The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-05-15


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iii iaes df joel Barlow. the pub,,.her Of
arWatts. Palma,
As va ara ooinc thro,,oh an oroot,
of centen ninls writes a Nav Y"r,.p " p"v. ,,",..
resnondent of The Trou Times u n,;oh,
be vel; to notice tho fact thnt # is Inst
one hundred years since American lii.
eratnra took its first statt after fho
Revolnlion. The first hook nnbi;shed
IN .his continent after the ncnce w;th
Great Rrifian was ..Wotts' Psa,me ),
eiitcd Rv .Iocl Rar1ov. which WAS l..
sned in Hartford in 17s5 Har,"w ,yns
tlcn no. Hc was a native of Connssct. .s
irtft: xnd hal studied at Yale. wher.
in 177S he dctivcred n noem ent;tind
tho ..Prosncct ~ Pesre!s H;s n'nt;c
talents hn,l alrc,dv attractad nnt;ca %
and | this % iod the clcrgv ] to reo,ost % that
ho % should ~renaro an edition of Watts %
for public worshin. He also cd;tcd a
weekly papor in Hartford called 1Dc
dmerican Merc,tru. but nfterward nd
dcd law i,; literature: He had hmys
ever. already cGn.euplated what he
cons,lcred his great n6grr. esrhe
CUfumhiad.' This was not comp1e,ei
until the iats. of twenty wears. hnt its
inception was piycn IN the ..Vision
of Colummus.n which wa, t,ublished
the vcar orr Government was formed.
Pnts,ino this rom;n;scence. # NAV
be added tha. Harlow went to Eurnne
soon after ISSUING fhs yi.:on' w. and was
tho first Amcrican author ti,at vis,ted
Great Rrition nftcr tho close n fI,a
war Hc symnathized with the French
tcyolutionists, to whom he rendered.
sonic diulunasic service. and on his
return IN foo' nc was tns pess-lntorm-
affairs. He was then SO, and his ripe
experience rcndetcd him highly nsefnf
IN tho rouor.l oovornuo,;I Iio ,yYo,jn.
~, ~ lne senel.l Rosoininoht' He luauc
elegant houcc. Two years afterward
his great work, s.1'ha Celumbiad," an
,,ooraJ r. .vos nuj,i;sLod IN i'h;,. AL
pl,;.. and was fhc most costly hook
which. tn 70 that time. had ever been
issncd in this c,iiiHtrv. IA wac dedic..
tod to Robert Fmlfon IN stcomhoat
fame and was craced Inv n nGrfr.;t of
thc onthor toosthcr with eleven con.
rer.,,late illustrations excc,,ted in Lon
don. The author exuectei that this
work wonld ncrmancnfIv retain its
,i;st,nct;on no tha .,rootost ~ American
nooms II was road and admired Inf
|;tc many other works Of tcmnorarv
v.lno f. rfSJta,lv s,,nk mt nf s;ghi
and IL ia not mro,,sI,i,.' that annfhnr
enition will ever bc nrifteJ. II.
nronhccv Of future devcIonment is tttc
IF its most striking features Of which
the following T. mn instance:
r.on Mo,,wi:,. ,nou,,, Fur wo.t,n, ,,,n ,h,
''''' sun, I''"' - - ''''' -'' '''''' "''-' '
Through I'LL the woodlands recent channels
run,
zap ,ne lakes @ w. n.osa s eraVe
From dim Superior, whose nniathonied sen
Drinks the mild splendor Of the setting day,
New paths unfolding lead L., tnel5 % watery pride,
an Anu tTss anu thn s,sG son n .ns'r se
And An soItde to the broad T Pacific I'm main 1 extend.
How wonaarfullv this nrophesv has
,,oon fulfilled during the eiohtv vears
of interval
..,The Columb;od,, at once o,vo Kur.
,o,v nat;onni M I;s,;nct;on ana th;s lad
him him :" nro;oct f,,ll history If tho
country @ hnt his n,ans were iyyoIen nv hv
] tSs .nil to - d;nlomatic hattie service Mali.
snn @ noe needed a!f .ml,assador tn France
md md there WAS M one sa we'll adanted
to % this % serv;co as .Tocl R,riots. On
reaching Paris hc fonnd that the dream
NJ jil,erty and its bloody frenzy had
oi1en niosa ID tho .till more bloody
siesnot;sm of Nano,eoti, Hc heheia
th" march of the crowned n,o,,ster ~ to
Moscow M with an army Of nearly hall q
million 81 fcw Of whom ever rct,irned
Fnmr months afterwarJ caw,e thc sad
t;dings of n failure of tha eynediiion.
ooanIs,,,on'ad y, " " h', n roo"apt ~ tre,n,
,sccoai pan,1u .,a. ps leiaess 1t! n:
N"Iuicoh lt:, 'Il. il:. . liiow '..oulu lnec. nl
s: u. W ilna. t. MS ooJesI .,n was nesel ., pun
,.sae, n:a,e..l -. DuL , !! rs plopaoe sso sna. ne
w'sncu " oo.a.n 1loopn '1u:sn .lo. el,ca In
tn 20 ,encM an ain!y sacfinecu " nis own
ioi1y anu alLol.lon; L N,, ,.,..
Daliow Gpeyeu Napoleon le4uest
anu, . a..enueu W "ls p,lsa.e secLe.aly, ,
nastoncu W .no aPpolneeu epos' ouS .no
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