Show THE LATE JOHN LYON SWAN VALLEY idaho may slat 1895 I 1 end herewith a el loping from the kilmarnock standard published to in the town where brother lyon was born and where I 1 embraced the gopel gor I 1 knew all the parties well aud thought it might look well in ia a corner borner of the NEWS respectfully H C martin OF JOHN KELSO johnsyon john lyon the mormon poet abet the new mill the miller and an imp importunate or widow john lyon was waa a poet worthy of hie big name fuere was a raw ram pant nobi lit in hr his nature he to in advance of bla big time society was slow alow of faith to the facts utter uttered J by him and he resolved to leave leav Kilmar kilmarnock nook in vie he dark and advance the light of the cormons mormons at salt bake john baj baa clear views of progressive perfection and declared anat the summit could only be reached by perpetual culture and that those who left this world in a state or of mental doltish dol dolt tiem ism would be get on a very low tool in the next dext john joha believed in ID class claes spiritual a well as in class temporal while to me one cue day of the reign of bliss depend upon it j said be society will be very select there there will be no imitations ImItation 6 worth alone will procure a seat beat to the mental capacity would it be fair to seat such minds minda as sir isado New newton tons on a barrow tram to listen to te an I 1 irish rieb navvie rehearsing what masses of dirt he had set in motion by brute force in the old world not likely P this poetical lorap to la from ft a poem on en the he now new mill milland dedicated to duncan mcmillan MO MIllan ventriloquist 0 the now new mills a name will ever be new while ure the dam fills ails the lade the water ains through the miller be dead wha first it the name still the boise noise 0 the grinding and cappers hap pers the same 0 weel do I 1 mind ol 01 0 the year ninety three when we sta in groups neata the ash tree an the miller sue blithe ower 0 yul yil I 1 bauld his auld farren tales ol 01 0 his bis mutter and mill it was after this tail date when he bauld some very funny stories about the different kind op 0 customers cua tomera he be had bad ground corn to how he be bad teen taen bis big mutter and bow he had bad got it in ID the year 1800 there was a dearth such as aa we have not seen since at that bat time forest forestaller allem were locked on as aa the low est eat class of bf wretches wre tobee and they who were known to have meal on hand band could be compelled comp elleo to bring it to market aud have bave it disposed of at market price A sort of strike was waa essential to 10 conceal as aa well as aa reveal the real state of things ahinga mony a body had beorn but had meal among the millers customers oue tomera was waa a widow woman whose piety was waa like her personal vanity not of a ema ama shape she bad a few bache of corn at the mill mil it was waa dried and ready for milling some gome meeka past she bad bespoke the miller to be ready to make it into meal at an bours boura notice he reasoned with her on OB the in possibility impossibility of so ao doing but said bat he could make it and she abe could lift it when she ehe likit na na alx lx quo she abe III im im no iaun gaun to ain awa my soul that way w ay in the meantime I 1 can safely say that I 1 has bae nas nae meal 21 2 1 hout quo the miller itts its the big price that yere after and just ye tak 1 the be read readiest lest road to got gel it ill has hae my am AID way wi 1 my ain aid P 1 quo the wife and ye can do as aa ye like WV yours so see and be ready when I 1 tell you 0 her sacks were soon buried beneath those of other proprietors till the meal rose roae to four shillings and utne pence the auld peck out came the widow smiling one evening anti and said miller 1 I want my meal the morn as aa its expected up to five shillings 1 I canoa help that 9 quoi quo the miller lye ye wadus wadna tak it when I 1 could gle yet yen and yo ye must juat wait till ye se got get it the w man began to rage and said whatever the be meal fell below five shillings she abe would look to him rt so ao he bad better got get it done without ony tala atals 26 she gaeu away hame and nd got nae dike adeep that night for reports of a conflicting character were rife at to the late fate of the meal on the morrow it rose roae to the wished for pinnacle of the wee note dote at that time lime owing to the scarcity ot of silver there was waa sri ao issue of paper at that value one peck was waa said eald to be sold in the old meal market at this unwonted price which was waa expected to make one widows heart to sing aing aloud rho twe arje turned and thrice in one half hour the town erier crier passed the widows joor each time lima down here was waa off the peck and who could coula say what the next balch half h ur would do the widow started the race lor for i the he mill wip wi marrow leas jea stockings stocking on her legs lega and bauchley bau baue chlea bles ou oft her feet chico attar after crowing the green brig she took lu her bands and aad to la this plight reached the mill tho the miller laughed and be remarked that her bar head bead was waa surely aurely turned when her bau baue bles were in her bands instead of being beina ou on her leel feet her grief and rage now know knew no bounds john joan lyon 0 o lines on oa a 11 show a manly state of mind and some poetic power which would almost make a boote budh st at it its own einsig alfi cance thou thon representative of something groat great what wert thou in thy unconverted state derived from lint stalks or to sa lilie like may be the downy castings of the cotton tree spun into yarn then woven into cloth worn wora and cast away awa aa what we loathe snatched from the dunghill dunghill by the raam ans hand again remodeller remodelled led as aa thou now dost stand invested Invest edwith with the honor of a name the painted mockery of a righteous claim tor for such as thee ive seen lifes forfeit given the misers soul lose all its hopes ot of heaven the poor despised and the rich made poor from failure of thy sponsors insecure yes yen for thee thou fragment of a shirt or the torn tatters or of some BOBU mantle bairt but who vain ghost of currency pray who gave cave thee such value as to stand in lieu the trust deed of a promissory pay that may go down for ever and a day hal hal ba banknote ban knote when all ali thy faults are told thourl nothing to the yellow glittering gold cold |