Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1885-01-01
CARRIERS ADDRESS.

CARRIERS ADDRESS.
Come hither, thou, swec; Snowflake. and lee
Gle, my friend
You both must surely know thc Year ], CONF
ing 10 its end
Where are thy tleccy mant c, thy drifts OF Nir-
gin white
To shroud the dying Monarch
And round hi, couch a-light,
Where burn thy slender taper a-glistcn coldiy
clear
The to. en- of Dame nature griet-a brilliant
frozen tear,
Thegorgcou, wintry >ccnc>. alas. of many years
Have slowly, surely faded from the canvass of
the sky.
And now the only setting for our peerless Nmas
gem
1, one whom few will care To praise. whom
many dare condemn.
And yet. indeed, what maitCr, DO:
lis dear old Amu-. still
The symbol of HIS prcciou, birth Who die.l on
Calvary hill
And whether framed In ~imlit blue cor cloud
lands sober tone
Be very sure H. blcsscth il --Gop cagclh for His
own.
And now, nay gentle Master az you shall rec
cOgnzc
Your faithful, ploddins carricr-Boy IN that
poetic guisc
You really must not marvel that my Greeting
is 80 brief
I rathertlought ais year you'd like "a bit Of
we'll relief.
Aud thcn-if sorrow may mtrudc where clad
mess fills the air
\ little cloud Is passing, sir., aero,, :hc sane
tum, there.
My colleague in the printer att la- pass 81 for
Ger away
I'm earnest, thoughtful. patient lad tod rest
his soul, pray
And 80 il happens Masters mine my word
are short and sweet
And by that token let me hope gpnr fa,of they
Will meet
\ Merry, Merry Xmas rcplotc with all sood
cheer
And, aftcrall is said and DONE p.opoops New
Year.
May health and wealth adosn y0ur home
May all your ventures thr'
And give You cause to bless the year os lesi.
\ group OF lawyers were discussing the
late war at the corner OF Whitehall and Wall
streets Yesterday.
Twas at Shiloh" said one, and while
standing under smoky SKY in storm OF
leaden hail behcld the noble Albert Sidney
johnson fight aud fall upon the blood-red
altar of his country
And /, said ano,hcr " was at the VIII
dcrness when the very air WAS red with the
fire of battle aud the myriad minnies sang
their death song in the ears Of the brave /
too fought, bed and died for my country"
And I, - said third, "stood in the fires
front at Gettysburg when the Wild rebel
yell mingled strangely with the shrek OF
the deadly shell that plowcd the patriot
ranks ], too, fought. bied and died for M
country"
and /, gentlemen, said lank, scedy,
solemn man with a faded umbrella under
his arm, J was at Johnsboro when shot
and shell sped swiftly by in the wagon train
and all seemed lost. But /, too, was pa
triot and while neither fought nor died,
bed ior my country bled The army
mules Gentlemen, am a horse doctor
are there any ackasscs in this crowd p"
Miss Mary c. Coldwell, of New York
a Virginian by birth, her mother having /
been Breckenridge, has given 100000 for /
a Catholic Theological University to be /
erected next year in or near New York.
The Baltimore and Ohio has arranged for
a ten millions loan for the improvement Of
its western branches.
Ben. Butler has sold hi, three granite .
houses on Capitol Hill in Washington to
Mr.. John Cassells, his legal associate and
advisor, for $4,000. The Coast Survey rents
one and Congress another. for committee
rooms.
The powder magazine ofthe Virginia Mil
tary Institute at Lexington was blown up
last week. Five expelled students are sus-
pected Of the decd.
Chas. Lincoln, the originator Of bench .
shows Of dogs, is dead-aged -. lie was
of English birth. His first canine exhibit .
was in 1870 at Detroit
The pretty daughter Of Major Jewell, Of
Lexington, "a. clipped last week with Mr. f
L. B. Powell, of Missouri "a law student 70 .
Washington and Lee.
There Is one man in England who believes /
in temperance This Is Mr. John Roberts,
Mp. He owns 300 acres in Liverpool con- Z,
tanning 800 dwellings and population Of T
40 900 and not gin mill can be seen.
Senator Vance is jubilant over the North I
Carolina election, which, he says, was won
aftera free ballot ana fair count" Some
time ago, addressing home audience, he
said God bless the old State, she is wor
thy of me-" When the laugh subsidized lie
added. Would that were worthy other"
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