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The Past.
A Fragment.
BT THE POOR ITCDENT.
Tha Past! how many buried joys that simple
t >'* word implies—
The Past! how many withered hopes within it :
hidden lies—
The Past! Oh, could webring thee back and
live thee o’er attain,
The path our trembling feet would tread, could
never be the same.
Then let us ever try to live, that when death calls ;
away,
Amid the darkness of the past, pure heaven may
dart one ray.
March 2lst, 1845.
.
For the Washingtonian.
Lucy’s Grave.
or mahccs.
I.
They laid her low in the virgin earth—
In the forest dark and sere,
There was no friend, who knew her worth
Ere death, to shed a tear,
And the low wind moaned,
And the pine trees groaned,
O’er the stranger’s lonely bier.
N.
Oh! Christ, ’tin drear e’en to die when near
Our couch are those we love, (
When soothing words, from lips most dear,
A solace to us prove.
And to them can tell
That dreaded farewell,
Ere the heart shall cease to move.
111.
But, Christ, Oh! Christ if thou lovest me
, Let me not die alone,
Nor yield my spirit back to Thee,
’Mid strangers all unknown.
With no fond ono near,
Listening to hear
My soul’s last parting groan.
IV.
Nor storied stone even rises o’er
The lov’d one’s lowly bier,
O.i which a stranger’s eye might pore,
To learn who “ resteth here.”
But the pale white rose
Upon it grows,
And the robin singeth there.
TEMP E IS A N 0 E.
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From tho Lowell Offering.
Intemperance and Its Evils.
On the bank of a beautiful river,
in a small village, in the Old Buy |
State, stands a very pretty cottage,
partly concealed from view by thick
clustering vines and shrubbery. It
was once the residence of a very
pretty family, consisting of the fath
er, mother, and four lovely children.
It was the chief pleasure of the fa
ther, after the fatigues of the day, to
return to his pretty cottage, nnd
spend his evenings with his amiable
and accomplished wife, reading and
conversing with her, nnd assisting
her in the instruction of their child
ren, and occasionally, when the
weather was fine, he would take
them to a walk, or a sail on the
river; but this happiness was not to
last.
Suddenly, and surely, there was
a change to come, and it came.—
Many a fair young girl envied the
happiness of Helen Grey when she
became the chosen bride of George
Somner, the smartest and most in
dustrious young mechanic in the vil
lage; but they had good reason to
rejoice that their prospects were not
blasted like hers.
I said that a change came, and
with it fled the happiness of Helen.
Her fond and beloved husband found
company at the tavern, that he pre
ferred to his interesting family; and
there he spent a part of each even
ing, listening to the silliness and pro
fanity of the half-drunken inebriates,
and sometimes drinking with them,
and treating them in return.
At first he excused himself from
the anxious inquiries of his wife, by
saying that business detained him.
Helen wondered why business was
more urgent than formerly, but, as
he was kind to her and the children,
she forebore to question him further,
not doubting his veracity, and be
lieving him above deception. Still
it would cross her mind, at times,
that he was not just as he used to be,
in spite of all her efforts to the con
trary.
His evenings were spent away
from home more frequently, and
I when at home he became restless j
| and uneasy, for he felt conscious he
was ruining himself, and deceiving
the best of wives, and making his;
children beggars; yet the demon
had such fast bold of him that he
could not resist bis temptations. He
soon squandered his property, end
his wife had to toil late and early to l
procure food enough for her starving
children.
In two short years his property,
with the pretty cottage, passed into
the hands of stiangers, and he rent
ed a mean hovel, hardly fit to shelter
thorn from the driving storms.
His wife survived the shock but a
few months, hut her last prayer was
for her poor ruined husband.
But now another change takes
place, far different from the first.
The Washingtonians found the poor
inebriate, and persuaded him to sign
the pledge; and he became a useful
member of their society.
With the assistance of his children
he redeemed his wasted property,
trimmed up his fruit trees, trained
his vines, repaired his garden walks,
and every thing wore a new and
smiling aspect. Every Sabbath he!
is to be seen, with his sons and |
daughter, on his way to church; and, j
if you enter his cottage on that day,
you will find him reading the bible,
or some other good book, while his
children are seated around him with
bright and happy countenances.
In one corner of the village grave
yard may be seen a weeping willow,
and beneath its branches a plain!
marble monument is erected by the i
sorrowing husband to the memory
of a heart-broken wife.
Elizabeth.
From the Crystal Fount.
THE INEBRIATE.
BY BOWMAN.
Scene —The close of a beautiful day in autumn.
Tho sun, sinking to rest behind
the huge oaks that sheltered the vil
lage alehouse, cast a lurid glare on
every thing around; and from their
mellow tint, the leaves seemed lijie a
bacchanal fresh from his midnight
orgies. As the last rays of the great
j orb of day stole softly towards the
j tops of the loftiest trees, the ap
| proaching gloom appeared to chide
the disturbers of Nature’s repose.
The busy hum of voices came moan
ing o’er the distance—then the an
gry voices of the worshippers at the
shrine of Bacchus were heard—the
quarrel followed, and one of the com
batants was stretched on the earth—
while the others fled, uncertain
whether or no they had committed
murder.
Late that evening a young man
was brought home to his mother’s
(house, I was going to call it) hovel.
