The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-08-01
BAH COLUMBIA!
COL. PAT. DOMAINS TRIBUTE To THE RE
PUBLIC on HER LATE BIRTHDAY.

COL. PAT. DOMAIN . Ah@
PUBLIC ON HER LATE BIRTHDAY.
Col. PIT. Donan, the Olympian orator,
had his jaw hinges oiled on the Fourth
Of July at Fargo, Dakota, and this is
what he said:
What means this mighty. all perVsd-
ing, commingled roar and pean, which,
like an ever swelling, widening, deep
ening, giant wave of glad acclaim,
comes sweeping over all the land to-
day Like a resistless cloudburst of
harmony, it flies upon the wings of every
gale. 1t thunders along the hoar At
lantic's storm-lashed coast. 1t peals in
every billow-beat that pulses On the
golden sands of the Pacific shores. 1t
reverberates amid the vast abysmal can
yons, rugged craggs and grizzly guard
ed, solemn gorges of the cloud punch
ing Rocky mountains, in those shado"y
solitudes the sun was went TO set his
trundle-bed until the all-conquering To-
connective drove him further West. 1t
is nurmured upon the periwinkle-
strewn borders of the great Northern
lakes. 1t is whispered beneath the sun
lit orange groves Of the beauteous
Flower realm. 1t is muttered on the
dreary confines of Moosehead, Winni-
pisseogee and SysladobsiG. 1t 10 croak-
ed in the green scum-csvered swamp
nurseries of alligators, serpents, bull
frogs and bulldszers, where weird, gray
bearded forests ned their patriarchal
heads above the tidal turbidity of Ar
kansas, ChattahOochee, Catoesahatchee
ana Altanaha. And il is chanted, echo
ed. beloved, hummed and strummed,
from Saskatchewan and MinneWakan TO
I'Oksechobes and PoPocataPetl, from
Narragansett 10 San Diego, from Dry
Tortugas 10 Vancouver, M0orhead and
Jimtown; until the blue dome of the
universe shakes at the din. and the an
gels, as they fly over US million miles
high, have to stuff their ears with sof
white clouds.
The Fourth of July should be embla
zoned. with Christmas, in the calendal
of eArlh'A hottest of holy days. Long
may Americans hail its yearly return
with hurrahs and hosannas, with band
and banners and triumphal rejoicings.
Sound the hewsag,
STRIKE the ton-Ion, MS
Beat the fuEEy-guzEy,
Wake the gong-kwOng,
Let the loud hosanna ring,
Bum-tum, fuzzle-bum,
Ding-go-bimI
Ring out, ye bslls-the church bells
the deep-toned bells; the steanbea
bells, the far-sounding BELLS the Gov
bells, the peaceful bells; the sleigl
bells; the merry bells; the factory bells
the engine bells, the bellies in the bell
shaped crinoline. Ring, ring your gla'
anthems ever city and country, owe
mountain and prairie, crag, river, lake
wildwood and valley. Let the joyou
music strike the skies. Walks the lou
timbrel and harp. Rejoice, We old ms
aud unyoung women. Rejoice, &c gal
liant youths and lovely maidens. Do
your hsndsomes: apparel, ysur linen
and muslins and lawns; hic to the greet
woods. gsily picnicking; eat tough
stIiugy cold rooster; jelly, preserves
pies, cakes and custsrds, all in one hid
eous, squashy mass; get sunbnrnl
freckied, torn up with briars aud bite
by red ants and mosquitossi have you
buggy upset, and possibly. your nee
broken beside your lred-headed an
cross eyed sweetheart-andc call II Fun
Have ysur Declaration readings, you
long winded speeches and eagle-ta
buIlings, ysur songs, professions, IN
miscellaneous publications.. Let voic'
nos blaze, and festive tar barrels crack
aud CLEAN. Let torehlight nod 10 boz
fire. and cannon boom their lefty pean
Let the shrill fife squeal, and the ave
ase-leglslator-like, empty, leaIher-heat
/ ed drum roll forth les stirring thump
; Let ROCKS, eataracts and hillside
{ oceans. CULTS, trout-brooks and mil
+ dams, sixty millions OF people, mel
z women aud children, dudes, poodle
} beasts, birds, politicians and reptile
( all creation animate and insbimat
burst forth in one gigantic, simultan
: GUS. earth-shaking and sky-splittin
{ rear OF triumph. Joy and praise, TIL
shall joslle the stars In their aFpils 40
. scare The universe into iits. Let ooluh
: bla get herself new red-white-an'
{ blue dress, love of q bonnet, skel
5 ton skirt with panier attachment, aud
/. set Of distracting bangs and curls, On