ADDRESS OF THE CARRIER


OF TIE
THE WIIMfNGTONIAN,
TO HIS PATRONS,
On the commencement Of the Ne7v Year


1927
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greet ye, PATRoNs, with NEw-YEAR's birth
Onward it comes with swiftand steady pace,
Laden with stores for this our neither earth, /
And gifts to please or pain our varied race.
Shall Winter bring his gay and social hours,
His genial blaze and comfortable che err
Or shall the bowling storm with frozen showers,
Make lfe's swift moments desoate and drearl
Shall Spring, arrayd in fresh and gaudy dress,
With life and sprightliness come tripping on,-l
Or shall it be the herald of Distress
Of fortunes broken, and of hearts undone!
Shall Summer, vestur'd in its sunny blaze,
Bring its rich treasures with lavish hand'--
And .9utumn, gilded with its mder rays,
With luscious gifts abundant bless the land
Kind Patrons tits your News-I3oy's ardent pray'r,
That Heavens best gift to you may freely flow
That nations, individuals, be his care,
And own his goodness with grateful glow.
In the fleet year which just is past and gone,
A half century has swiftly run
Since first Columba's sons, with heart and hand,
Declared themselves an independent band,
And risk'd their honor, fortunes, lives, their all,
" ith her to triumph, or with her to fall
Two mighty men, whose talents strong and bold,
Form'd to create, to strengthen and uphold
Freedoms high plans, magnificent and great.
Have pass'd from this probationary state
ADAMS and JEFFERSON have run the br ipb


career,


And flown triumphant to higher sphere
Their free-born souls in raptures upward fee,
While millions celebrate the Jubilee!


Since last hail'd you with the newborn year
I've served you weekly with various fa4e;-
Thro' Summers noontide sun, dissolvng warm.
Thro' dreary Winters chilling, bowling storm,
I've brought you cheerfuly rich display
Ofthe transactions of the passing day.
A fit variety has mark'd our papers page,
10 please each taste, each sex and every age.
l cater for the world--for every mind
The gay, the wise, the solid and refn'd
Spending my time and labor not in vain
Il humbiy hope) approving smiles to gain.


I'ye culPd, with careful hand, the sweetest


fow'rs,


That flourish in the muses. vocal bow'rs
In foreign lands exotics have sought,


And not wither'd leaf to you I've brought,
But just as fresh, as sweet as when they grew
In their own native soil, I've gave to you.
But parta. to the Bards of our own land,
I've pluck'd their labors with industrious hand
Shown that Columba's Genius, bold and free,
Can vie with older climes in minstrelsy.


The Moralist's calm. solid, useful themes,
Shed o'er my page instructive healing beams,
E1horts, Dictates persuades in pious lore,
To practice virtue and our God adore


The simple tale rehearsal in simple words.
Amusement, pastme, interest affords;


Teaching the various incidents of life


That mark the progress of the husband wife,
Sister and brother, father, lover, friend,


From their first breathing till their oeing's end
They're charts that show the shoals of deep di:


tress,


And guide to port, of truest happiness.