The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1891-03-28

s.ee, e councilman Fellow citizens.
Indians no. taxed. Cinnamon and
sOmen. ! give my hand and my
yo,e to tic humble and obiru-
,lyo piantaia she needs NO En-
eOmium from me- There she stands.
or rather squats Wheres Right
there. RICH. where you arc looking a.
this minute IL there Is a spot Of ground
.iH inches square within half a mile
Of you. In tho velvet lava that cost
you four dollars . square foot in tho
pan,y b-sii ia the tub wherein grows
the aeeur,ed oleandsr. breaker Of hui
man backs, in tho gardsa Of roses; in
tho ioO,hsoms bed where tho south
~ind loi,er, amid tho loud Dsea,hed
onion. stealing and giving odDri
wherever you have planted any thing;
wherever you haven't; ON tho hill
sides OF Nss England. on tho
bleak and rocky eoss, Of Maine.
Ia tho orange groves OF florida.
on tho great alsaii desert. II tho Wild
and .oolly West. mhero Shasta. hoary
head lifts itself To tho clouds. crowned
With eternal grandeur. and shsro tho
glbbering tourist .askis, aad ehai,ars
through tho glOrles Of Mount WASH
lngioai wherever tho foo, of man has
,roi. and everywhere tina, i, hasn't.
there spr!ags this radiant weed OF
hope. eternal on tho mundane breast;
there strikes It's oil long root.
this ho b OF truth. though oitiimes
crushed To earth. rising sgaiu
stronger than ever. and spreading
itself over tho adjacent grass. like =
trus born American hogring four
,ea,s In = railway car oh. eitiasns.
do t-sp-Ak your most sweet
voices" for tho plAniain- IL knows
no East. NO South. no North. no Wet;
l, has no sectional prvjodices. NO
local pride or limitation just uh.r-
essr tho soil 10 fertile or barrun IL
iays hold an lIis; II comes 10 stay. 1,
got. ,h.r-. Eli. Whsry nothing .,sa
all gros I, nour!,hcs Ike tho grass
hopper; where smaF;we.d p.rl,ha,
because Il has no root tho plsaiaiH
make. crop. A !o~ short week, In
sla'hy spring tho Msyhov-r hides IT,
pretty bloom Ia mountain s!opr. nai
eastern hills. a transient guas, Of
local famo and br!sics, l!fe whcn
autumn nln.. her gorgeog. ban
a-rs To tho skies. tho golden
rod. for a io~ passing weeks.
makes radiant tho meadow. glen
and hill. and then departs TO hide
s-ay tho year; bu, thou. OH planiaIn
OF tho sandy cras. thou hast tho grip;
thou art . slayer. thou; thou ar;
ias,sr from waybaes; thou ar, III.
ar., 10 como. tho lasi 10 60. Thee.
tho all bohold!n. sun upon hi. annual
farewell tour scos all tho limo. mas-
Ing glad tho door yard OF tho poor.
asd playing merry Gala upon tho rich
maa's lava. Thou ihrisc., upon per-
.ccation; thou surncs, no, back from
thom for III. grn..hook. md sayc,,
among tho lawn mover. hn. hn' III,
rains nour!-h ihco; tho sun. burned
drought mak.;h iheo strong; n black
frost lncc,h thy leaves with lu.,-r
lilo and elk foo, ircos, tina, kills tho
h!,ching posts 10 pho for tho
plan'ain. II IL American clean
through. 'hl. frahh and cheeky ~oc,i.
Il has an imported nnmo-plsn,as-
sns1~~. and 10 proud Of IL. 49, any
American when sho has invented "a
coat Of arm. and married mn naec..
tor. Thn, I. Its family name; III,
pirntain which claims tho honor OF
being tho national flower has n namo
ns purely American as tho con,Incn;
major. Long 1.-Two
tho major! Forever noa, tina, stand.
ard weed. where-Eh' What's thai3
''lt Isn't nm American plant nj MI; &,
IL found all over tho inhabited and
worid2" Well. licenses
River! l.n't that Americana Eiso
up. major. you are elected i obor;
J. Burdo,ic. In Brooklyn Eagle.
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