The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-03-17

a FEW SMALL IDEAS. WISE AND
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"a Saem Bask-I Lfreiv dsficfe about
Byyonfc Peopie--The infer
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aud >acker.

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ByRoNIc read.,ble: 'Chicago has a
FOLKS Browning club, Boston has "A
shelley club and the iteratti
OF many cities dote ON one or the other
of the great poets. But il has remained
for the Ladies Library Association, of
Port Huron, TO bow at the shrine of
Lord Byron, and hold him up To the ad-
miration of their sons and daughters.
Byron the vilest rake and most nsidious
seducer that history records, with whom
by comparison Mormon polygamist ~
n monument of virtue. Why this
passionate admiration OF an arrant rake
by woman who prate OF virtue, and high
sounding principles? Would they, doyou
suppose, be pleased 20 have their hus-
bands frequent club whose object was
To study up the lives Of Cleopatra, ASpa-
sia, and othernotorious females? Prob
ably not, although they would no doubt
scofi at the prctenslons of men in general
20 virtue, aud insinuate that they prefer
the naughtiness Of real life 10 that of
history. Nevertheless il is from the
mothers throughout the country that
virtue and goodness is most expected,
and a feeling Of uneasiness and distrust
/ IL natural in "A community where the lead
| ing feminine lights of society set up by
Lord Byron for an idol, and lavish their
admiration and worship on such an
unworthy object. The following poem
addressed TO the Byronc ladies associa-
tion was published i'm the Port Huron
Herald oi last week. IL is entitled "Ahy
ON Byron's bust"
"say. fly
This Is no bust OF thine-'tis Byron's bust.
Byron the naughtiest fellow OF his time
Avaunt Get on
what Does thou rub thy slender, crooked leg,
And brush derisively thy dusty wings.
shoe, fly. tell thee. shoe,
Hast thou nc, rev renee for the dashing bard,
Who broke more maIclens hearts. I dare assert
Than any poet previous TO O. wildeg
Permit IL not 20 alp thy memry. fly,
This Byron wrote some very pretty verse
And naughty wherefore he's been edicted
Worse than "A rural correspondents scrawi
That finally becomes too blue To read.
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Tis we'll the world has taste for better things
Than Byron's colored uish. my insect friend
hear he's very little read to-day.
'Ts well.
But there You are, stnl sitting ON thy bust
Now, ny, n I were yon, I'd take my leave,
Ano 10 IL mighty quick; FOR though bear
Nolove 10 Byron tyet he wrote some things
That aren't so bad),
..s.. IL. sEaI
say 20 and have thy spree some other where
For the first time in my lie
AT last Sunday, / experienced
cARNEY's the experience Of being !
SPUR prisoner on "A snow bouns
train with nothing to eat, ex
cept the contents Of Edyvcan's sampl
cases, one Of which was at Escanaba AN,
: the other at Ashland. can stand bcin
snow bound, but can not get along with
out eating for more than week mt
D stretch very well. My self and vile Iei
here for Iron River hast Sunday mornin
: and when the train arrived Mt Florcno
we took rest until the train retnrnc'
from Powers, which IL did during th
afternoon. We boarded IL and wer
: waited to Stagcr and there IL was learne'
that the snow pillow ON ahead was last y
n snow bank. The train dispatcher dis
patched our entire outfit To aid the sno'
plow and we, with the aid of the othc
train men, did so. Well we got as lar "A
the snow plow and could not get one wa,
or the other and stayed there until tn
sympathising train dispatcher sent Han
Roland and his train crew from lro
q Mountain 90 help us out. Hank I'M
partaken some 81 the idea of being y
with the times and his machine got has
n in the snow when within eighty rods {
us, but he finely coupled ON behind an
" took us back 10 Florence. We wer
,. "tied" mp all night and had it not bee
D for dear little Edyvean and his cousin "
would certainly have died of enun
Many OF the passengers turned out an
shoveled snow with viii. During tE
night some of the boys unearthed n lun
berine camp and made "a raid ON Il
harder. much to the relief Of the write
and the Others. The cook was owe
loaded with thanks, which were ccrtainl
deserving. Edyvean, n travelling mar