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THE OLD; THE NEW.The verdict has been sealed at last; the Old Suspension Bridge must go;It served its time most loyally; nigh fifty years the records show;Its beauty found a lurking place about our hearts; a picture rare;The photo-cards we file away to prove the structure doubly fair.With grace it hung above the stream; the Alleghany in its flow,Which mirrored back the “clever” pose so recent, as in long ago;No fairer could the river boast, nor any town along its way; Because the “fit” between the banks was perfect, so the masses say;As sentinels at either end two towers, stood that held the strainOf cables large supporting much, o’er which we crossed, and back again;On circus days the bridge would groan; the great parades hereon were seen;The chariots and the elephants; so plain to view above the stream. *When gorges down the river came; the ice above had givenwayAnd ground along at either bank, the good old structure seemed to say,I here abide; my life is long; you journey onward to theSGcl *The charnel house across the stream holds many who admired me;But now this Old Time Friend must go and one with piers quite up to date,In concrete form to stand no doubt a Monarch in the Keystone State,And may it well with glory clothe its works for ages, soundand high, ,And to our way we welcome it; while to the Old, we bidgood-bye.JOHN B. CABLE.Warren, Pa., August 14, lOiS.
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Warren Morning Chronicle
Warren, Pennsylvania, US
Thu, Aug 15, 1918
Page 4
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