The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-02-24

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burlington Hawkeye-
Less than two mile, from the court
'ouss Of Newark. O.. no reached the
ounty fair grounds. aud in these, in-
losing tins race-track. is the so-cilled
old fort. a circular earthquake.
wenty feet high. overa mile iu cir
;umference. and nearly a true circle.
he diauetars being eleven hundred
md 1ifsy fset l.. bslopg,. they tell
ne. 10 the class Of mound-builders
york known as enclosures" and the
.ircle shuts in thirty acres If ground
)n the east q gateway seventy five
eet vide form, the only break in the
circle. apd parspets AJAX the en-
rance on either side. In the centre
# the circle IL what il called the
Eagle mound" SD named because ii
an e,gle- with OH spreai
wings. 1t i. six feet IN Insight. AM
measures 249 feetfrem tip to tail
When the apex Of this mound was
a f,t surface was di-covere 4.
xilh marks Of fire. ashes and burned
good, upon an altar of stone. | be-
fort. but that it was 6G; Quit 9dor tfh rs:
iigious purposes. Here the mound.
builders said their prayers and carved
their captive enemies on tho eff "
mound. the "eagle" altar in the centre.
Here the legislature Of those DAYS
met; here gifte'i SoIons went out in.
to the cloak-room 70 see the busy
lobbyist and receive their cash before
they voted on the bill. Hare the
dag-money lunatic ofthe older DAYS
Urged the inm.diate issus Of. SOL
oGO, 900. 900 bushels of blss.wopl
Sampum and copper money. Here.
IN the dusky twilight of a by-2one
age, men who weren't fit to be pound.
master wanted {, run for CJngress
and beat better men and got elected.
and caught the soldier vats by intro
lucing bills to give bounty land and
money to all soldiers of the late wal
who had attained the a.s of 100
years and upward.
Two thousand years ago! To-day
the circle is lonely; the sunshine Of
Nay is flooding the leafess January
landscape: forest trees crown the
circle and the E,gls mpunI. Cen
turies have passed away since their
inv germs put forth the 6rs, tender
shont that struggled through the
moss aud numbering leaves.
md looked out upon the world and
law that il was god. and that it was
made principally for the OHIO man.
And these treas d. M. know the
mystery of these mounds Or the tradi-
lions of their builders And if they
10 they won't { III. Here in this haunt
Il spot other hearts have trobb.d
With love AMI ached with p,in.
Friends have walked and loved in
hese du-ky solitudes; friendships
rave been broken and hearts
the lesping fires of gener-
'us ambitions have died away in sui
en- ashes; bright hopes that gIowed
Ike sunlight in the morning have
one down in rayless night and phi
ess storm Here IN rnhood In. barred
3 peerless breast tn the shafts of the
avage foe. and here lovely woman
as stepped with her bre feet on a
tile green snake, not four inches
ing. jumped clclr over the mound
18th q howl that sourei all the milk
ais side of the H,ck-H ,cking
,unds. They Lived. they planned. |
nd schemed; they knew the sting of
NV and bitterness Of hate; they |
orshiped here. and the archins |
sles of the forest rang with their
athens as they sang without lining : !
P.hre.rexl il X Ia,xir;a!i pi.ehtoki.
B-xii, brit, ayav
whrk,z, antr-h,.u xr clrh,rdzycma
Caototzi. chotorz, As day.
The throbbing hearts are still TIE
ght Is gone out of the beaming eyes
re hands that wrought are idly fold
ID in eternal rest; the brains tina,
AIMED are locked in slumbar thar
} dream, disturb. The busy thou
nds. the generation succeeding gen.
alton that ouce thronged the soli-
des where | stand alone to day
re is their sspulchre; the air j.
united with their dusky forms, the
rcle j. a charnel-hnuse, the spirit of
'ath is in the forest.
Tne roll OF a muffl /, drum cchoinp
rough the trees. and 10! a wood
cksr. CAV in his cat of white and
srlet and black. glitters in the sun
INT. picture of j,y AMI lie and
anty. Think of death and misery
the world while that bright .piri,
uch.s the blasted tree with q fash
color and beauty before you. Il
You think 50 do YOU? That a little
sh Of coInr and beauty drives away I
e dark shadow of death and suffer
:? Well. does it then? The Sood- q
cker is all right enough. out in the
,lisht. reseiendent in his gloriou
cry. but you just take the deposi- q
n of'the unhappy worm the wool q
:ker is boring after. a
YIN look about you. This en- il
cling mound once it was alive 8
h dusky forms that j,ined in d
ional worship and participated in s
grand councils Of state. and a
'se a new king when the old king r
gone the way Of the subject. il
4 to-day? u
:, day, that very same encircling I
md is just black with Christian Il
q and women. three time, a vear. il
ching the "hos race and betting
II money on the equine stopper G.
h the white foot. This mound is al
boss pl,ce to see the races from 81
amp',itheafra at. jI.t 81 a Ia
giny at the LickiBs c,untv fairs. h
Y Ill they are gnna. these mound IS
ders, and they didn't leave their 5,
'ent address,. and dhln't tell the N