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tioKjewood,Mary’s ganize tors, EOde to Hummer's Bell.The following ode to Bummer's Bell has been preserved:All! Hummer's bell, ah! Hummei’s schimMl churclHow many a tale of woe ’twonid tell, its €a,Of Hummer driving up to town,- jesseTo take the br*zen jewel down,And when high up in this belfrey,They moved the ladderj yes-6ir-ee,And while he towered aloft they say,The bell took wings and flew away.Ah! Hummer’s bell, ah ! Hummer’s bell,Ralph*, thy histoiy shall tell,How at the east by Hummer’s sleight Donations, gifts and windo'ws mite,Made up the sum that purchased thee,And placed him in the ministry;But funds grew low, bis dander riz,^Iby clapper stopped, and so did hie.Ah ! Hummer's bell, ah! Hummer’s bell,We’ve heard thy last, thy funeral knell,And what an aching void is left!Of bell and Hammer both bereft,Not e’en the rantings of R. P.*Cunld give onr eyes a sight, of thee lby spirit from the vasty deepIn vain he called both loud and steep.(*Raplh P. Lowe, since Governor of Iowa. He became a convert to spiritualism and the New Light doctrine.)Ah! Hummer’s bell; ha! Hummer’s bell,Lowe hints unwisely in the well,Oh ! thou art gone, they silvery lone No more responds to Hummer’s goan,There yet remains one source of hope Old Hummer’s left a fine beil rope,Which may be used if such onr luck To moor ocu friends at Keokuk.”Ah! Hummer’s bell^ah! Hummer's bell,Thy checkered fate coud Seer fore tell ?Thy prolonged sleep, so wet and calm,Amongst catfish near Clark’s mill dam !Thy ride in hogshead* o’er the plains!Transported thus in hope of gains, J ■ And now, thy clanging, brazen tongue.Calls up the hosts of Brigham Young !* The bell was packed in a hogshead for safe transportation.Tannlt;Settl e and J. churcl early churcl of R Cburc Bohei organ pastoi Chem Cathc ganiz tors I McCa and 1 Th Frem Snavi with a gen was t Rock near Its pi ning. J. M. J. HiEpiscopal Church.The Episcopal church was organized* %« TOd*? A limac i Vi 6 CatTrtr*AO HJOPP
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Iowa Citizen
Iowa City, Iowa, US
Wed, Sep 02, 1903
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