Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-10-11


Mr.. BlaincS stutnpins tour has at
least ,Srovsd howslittlo even Anert-
cans know ;,bont their country. asro
When. he began il with that glow
iny euloyy On Worcester, Mass, the
ntopIe outside Of that favored spot
learned for the first time how I'M
fortunate they are, and how near
Paradise really Is to them. Before
that few knew OF Worcester at all,
the general impression being that
ID was a dictionary instead OF an
elySium.ba ftit igaaif pa
But the people of the earth had,
barely packed their trunks prepara-
tory to enigrating to Worcester, be-
fore the telegraph wires flashed the
intelligence around the world that
Mr., Blaine had arrived at Colo
Spring, New York, and that he had
there found the veritable FL Dorado
for which the early explorers sought
and perished. In Cold Spring was
at last discovered the fabulous fOun-
tain whose waters bring immortall-
tv and youth, and the drinking OF
which is as beer to the German, as
sweet cider to the disciple OF st.
John, and as Bourbon bitterS 10
those whose Vitals yearn for more
searching draughts.
And the people of the earth there
upon checked their baggage ior
Cold Spring instead OF. Worcester
whereupOnr news came that MT.
Blaine had discovered Schenectady,
i'm whose name alone there was
more Dutch beatitude than in goid-
en- argosies of pretzels on white
foamed seas of bOck--Schenectady,
which. had its existence been
known, would have rendered entire
ly unnecessary the rescue OF Hnl-
land from the waves, and would
have long ago made the State OF
Maine solitude sacred to the pine
tree and Neal Dow.
And the people OF the earth had
no mare than set their SAILS 10 pc
come flying Dutchmen OF Schenec-
tady than the wires clicked the IN.
formation that Mr.. Biaine had
reached Herkimer and discovered
the long lost Hesperides, blooming
and basking and luxuriating in all
the wCndrous opulence of thous-
and guanO beds, and smiling an
amorous invitation to the struggling
OF mankind with all the resistless
| magnetism OF the Siren of Mammon,
bnt all the Immaculate purity OF
white-plumed chivalry.
And scarcely had the peoples o.
| the earth set their faces toward TINS
bearning beacon, stainless as y
star" which rose and shed lustel
i'm the Herkimer skies as serene anO
pure as though II might be from
burning pyre OF Fisher letters, thar
the lightning caught up the glad ac
claim and the myriads Of Telegraph
4 instruments throughout the globe
sang toget her, as the morning STAR
of old, that j. @. Blaine had fount
1 Ashtabula county, Ohio, the Only
and original gate 10, the. Promlse..
A Lard, the lost Atlantis, the lOnged
for Utopia, the vanished Arcatila-
the haven and refuge for the gOos
and pure, the weary aud heayy,la
den OF all climes, beckonlng VIII
the hand OF plenty and the eyes q
beauty to the pilgrims who bur
their bare feet ON the hot sandsltha
/ Stf2lcll lOWdEu ItIS lloi'S - :
the millions who grovel in the Gus
beneath, the desputisns oil ASIA an
Europe ITO the thousands Who
America struggle and strain an
starye in mill and factory aud mlns
Ashtabula! all, beautiful gateway
; over thy alabastrian arch is inscrit
}. "a: 3l.tife Who Enters Here Leave
j MulIigan Behind" Ashtabula ! ~
! yond thy shining portals the Briiis
lion and the Little Rock lamp Sha
? lie down together, and an irish p
: tato shall lead them! Ashtabuiii
ll through thee we seaeh the lSeula
land, where men walk aa GODS fre
from even sun-siroke; where a
channels are so smooth that nevf
: an anchor tleed be east,to wfndwart
where the shaokles fall from ot
feet and the bonds, albeit they bet
of railroad iron, fall from about Us
= where the only issues are State !
y / sues and two-dollar greenbaek !
!, !, sues-Ashtabula, the blessed, u
! beloved, thou shalt rise as n piH'
2 2 Of fire by night and of cloud by Ola
TO the peoples of the earth until pc
: adventure thy discoverer sha
{ reach Hillsboro, or Greenup,
! Shindyville. n.t ..'''
!, ....s.-