For each beloved Township's sake,
We boldly answer--No!

Then let our banners be unfurled,
'Mid scorn or 'mid applause;
We dare proclaim to all the world
_We love the temperance cause!_




A LIFE-SCENE--THE LETTER.


"I'm at work upon the railroad"--
So the brother's letter ran,--
"I'm at work upon the railroad,
With the wages of a man.

"I am up at peep of morning,
And I only stop to eat;
But I bear it all extremely well
Except the noon-day heat.

"I do not feel much homesick,
Though I think of other scenes,
And what you have for dinner
When I eat my pork and beans!

"'Tis the time for pies and dumplings,