Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-11-01
GRANDMA.s WEDDING DAY.

When we were merry children, eyes of blue and
hair of gold.
We listened 10 story by sweet-faced lady
told;
We loved to hear the story of grandma's wed
ding day.
There was a lack of bridal gifts-no gold and
silver fine,
No jewels from across the sea, upon her brow
to shine;
A man in homespun clothes stood up and gave
the bride away
For all was sweet simplicity on grandma's wed
ding day
There was no surpliced minister, no bell above
them hung,
They stood upon the forest Sward-this couple,
fair and young;
And when the parson called them one and
wished them years of bliss,
The groom received his only gift-a soft and
holy kiss.
A cabin in the forest stood to welcome home
the pair,
And happy birds among the trees made music
on the air;
She was the reigning backswood belle-the
bride so fair and gay
And this is why the birds were glad upon her
wedding day.
Thus life began for grandma, in the forest dim
And where she lived city stands, with stateli-
ness untold;
She told US how the Indian came the settler
bold to fight,
And how she rocked the cradle to the VOLTS
long howl at night.
The cradle was an oaken trough untrimmed
with costly lace.
But in it nestled, now and then, bright cheru-
bic face;
And grandma was as happy then as though a
mansion grand
Above her rose like some we see throughout
our lovely land.
l cherish now lock of hair-'tis not of silver
gray
She clipped it in the sunlight fair, though years
have passed away;
It is q tIess of grandma's hair, as bright as
when she stood
And blushing took her bridal VOWS within the
painless wood.
On yonder HILL this golden morn, she takes her
dreamless rest;
The wrinkled hands, so often kissed, lie crossed
upon her breast;
And gently on her finger, ere we laid her form
We placed the simple ring she wore upon her
wedding day. n. c. Hafbau9h.
The Partisan Term 'Loco-Foco."
In New York City in 1885, as has often
been the case since, the Democratic party
has been divided into factions, one of
WHICH was cdiIeu lne MOnOpOllStS anu
the other the -Monepolists, the d.
vision being on the question of bank
charters, the former faction favoring char
tiers. A Monopolist was selected as can
didate for Congress by the Tammany
nominating committee, but the practice of
the day required his ratification by all
shades Of the party before he became the
regular candidate. Each faction desired
to control the meeting held for this pur-
pose, which was in Tammany Hall. In
the tumult which ensued over the organiza-
ton of the meeting some Monopolist
turned off the gas and left the room in
darkness. The "antis," however, were
prepared for this emergency, and drew
candles out of their pockets, lit them
with loco-foco matches and obtained suffi-
cient control of the meeting to dictate the
choice of its Chairman, although the Mo-
nopolists secured the ratification for their
Congressional candidate The Wings, as a
consequence, called the New York City
Democracy the Loco-foco party, and the
term a few years later was extended to the
Democratic organization throughout the
country-S Louis Globe Democrat
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