Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1881-01-07

rTeat Dtrus OF STOCK, tne ptalrieS plock, II
Like mother Grimes bed quilt,
and hogs and sheep, the mountains sweep. I
Where yet no fence has been built.
\ climate too, or land -scapc view, V
To please the most errahc
from ool light air, to fervid glare,
With skies the most ecstatic.
High mountain peaks, and river breaks {
Perennial SHOWS, or Summer,
December green, by river seen,
Has choice for every conner.
In Julys heat, you'll find retreat,
High in the mountain grandeur,
But when Winter casts, its snowy blasts
In canyon SHOWS a stranger.
While merry bells, their music tell,
Where runs the sleigh and cutter,
While snow flakes fly, near mountain high,
And bleak winds moan and splutter.
Two miles away, is sunny day,
With early verdure springing
In canyon deep, where rivers sweep,
With birds and insects singing.
Yes, Idaho, ''the gem" tbs true
Has climes to suit all classes,
With mountain rill so cool and still
As it twines through pines, and grasses.
from summer neat, tntrt lctItat
For those who live in valleys,
When scared and dry, all verdures lie
| Like dried out city alleys.
Three counties band, and hand in hand,
Disclaiming other counties,
Till all are one, i'll Washington,
And reapng of her bounties.
Those mountains high, dissolved the tie,
That might to Boise, bind us,
| But we're no slaves, for BOISE shaves,
And SO they'll ever find us.
Old Shoshone, with Pierce City.
And Abe Harpster to guide her,
Win not retreat there's no defeat,
While Washingtons beside her.
Her mines give birth, to glstening worth,
And Cinnamon to tailngs
While all her boys, are full OF Joys,
With ordinary fallings.
In Idaho, they've got the cue,
That offers future glory,
So centered in farming din,
Great wealth will be their story
Their prairie land will soon command,
A lump of gold per acre,
Such real estate at present rate,
Broad cities there will make her.
Mount Idaho, how do you do?
How is your Grangeville sister
And Cottonwood is very good,
But Centervlle's the blister.
Its very clear, that Grangeville dear,
Has more of love within her,
With all her Crooks, she keeps the books,
To moralize the sinner.
Oh, prairie dale with wood and vale,
And fur clad hills surrounding,
No landscape view compares with you,
In snow. or hues abounding.
Tn every shade of flowers that's made,
We've viewed you oft with pleasure,
With fields Of grain, and miles of lane,
Yes, prairie lands treasure!
In Nez Perce too, are cities new
And villages aud stations,
And towns IN mind, you'll often find,
Of gaseous mems creation.
On high and low, her cities grow,
Town sites by rivers given.
h While some so low, they hardly show,
- With others up in Hog Heaven.
CITY Moscow. has not been slow,
Nor has its people blundered,
On right ahead, with steady tread.
improvements are wonder.
Her merchants TOO, are aii u uc Diuc,
With prices, none cut under,
With ministers free to Disagree
And LAWYERS there to thunder.
When on tramp, you ought to camp,
With Fry or Mr.. Barton,s
Just what is rare, among their fare,
| couldn't now be ''sartin.'
But should you try, little rye,
Or for dry goods there enquire,
There's every shade. just make trade,
With Lieuallcn or Mcguire.
In Genesee, there seems to be,
A 90 ahead desire;
They've quite an itch, to take pitch
And higher to aspire.
Their acres ROLL, like ocean scroll,
With fax, and wheat and barley.
They'll raise a CROP at every pop,
And double when sown early.
Those little Wills ON Potlatch hills,
The land of roots and meadows,
Where single men, have always been,
Wrapped up in loves young shadows
One part they know, is mixing dough,
Or scraping pots and dishes,
And making beds, or patching sheds,
Or may he patching breeches.
Those table lands, where W aha stands,
And Tammany and the Junction,
Where live the boys, who miss the joys
Found in the marriage JUNCTION.
So rich in rails, aud timothy swalcs,
They've lost theirtaste for jelly,
They'd married be- it seems to me.
If smaller round the belly.
OF all the towns, for miles around,
There are none neat and prettv,
And full of fun as Lewiston,
Where dwells the wise and witty.
She has of stores, dozen scores,
And shops and mills and churches,
And every shade, of goods that made,
And every chance to purchase.