11 i I I sn j. VOL. II. NO. 22 The Daily Reporter, M c M innville , O regon , T hursday , J anuary 27. 1887. The Soldier's Bride." E PRICE TWO CENTS. Dream of home, sweet home. A dying hero wait for thee— Where the crimson rivers flow, How the chords so full and round On the banks of Rappahannock There his form ami face you’ll know. Entered in the Postoffioe at MoMinnville for Stand the tents and soldiers’ barrack ; Through the glen and woodland sound, Transmission Through the Mails as Sec For your love I’ve come once more— Hundreds, thousands, in rows and Till the echo ceased replying ond Class Matter. Maiden haste—I come no more.” To the notes the faint and dying. lines, Hark, another melody, Then a cry of wild despair D. C. IRELAND. E. L. E. WHITE. On the meadows, in the pines, ‘ Wake the maid from her reverie! Rang out in the chilly air, Down afar the tranquil stream, D. C. I RELAX l> & Co., Tis a trumpet loud and clear And black night with silent dread The warriors’ tented cities gleam. Falling on her listening ear. Reigns or the field of dying and dead, As the sun’s declining grandeur PUBLISHERS. Playing “ Dixie." How it rings Save a faint cansdescent light Painted the awakened tender Merrily, and how brings Flitting ghost like into sight. T he D aily R eporter is issued every day Budding earth in purple hue, Memories of happier days As the crescent moon appears in the week except Sundays, and is delivered Evening zephyrs whispered sighing. in the city at 10 cents per week. By mail. 40 Home sweet home, home sweet home. And of home, sweet home. From behind a sable cloud. oents per month in advanoe. Rates for ad On the Crimson plain is kneeling, j “O. what may this hour portend, vertising same as for T he W eekly R eporter . i And the tranquil Rappahannock, Her pale face to heaven appealing I God, I pray a peaceful end. j Gliding slowly by the barrack ; Mute with grief, the soddiers bride, j Hark, these notes my ear allure! Book <fc Job Printing. Not a ripple not a spray By her dying lover s side, So sadly sweet and sweetly pure.” i On his crystal bosom play. From his slowly heaving breast We beg leave to annougoe to the public Scarce had “Dixie” died away that we have just added a large stock of new I Floating by the tented field. Life’s red flood is ebbing fast.' When again the ‘ blue’’ held sway novelties to our business, and make a special Where the soldiers lie concealed. Hush, huslr—htish— • ty of Letter Heads. Bill Heads. Note Heads, Where from clustering tree tops tall, From across the sylvan shore, On death’s alte? love is weeping ; Statements, Business Cards, Ladies Calling Huge fantastic shadows fall; Dreamily the zephyrs bore And her prayer is not in vain, Cards, Ball Invitations (new designs) Pro To the maiden’s listening ear And upon his watersblue grammes. Posters, and all descriptions of For he opened his eyes again— “My country 'Tis of Thee”—hear! work. Terms favorable. Call and be oon- The skies reflect a purple hue— “Come”—he whispers faint and low— 'Tis of thee replies the echo, Rappahannock murmurs lowly; -vinced. D. C. IRELAND & CO. “Darling—weep—not—for—I go— Home sweet home, home sweet home. And or home, sweet home. To—my home—■diome—sweet—home.” DOCTORS Heaven kissing nature’s face, And the maiden silent stands, —Charles Griesen. LITTLEFIELD & CALBREATH, On her breast she clasped her hands. Blushing in the sweet embrace, McMinnville, Or. Nestling on her bosom close, While the golden sunbeams shed •It wrh during the late oivil war, when some Union and Confederate foroes were en Offioe over Braly’s Bank. Lingering sighs for Hesperus.— A halo ’round her beauteous head. camped upon opposite bonks of the Rappa NIeNIinnville, ... Oregon. Hark! what notes, so shrill and fierce Like one dreaming, thus she listened hannock, (in the spring of 1863 as near as can beaaoertained.) that the playing by the Through this solemn silence pierce! To the notes so sweet and distant, banda and singing by the Holdipra took place. G. W. GOUCHER. E. E. GOUCHER. Hark, the drum and trumpets call, “Am I waking, am I dreaming, 1. Band of the "Louisiana Tigers.” 2. N. J Brigade Band, tith A. C. Goucher & Goucher. Stirring, ringing martial call, Is this war or only seeming? 