Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-10-05

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When hills are washed in vain and Weld no
Old Nero fiddled at a Gre in Rome,
And twas = serious matter so near home.
Such lcvity at disastrous fire.
Was calculated to raise Latin ire.
But We have greater cause for discomfort
Who v this fertile and free continent.
If while an Indian safely steals our hair,
A pious nation only kneels in prayer.
The "gush" Of those good folks who never
A "treaty Indian" or his lovely squaw
Is worse than Nero's fddling. Let them
And argue while an Indian burns their
home.
They might prefer, that case, on the whole.
Their goods and bodies to an Indians soul,
And be to the conclusion quickly led
That a converted savage must be dead;
And if they prayed for them, before the
prayer
Request their nearest friend to hold their
hair.
But "dietance lends enchantment to the
view"
OF those good people in alluding to;
For if BY Indians they should lose their
sons,
Would they r~etaliate with Quaker guns?
These fine philanthropist, bear this great
Contentment with another white mans loss.
Let but the savage depredate their hearth,
They'd estimate an Indian at his uorth.
The %broadbrim doctrines good, at a long
range,
But for close quarters just y little change
May be required. For near four hundred
years
We've known "the noble redmen". Have
our fears
In ali that time been ever once belied?
Have they been ought but treacherous when
tried?
We've known them long, but have we ever
A tribe that was not cru i? Have they
shown
Aught but the savage nature (? We have
Peace-policy-that murder Of one side
And find that but one policy will fit
The case: Behave, or else "get up ard
GIT"
Tis said u parsimonious Scotch King
Begrudg ed to common people that ore thing
Known as the itch. The luxury to scratch
Was envied by the royal ssssenach.
We are more liberal-don't care a brass
copper.
How many people gather our gresshopper,
Such blessings we would willingly divide,
Not fearing we should have enough beside.
But if these grylli we must longer feed,
l would suggest that We Improve the breed
Cross them for larger size, and shorter legs,
And steadier gait upon their slender pegs,
So that when harnessed and put down to
work.
go with steady motion-not a jerk.
The mouth seems put on wrong to take the
bit,
But there may be q way of turning it
By use and breeding or his better veal.
Some think man lost a claw from of his
heel:
For when on narrow height above the
plain
You stand, vou almost feel it grow again.
But to be serious, neighbors. if we can,
If grasshoppers are really friends of man
Man strangely has forgotten it, l fear,
And waits, with too much pleasure the "of
year.
But these most doubtful blessings, having
wings,
Like others not so doubtful, better things,
Will vanish as u country older grows:
II not, we must the thorn take with the
rose;
And we can answer neighbors, and say
true:
Got locusts! l guess we're as good as
your!
And should the pests still linger on our
soil,
utilize-for lubricating oil,
Gathered and pressed when they are fat and
plump,
Many might yield a gallon at q jumr.
fear unless we learn to utilize
We shall not find them BLESSINGS in dis
guise."
When l behold this grand industrial scene,
The royal bounty, and the pride serene
That g.ories justly in the triumphs won
By farmers, who are partners of the sun
Ind rain, and every element and, force
d making earth produce. No nobler cause
the proud ship upon the billowy |
main
Than does the farmer, furrowing for grain.
justly think, in this prolific west,