His head was bound up with a rag
of a handkerchief—and he looked
pale and dejected. But a heavy sigh
was all that escaped the mother as
the bearers deposited their wretched
burthen. She asked no questions;
and indeed, from the care-worn and
melancholy composure she exhibited,
it was evidently no uncommon oc
currence. She carefully examined
his wounds and dressed them, al
though she could only judge of his
pain from the heavy groans to which
he gave vent. Days elapsed before
he recovered his speech, and week
after week rolled over and found him
an invalid; but long before he rose
i from his bed he had solemnly prom
ised to adjure that accursed stimu
lant which had been the cause of his
present illness.
Joseph Sotners, or as lie was fa
miliarly called, ‘Joe,’ was, at the
period wc speak of, about twenty
two years of age. He was an only
son, and was, as all ‘only children’
are, petted until he became the ruler
of his parents, and made his will
their law. His father had been a
respectable mechanic, and ranked as
one of the middling class; hut he
came under the denomination of a
‘moderate drinker,’ and altho’ no
one could say he had ever seen Tom
Somers ‘drunk,’ he w’as very often
‘merry.’ This, added to a careless
mode of tuition in regard to Joe, was
giving him (to use a vulgar phrase)
‘string’ with a vengeance, and pa
ving the way for his son’s destruc
tion. At length death, to settle all
scores, took the old man under his
charge. Jce, too lazy to work,
| travelled from the house to the ale
| shop, and from thence back to the
house. His mother endeavored to
rouse him to a sense of shame, and
establish him in life ere she died, but j
I without avail. His father’s tools j
were disposed of, and the proceeds j
j fell to the share of the wretch who
: vended the distilled damnation, by
and w ith the kind consent of thosej
;in power. Entreaties having failed,
Joe’s mother sought to screen all she
could from his rapacious grasp ; and j
deeply, bitterly did she lament the
laxity of discipline in his youth.'
She was now obliged to look or work
in her old age, to obtain enough to
satisfy the cravings of hunger, while
often, from morn to eve, she never
broke her fast; and but for the chari
ty of her former landlord, would have
had no better place than the cold
earth to lay her weary head.
For some time she had been grad
ually sinking under her trials, and
the inhuman treatment of her son;
but this last scene had made such in
roads on her constitution, that it was
very evident she could not long sur
vive the shock. Expostulation was
vain, and to her sorrow she learnt
‘How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is,
To have a thankless child.’
Yet a mother’s feelings predomina
ted. She watched and nursed him
till completely Again she
endeavored to ‘lead him back to
paths of peace,’ and bcso.ught him to
invoke thn blessings of the Most
High. The ale-shop was Joe’s first
resort when he was able to come
out; but marvellous to relate, he re
turned sober! His mother was al
most beside herself with joy, and
when he spoke of going to work, she
actually conceived herself insane or
dreaming. To work he did go, and
for a month there was an air of com
fort about their humble home, which
had not been seen since his father’s
dentil.
Coming fioni work one night,
some of his companions accosted
him, and insisted that he should ac
company them to the alehouse. At
first he stoutly refused, but their ban
tering manner was more than lie
could endure. That night Joe
Somers went home in a gross state
of intoxication. The appetite had
been renewed, and he seemed deter -
mined to make up for lost time.—
Reproof now exasperated him, and
at lust his hand was raised against
the being who had suffered pain and
anguish for his sake, and who hoped
to find a solace in her declining
years.
A few days succeeding this last in
cident, a melancholy group was col
lected in a little village churchyard,
and many a tear of sympathy was
shed for her they had laid in her low
ly bed; and as the thought of their
children turning to the same course
crossed their minds, they shuddered
and hurried from the spot.
• • • * *
It is a dark and stormy night. A
traveller is struggling with two men,
who seem intent on securinjr their
plunder, regardless of the miseries
of a fellow being. They have now
accomplished their purpose—let us
sec the road they take. They cross
the field—they dart through that
thicket of underwood—now they
stand in front of a small thatched
house which has the appearance of
a tavern —hark ! they are about to
speak.
‘l’m blowed if that ar’nt the bar
est scratch we’ve had for some time.
’Twas lucky we pinned them bark
ers, or he’d a blowed us through, for
he’s a tough ’un.’
‘You’re a rascally coward, I be
lieve; howsumever we got ’un, and
I suppose you wants your share.—
Just wait a bit until we get fixed in
old Sam’s backroom, and we’ll make
’un all right.”
They have entered the tavern;
they call for liquor to avoid suspi
cion. Now they are in the hack
room; they are tumbling over notes
and papers; but that one at the end
of the table; it is—no—yes it is—
Joe Somers!
******
! The scene has again changed. A
judge has just pronounced the sol
emn sentence :— ‘ Transportation for
the term of your natural life!’—
i The echoes yet linger in the corners
of than ancient court room. But
what is that crowd about? The!
i prisoner has fainted ; they are about
]to carry him to the air. AVe have
| surely seen that man before ? Alas! •
poor Somers.
I**** * * *!
A vessel is getting under weigh;
on her decks a number of persons
i are scattered about. Are they em
igrants? Involuntary ones. Who
is that man sitting near the compan
ion way, with his head leaning on
his hands ? The anchor is weighed, ;
and the vessel is now- moving brisk
ly through the water. The solitary I
has raised himself, as if to take a
long farewell of his native land. He
looks wildly around; clasps his
chained hands above his head—‘Yes
I come, mother; I come!’ he ex
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