Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1883-06-11

'ENING, JUNE II, 1883.
DAKOTA LAMENTATIONS.
Jsremiahs Heartfelt Uttsra.ess Para.
Grand Forks News.
Perhaps many Of the readers Of the
News are aware that there il, without
the walls Of Jerusalem, locality known
- tho .the place Of wailinR," to which
the faithful Israelites repair on certain
day annually, and loudly bswail the fate
Of Israel. The custom no doubt origi.
mated during the Baby lonian captivity,
and it i probably to supply . formula
for such occasions that the lamentations
Of Jeremiah were written. Happening
to glance over them in our usual bible
reading yesterday, it struck Us that they
would % appropriately give expression
to the feeling of the denizens of the
ambitions cities who have been 20 cruelty
disappointed in failing to secure the
capital location, that We submit the fol.
lowing for their benefit, remarkinR that
in making choice Of . "place Of wailing''
they need not 20 far from home:
l. How doth the city solitary, she that
1As tail OF people! how il she become %
Q widowl she that was great among the
town sites and booming with straight
tiush, how is she become tributary.
2. She weepth sore in the night, and
the team are on her cheeks; among her
lovers she hath none to comfort her; all
her friends hath dealt treacherously with
her. they are become hsr enemies.
3. 1s it nothing to you, all 70 that
pass BY behold and see il there be any
sorrow like our sorrow, wherewith We are
afflicted because of our verdancy.
4. Behold We are in distress; our
bowels are troubled; our hearts are
turned within Us, and there is an aching
void in our pockets.
5. For that we did hearken unto
strange counsels; for that we did put
faith in the word of evil men, for that We
did break bread with the bummers of the
tribe of Nehemiah, shall we chew the cud
of bitter fancies all the days of our lives
6. For they have despoiled us of the
tabernacle that We thad builded up il
our minds; our Autographed town plat.
are Is waste paper.
come and dwell among us is as sound
ing brass;
8. And he turneth deaf ear unto us,
aha saith unto us, go to-
.. TBehold how We have been dispoil
ed of our substance! our wine hath beer
drunken; our bread hath been cast upor
the waters in vain; and sheckles give
forth no sound in our pockets.
10. For there came among us tn,
mighty men of the tribe of Nehemiah
with their wives and their daughters
and their man servants and their maid
servants came they, and the scribes and
the lunch fiends and the poker players
came they also;
IL. And with timbrels and with harpa
and with fry untamed steetls and char
lots did We 60 out to meet them;
IL. And We fell upon our faces, ye,
upon our bellies did We crawl, and die
them reverence, and brought them int
the city.
13. And our wives and our daughter
smiled upon their coming, and our ser
wants bade them welcome; and the scar
let woman aud the gay gambolier d;t
rejoice ct their presence.
IA. And We did kill the fatted calf An
the lean shost and the ancient rooste
also. and the oyster and the sardine an,
all the fruits of the earth did We set be
fore them;
Is. And they sat them down and di
eat, and We filled them with wine, an
they filled us with taffy.
16. And when they had eaten an
drunken they went forth to view tn
Hand, and it was pleasing in their sigh
and they smiled on us, and said it wa
bully.
II. And when they departed on th
morrow, they bade us be Of good chez
and they did wink ct us from the sou
by.sou'west corner of their larboar
eyes;
18. And each did place his finger alon,
side his nose, for sign that We woul
get there without peradventure;
10. And our hearts were filled with e,
ceeding joy, and our ivers overhowe
wite gladness.
20. And We did nod our heads, and g
one to onother, aha! and straightwa
doubled the price of our corner lots.
q. And our daughters arrayed then
selves in fine linen and paint,
%. And they brought forth the tin
brel and the lutte, and all the day the
did sit upon the front stoop and sim
The capitals coming, Ohio, Ohio!
q. HBut there is weeping and wailir
nnd knashinR of teeth within our bo
dsrs; in sackcloth and ashes do We 6
all the day; our ivers are turned to gal
"a. The sound of the lutte is heard I
more; the young men and maidens I
longer tarry at the front gate,
i Is. And the corner lot hath become
byword and reproaoh.
rs. We say in our wrath all men q
liars. For who shall look into the hea
Of capital commissioner? who shs
take account of his deceit and cunning
q. He cometh to us with smile
his lips; with soft words doth he hone
fuggle us;
q. Yet he taketh the tabernacle to Il
land of the Teuto1; even in Bismar,
doth he locate it.
! q. STTake heed, o ye nations sf Il
earth. listen to the words of our mt uth
He is dead beat and fraud; an G
crescence upon the body polite is he.
80. Let MS speak lightly of him; let
, teach our children tn scof at him,
; 81. That he may not sit among q
: councils of the people;
80. That the wise may shun him, th
the wicked may revile him;
!. 49, That his nsme may become sten
in the nostrils OF all men. Selah!
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