Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-01-02
CARRIERS ADDRESS.

MlMPLACABLE time forever steals on,
q Till upwards, in ascending progression
In gossamer slippers with downy soles;
Still silently writing with Fairy quill pen,
The events of the past on its infinite scroll.
He turns to the future with critical gaze,
Surveying the outlines of inchoate time;
While stitch after stitch he unravels to mortals,
The oracles wrapt in its recess sublime.
The past garment is placed in the wardrobe
Adjacent the aisle of eternity s tomb;
The future its MANTLE from out the dark chamber,
Will bring forth to light from its shadowy gloom.
The man of tomorrow. to-day, is chursh,
Unquenchable urchn, with marbles and toys;
Climbing up through the future stature of manhood
Forgets that the past is the patron of boys.
The woman, that is to be, in the hereafter,
In brief derby drest, and gay ribbons unfurled,
Must encounter the serpent that turks in her pathway
From childhood, that leads through this mpious world.
The smoulderng future will burst vision
With gories unequaed in grandeur before;
When science shall gather its embryo forces,
And regions unheard of in triumph explore.
The tnyest mortal that lives in the sunshine
OF innocent pastime and frolics away
The income of life, as if by nsallment
Were furnished AID LIBITuM every day;
Shall expand with the crowding years in it bosom,
The immature trusswork of infancy sever;
Be lost in the realms of perfection forever
Earth's transient mortals, airy winged shoulders
OF time evanescent be waited along
To mansions in ether that fringe the forever,
And join the orchestral, jubilee song
The past or the future belong not to mortals-
Their portions are neither behind nor before;
But the present is theirs unsought, and bounty
That lies at the threshold of every door
Ephemeral mortals, possessed of the present,
Must solve all the intricate problems Of life,
And sooner or later dissolve in the shadow
OF years. and be lost from the earth and its strife.
Crowns. thrones and nsgnas of honor must perish
And chains must be wrought that will etter the will
OF the monarch who tortures the laws to oppression
And the warm pulse of freedom with mockery chill.
While and parties and cques of all kindred
Shall bias the nation, pollutng the stream,
Of the deep, purlng fountain Of all-healng justice,
To mock the reality of life witha dream.
The commons will stand their walls Of protection.
Armed with the ballot, the shield of their power;
When dangers domestic or foreign may threaten
Like true, knightly heroes, encounter the hour.
Hurrah for the New Year, and Christmas, that's past
And the gobbling gobbler that's gobbled his last
They stuff him with corn, oats and barley and wheat
Then stuff him with bread sage, and pepper and meat
Then the children and grandchildren stuff d him once
more,
Till their smocks wouldn't button behind nor before;
Then away to the Christmas tree loaded with toys,
The household repaired for the holiday joys
But the tree ofal trees that can yield NE delight,
Is the old turkey tree in the barnyard at night.
The year comes dccked in the tinsels Of pride
With white flowing robes like the train of bride;
And diamonds bedecking her fingers SO fair,
And fets encrcling the bangs in her hair.
With drops in her ears and-a drop in her nose
And trim though melted and pourd in her clothes
The toes Of her slippers are dantily tppd,
But the heels, when she leaves will be gapngly nppd
Her hair will be banged in a different way.
And her head will be banged in way that will stay
Her cheeks will be furrowed and teeth will drop out
And her lips like the chimes on barrel of krout,
SO ghastly she'll glare with her Deep hollow eyes,
As to frighten the nightmare away from mince pies,
When her glory has set like the evening sun,