The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-01-25

smile Of lover hate
Such was Squire Flynn, supposed to be Justice Of
But fiend who ne'er would let contention in the
village cease.
Observe the foe rhetoric, how the calm descrip-
tiou OF the judicial mind rises By dainty steps
of personality to sarcasm and whitening invec-
tive. Now does thus base wearer Of the ermins
robe whisper to the hero
In a ow and solemn tone
POUNDS" this was his only oath and II was ever on
Young man, you once ,scaped. the gallows. but I
lear yet you will be hung"
And then offers him libsrty at the price Of oae
hundred pounds, which indicates peculiarity In
the currency Of Gettysburg, and q return to
monarchical manners which threatens the vel.
fare of the republic. But note how effective Is
moderation. One only swear does this villain
permit himself; and his gentle fear lest hang
ing bs the fate of the hero seems to indicate
human possibilities even 10 Justice of the
Peace. Mex. our author, casting aside his fear
of Lndley Murray, cries:
There appeared 'gainst / and Colgin men and
women STEPPED in guile.
And these Decoctions took their affidavit how
that the prisoners were thieves Next the poet
proves himself an economist for be utilizes the.
rope bought to hang "I and Coglan" to escape
from Jail. In part 3fd Mr.. Hylton outdoes
himself in meditation upon things in general
from the days of Adam to date. He attacks
the conundrum What is Man? in the following
lucid and convincing style:
This revulsion OF mind
From the supendous compared with the infnitesimal
Is attendant of the standpoint or centre Of the
From which all thin Is made or unmade NAV be CON-
templated here.
Flying back with lightning speed, its iuconeeva-
To the imaginary circumference of the ever and ave,
Each succeeding So small moment making new centre
Creatinga new standpoint or centre in eterpit,'s
And in turn gyrating into the waves OF the cycle
OF the ilimitable. eternal and immutablepast.
Now ask US something harder next time.
what in Time is Now?" seems to be the next
question before the meeting, and is jauntiiy
disposed of as:
An intersection to the radius OF every centre there
But periphery to none throughout the neasureles
sphere.
From the wide airy fields of philosophy the
poet gets home in time to tell us that the sun
'o'er Gettysburg is mounted high" and the
hero is seeking his long, daughter whose
sponsors in baptism were assisted to name her
Minona Argentine, and by this title be inquiries
"for her through street and lane" Now Mr.
Hylton speaks in q tongue we all can under
stand, and crying "If you hit me I'll hit YOU,
ushers in. with this great Homeric shout, bis
description of the battle OF Gettysburg; and
when we learn that the southern soldiers chad
eyes Of flame and hearts of rock and their arms
were fell vapors of DEATH" the above threat
takes on proportions accordingly. Next We are
treated to disquisition upon the manufacture
of Mother Eve as follows:
The snowy wheness Of her skin ftrme Of choicest
Hair Of the mist Of heaven that round His secret
dwelling looms:
Then he formed and fashioned her-her limbs He
grandy grooved and paired.
All the grace and harmony His thoughts conceived
were in her laired.
An apostrophe to the morn is also fine, but
lack of space forbids Its insertion. Indeed in
looking over the whole field of this murderous
Gettysburg of the vocabulary 1t is impossible
not to feel that whatever lines are quoted 9TH
ers not less remarkable are uudeseryedly neg
lected. The reviewer can only echo the pious
aspiration of the author, that If there be an.
other poem in the world equal to this, be will
thank-and how graceful is this tender flower
of courtesy blooming on the uplifted peaks Of
enthusiasm-he will thank any one who will
be 60 kind as to show 1t to himi