IN MEMORY OF THE PIOXEER&
M rocno at. txT'i but rtoa otb uaoa, ad t la ti hm rot ttnu."
Young man, h't'n rvft from cxir Ilor,
Anl nit in the nhade (or anhilc,
Where the tree are rich with foliage
And the golden nunlamn nmile;
Where thin roaring atream in nplanhlng
From mountain of laating Know,
Filling with verdure, the valley
Hut lien in iU beauty, Ulow.
" How time keep ringing iU rhang-n! "
It's only a nhort time ago .
Since thin land waa aleep in iU wil -Inn.
Only that mountain of nnow
Poured forth it tribute of waU-rn,
Tli rough forwrt primeval and vat,
And bruin, abroad In hi freedom,
Waa " fat M a awine oo U tnaat"
The antleml pride of the aliadeland
Wbetted hia borna oo the tree.
Anil tlte cry of the wild-rat or cougar
( ft dinmally rang oo tlte brrei.
At midnight, tlte fun-nt wrn voral
With tlte famUhing gray wolfl howl,
M ingled in trange combination
With the mournful hoot of th owl.
Tlte. griuly, king of the furmt,
Vrrlf in rourag and Icawn,
Wantlrml abroad in tit vaJWy,
In tlte ahadowy gray of lit dawn;
And tlte panllter, a ruthlr awaAain,
Oft hung on thin beautif at brink (pring,
Wbrn tlte ftWt-f.joU-l lr, with Ur off-
huJe raatiotialy down for a drink.
Hwift m a ateed of AralU,
The. antelope. (urnd U vkU plain.
Now marked with Un angular htm.
And rich with lu icm of grwia,