The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-10-07
THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL THURSDAY OCTOBER

"A
tombstone, composed of cake and bearing
me name Of certain revolutionary l,strioi
OF New jersey, Capt. Monk on, adorned one
| On. ct the table. A SANGER which once be.
lcnged TO the truly good George Washington,
| and a lsdy's slipper one hundred wears
old ana bearing eyidance that the feminine
passion TO- high heels was not modern.
1 were among the relics If the times that tried
| mems sculs. Oilers were very old Ger
man Bible and double back acting pair OF
German pot-hooSs picked up on the fiel6 OF
4 Trenton two days after the battle. The
table was furthermore furnished with earth
enware OF Indiana clsv and q large assort-
ment OF tempting cake. The walls were
unpublished with q magnihcen. engraving
OF Washington crossing the Delaware and a
picture OF the entrance of the same hero into
New York. Five little flags. each bearing
tne name OF one of the Ave principal con-
hicts on New Jersey soil, were also dlistri-
buted about the booth.
CENTENNIAL ODE.
The following is the original ode recited
by Mrs. Bolton on the Centennial occasion:
SKETCH
| OF THE BIRTH AND HISTORY OF UNCLE SAM
DID Time has written, with unerring hand,
A hundred years. upon the AID land,
Has written, on the pathway OF tho spheres,
And on the walls of Heaven, hundred years,
Since, poor and friendle.s, feeble and forIorn,
An infant nation TO the world was born.
England, It's mother, blind with jealous wrath,
And faln TO sweep the intruder from her path,
Loosed all her war dogs, with its lrliest breath,
To hunt 1t down, and worry 1t 10 death.
4 The startled winds and waters swiftly BORE
Frem land to land, from distant shore TO shore,
The muttered thunder of her nJn's roar.
The Russian eagle fapp.d his sable wing.
And croaked, "Beware, it is a dangerous thing
To break aleg lauce to rightful king"
Italia hid herself among her flowers
1 Hispan a sneered, at is no quarrel of ours"
| The Porte Sublime exclaimed, from his divan,
"Allah II allah, lei him whip who can"
| Greece, bowed and burdened could no succor
give,
But old Hevetia cried, "vive l'enfant vlve,"
And France, by human sympathy beyuIled,
Unfurled her fieur de lis, and kissed the child.
And brave men nursed him, and his sponsors
| stood
Through baptism OF FIRE, and tears, and blood.
Aye, brave men nursed him, with heart, mind
| and strength,
Through nakedness and famine, till at length
He grew In vigor, beauty, grace and size,
a wonder and glory in men, eyes.
| Frugal, and self-reliant, wise and good
With slnews knit, by toll, TO hardihood;
With genius 10 devise, aud will to do;
Fear .ess of danger, to his conscience true,
He was, withal, s,aunch republican,
Who, In despite of every bar and ban,
Stood forth to represent the rights OF man.
And holding all men equal, all men tree
To choose their government ana rulers, he
No homage paid TO lineal royalty,
10 lofty birth, TO klngly crown, or creed,
But held him noble, who in word and deed
Was honest and sincere, upright and true,s
| In all that Heaven appointed him 10 do,
Who honors God, and works, with pure desire.
| For human coed, deeming no purpose higher.
While lordly rulers watched, with jealous eyes
Aud grudging sympathy, his certain rise,
And failed to eompreh End the grand intent
or what they called, "a wild experiment,"-
He threw his starry banner to the breeze;
Sent out his armed SHIPS 10 forelga seas
| Hurled back invasion, with an iron hand
And lion heart, from his be owed land;
Maintained the right against tyrannic wrong;
Made his defenses and his bulwsrks strong,
And taught all men. upon the land and sea,
To treat his stars and stripes with courtesy.
Meanwhile, he made just laws 10 govern all
His numerous children, whether great or small ;
Cared for their interest with paternal care
| Removed toe burdens that were hard TO bear,
And in the Common Wealth gave each MS share.
Encouraged science, industry and art,
In field and forum, factory, mine and mart;
| Ana won from winds and waters. sun and soil,
A wholesome com etence b. honest toll,
And soon the shadow OF Oppression's night
Rolled b2ck from Freedoms sky, 'and there
was light"
His fame went out to countries far away,
Where kings and kaisers held despotic sway,
| And many eager heart and stall wart arm
Forsook the ancient shop, the Outworn farm,
And ventured all upon the wild sea-foam,
To find in FIR edom'S land a freeman's home;
| And, by degrees, the selfish old world grew
Into freternal feeling with the new,
Until the children OF all elm IS, alllands,
| Beneath The stars and stripes, STRIFE friendly
hands.
And, as our hero prospered down the years,
Beyond all human hopes, all human fears,
He bought broad lands coward the setting sun,
And ad ed states to those already won
Surveyed mis- c3asts, and measured mountain
| chains;
Mined yellow gold from earth's prolific veins
Fostered all learning with lioerai hand.
And built grand thoroug hfares throughout the
! land.
Fett.red the steam, and curbed its stubborn
| force
To wing his ships, and speed his iron horse
From port to port, from busy mart to mart,
Ger mighty rivers, through the mountain g
| heart,
Until the clang0r OF MS trelo is nearu,
| At morn and midnight startling beast and bird,
From sea to sea, through every newborn state,
From the Atlantic TO the Golden Gate.
The world has wiser grown since he began,
To assert the uualienaole rights OF man.
The holy fire he minded in the night,
On Freedoms altar, is still burning bright,
/ And all mankind see clearer in its light.
The stale opinions OF prim Il day,
And wrongs, that bo-e from age to age their
sway
Holding, in leash, the consciences of men,
Are vanQuished by free speech, free press, free
/ pen.
And the red lightning, mans obedient slave,
Goes forth with human thought, through wind
! and wave
| To every ocean, continent, and CLINE,