8. Aa the banda struck up “Home, Sweet War with all its unrelenting Hear the weary watchword sound Home,” the soldiers on both sides joined in PHY8ICIANS AND SURGEONS. one grand chorus Hinging that sweetest of As the picket goes his round! Passions calmed, at last repenting, songs with unbounded enthusiasm. M c M innville - - . . O regon . Making friends of foes and brothers, “Am I waking, am I dreaming, aclflc regon ailroad. Brothers of one home, sweet home.” Offioe and residence, oorner of Third and Is thiB real, or only seeming! opular oute. D. streets, next to the postoffioe icturesque anges. Darker have the shadows grown Has my waking darker grown ‘Round the maiden sad and lone. RAS. M’OAIN. H. HUBLRY. Since the vision bright has flown?” Fast Tima, Bure Coinvction, New Equipment Hark, what music, sweet and tender Spoke in fear a maiden fair McCain & Hurley, 225 Miles Shortest Fills the air with solemn grandeur ; In her sorrow and despair ; ATTORNEYS.AT.LAW Hark, what voices, soul inspiring 20 Hours Less Time. AND NOTARIES PUBLIC, Rousing from a restless slumber Seeming up to heaven aspiring, In her arbor leafless, somber, AocommocationH nnHurpnaaed for comfort Lafayette, Oregon, and safety. Fares and Freights MUCH Especial attention paid to abstracts of title XVhere she sought communion lonely In a chorus so sublime ! LESS than by any other route between all and settlement of estates in probate. Even the immortal bands In the memory of him only in Willamette valley and San Franoiaoo. Offioe - Jail buiding, up stairs. From the sunny spirit lands, Who was dearest in her heart Only Route via Yaquina Bay Left their Imine and brighter sphere Mrs. M. Shadden. Dearest to her home, sweet home. Joining in with mortals here. “Hark, what sound! “the maiden To San. 7raxxoisoo. And the maiden young and fair DAILY PASSENGER TRAIN*, listened, Fashionable Dressmaker. And her dark eyes flashed and Kneels entranced in silent prayer, (Except Sundays.) Heavenward her eyes ascend, [y The Taylor System of Cutting and Fit Leave Corvallis nt 2 p. m. Leave Ya glistened. ting employed. Tear drops in their lustre blends : quina at 7: 10 a. ni. Through the evening’s stillness clear, Third street. Next to Bishop A Kay’s store, From the soldiers brave and true, Oregon and California, W<<Ht Hide, trains Sound the notes so clear, so dear : MoMinnville. Or. oonnect at < 'orvnlliH. From the boys in gray and blue, Of the flag, the “Bonnie Blue,” The < »regon Development Company’s From the tents and from the barrack, I By the boys the gray, the true, FINE Al On the banks of Rappahonnock, Playing ’neath the the pine and hem Steamship Sant« MaHi Rings the echo deep and long, Late of New Orleans, La.. lock Of the dearest sweetest song Pile* and Fistula a Spe By their own loved Rappahannock. From Yaquina, From San Franoiaoo, Ever sang by man on earth : ciality. Consultation Jan. 9 Tuesday ..Jan. 4 Sunday “Wonder if my soldier true J an.'2.3 Sunday. Jan 1«) Friday “ Home sweet home, home sweet free. No Cure Thinks of me this moment too, Feb. 2 Friday Jan. 28 Wednesday .Vo Pay. home.” The < ompany reserves the right to change Of his love here waiting lonely, sailing day«. Fares, between CorvalliH and ty Offioe with H V. V. Johnson. M D.: Waiting for his coming only.” Five times in the golden west San rranoiBoo, Rail and Cabin, *14; Rail MoMinnville, Oregon. and Steerage, *9.88. Had the sun sunk down to rest, And the maiden silent stands, For information apply to < HAS. C. HOGUE, On her breast she clasped her hands, When with the approaching night Acting Gen. F. and Pans. Agent. Ceased the battles raging fight. Till the floating sweet refrain Corvallis. Oregon The soldier ’ s bride with heaving breast, Melted with the dying strain. Hair Cutting, shavlnr and «bam. Observations. ’Round her, stillness weird and lonely And with hopes and fears oppressed, pooing Parlor. but lasts a moment only.— Peers with trembling and affright Miss Belle Johnson, teacher of music 15c SHAVING 15c. “ Reigns, Star 8pangled Banner,” majestic, Into the dark and arninous night. in McMinnville and at McMinnville C. H. FLEMING. Proprietor. college. Residence corner of Second grand, But instead her lover’s greeting and C Streets. (Suooeseor to A. C. Wyndham.) By a rousing federal band A strange voice she heard repeating : John J. Sax has his chop mill in “I had come to you before— Echoes o’er the Rappahannock, Ladies and children’s work a specialty. running order, and will chop feed for ay* I have just added to my parlor the Where the soldier ’round the barrack I have come to you once more.— *2 per ton. If this does not suit the largest and finest stock of < igars ever in this By the pale moonlight you’ll see In the twilight hour listening, customer call and get a special rate. «ity. Try them. O $ DR. I. CJTAYLOR. p R