The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-02-22


lie schools Of Wheeling, rs the pupils will
celebrate the birthday Of Washington By an.
propriate literary exercises. For the past
three weeks they have been using the time
devoted TO general exercises In preparation.
The performances will be in concert and In.
dividually. The concert Rotations will be
the same In oil the schools. We append
them Us assigned TO the different grades:
GRANULAR DEPARTMENT.
How shall we mink thee upon glory's page.
Ih0u inore llah 20 ulernnd iust less Than tage2
1i peace TOO loud nhct The tonquerura pari,
Too longin camp, to learn stiIcsmnl's art.
While l1liler souls command, may make thOlr fate
my fate made thee aud forced thee to bc great.
Yet fortune, who ~ Off, ~ bllndly shplS
Her bhghtet halo found the weakest heads.
fnuhl thee unlhllled Tranquil ts before,
Proud IN Oc nsclul, lCOTnlng 10 lc mOrp:
l.'rs noyedby glory than ny du'ys claim,
kenUwn the need, but seitRpplaiisc the aim
All That thou art reflects les fame ON thee
lar les than oil thou ddSt lOrhCar 10 bC,
y, yet the patIlpt % onc land alone,
tOr ihihtr ilhmc al hnlinns claim their own;
Audey :. Shore hGrt lra Aedithc good / nye
EslOed The plaGdila Thy own country gave.
-ThORls IOors.
The mind Of Washington was great and powerful
without being Of the INT order. He was Incapable
OF fear, meeting per'onnl danger with tho utmost
nncOncetn, llstntegHty WIS NEST pure: his Justice
the mndinHeXiblg | have ever known lntho Whole
his character was, IN IL main, Ictictt-in nothing
bad ia few points Indifferent ID may be AaIti that
never did nature anu fortune combine more Ier.
lctly TO make man great and IN place him In the
same constitution with whatever WORTHLESS have
m-Fited from man Hn everlasting remCmbnnce-
Thomas JfgnsJl.
Knowledge i In every country the surcst lasIso'
public htpplhtS ln one IN which the measures u
EDy'r"inent receive their impressions ~ infuc dae.
" from ne sense 0i The community AZ IN OUs, II IL
propOFilonately essential. -Gnlgs irashiaglOn
IN the long vista Of the Yeas to roll,
Let me not soc my cOuntry's honor fade;
OElet Inc see our mud retain It's soul
Her pride, her freedom, aud not freedoms shade
-Roati.
The tnlon--tnllGd AmCrica-shO holds In one
hnhd TIE talr olive branch NJ peace, anq In tht
Othrrthc lhundcfbylt aud meteor ilig Of reluctant
Aal figh!iHl war There may .he 'iS forever the
deuce beneath her icck-EgtVS ChOu's.
Pew, few were those whose swOnis Of old.
Won the thir land In which We dwell:
but we are many, we who hold
Theglin resolve to gllnnl II we'll
StltEp for that broad aud gOOlly land
blOw alter blow, I'LL men shall see
That Might aud Right move hand IN hand,
Aud glorious must thvlf triumph bc.
-ByunL
Extracts from the Declaration Of Independence
Preamble to the Constitution Of the United
States.
The name Of American, which belongs to you In
your national capacity must always eGAlt tue lust
pride VI patriotism more than any uppellAtIUn ue.
rived from local discrimlnA,lO ns-GtDrye lId1h
nyt0R
Every portion Of our country finds the most com,
mandlng motives for carefully guarding and pre-
ing'cH.
DIVISION \,
Noarch or column, IN courtly English or courtllrr
lhlln, sets forth the deeds aud the worth Of the
Father u his country he needs them not: the un.
written benedicllOns millions cover all the walls
\" Glldtu come Swels itgnI the 0wly ROOF 70 catch
IN morning gt evening b,tn; but the love and
gmtlIude Uf United America settle on Il I'm one
eternal sunShIne.-EnrtE
"unlOn aud Liberty" the well known poem by
Oliver Wendell Holmes, commencing,
"Flngof the heroes who left us their glory"
ofAll the dispositions and habits which lead to
Prosperity, religion sud morality are indispensable
supports. -Gtorgc Washington.
WASHINGTON thu warrior und the lCgIslatorl In
war, c,n'enaing by the wager Of battle for the in
dependence Of H. cOun YIN peace, soothing the
ietoclons spirl, II dis 0ni among his cOuntTymen
Into harmony and union.
LcOnldaS and Washington,
Whose every battle field is UygIound,
Which breathes OF nations saye'l, not worlds un-
How Swtclly on the ear such echoes sound!
While the mere vlctors may nppall orstun
llN FtNNllt ull' lllt VAIN, hlltll names VIII DO
wHtchwOFd till the future shall be free.
-Byoa.
Through the whole web Of our national exist.
ence, We trce the gOl leu thread Of human prog css
toward the higher and better state.-Gdgf,d.
DIVISION Il.
There has been but one Washington, and God. In
His goodness gave him 10 us Let us cherish III,
dust aud revere his memory. Thus, may we do
much 10 keep alive through successive generations
tlut futFintlV Nlt which a. .
tue American.
Poem by Gr!nEe. commencing
"Who would sever Freedoms shrine"
Accompany Your own lag through the world nm.
der the protection OF Your own cannOn.- HmiI
The Union ought to be considered the main prop
oil our liberty, aud the love ui one ought 10 rncur
TO us the preservation OF the 0thor-GeUge HdShiRy.
ton.
DIVISION c.
We celebrate WashlngtOn's birthday because he
waSR brave and good man. and bCCallse he did 80
much for his country. We think his life worthy Of
nur imitation.
George Washington was born in Wcstmorcland
county, Virginia, February I'D. 1852 lie died Mt
Mount Vernon, December iilh, lIyD.
Lives oigrrnt men al! remind us
Mccan make our lives sublime,
Aud. departing leaves behind us
Footprints OH lie sands u time
-LonsttloE
There! MY brave fIIends. there are the enemies
OF your country; aud now ell ask OF You Is inst TO
remember whRt yOu are about 10 iight'ior March
-Wd'hRgi0H At Trenton.
The prominent traits OF washlngtna's character
were ltuthiulhcSs, promplncss, bravery and BE-.
The good never die. to them belongs cndurnblc
Immortality. They perish not upon earth, and they
exist forever In heaven The good Of the present
i've III The future ns the good Of the past are here