Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-03-14


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Vi at Public Meeting Of the Patrons Of M,
= Glover, BY Mrs. Or. c. l.. French.
Rhymes are cheap and words are plenty,
Time, though precious az the gold,
May not all be coined in specie
Whose par value NAV be told.
So, as we have met together,
And time has been so well improved
With good speaking and addresses
We may now have lighter food.
Leaving arguments and logic
such strong food may do for men,
Follow now the idle falcies
OF women Nill and pen.
We II not r1r y be earnest,
SCIENTIFIC Ala Or wise,
But treat lightly as we choose to
Whate'er subject may arise.
With retrospective vision
Con the annals Of the past,
With fresher present view it,
Or explore the future vast.
Speaking lightly Of the future
Well recalls a dream OF mine.
0fcOurse you all believe in warnings,
Omens, prophecies and sign.
Thinking busily one evening
OF the Grange, its motive, aim,
My syelids weary closed in slunber,
Queerest thoughts and fancies came.
One Of these II was the reading
ofthe strange, strange book Of fate.
All the future time revealing
With no need to watch and wait.
The great difference was refreshing,
All the present seemed 90 bare.
Contrasted with the good time coming
That in light was written there.
The first page of our country told me,
And it curious was to read,
The people truly chose their leaders
0fthelf own free act and deed.
Money then no more gained voters,
Offices no more were bought,
Congressman took no more presents,
Not even shares Of railroad stock.
Committees Of Investigation,
No more their painful task perform,
Nor cover up their brothers action
With the thin whitewash of reform.
The president was called a model,
For he would neither smoke nor swear,
His horse might be an army mule
For aught that he would think or care.
Ofrelatives in all the wide world
He d scarce a single one possess,
Fathers, cousins, wife's relations
Grew scarce and beautifully less.
Woman's rights no more US haunted.
Its sad ghost at last was laid,
The yexed theme forever settled,
And this nice arrangement made.
From the lowest to the highest
This the great Creators plan
Stood the proud and coming woman
On higher plane than man.
Man still ruled the lower creatures,
With the old familiar sway,
But he subject was to woman.
Always having her own way,
Eash{op tka rolantIass t,pont
Whose dominion was the world,
Conquered by good taste and Judgement
Had her gaudy banners furled.
Lovers proved the saying falsehood,
"True love never yet ran smooth"
Matches then seemed made in heaven
By their harmony and truth.
TO drunken men could there he seen,
As now ID srery town,
King Alcohol had lost his reign
His throne had tOppled down.
Among the people none we're found
Who vile tobacco used,
Where once they chswed the filthy drug
They now the drug escheWed.
That most amusing Of all bipeds,
The dandy, with his perfume sweet,
Barnum's Museum had the last one,
Not one was seen upon the street.
And lawyers other business sought
Than foolish men to fleece,
For neighbors learned the golden rule
An al, If,-..I L.. ......
The doctors then did not prescribe
Their bitter drug or pill,
The sight Of such would almost make
Zen we'll person III.
But such delightful remedies
" Fresh air would do you good,
Suppose you take pleasant ride,
And let me see-your food
By all means do not starve yourself,
Eat whatso e'er you please,
Pickles, honey, cake and sWeetmeats,
Cookies, tsrts, mince pie and cheese.
Throw aside your broths and Cruel,
Poor crust coffee and weak tea
Without doubt at my next visit
Great improvement shall see."
The tailor when he made a garment,
Safe returned whate'er was left,
Nor cabbaged all the largest pieces,
To make son Tom or John n vest.
CObblers always kept their promise,
And II they had promised true,
You should have your shoes for Sunday,
Saturday night would bring the shoe.
Whoever drew load Of hrowood,
And he who cut II up, or sawed,
Had learned at last by some new method
That just eight feet now make a cord.
hillers did not, absent minded,
Send home toll instead Of grist,
Their fat porkers, matched with others
Did not always head the list.
hilliners' stitches were 80 shortened.
And were taken with such care,
That the very best material
II was found they would outWear.
The merchants sold the purest sugar,
Not the faintest trace Of sand,
And such coffee Farmers grumhled
That to raise peas was waste Of land.
The sllk'worm spun the thread Of all
The yards Of silk he measured,
His all-Wool goods, both warp and hll,
From some sleeps back were severed.
The theory was now exploded
FaTmers TO make Of all the boys,
Each one chose his own profession,
For each was capable Of choice,
But he who had the largest brain
And resdiest wit ofall,
Whose depth Of thought and strength Of W
No hardships could appall,
Nov proved himself lord of the soil
Dame Natures hyorite son,
A leader 'mong his fellow men,
The nations chosen one.
traced the cause that lay beneath
30 great, uJlnplets a change,
And found the farmers had maintained
A union called "The Orange"
Othor workmen long we're proving
That In union there ls strength,
Each his brothers rights maintaining
AZ any cost or any length,