Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 January 1886 — The Farmer of Tippecanoe. [ARTICLE]

The Farmer of Tippecanoe.

Oh! know ye the Farmer of Tippecanoe, l The gallant old Farmer of Tippecanoe? , With an arm that is strong anil a heart that is trne, The man of the people is Tippecanoe. Away in the West, the fair river beside That waters North Bend in its beauty and pride, And shows in its mirror the summer sky blue, Oh! there dwells the Farmer of Tippecanoe. When the clear eastern sky in the morning's light gleams. And the hills of Ohio grow warm in its beams. When the fresh springing grass is bent dofru with the dew, With his plow in the furrow stands Tippecanoe. Hurrah for the Fanner of Tippecanoe, The honest old Farmer of , Tippecanoe ; With an arm that is strong *nd a heart that is true, The'man of the people is Tippecanoe. And when far in the West the warm sunlight goes down, •- And the woods of Ohio look dnsky and brown. In his snug, quiet home, he the past will review, And think of his comrades at Tippecanoe. Bor worm are his feelings, and strong is his ulind *. , To the suffering poor man he ever is kind ; With a hand that is open, a heart that is true, The )>oor find a friend in Old Tippecanoe. Hurrah! lor the Farmer of Tippecanoe, - The fearless old Farmer of Tippecanoe; With an arm that is strong and a band that is true, . • The choice of the people is Tippecanoe. —Sew Muon. —The Fowler monument at Lafayette has been seriously damaged by unprincipled boys throwing a bundle of car-waste, saturated with oil, against it. The stone weighs CO,OOO pounds, ohd fears are entertained * that the gTease -spots cannot be removed. " '• V • « ■ —Seven hundred begs have died of hog cholera in Wabash County, since Nov. J, several farmers losing over one hundred animals each. The disease still prevails, but not in a malignant form.