The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-11-25
CHRONICLES.


/. Nsw 1t came to pass in the reign
of BeIjy, ss1T1saaaed Lhes Hal. that he
people dad Cast lois for nom they
did wish to rule over them.
2 Aud, b. hold, ere the los were
counted, it came TO pass that Berry
saw vision III the night season.
3. And the VISION trouOl, d him
.orA. For IN tie same he saw All or
p e4sed nation, and heard murmu =
Iugs from afar Oft
4 And when he awOke in the
morning behold here was hand
writing on the wall, and when IL
would discover the meaning thereof,
10! he could not, neIth-r could his
wise men and sOOthsaS eP5.
3. But one was found WHO could
interpret the writing and when he
came into the pre- sence of Benny he
made clear the writing, saying
& 80, Benny, son Of Harri, live for
eVeri BehoII, thou at weighed IN
the balances and found wanting, and
Grover, the ,u of Clev", shall reign
in your stead"
Z. And It was so; for when the lots
=. numbered, behold! Grover vas
4. Uat IL, and that 10y mighty vO ce.
Then, also, it cnn.e 10 pass i'll tf'e
sstIapy of the Crooked Spoon that
the sons OF Heibiis joined themselves
to the tribe CT Repub to overthrow
the mighty house OF Demos, out
thew cCuId tot.
9. And a prophet of evil arose in
those days AMI cried with a loud
voice, "HeAT O, People, DvhUl1 your
hOu viii be left desOlate ana ye
hearken Lot unto me,
10. For the day comelh, yea, is at
hand, when ten shall take holu Oh the
skirt of him that is a PopuiIte, ana
shall c..unt themselves bter ssd;
IL. WAT ye till the ides of Menus
be numbered and We shall see sights.
u Aud, EeuOiG, as he spoke, So
came il to pas, for the peoPie ala gee
sights; but not as he wist saw they
13. For AS Grover the G'eaL had
been chOreu, so had Pete, called the
Old. for he ~ rit that or lcJieT."
a. And in thai day of gladness IT
came 10 pass that the great and
mighty HERALD of good tidi"gs dad
ng It's JOYFUL paeans To the people,
saving,
10. SShout, shout for joy, We mighty
Sous of Demos, Tor the rIuer ami ms
noI Sc are OverLhrOwn, and we have
right TO rejoice.
Is For 10! while one rested upon
the fence, ana people began to shake
their heads and say 'Whal il 1t, aid
the other was our secret foe, We
buckItd our arnOr on aud fought The
good fight.
II. "5nlg We for joy and shOu'
yourselves hos re, iOr Al Was mighty
victory"
Is. And, behold, the organ of the
sons OF Heibii5 wist not what struck
it, bat with a loud voice cried GU
Where am ! at"
I9 And 10 in the City OF Mules
and in the region round about lher'
was great rejoicing.
20. For Billy the Oiler with pre-
sum pttious heart had thought that ne
might overthrow the son OI Cox and
he snigyered nightly in his sleeve
II Bat when the Gay of reckon
ing came the people would have none
of MIN but cIave unto their idol VIII"
sat in the seat of NuittlOrue th'
Blessed,
%. And Bill the on Of Whit giTi' d
OIL his huckler Tor the fight aud q q
smite his Ell eni,s hip and thigh un-
ti there - as no;timg Lat ihtr o.
%. Ana in that day Buck the l.
spigntauC did lay low AID sp Ike
noIning but thought he would win
the mastery.
"a. And behold his prime minirter
Mack the Oiier, who did tail from
the IpId Of Jehazy, ans~ cred him
saying:
%. BY my whlskers, son of Clam,
let not your heart be uoub ed; for IA
IN ghty Vi:tory will be ours.
rs For, Dth ID, the trIUu OF R'pub
have gwen uutO me many Ahekets
wheseWIth we shall doMn thsae
mighty Sells of Demo
n. But ms ad he gat him into IT, t
East county and there bought lac
houses and lands, snd will wait in
patience until thir tyranny be over
! past.
%. And he turheth his longing eyt'
unto a seat among the Princes, but
the lun will WAX old. and the moon
refuse TO give her light ere that n" tul
%. And still the great aud only
poureth Gus its voice, aud that n
mighty voice, in 'yiul notes OF
SO Sing on thou mighty HERALD,
and coatinue the good fight until the
| lost sheep of the house O! Demos
all return into the haven where
they would he.
81. Ring out the glad tidings and
tell il more and more unto the heth-
ERNEST PARTS of the province, how
the house OF Demos is founded on a
rock, and is here to ay.
-. Come back ye wandering sHeep.
ard like IA a ia her pItytth his own
children so shall ye be received unto
ytur own again. Selah.
So. Bat, In III proud City of Mules,
seated upon hill, thy disgrsce re-
ma;neth.
"a. IempJuBl Justitid defendun'
est!