The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-07-19
INDIANAPOLIS.


This is no rhyme of war, of booming guns,
The drum-beats stirring call to martial sons.
OF whistling bullets or Of hurting shell,
I have no tale concerning these to tell.
The song is OF praise of that great mart
That throbs with life Indiana's heart.
That drives along her arteries and veins
OF steel the current OF thousand trains
OF Indianapolis. a goodly name
To roll and echo in the trump of fame
No mushroom capital is this that's grown
Until it's name throughout the world is known,
known for its solid worth, known for its size,
Known for its men of push and enterprise.
known for the good it's done, and known. alas!
For gilded dreams that have not come to pass;
Pogue's run redeemer. for instance and the
parks
Along the classic White, and freghted arks
And crowded steamers passing to and fro
With and then shark or whale to show
But nothing Is impossible to men
Such this magic city boasts. for when
One OF the hustling fellows undertakes
A thing he'll do IL though the breeching breaks
He's ''blarked' the White with wicked words
alone,
He'll dam 1t next with blocks of Bedford stone,
The parks will grow along it's winding shore
And cen Pogue's run will know itself no more
This central city of a central State
Is not the place from which to emigrate;
It's just the other way, the man of snap
Rocked in a sugar trough, or in the lap
OF luxury, VIII find that here his worth
Is measured by his merit his birth.
Though noted for it's long wide avenues
That cut across lots any way they choose
Its shady streets. its churches built with grace
The city's likewise noted as a place
As full of business egg of meat
throng Of traders crowding every street,
An aggregation vast of shops a hive
OF busy industries where workmen thrive
place where everything is bought and sold,
From soap-gresse up COR DOWN to virgin gold
From gilt-edge bonds and promissory notes,
To lambs from Brown, and Shelby county shoats
The country dealer looking for supplies.
Can find them here II he will use his eyes.
Molasses. sugar coffee. teas and rice
Rope. bagging, pepper. ginger-snaps and spice
Side-meat or bacon, sausages or hams.
Goldfish or oysters. halibut CLANS
Or if he's in the dry goods line he'll see
The finest dress goods. duty paid and free
From Berlin, Paris, London and from Rome
And also fabrics made right here at home
All offered him at rates very cheap
That it would make a marble statue weep
To know how little ii would cost to dress
Its limbs in something else than loneliness
The farmer who would stock his farm anew,
Or simply wants to buy plow or two,
VIII here find reapers. mowers. rakes and things
Well fitted for the harvest field of kings
(By things is meant the loosely stoppered jugs
That harvest hands turn up above their mugs
When days are hot and perspiration flows
And yellow jackets spear the blistered nose)
The man who wants wheeled vehicles will find
In this great city every style and kind.
From richIy-triumed victorias and rigs
OF that sort down TO rattle-traps and gigs
Her wheels" are known from Greenland to Peru.
In Africs sandy wales, in China, too.
And II the dell chased sinners down the pike
No doubt he'd Indianapolis bike"
or auto if he understands his biz
And knows just how to make an auto whiz
With outstretched arms this queen Of cities
waits
To welcome all who within her gates
The moneyed man who's seeking to invest
His capital where It will pay him best.
VIII find in Indianapolis what he seeks
The man who's wandered over ties for weeks
And sought for work. and not sinecure,
Can be accommodated here, for sure
The man who'd like TO start thousand wheels
To whirling in the place of one and feels
That II he half chance he'd make things spin,
VIII md the people here 10 take him in,
Not take him In" with gilded bricks
Take in their dupes; such antiGuated tricks
Don't suit the average Indianapolis man
He's not built on the Windy City plan
And there is something else this Hoosier town
Is noted for: Look up its streets or down,
Look indoors. look out. look anywhere
Your eyes will rest maids and matrons fair
AS s'er the sun shone on. No discount there
II beauty were a product. factory made.
The town could easily supply the trade
OF ali the world" the rest OF mankind - then
Turn round about and do the thing again
John A conwelL
Aurora, Indiana