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Show LABOR.. j Labor, tho mighty magician, walks forth into a legion uninhabited and waste; lie looks earnestly at the seem, 0 quiet in Its desolation, then weaving his wonder working wand, those dreary valleys smile with golden harvests ; those barren mnuntitin slopes areclotbed w'tb folia"; the furnaco bhir.es; the anvil rings ; the busy wheel whirls round ; the town appears ; the marl of commerce, the ball of science, temple of religion, rear high theii lofty fronts ; a forest of waste. gay with vailed pennons, rise from the harbor; representatives ol lar oil regions make it their resort: science enlists the elements of earth and heaven in he service, ser-vice, art, awakeniag clothes its strength with beauty) civilization smiles; liberty ia glad ; humanity rejoices, for the voice of industry and gladness le beard on every side. Working men walk worthy of your vacation. You bave a noble escutcheon; disgrace it not. Labor, allied with villus, may look up to heaven and not blush. Tne man and woman who are above labor, ami despise the laborer, show a want of common sense. Labor achieves more grander victories, it weaves more durable tiophioe. It holds wiiler sway than the conqueror. His name becomes tainted and hia monuments monu-ments crumble, but labor converts bis red battle lieldsinto gardens and erects monuments sigHllicant ol better things. The noblest thing in the world ia honest hon-est lalmr. Ex. |