The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-09-01
THE HOME.
The Roll Of Honor Essentials Of
Home Happiness-For Lemon
ade Drinkers.


count OF the rescue OF John Anderson. OF
Nebraska. after ten days thralldom In well
that had cayed In
New names for the roll OF honor
The morning paper brings,
Names for the people peerage
That 0utranks the list OF kings.
Write them beside John Maynard's,
Grace Darling's and his great name
Whose only words when dying
Were "signal the coming traln."s
Thank God for the peoples pecrage-
That outranks the list OF Kings.
The hearts great roll OF honor,
And the sacred hopes IL brings.
turn from the sickcning story
OF Alcohol's murder and crime.
AS the Monday paper tells IL,
And read OF a deed sublime.
Out In Nebraska q farmer
Was digging his homestead well,
When the earth closed fast around him,
And In that gravc-like cell
Ten days he lay In the darkness,
With hunger and horror at strife.
While Archer and Campbell, his comrades
Like heroes worked on for his life.
He was not their son or their brother
lie was Just their neighbor and peer,
But humanIty's tie the most royal,
Sired love in their hearts aud smote fear,
The sweet, mystic heavens were above them,
The pure prairie breeze waited prayer,
And I'm sure snowy pinions NJ angels
How they fought with the clods and the
qnicksands,
Matched their lives against his own,
Were bafiled, afflicted, tormCnted,
But nerved by their neighbours moan.
Humanlty's heart on the prairies,
AS the heart OF one is Knit
And from near and far they gather
At the mouth OF that horrible pit.
The great kind soul OF woman
Sets her helpful hands at work,
And manhood's strength l. ready
Where the treachcrOns qilicksands Turk.
The farmers quit their fields,
And the merchants close their stores;
a county OF pioneers
Waits at these grave side doors.
John Anderson's a hero,
This live man In the tomb;
lie sends them cheerful words
His skill eyerts their doom.
At last they cut the boards
That fast have shut him in;
Send down a rope, he catches II,
And silenccd Is the din
AS from his grave they draw him up
For whom all hearts have blcd.
"God bless you boys while strong men
Were all the words he said.
Three cheers for Henry Archer,
And for George Campbell three;
How sweet and clear they ring and swell,
with what heavenly glCe.
But George and Henry, strong TO do,
Who all this danger braycd.
Break down and cry like children
For John Anderson is saved.
IL WAS a tender story;
We all wcpt rs we read,
And God has made us brethren all,v
My blessed mother said.
And He Is eyerybody's now,
John Anderson, my Jo."
Because lie brayely suffered
And was bravcly rescued so,
To me IL IL "A figure OF the fight we oil arc In
To put away the poison curse,
Our Nations greatest sin.
o. brothers who have fallen
While we toll your lives 10 win,
BE helpful. like John Anderson,
And then your next OF Kim"
Humanity, with It's great heart,
Shall no more strive in vain
To lift you from the awful pit
Where myriads have been slain.
Hurrah, then, for John Anderson,
For Henry and for George;
Nebraska hammers out new names
In famc's eternal forge.
Hurrah for old humanity
And what it's heart has done,
And let all say with Tiny Tim,
"God bless us every one"
conductor Bradley, celebrated by Whit
tier. Inter Ocean.