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VOL. II.
NO. 22
The Daily Reporter,
M c M innville , O regon , T hursday , J anuary 27. 1887.
The Soldier's Bride."
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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.
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DR. I. CJTAYLOR.
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