The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-01-03
CARRIERS ADDRESS
TO THE PATRONS Of
WEEKLY STATE RIGHTS DEMOCRAT.

WEEKLY STATE RIGHTS DEMOCRAT.
Albany, Oregon, Jan. I, 1ssa.
New Year of happiness!
And peace and plenty bless,
The lot OF all with JOY,
Doth wish the Carrier Boy.
Eighteen hundred and seventy-thrco,
Year OF the young mems jubilee,
Has come at last;
No more will they trembling fear
The question that's popped" leap year
That dread is past;
Yet Carrier Boy sometimes thinks
From what he has seen-blinks and winks-
That some arnt sad as they seem
Indeed are oaslsing IN loves young dream.
And many more. ween,
DO wish that loves bright sheen
Ger their sad lives might play
go Ia and win" say;
And you would like to know
II Mr.. So-and-So,
With Miss that's In the plot,
VIII tic the marriage knotf
Well now. I'll tell you fiat
That In the DEMOCRAT
In timo the names you'll 500
OftAoso who'll married be
In year of seventy-threc.
but prospects now urc fnir
That In the marriage lair
full many Will bc caught
And now I'll tell you not.
Your pardon now ask
While tending To n task
In which Is reused my iro
To naming like fire;
That vile caricature-
For pictures name too poor
o. IL was tndecently.- -
That api cared but recently
Within the "Register"-
A horrid. ugly blur
BY which the city,s fame
Is stabbed by It's fair name
Placed underneath the blot -
hat Is the cause, and not
All waters OF the ocean
Can quench the dire commotiou
Ihot Ner since has ragged,
Like furious lion Gagged,
With eager. swift unrest
In my indignant breast.
but strongest words are powerless-
IL, Ine horrld thing won't s'ower less:
III pass to other themes
In which some comfort CLEANS.
Our folks will all be rich
When comes the far-:amed ditch,
With water pure and bright,
Dancing with delight,
From where the Santiam,
Like some lost mountain lamb
Comes clambering down the valley
kushing through each gorge and alley.
With eager haste TO reach
The far-on ocean beach.
Then times will be alive:
Then manufactures thrive:
Then buildings will be rearc q.
And debts no longer feared.
village here we'll boast
The fairest on the coast.
Whore the gentle Calapooia,
Past many n winding bayou
Meets the clear Willamettc's stream
Shining with silver sleam
Through the forests brilliant green,
May be seen the valleys queen
Albany, fair Albany.
Strcfching 10 the east away
Down the stream its site doth lay,
Till il meets the solitudes
Ofth grand and kingly woods:
Southward then across the plain
Hiding others In their train,
Rise houses '-ainst the view
Homes OF people brave and true.
Flourish herr both art and trade
Busy tn boil. pen and snade;
cole. opens wide t. oor
To all who sock fair wisdoin,s store:
Freely taught. the common school
Affords To all bright Earnings rule;
Many heavenward-p pointing spires
Tell OF religions glowing fires;
Justice DER all her sceptre wieIds
Whilst plenty's garb smiles DER the fields
That rise beyond and stretch away
10 where the hoary mountains lay.
May blessings DER thee come and stny
Both In the present and alway,
Albany. fair Albany.
Within the graveyard close at hand
Have many more lain down to Sleep
But memory's sweet and sad-va ced wand
Doth Ger them watchiul yigifs keep.
Many sleep We did not want to spare:
All. many bitter tears wer. shed
when thou. % Crannr, true man and rare
Vast numbered with the mighty dead
And now my simple song
Hath been spun ont too long:
I'll end my New Year call
BY wishing one and all
sweet peace on earth. and Joy
In Heaven. THE CARRIER BOY.