The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-09-19
AGRICULTURAL HINTS,
a WELCOME.

WELSOME.
The following poem was read bv Rev a v
,rofts ~ the opening Of the National Farmer
'ongress, 1t Council BUNS IL.
Hail, bcnefactors OF our race.
Of brain and Drawn and honest face.
For you my harp gladly string
And Join this hearty welcoming.
From every portion OF the land.
From prairie mount, and ocean strand
From where the blue St. Lawrence flows
10 where the yellow orange grows,
From chesapcakc's stored harbor bay
TO that Of golden Monterey.
From tasseled fields on boundiess plains
40 where the pearly cotton reigns.
From soil where FIRST our fathers trod
TO soil just as II came from God.
You come with thought and purpose true
Right royalty VIZ welcome you
You come like spring whose magic wanr
TO verdure woos the wintry land.
Like sun-kisscd sail from DER the ses
With spices OF blest Araby.
You stand. not as the Pilgrims stood
On barren rock. mid dusky wood:
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To meet the CLEAN Of savage eyes.
The wilderness has passed away,
The gloomy night has turned TO day,
And through this fair Edenic bloom
With songs OF triumph you have com
And here you come TO represent
A lr~ q OF freedom and content.
The brightest. fairest meath the sun
Since history Its page begun
For since best Paradise was lost.
And man to sink or swim was tossed
NO land. no time has equaled this,
No passing hour 50 full Of bliss.
And let II be forever known
That freemen sitting on the throne
OF learning justice and Of State,
Have made the Nation good and great
That industry and thought combined
Have 10 the past its dead consigned
And placed the living in the van.
And unified the race Of man.
This brotherhood Of thought and Toll
Has wreathed with flowers the virgin soil
From north TO south, from east to west
And made the world u welcome guest
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To make our land their chosen home;
What'er their color or their speech;
But loyalty we ask Of each
One flag. the stars and stripes" to noai
One land. however parties vote.
Cne law. and that the peoples will;
One impulse, moving upward siill.
And yet. there Is primal force
The soul Of empire and its source,
And one 70 which all Others bow
The silent gliding o. the pillow.
OF all things this lies at the base;
A. this shall fail 50 fails the race.
A. this succeeds, 50 all things tend
Forever toward a higher end
Tue man who turns the generous sod
Walks closest with his maker God.
In faith be looks 10 Him who gives
The elements by which be lives.
To Him who makes the seasons new,
Who sends the sunshine, rain and dew;
Who br0ods DER orchard and DER field
That To His smile their fruitage yield.
There's purity In every breath,
There's purity above, beneath:
There's purity wherc'er he goes,
And pure the blood that IN him lows.
And 20 he makes the desert bloom;
The air floats soft with sweet perfume;
His products on our board are spread;
The feathered songsters, too, are fed.
Not harvests only does he bring.
But cities rise and spindies sing;
The iron horse and palace car
Follow the gliding OF his share.
And from the farms strong men are born
The highest places TO adorn.
And purity Of brain and heart
They bring TO council nall and mart.
And II our cities We shall save
From rank corruption's yawning grave
Where vice and awful vortex swirls.
Twill BE- BY country boys and girls.
o. for III. full and throbiing vein,
The honest heart, the thinking brain,
The buoyant step, the sparkling eye,
And, charm Of all, simplicity
O. welcs me then. thrice welcome ALL
May richest blessings on you fall
May wisdom, concord, and good. will
Like dew Of Heaven on each distill.
And while success you seek TO gain
Let dull dependency be slain:
With courage true enter the lists,
a noble band OF optimists.