Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-09-18

Voice from heaven speaking
To our senses sleeping,
Breath of him who maketh
All thy orb TO shine;
Ray from him who waketh
Up thy song divine -
o where may sorrow
Never have morrow.
Teach my leaden bosom
some sweet thought to know,
That to joy may lift me
Up from things below.
Baltimore, Sept. IS, 1878.
PRESENTATION TO PROFESSOR WISE. AND
HIS REMARKS.
On the evening of the Goth of August, an In |
teresting little incident happened at the house |
Of Professor Wise, the aeronaut.
The occasion was the presentation Of fine /
gold pen and pencil to the Professor, as desl- /
rable item of preparation for the proposed At /
lantic trip. fhe presentation was made by /
one of New York's best gold pen manufactur- |
ers, Mr.. Horace NJ. Smith, who delivered an un- |
usually racy and rhyming address, with blen- |
ding of fun, fact and fancy, sufficient to ensitle
it TO newspaper notice. The great balloonist
seemed to be heartily pleased, and made q
characteristic and eloquent reply.
The presentation address was as follows;
I0Ou Duiiuef OI l1e DulDOuty DlS UauOOn.
Thou greatest and most reckless Of gas -gau-
gers,
That aim st to interview the Man In the Moon,
And bring bis photograph to Us old stagers,
Then stride the Atlantic, as q small spittoon,
And make us any number Of safe wagers
To break your fast upon the Battery Green,
And sup at evening with the Widow Queer!
We like thy pluck, thy purpose, aud thy plan,
Thou Wise by name and very nature too,
And we believe that all which Science can
At present promise thou wilt dare 10 do.
Seasoned 10 danger, and as brave man
As ever was brave work entrusted to,
You'll bear our HIGH regard, cleaving the sky
To teach us how the daring live or die.
Sun in the realm of Hon ART there Is fun,
And Fancy, with her fmy finger touch,
Can make one panorama after others run,
Serious or comic, as we care for such:
Whilst, like an eagle, you II outstare the sun,
Or rise supported by your gaseous crutch.
Like the old crone, who raised her broom on
high,
You'll sweep the old cobwebs out of the sky.
Like men and women, gas has its high m ission
II bears our blood aud business to the stars,
And, as we sell our stock upon commission,
II that you fad In Heaven no serious bars,
To commerce with our kind, we do petition.
% Until we freight them thro' on airy cars,
2 For you to take our goods, all kinds and ample
). To show the angels, and 10 by sample.
!. We make the pen, that's miglaier than the
sword,
Its body gold, and diamond at tile nib;
sTwould add he lustre TO a Persian Lord.
And writes as smoothly as the poets flb;
- And when YOU own ons, on our sacred word,
a. Than miss our make Of Gold Pens Tor dayi
Which is as much as we're preparsd TO say.
When you get up in Heaven, just look around
ha-N p.,a1 ill.,. 49, Il l..
No doubt from use it's faulty and unsound;
Get him TO Try your smOolhest specimen,
And when he asks where such rare pens are
found,
And offers millions to possess it-then,
Take not his money, but reply with pith,
At08 Duane, Of II. NJ. Smith.
Take not his stamps! The name of such {
!; friend
Will be priceless treasure, autographs
j; Or printed IN capitals, at the end
Of testimonials sounding aud seraphic:
Celestial signatures, will surely lend
A dignity unto our penny traffic;
But IL he asks a second, smile and say,
The first will last forever aud day.
Having secured the trade OF all the spheres,
Descend at once to work up Mother Earth,
Aud II Victoria has dried ertears,
Make her a call at her domestic hearth.
Present specimen ~ all her d'ars:
Fist to the graceful girls of royal birth,
And then the boys-for Heavens sake, don
slight em-
Alfred and Albert, anu AID ISFiNITua.
Call at Vienna, Paris, and Berlin,
Constantlnople, Moscow, TeheIau,
And II you lind the royal carcass in,
oercome their modesty by proper plan.
Tive them a pen, anl il that's too thin,
Pay them to take it, And II any man
Refuse both offers, challenge him 10 fight,
Let hy your ballast and get out of sight.
But all this while We have, indeed, forgot
To make for your dread journey fit provision
To keep your records fair and free from blot,
And have them written out with due pre-
clsion.
Let bakers and the butchers prg and plot
place your food before your hungry yisio,
We give pen-ior heroes the sole key
That sways the doors Of immortality.
word before We part word well said
parting. lfyou should by night or day
by wind or work, get dizzy in the head,
so that lou seem OF dream YOU lose you
way,
Remember Gordon Bennett is hot dead
And Stanley lvrs--but sub rosa we say:
lfyou would have Success their efforts crown.
Don't loss yourself VIII lie going up but doto,
Professor Wise responded at length. I'll
following is ali imperfect synopsis Of h
reply:
SaSmall at this incident NAV seem TO ann,
people, to me 1t gives great announcement,
10 one OF the daily assurances that all classes
people are at last awakening to assist in m
,solntion Of one ofthe most advanced problem
o. history, which Is the attainment Of the be,
means for the utilization Of the atmosphere q
Agower, as medium of communication, as
neid OF scientific research, and as a source I
one OF the most exhilarating pastiines know
oman,
s"ii man Is the master spirit of this world, h
lasst show himself to be competent 10 rule III
earth, the water, and the air. HIS mastery O
earfh and sea, after centuries Of struggle.
universally acknowledged, but his efforts
control the atmosphere are US yet 10 their Infsl
ey. BIT the men Of the future will, no doub
ssek recreation and food Tor thought, as n,uc
IN me upper atmosphere as the men ct tb
present day seek these thirgs IN public bark,
in tile bowels of the earth, or at the bottom ,
lre sea There rrW come a time when III
f3mily ball on will b. about as com on IA Nh
family carrlage is nov, and when the Fam
spirit which now supplies bCulevards and publj
parks will express itself by supplying the mean
" obtaining a flight like the eagles, and a spce
like the wind.
al am no visionary. My convictions are III
ontgrowih of nearly forty Years ofex perience.
Nut acknowledge to having made one mi.
take, and this little incident tonight fol cihI
reminds me Of it. If | had used my pen NOR
than have done, / would not to-day after "A
ascensions, tnd more doubters than believer
In my theory. Without shadow of doubt. IN
asronautic crossing of the Atlantic would hay
been an accomplished fact, and on every fin
aay, near our large cities, the sky would hay
oeen studded with pleasure-soeking balloons
"Ths incident is also one of the many r,
iAinders OF the fact that owe my present op
Portunity TO test my theory entirely to ii
Press, the organic expression OF the power I