Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1883-10-24
VOLUME XII.
By ths Riv,r in tbs Rain.

By tha Rv,r in tbs Rain.
hiss OF swift drops ever ia ing, III ling,
Like tender ars from ow and ;caden oud.
Aspfl, sud wind conn iaiaing, sigttnu, eating,
In tones more mournfui that they are not
loud.
That veied In mist, . ips slow y, Slowly bv,
While the, drenchea ru.hes on it's margin
khiycf,
eigh.
From the dim gray height is heard mourn
As. c.eav.nr oud and rolling mist and reek,
A wet-winged sea bird ttro' the rain coiues
Ard disappears. foy-hidden, with shrisk.
The tide crteps up apac.. witt eddies curing,
Io meet the river flowing toward the hay,
And ~ my feet they meet, and. foaming.
D:spa,ing. battling for right Of way.
There Ii no sound Of thunder loudly crashing,
No lightning ade- cuts thro' the cinging
Only the irsinfalrs soet and censelcss p.ashinr,
Ind stEh of Wind = heard this lreary s.ay. s.
= =! - =
To shrick at Will or softly die awayf
Or VIII the sad rain fall and fall forever:
TIE dim mist. will II never rail away?
VIII never pint of sunshine gid the river,
Or river dance biue-bosoind d toward the bays
n. E. I. q. 10 Philadelphia Press.
aow Carefully Booth Posed in His Las:
Tragedy.
II have never been able to see the
play called The American Cousin,
Eaid General Hamlin, .,though l had
several times made engagements to go
and see it, and have never vet scor. Il
fully performed. so that have sort cf
superstition about the piece. The night
that MIR. Lincoln was murdered, ! OBJ
served that The American Cousin was
to be played. and took my sister, who
is now deceased. and another lady to
the theatre. We had seats far down to
the front only few seats from the
stage. Mr.. Lincoln came in and pro-
ceeded to his box, which was the upper
one on the right, but he was not visible
to the audience where he sat. having a
place back in the box. from which he
could the better see the stage Indeed,
from where sat, could see no peo-
pie in the boxes. Not long before Mr.
Lincoln was shot there WAS a change OF
scenes, during an act, and it seemed 10
me that it was the longest time required
to chan - scenes that | ever observed
in \ theatre. 1t was so noticeably long
that | afterwards wondered in connec-
ton with the murderer ii there might
not have been some irresolution or per-
plexity on that stag. Not long after
there was sound something like the
slapping Of your hands together, sharp.
yet not very loud. but loud enough TO
make me turn my head and wonder
what could have made it, and whether
1t was pistol, and reelected that
had never heard Of u pistol being fired
during The American Cousin.
''1'he next thing saw was Booth get.
ting out Of that box. l had seen Booth
play on two occasions, and knew his
face perfectly well. There never wassa
more deliberate thing than his stepping
out on the sill OF that box, and leaping
from it. He made rs pretty jump rs
ever saw. If he had practicca TINT
leap it could hardly have been more
elegant. He algntcd in crouching po-
siton. like one who bad brought his
body down to break the shock Of tho
fall. While it was good jump ia
leignt, it was not dangerous one at
all, perhaps from where re leaped to
WIG SNo~c "NS uiuS vi t"SiNC NV. AAfS
spur tore a flag. and that seemed to
bring him around somehow SO that he
alignted with his face turned more 10
the audience than would have been the
case had be merely hoped directly
downward. His face was marble pale.
In his right hand he held knife. and
in theatrical way he stretched it up-
ward and distinctly said the words: Sic
semper tyranns.' Then in very sta
gey stride, still pale, serious and intense
he went right across the stage and out.
Many people at this stood up, and near
me was naval officer. whose name
still Asmens.,er, VINO, hearing someone
exclaim, The president has been shot,
lifted himself up, sailor fashion. to the
woodwork and decorations of the pri-
vate box below. and climbed into the
box above, and he came down the
same way ia the audience. and he had
upon his hand little piece of the brain
of Mr.. Lincoln, with blood attached,
which he said he was going to keep. :"
''Of course the audience was dismissed
and as was going to the street few
minutes afterward, met q friend in
the service who said to me: This is
terrible news. Mr.. Stanton and (hcre
forgot the officer mentioned by Gen.
Hamilton. Seward. we fear, have
been mortally wounded At this
went Immediately to my Office, and took
the responsibility. as chief Of the staff
Of the artillery. OF ordering out the field
batteries we had in the forts around
Washington. feared the next thing
would be some kind of rebel rising in
Washington, and summoned the artil-
lery to come down at once. and put
them in positions to fire upon the town
and clear the main avenues II there was
| to be any more violence. - George Al
| fred 1oscnsend.