Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1882-01-07

moan,
With naught OF word or tone his tired soul went
out
The Fatcs at last had claimed him
for their own
His murderer
Ali A peoples wrath has cooled.
When that the bastard, whose speeded lead
Had done TO death the mind that ruled
SO wisely and so well,
Nav there. in open court, exclam and
Laugh and smile with merry air,
And o'en with touch deiile the yertebre
Of the dead
Insanitys the plea, and all agree
The trial will be long-a waste OF tim. ana
tongue
And list may be wrong: the jury, not the
feloa, will be hung
It's course is nearly run, and 'twsre uakind
To chide the dying year;
And vet was 81 wail lined with woe aar snc
near
Two rulcrs slain
Volcanic ruin, and hoods, and earthquakes be-
yOnd the blue,
and Wet
And Michigan's forest fires
And then with zest We boast
/ 4 velloy-dav on the New England coast,
Which frightol 50 our wicked Yankee cousins
They got down on t!ioir knees in sober dozens
While over all. aihwart the diamond skies,
Discerned by naked and telescope eyes,
Some seven bright comets, all tangled Up IN
trails,
Have since the sprinstime chased each others
tails.
In London town OF great renown,
The worlds big conference Of those ot Wesiey's
creed
Has planted wholesome seed
Abroad the Yankee stables ofrunncrs sleek
Have turned the tu-fy tables and made the
English sick
With little noise flee. Iro luois has made arepu-
tati0n
/ So good and true it SEES anew the Dragging Of
the nation.
Yorktown, the Oriole, Atlanta's Exposition
Car anyone deny America has u mission?
The French and German guests, be sure, a.
cross the sea have taken
The idea, Just and quite robust, that We arono;
forSaken.
4 world Of rich financial schemes have Wall
street brokers,
And some are really golden dreams, and Others
little iokers'
To catch awhile the public taste for trash
And gobble up it, idle lying cash
Then comes the smash.
Sometimes, howe'er, II chances
Not very of. know-these wildcat fancies
Enrich the soft and slow
Since never yet existed an abuse
Which did not have a 1.-THE of precious use.
And thus from Southern homes,
Bcreft in cruel measure Of cherished b!0od anu
treasure,
The poor Confederate bond
Esteemed a relic yalueless, yet fond
Has issued forth from queercst Of recesses
Dslsed yaiises with rusty locking,
Aud Grandma's silken stocking,
And huge mattresses whose ticking would not
tell
That patient picking among their creases
Would find perfect d" sell. ~
The bonds went North, the South, in musing
wonder,
Pocketed the cash and calmly stood from underl
Bn; later on. from far across the sea-
tale Of horror comes:
Where flows the Danube beautiful and blue
A flame shot 'thwart Vienna's diamond skies
And straightwav grew Until the brilliant night
Made stars To pale and ercwhile happy eyes
At such a sight to veil their timid gaze.
From yon big temple Of lyric goals,
Now fire whclmed and smoke enshroudcd,
Anon were borne the shrek and pleading cry
OF panic-priSoned souls left thus 10 die.
For lol with spirits all unclouded
The happy throngs 10 lightest pleasure given
Were made an awful holocaust TO heayenl
For old Virginia, erewhile 50 fair,
Her brow now sulled, ! breathe prayer
That when mad passion has spent It's force
And left her bare % count the loss,
The Maglaen may 10 her own return
While yet the lamp Of love holds cut 70 burn
Ny task is DONE
Back ward upon the year lingering glance
cast:
Erelons. without tear, it will have passed
Out in to the night
a throng of lurid memories to light its cropping
way.
--Bui stay Upon the page dimly
sec blur:
I' Il q tear2
Alas and well a-isy
And now, good masters, you will thinkitreslly
time u
That this, my humble rhyme, was hammered
out-snd so II is.
have no more 10 say, or rather sing
Nv Christmas Caro-! its icy ring
Has ended.
Patrons, friends whose wants my hands have
tended,
badc ye merry greeting:
And may the hecting years bring smiles, no;
tears
To all your firesides.
At each kind door I'll briefly give me- pause:
Because this Christmas time, I'm sure,
Ny rhyming labor is something worth.
And can see by all your happy faces
Ny Lines have fallen in pleasant places.