we loved and have given much
heed: ls-, :. jEat J4;s-t Nt5t
And others who long 3ere.a taEsman bright,
Have passed from Lies stage with the swiftness of
night. ''-.-
And Bennett and Greeley they also are gone!
In the space OF three months their great lives were
done. ( Is o-I 49,
Rare journalists they, and mighty in thought,
And the fields they have reaped are with rich hon.
ors fraught.
We Would not forget the great of ourday-.
The record is one that shall neer pass away,
For an Angel hath written on History's page,
The names that shall blossom from age unto age.
Ye. these are not all that have left Esrth's fond
shore gats p sFs f'sli
Aye, plumbers have gone their pilgrimage DER.
While thousands met death by wasting disease,
How many found graves meath turbnlent seas.
Gallant ships fought the storms OF the tempestf toss
ed deep, ,ts,y1..rt +-s,.ssg
But angry waves rose in q Mountainous heap.
The prayers and the tears were all useless and van
No sympathy dwelIs in the heart of the main.
Its bosom engulfed the great concourse of souls,
And they sleep meier to wake where the still water
rolls.
In historic account of Seventy -Two, ~ r.
There are some events most surprisingly true,
That is, to DeMOeracy-yet strange to say,
That Party still looks for triumphant day. q
But fear and suspense weareth down to the quick,
And hope long deferred lct make the heart sicki
The recent Election viii certainly show, Si'
The Republicans dealt d Herculean blow.
Should Democracy ever recover from that, .
Wen excuse all ambition to play ''tit for tat"
5Three-fonrths of a million or nearly, thereby,
Is sweeping majority none viii deny.
GEN. GRANT was induced by this influx so great, ~
To cit one more term at the helm of the State.
'TwasirOads,,al, too; how old Highland with PRIDE
Came successfully eHtOn the Presidents side.
There was talk at one time OF Overwhelming defedt
But those who talked most have made the retreat
There tcere some Republicans they say,
Tro hlhhred and Jorty-a fearful array,
Who were thought to make the Election prove we'll
But they all disappeared! Old Year canst thou tell,
What became. Of those "Libcrals ~ We may sur
mise, s.
They came out for Grant when they opened their
eyesi
The Election stands fair as statistics have shown,
The greatest success Time ever has known.
May the President prove himself all that he shonld,
Giving mind, heart and strength to his country's
II pest;goed lt} tEGsi!lH
Looking over the annals of Seventy-one,
Chicago was burned, and the prairies o'errun
By that eereesraging eleEne9tSeager toroam,
WFheroeer It lnay ideyastate chy AID home -N
And Seventy-rwo by the same demon fell,
Hath left with much sorrow strange parallel. a-
The great Boston Fire, terrific and bold,
Hath in smouldering ruins impressed its deep
hold. .
The huge granite structures, the old city's pride,
Were soon rent asunder and madly defed-,. 10.
though wealth bystles millions was lest in the