The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-06-22
PROPHECY NO. 1.
Read mt the First Meeting OF the Dufur
Alumni.

The future, of which have TO deal,
| Is time that's hidden beneath seal,
Placed bv Gods mysterious hand
How is not for us TO understand.
But will try and take peep
Into that flltnre dark and deep,
And give to each one here tonight.
A Kaleidoscope view of colors bright.
Now the very first thing that can sec
Is for our POSTMASTER, this side of me.
There is for him. a future more grand,
Than any other that has been planned
Clouds through which no sun seems shining,
But each proves to have a silvery lining,
Are hanging heavy DER his head,
Right in the path where he must tread,
But he comes out conqueror OF them all,
To stand upright, and not TO fall
He'll be a senator good and grand,
That will work for the people of his land.
And will give to them whate er they. ask,
Be it ''free coinage or Income tax
And from that he'll rise on greatness bent,
To rnn for our future president.
The next is for our Poetess;
But what it is you caunot guess,
She will leave this land Of the setting
For sojourn TO a warmer, southern one,
And there she will gladden. the hearts of men,
With gems Of brightness from her gifted pen,
Which Will win for her in time to
Riches name and happy home
Our orator. tall and dieniied
Is over there on the other side.
l see for him pathway clear.
Well marked out is his career
/ see him standing amid applauscs loud,
That come from cheering delighted crowd,
Who eagerly listen, both old and young
For the eoouent words that fall from his tongue
Ah, there's our reviewer watching nc,
She wonders what it is see
I hear the sound of wedding bells,
A Ginning over hills and dells;
1 see figure clad in white,
Bedecked in many diamonds bright.
An orange wreath, twined in her hair,
I here never was bride more fair.
The gro ON that's standing by her side,
Boasts of his millions with the greatest pride
A rough and rugged path see,
Up steep hills and rocks, and then grassy lea:
A checkered life and varied career,
Is what is ahead Of our critic here
She will make teacher good and grand,
That will spread the gospel to heathen land.
Now then our secretary, Linsey B.,
What future awaits him? Well, let's see!
His ambition is great for all honored name,
Like Henry Ward Beecher striving for fame
He is sure to win it, after toll and strife.
Comes the crownng apex Of his lite
{ Jur historian is destined to be
parsonage of great notoriety:
He will invent ship to sail m the air,
Phy Parrot himself will be nowhere.
On this machine, he will work with his might,
And when he has finished, the railroads VIII have
vanished from sight.
Our kind professor, now I'll mention.
He well deserves from US, attention;
see down the vista of years to come,
A calm and peaceful setting sun:
A life well filled, he has the gain,
To know that he has not lived in vain.
Onr Alumni, that now makes SO small show,
VIII, like the little acorn, to greatness grow.
Before it is so very old
1t will have increased hundred fold,
Like change of fondest memories sweet.
Twill find us together, until We meet
To ioin one another in that bliss above,
Where all is peace and God is love.