Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1881-11-19

eff Man Were Permitted to Make
All the Ballads He Need Not Care
Who Should Make the Laws Ofthe
| Nation"-Andre,U Fletcher.
All nations take just pride in the
poets and poetry of their people. From
| the days of Homer down to our day it
must be truly said that England bears the
palm. "The sweet Swan of Avon" has
had no equal the mastery genius OF
Shakespeare shines Respondent and alone
from the highest pinnacle on the grand
tour of poetic genius. The lustre shed
by Shakespeare has Lit up the fervent
fancies and glowing imagination of other
poets who may also be entitled great.
The Green Isle has given Us Moore,
whose name will live and whose verses
will be chanted while the foundations OF
Erin exist. Caledonia gave to the world
Burns-Nature's poet-who, in his
quiet strolls by the banks of the beauti-
full Doom, portrayed in patriotic and
| lyric verse the beauties of his native
land
We have Longfellow, Bryant, a
Poe, Dana, Taylor, and last. though
by no means least, Hays-the whole.
souled, genial, beloved Will s. Hays, of
Louisville, undoubtedly the leading ~
ric poet of our day, whose name is a
household word in every town, village
aud hamlet in our land, whose songs
have touched the hearts of thousands
both at home and abroad, songs that
will endear their author TO the minds
and hearts of the people, and Which will
be heard when the sweet-siuging and
genial poet will he transported to "that
country from whose bourne no traveller
retu ns." Speaking of the aforesaid
bourne. Mr.. Hayes, in recent CONVEX
sation on death with the writer. said:
Life" said Mr.. Hayes, sis never
sweeter than at the moment when we
fear we are about to lose it, Prince ard
pauper alike stand in awe of the grim
Reaper. l was never so near death as I
was last winter, and 1 never want to be
so near again. contracted a bad case
of infiammatory rheumatism ding my
might rounds ON the river front,
in my capacity ~ river editor for
the Louisville C0Wier-JoWnGi, and it
stuck to me like a poor relation. Having
never been seriously i'll before. / at first
paid no attention to my rheumatism,
but soon found out that 1 must attend
to it or it would attend to me. I called
In well-known Louisville NJ. D., and
patiently resigned myself to his care.
That gentleman. whom [ know to be q
first-class physician, was completely
baffled-so much so, indeed, that at the
end of seven weeks was no better than
when he paid his first visit. 1t occurred
to me that Mr.. Haldeman, of the
COUrier-Jotun mai had been cured by the
Great German Remedy, st. Jacobs Oil,
and IS that grentleman's ailment was
rheumatism, l determined to try ST.
Jacobs Oil also. 1 did try it, and when
l was in a very bad condition the
rheumatism had spread from my lower
limbs up into my arms and shoulders,
and my friends were daily telling me
that was in imminent danger; that L
might at any moment be stricken down
with rheumatism of the heart, and
thereby bid good-by to this vale of
tears. However, 1 began 20 use st.
Jacobs Oil, and each so Feeding day
found me growing steadily 0etter. Il
was not long before [ could leave my
house and attend to my ,j,tsincss, and
at the expiration of three er4eds / had
no moro sign of the rheumatism than
bronze statue. Since then | have
never been without the article, and viii
feel pleased on occasions to heartily
indorse st. Jacobs OIL"
The scribe was by this time fully con-
WINGED that Mr.. Hays had been very nca:
| the bourne adverted to above, and that
he had been almost tremendously saved,
and expressing himself to that effect. hs
parted with the genial "Wiil as that
gentleman stepped on board of mail.
boat for nights ride of the Ohio.
Strolling leisurely down -Four tain
Square, the writer met Mr.. Edward
Cogan, who, though not poet nor the
son of poet, is brother of Mr.. Thoma.
Cogan, the brilliant and learned mem
Der of the Hamilton County Bar. Mr..
Cogan is at present in the tobacco bust.
ness, and resides at No. sos West Court
street. The following narration of that
gentleman's troubles will serve as an
additional proof as to the curative prop.
ert;es of st. Jacobs Oil: "St. Jacobs
Oil, F" remarked Mr.. G.. is far ahead of
any medicine ever discovered for the
cure of rheumatism and similar dis.
E -. / suffered from rheumatism for
seven months, aud could find no cure
until I took st. Jacobs Oil. Five bottles,
which cost me but $3.50 or fifty cents
Pc bottle, effected permanent cnre. ]
am thorough believer in st. Jacobs
Oil. the Great German Remedy"