Show ir i s r wa ay ji WT 11 I 1 I 1 VALE VALE the Demo democrats demise buile fully depicted deplete I 1 11 HAS A 8 R been having baying a ii bard ard time of it of lat every hard I 1 indeed politically and ot otherwise berwise the dismal I 1 t 1111 caravan begin to toi abart in ve vermont ont a month ago it rolled along through maine where it was greatly augmented then proceeding to botho tho wild and wicked west it took in wyoming and idaho now the icy hand of tho the destroyer de of things democratic has rested v I 1 th cruel heft upon one of the chosen few in utah sorry the day I 1 it is bad enough surely when the reaper gathas in who have lived cearly nearly or quite the allotted time ol 01 three acore and a half with due allowances 1 lowan low ances cei and remissions under the copper act but when bis his gaunt and bony fingers clutch the throat of infancy I 1 and squeeze out a life just blos coming into childhood the sadness is moet most poignant and tho the tears that fall are tinged with bitterness oh eo so bitter six months old or thereabout there about is an early age ge nt at which to shuffle off the mortal coil anil and begin a new ledeal ne deal odeal yet to this age and no farther had our infantile and deeply loved democrat arrived when its guardian angel called its gentle and Inoff inoffensive enelva spirit hence and it has gono gano and we shall see it no more I 1 am a democrat and as one sach h b have ave for a long time past been hanging on the ragged edge of what seems each succeed succeeding ina day to be more and more a misty hope arid when ono one more ot of the family dies my sorrows caubu cannot be assuaged even in the flowing bowl it was only on sunday last that I 1 gave vent to my feelings in a teaching touching tribute to the work of tha the democrat hardly did I 1 think my effort would be so soon fatal whom the gods love die Is it fated that I 1 shall be like unto tho in this particular the worst feature of itis it is thattie that the democrat rest its soul did not griveas other infants generally gane rally do instead of growich larger it became leas less and andresa less lesa and winked out by corn com parati VAly wy emy stages Z I 1 il I 1 for it the great big gate no more shall close nor john and mary down the road walk ko no tire sire at eventide aroon through its stately prose and with hla his good dame ol 01 its merits talk biero resti tests iti its head upon the lap of earth A kid to fortune and to tame fame unknown good looking mac mae amilea on its bumble humble birth and still he smiles though its sweet breath be ill flown own |