The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-06-24
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Read as tine recent Meeting OF the
Tennessee Press Association M Muir
freesbere, by Miss Matte COLLINS, Of
Montgomery County. -
eentle.nsn Of the Press: Of all the task you
Here, n the sppoinssi tine, need not ssk you
To give me ears of hearing for o uinnfe.
Or trick myself in bashfnl. slushing mask- 4 o1
Could see st once that there Was neth'nsin u.
Be not poured oat on this poor Afternakh.
ought, perhaps, 10 say. in the bsxinnins..
Your praise ia hymned BY loftisr harps man
Against the srsth 'twouId be no srisvoas sim
- ass S. s .9s ny Lime
That reign" i could not, eertes I'd 'rssign;"
follow MeriHether, French and White
"Afar." yoa say7 Yea. bat + II keep Ia sight.
For them the lush, full harvest softly spread
Its scented. wind-tosssd waves about their
The aoweriess reaches. parchsd with August
They quite used Up the best things to be said.
Wisdom or wit, for such occasions meet,
And sang you strains whose sHsesnsss aid sur
pass
Ny lacAless muse. perforcs, must 60 to grass.
II had done as fancy most inclined me.
In thinking first Of this eventful scene.
A garland &C and fair / would have twined ye-
A wreath Of press flowers, set IN their own
Plague on these laws conventional that bind
AND hold me from this brilliant might have
Wherein / "a shown our Secretary beld,
In hue and principle, mari-gold.
Perhaps tits better thus; own there's danger.
That, in che hsadlong course 1t which dash
Like = wild comet, or Texas ranger,
might have put Farnassus in passion;
Beside. this is the era Of the Granger,
And agricultural tropes are much the lash
Don'tsay. nou, that Z green 'insinueudo' -
or course l wouldn't dare the things that men
do.
Then forward. Aftermath. sans further preem,
And tell your listeners ere we reach our goal,
Another siterm.th vel plainly ,! show en-.
That. whereas, all who've writ previous poem
Have made tho Press collective, as whole,
Subject Of praise, or admonision solemn;
One small objective point s the local column.
Before the war. by the least computation,
Some million titled men were in our land.
Aaf ss! e. {Si sSss 'si
each hand
Fierce men Of war. and bold. who for the ma
Or 'gainst, had made very valiant stand
A General. too. you often might arrive ut.
And also. nov and then you found q private.
We we changed sll these thinss since that
Only to make them worse. says your old sta
ger.
Captains are plentier grown. and Generals
Each other stand than bars along . cage. or
A three years sassafras growth. Do you say.
The p1i ss,s p Well. shsy',. mostly climbed
Then too, We have, thanks to our city journals.
powerful crap of full blown civic Cello
nels.
(Bn parentheee, Colonel do admire
In fact tho title e quite pet OF mire;
Its bearers have such Wit and grace. and IRE
We seen some who d summer night out
That il, il it were cloudy-I aspire
For it. some day. special wreath 10 twins
OF honorable prehxes; tbs the fern. .
Springing from seed that no man may discern
It's done in this way: Smith. say. for exam
Upon his garden sas'' bestows great care.
And takes his country editor o sample
OF roots. or fruits, or tubers large and fair.
He g grateful, and On courtesy not to trampls.
From our friend Captain Smith. we We 8 po-
Might wake the envy even Of Plate"
Smith writ Captain, he must DO impartial;
T would never do to set his neighbor less,
Whose spirit = daring and whose taste as mar
tial,
And whose supper: might help or hurt the
tscif-intorcst sways men. spite Of critics. harsh
all
The golden calf life bows to. is success.)
And go We read. ''onr handsome Major Brown.
Late i'll. we re glad to see again in town"
Bib hath much money. Heaven knows how
Or should know, for it's only guessed in town.
He made il all last year. when corn, or cotton,
Tobacco, wheat or pork went up or down;
But. since he chose his tent to pitch this spot
And build it vide and new as his renovp.
Of course We are told that General Bibb's hne
mansion
But speaks the largeness Of his souls expan-
sion.
Cityward comes Jones from the Dark Corner,
For spring supplies OF calico and shoes.
Be sure the gentle drummer with the scorner,
Aloft, apart. to sit him doth not choose.
Jones nsbs he straight. and begs him to adorn
Wherein our friend s brevetted Colonel
Jones'
Thrust upon greatness, body, soul and bones.
And so on, ct cetera, ad infnitum;
SsDh things we've all read by the twenty
score.
pity those " no read and those who write EN-
The former less, the latter rather more.
The public taste requires the personal item,
And howso' or the paragraphed depiore
Thor names Appearance with these undue
think they re not ungrsteful to the donors.
Nov, If had that Puritan ambition
OF setting right whatever is smiss:
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''Sirs. is there not somewhat too much OF
And tell you twas your high and noble mission.
Due reverend bomaxe 70 our brave TO yield.
But laugh these unwon spurs from on the neid;
And preach you then mighty pretty sermon.
Nicely compactof wisdom, wit and learning,
All sprinkied Ger with godly dews OF Hermon,
And lit with flame of piety most burning.
With here and there a misty cloud of German.
Believing unbeiief, and blind discerning,
Upon subject vaster than the sea,
The difference between what is and ought TO be.
But am no philsnthropist- The moral
Heroic never was my fayorite vein
The way that suits me, ! would not set for all
Others to go. in sunshine, wind, or rain.
never give sdrice-not liking quarrel,
And know, sirs. for your pleasure or your
gain,
This aftermath Of titles will increase
IT'S only with demand supply can cease.
Still. shining friends, and, hope, friendly sim
pers,
Although pass, without expostulation,
Your practices, / must say 10 beginners,
IF you would nobly eli the noblest station.
And play in LIES strorg game as worthy win
pers.
Make him the object of your emulation
Whose life shows right, truth, bravery. strong
and vital
Not the mouth honor Of an empty title"
With that last word my vssrant rhyme il ended;
Linked sweetness long drawn out" 10 not my
style.
Speak boldly out, IL any I've offended;
i hate those williams" who "still smile" and
smile;
But take il, sirs, just rs il was intended-
A triae that might idle time hesuile-,