The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-11-11

ohio's bed
To grace our Jubilee,
To gayly tTip with fairy tread,
And caper AIrily-
As forth they hy,
Thanks to the Que who gaze
This cleaning stairway Othe sky,
And winged the shining wave:'
Hereeunuing Art
Hath done her part,
Obedient u the will
And generous thought Of his large heart
Who gave " us her skill.
And beauty queen,
Herself, Is Secn-
Greek Venus, the divine,
Half hid by screen Of falling sheen,
wen Of crystalline.
As pure as white
The waters bright
In crystal streams Outp0ur,
Their spaAkle write, IN words Of light
This legend evermore;
Who stops todhnk
Upon the brink
or our O'erhOWingb Tln,
Need never think his lips should shrink
From what We pour for HIN.
No poison foul
Is 10 our bowl
To madden heart and brain,
No wicked blne TO kill the SOul,
And oil each sense with pain.
Fly from the charms
And haleful harms,
Round mAddeniDg cups that cling,
To soothing calms and healing haimS
That pure waters bring!
II We may count
This noble FOunt
Such leSson unto all,
Long may It's sparkling waters mount,
Till FOly's weakest thrall,
CleanSed Of the stain
r OF SIN and pain,
Shall bless his hOnOTed name,
Whose talisman hath burst his clIai
Redeemed life from shame.
THE GRAFTON.
Hon. J. II. Good was next introduced,
and delivered the following Grafton:
"MR. PRESIDENT, LADIES. AMI GENTLE
MES:-The presence OF many people here
to-day bears witness to their appreciation
OF the gift that has been rendered to Our
city. This day, this occasion, with its ac-
complaining ceremonies, il one long to be
remembered, and the man or the woman
who now sees il, or the child who wonders
In its bewilderment rs it gazes upon the
scene, will recur TO it in future years as
one OF the pleasing episodes OF m earlier
life, when both old and young, rich and
poor, came forth in unison Of purpose to
do honor to the "a who had honored
them.
''The good deed OF the public bcnefactor
dies not with the body OF its doer. There
is q sentiment born OF the act that lives
and passes from decrepid man to buoyant
youth, and old man to youth again, from
memory to memory, long down the CORR.
doris Of time. So with the gift hat is
crowned appropriately to-day. When the
eyes that now see it, the tongues that now
speak OF il, and all who are here to ap-
plaud and appreciate it, are alike in the
forgotten past consigned, there will still
survive an eye TO see, an ear to hear, and
rs many more to reproduce the unfOrgot-
ten act that may teach the future bya past
example. A public ornament is n pub
lie blessing, and yet so inditier-
ent has been the popular mind with refer
ence to all enterprises tending to the beau-
tification OF our city, that never since the
date OF her earliest settlement has there
been q monument, n fountain, or n park
to attest the refined taste OF her citizens.
Living 1.-THE base OF barren hills, befogged
by vapor and smoke, without q view save
that ofsome dismantled wall which stands
a SURVIVING monument to its " decay.
And where exists the apology for the ne
glect? Probably no city within the Union
is possessed OF greater natural advantages
than our own. Situated in a district OF
country rich in all the productions which
contribute to the wealth ola people, pos
sessed OF the natural and artificial high
ways Of trade, with a climate that adds
yigor TO the health and stimulates the
physical economy to itsgreatest endurance,
in all contributing the opportunities OF a
grand success that might well awaken the
jealousy OF more pretentious cities. Pos
sessing all this, and By utilizing all the adj
vantages afforded, VIC have reached the
standard OF a business prosperity that
might well invokethe hand ofart TO crown
the summit ofOur commercial and finan-
cial advance. Let it be done. Let it be
%inaugurated to-day. Let the spirit Of in
dustry extend its hand to the iieldof great
er enterprise. Let the iron monument
stand sponsor to the refined art, and out
Of the wealth Of the inexhaustible interior
let the beauty Of the exterior world ap-
pear.
"Itisaf false economy which advocates re.
trenchment TO the prejudice Of the enjoy.
ment OF the people, As a rule, a city is
the pride Of its native inhabitants, and
when around that city is associated the re-
sorts for pleasing and healthy recreation,
where can he found the garden and the
park, where the tired laborer can find re.
pose and regain the relaxed energy Of his
nature, II wins the natural sympathy Of
the heart and holds him by the attach.
ment OF his own associations.
'There is one day in seven appointed
for rest, but associate OH that one the
gloomy experiences OF the preceding six,
and the spirit Of the proud man Yields to
the gloom Of the unchanging 'lay, n
dispirited being to the mOnotony Of his
own existence.
"But the time has Comea and the example
has been set which i%naugurates u change
in the policy OF our people and in tho
pride OF Tour City's inhabitants. We have
seen the beauty, grandeur and magnif.
cence OF other places. We have seen the
gardens, parks, monuments. and fountains
laid out, erected and maintained by the
energies OF less opulent people who 10Y
boast in their pride and repose in the
luxuries Of their own creation, until we
have determined that Our city shall no
longer remain the dark yelled maid Of the
night, but the white ROBBED bride Of the
morning.
To-day we inauguratc the beginning OF
a new lie; throwing aside the sable CUR.
ments Of the past and assuming the dress
OF q more defined taste, we start upon the
pathway Of a refining future, To one OF
our most liberal citizens are VIC indebted
for the change, From his hands have we
received the GIFT before Us. A piece Of ar
tistiG work that reflects credit upon the
mind that conceived Il and the hand that