Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-01-06

JANUARY I, 1875.
HENRY BATTY, CARRIER.
1.Ai by tho Are.lsh toasting my toos
Till the wee sfna' hours drew on
And in teastng my toes nil into dozs,
Aud dreamed Of the dsys that are
Tho Almanac and the old clocks tick tack. r
chating Time on his back in his fgh,
Which the same was myself
That the old year was dying tonight.
While toasting my toes and DOING my aoss,
was dreaming dreams wondrouAy queer;
Stranse pictures Of fancy in quick airy Eight;
Like phantom Or sprito
Round night
a wi dream of he
dream that wOndrously queer. .a..'
dream Of the dying old year.
And thee are soms of tho pictures
That a.ted before my
nd hcsar Of the visions
That drove through my brain last night; at
befo nation,- d.
A nation strong Rnd grand;
Its a pensvo.
And parayzd its hand.
By the Golfer o. that tnaion
Stood the nations "wie and good"
In the healthy avocaton
OF modern station.
Atending to obuine temp salvation
BY crowds in their "trOusorns' the ducAts of the nat0n
Extending their reaching
a.mle so very bland, indeed and rsove very queer
And dealing kings aud aces in their little of euhre
And scOOpng in at every trick, the nations filthy uce
You have read that little story of him they called All Sin;
he rob those fellows of their
And howth lovs went him-the wen same
And again in autes style, that occidental
1mw All Sin all plehoie with aces kings and cash,
Then saw All sin assisted in manner somewhat hash"
No only kinrsa andac aaug around
Aud pig tails followed pig heads, with spnmode tOund
81. Ss9s.1 Iss. @ so . 3 S. always .,
hrd-termtes flung beneath pot of boiling brine
they left the smiling nation not yestiye sign
saw An Sins right bower tho-po,"
afyihou@nd leagues beyond the line where life is moi.
Saw Uncle anterior sole send kings up through the sky
nd like the with mounfu sigh;
And Z. s., the smoking joker, checked for regions high
Saw carpet-bogscrs carpet-bnss gaslaw
Go troopng through the hrmament like wild geese in -luau
Andh more
And at this All Sin burqus
nd then nIs,wa Field al redv human soe
sight may preserve som seeing
And all about chat oahmo Field 'ad weeping daughters ciuns
widows sishs the air mournfu cadence
then heard old Detroit that Fields sad dsahkno sung
Worthy pannci said for work.
That stood hard by the ruins OF sadly Busted kirk .,
to lsudcl who'd been for in
Came like troop of prolsas. rejoicing .'4
And thcredid aPublcan christian life begin
nd thenI sawa little game, think u, Homes pun
Where certain lawyer made double Homeward rnn;
Andth then Isawn editor he. " .f
Attending each others needs, in quite tho T.
Then from thedi Southwest along the trembling ground
1 headt a rafting rumbng sound;
Heard the snoting horse dash the railroad lines;
At least thought heard and saw very certain signs
Ana'm mon he where the dying cmbcrs lay
ZEN yirnilion grasshoppers marching DER the
All gaunt and dlean,a bouy, horrid jaws;
their like pondrou beams "a wind went with their
And gon of the Nebraskians ieathery
Isaw little puict sit upon preachers knee 'oH i.t
make her sci and downy could he;
her rheadur
andlo Dutch eountric;
And both fractions this game did quite
Now hcwho game could u tale unfold, ''
For Brooklyn has no Josphs as Egypt had of old
thoueh d mott gospel truth "icst yit,"
blind" roaming round where tho preacher takes h,
rntf the Lord had gathered in his uy counterfeit
just then the old
last hour heard his dying sigh
And underneath the and underneath the snow,
Where all the and the flowers that and
with robes o snow and erlnine white; .. .,f
light
n Where winds sounding old seveny-Four was laid
thcnI woke efromou my dream, So rr...
Ny drcam "a wild
And Fancy by the he-lght stood,
With Truth extremely
A' 81 .lf All my friends ani patrons dear, i .tr
81 tt wehave another
wehsvc Witnessed friendships sever;
friends forever
Close the
youve had 1850 Il.
A ~ Ma have ahrighter
by and by
Ma your year be joy,
And your ovc without alloy,
And for each jolly benedict III wish a bouncing boy;
~-f-t5~~t sosayL 'f
MAY the hungry bachelors,
gaunt andi lear and thin,
this baby Is dea
'HLt N DC swcly taken in " -3t' it.
AL And all ye waning maidcus. %"
who-ecro
b, -. Is May you a lonely bachelor 'i. sf
And him 20 he'll stay. .f
MAY H " welded couples, i n a q f
alw ~thusvard" tcnd, ..sa.
Have double olive branches .ni..i - 4 .....at.