The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1883-05-17

NJ sersisd nsks q ffiesd ~ -
Fssght hasa - hasa ~ ~ y ~.
As for the dead, Mr.. Peacock touches
close on the description BY Zeus, in
Homer. Of what win happen II he and
Poseidon 60 to war:
They sank until Heirs great esas IAN,
And ssean ssastles on hb tkssos.
The passage In which Wild Bil's
proves is described may vie with the
proudest blasts from the trumpet Of
Stothard or n. p. Whilst
Where wiid Bili fouxht the desd do sven
To thrice the sambsr elsewhere sisin,
He dies, he flashes DER the plain
He kills before, heAisd the ssne-
shsess - al sides, trse ID his ain
He 1r0 With sch lpiaity
Ons ssFsa0 Of Ere desA ever frUe
flane fFu0 the nouths Of his IRE arDs,
fee eech hand Q revolver warns.
Thus the Singer Of Kansas revives .
lost poetic art-the song Of war ct close
quarters, the romance Of single COM
bat Even Mr.. Alfred Austin with
his famous lines:
MeAemet Ali cane and sav
he tender breast and shattered jsv.
seems to Us to strive vainly with the
minstrel bard Of Wild Bill
His long hair ssaps and cracks behind,
And lashes the complaining vtDd.
After some more cantus full of re-
volvef shots, We reach another idyl.
The poet tells us how he won his
bride from the hostile hands, and car
ried her of on his saddle bow
His poems turned like stars above,
Like magic worked on voman's vhin,
az sons could ~. IN cen Am.sons sean
wsep be hath tha, kne frensy OF the br.iu
which the true poet doth retain
Who indeed Certainly not Ethel,
the heroine of the epic. The poet won
his Efhel's heart by q scramble Of
some 24O lines. Here Is an example,
very much to the point, Of the sere-
made:
OF all other fair ones have CHANGED
To meet, I've thought, each time. ris she
RI, .s ousnti .,...
I've found waste Gher. there sas naueht.
Tbis alas, 1. the eternal axre,;.nce
a, the poet. Goethe found il so. Rvron
uiso was beguiIed. And then the own.
ers of the souls .swbere therr was
naught- complain that they have been
deceived when all ths. while they
were the deceivers In that cssa the
'he III 'ha' case 'he
'~"!
..Tns, e nen ever -. arms r,t zen Innr Tom ,..
haste
No time Is lost Away their steed nos paced
The lady then complained OF the
.erenade:
sous On, 1917 lnucI-
Thy sweet thy pure. thy lovely lavs."
Thi. IL indeed one of the di.,dvan.
taves of serenaders. they are ant ia
arouse narents AND vnsnl;.n. and 9th
ers entrusted with fine care of the
vounp- These enemies of love pow
purs,,ed the po..t and hi. bride Rui
..theyiu have have fleet stet,ds that
c,II.,. ,,.,,, ,.o,,,T ...,.; ,,
quo.h jung Locn"ai' VI a.
W. e~oeH Pu.s
H.S ~, snisn aS.n Pa,sau deE
r.,
ihe pair mus cieareu An oostacie
winch stopped the Held and got away
with An excellent lead Ethel silent
during the flight; the bard composed
immortal verse, as becomes "a bard
for whom the mystical has charms. ~
Here Is an example of his yearnings -
ofor q land where mans spiri, never moce-.
land where rove the pure-eyed loves and
"oPe
Inc epic next advances to the battle
81 Westport; Out We have had enough
oil pattie pieces. One passage We must
quote:
Here MAJOR simpson hattied brsveIy
MIN W NJ fii,s :, I'M n.n,as csssiry:
Astride Of h is uneert.in sised.
From a note We learn that Colooel
Walkers .feed chad the di.au ree,hIe
habit of going over IN the enemv,s
lines dnriny hattIe-a habit wh;.h
had caused tbe death of several of IN.