The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-03-04
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Baraet,e hiss been morsi;z na among
the prehistoric MOUNDS D Newark o.
de reports his ref ctiona thus: Here
tue mouud-buitdeIs esiG tbs prayers
spd carved their cEosive enemies o. the
Ell Y uoGGd, tie ''easls" altar IL yhe
ceutTe. Here tie legislature Of those
days met; here "Ii;tc Soicns vent cut
into the Cluak--com 20 see ne busy
/ lobbyist snd receive then cash before
( they v'ird on the oil. Here the fl It
money lunatic a tie Older 5sys urged
the i'm mediate Issue o. 500, COO 600 000
/ bushels Of bsss- wood wampum, which
/ should II sli respects be considered as
/ good as he'll wsmpum and copper
money. IL re, IN the dusky twilight
of bygUGe age, men who weren't h.
| to lie p1undmsster wanted 10 run for
| Congress-, and did Iun, ana beat cetter
! meU and got elected, and caught the
soldier VOC by intoduciog a b.li tn give
! bounty lands and money to all soldiers
OF the late war who bad attained the
age OF leo years and upward. Two
thousand Yeas sgni T lay the circle
Is lonely forest trees crown its summit.
Centuries have passed awsy since Their
tiny gsTms put forth the fret tender
shoot that struggled through the cling
ing moss and cumbeIiDg leaves, ana
looked out upon the world, and saw
that it was g ID, and that it was made,
principally, fOI the Ohio man. Here
N this haunted spot, other hearts have
throbbed with loYe and ached with
pain. Friends have walked and loved
in these dusky soii,udcs, friendships
have been broken and hearts estrspged ;
the leaping fires OF generous abitiou
haYe died away in sullen ashes; brivhI
hopes that giowed like sunlight in the
morning have gone down in raylesf
light and piti!tss storm. Here maj .
hood has barred it's peerless breast to the
shafts of the savage foe, and here lovely
woman hag stepped, with her bare feet,
on little green snake, not four inches
! long, and jumped clear over the mound
with howl that soured all the milk
+ this side OF the Hooking mounds. They
t we'd, they planned, and schr emed they
knew the sting of envy and the bitter
t ness of hate; they worshipped here
! and the aTchipy elsles Of the forest rams
= with their anthems as they sang with
| out lining:
! 'Pthres-e1l lie K ianxdrcht pl. chtoc',
o BTyti, brxii away;
! Whszizl sn' z,h6cti xr glchtrdzycm',
! ca Czi, chtCZl as day"
: TIE throbbing hearts are still; tn,
, light is gone out of the beaming eyes
: the hands that wrought are idly folded
n in eternal rest; the brains that plannet
s are locked in slumber that no dream
9 disturb. The busy thousands, the gen
d Grafton succeeded generation that one
e thronged the soiitudes where l stant
n alone today here is their sepulchre
!, the air is haunted with their dusk
e forms, the circle is charnel-house, th
/ spirit of death is in the forest.
!, The roll of muffed drum echoin
{ through the trees, and lOl woodpeck
d CT, gay IN his coat of white and scarle
t and black, glitter in the sunlight,
d picture of joy and life and beauty
Thiuk Of death and misery in the worl
while that bright spirit touches tn
blasted tree with flash of color an
beauty before you.
You think SO, do youi That It'll
: dash of color and beauty drives ava
g the dark shadow of death and suffer
/ ing? Well, does 1t, theDa The wood
u pecker is all right enough, out in th
: sunlight, resp!endent in his gloriou
IS livery, but you just take the deposltis
T. of the unhappy worm the woodpecke
= is boring after.
q You look about you. This encirclin
q mound once was alive with dusk
= forms that joined In national worshi
r and participated in the grand council
s of state, and chose new king whe
u the old king had gone the way of til
: suhjact. And to-day9
i To-day, that very same encircliD
u mound Is just black with Christian me
and women, three times year, watch
e ing the "hoss race" and betting the
d money on the equine stopper with tn
h white foot. This mound is the hos
|. place to see the race from. The amp
!, theatre seats just go begging a; tn
: Licking county fairs.