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of the declining Athei--.;
../{Bay ‘- and Biographer—:
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the divine majesty of the simple G<Vpe!s.
What is the sacrifice of a raving Hercules,
mat lie might speedily reach tiie blessed
abodes, through die sharp, self-inflicted
agonies, wbii h swallowed up in dieir fie
ry haste the slow torments of the gnaw
ing vest; what is Agamemnon’s touching
compulsory sacrifice of the self-dcvjjei
Iphigenia ; what is the affecting self-sac
rifice of Alcetis for her husband’s lilt*;
what is the grand suffering of Prometheus
for the temporal benefit of the human
race; what all the voluntary sacrifices of
Grecian story, compared with die over
whelming tenderness, the unspeakable
awe and sublimity, of the loving sacri
fice of the Son of God (or the everlasting
salvation of a sinful world ? The geniut
aiul learning of centimes have been kin
ly,‘d by and lavished upon the literature
Bf Greece; limit never brought comfort
|| the penitent spiiit; it never softened
| morse into repentance, and transformed
I peiituiue unto hope of faith ; ,t never
Ir to red balm into , . broken heart, nor
1 msolation into the oosons ofllie afflicted
land desolate; it never took away the sting
Id sin, or threw a halo of triumph around
| be gloom of death ;it never extorted
luV 1 ” a glorious crowd of genius and learn
■ Ci die confession dim * this is the Word
■ ‘God;’ as that same old dibit; has migli-
Iwr done. And after every concession
Is made whiih true science and criticism
■ % ■'v 4
■;.n exiort ordemand, the truths of that
|*iok will still shine, a golden chain, link
ing the deepest and holiest hopes of man
litii the heavenly throne of the eternal
I? 1 -’
pB (Senders.
gjßl'>w many genders are there?’ nsk
ifl school master.
CTf brey, sir,’ promptly replied the little
Byes,
PBrliatare they called.’
(Hl'isculiue, feniiiiiut>and neuter.’
Bray give me an example ‘of each,’
Muster.
■ Why, you are a masculine, because
B are a man, and I am feminine, be-
Be I’lii a girl!’
■Very well—proceed*?
B don’t know,’ sipd the girl ‘ but l
Mr. Jenkinses neuter, as lie’s un
’ BBael’iiiir ?
Mr fe- .
igßrne Frienust.ip seeks no selfish cnJs.
5 MmcSm
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NO. J.^B
.MY FIRST
k IN IOWA.
Prairie — Forest— D>er —
Beauties — Come- a gating —
Jfflßfc Un S —Strange Bed
A iirigtw, frosty morning in Decem
ber, }B3o,,&und me astride of a small In
dian pony^L^nntty years own’d by die
renowned CbirMPiaek Rank ; he was a
tough, sinew y fi-ILwv, as diis breed of an
imals general.y are,MWLo bad seen un
than twenty winters of
Biiiv checks, anil infused new life
bled body. Gently, gently,
Bder, U'ho are von and fplic/r
: Beg pardon, I ir is a roman-
Bis nineteen, who h id, n-
of a pic --uni
‘•.Bk . to M> It my !:>•■■
- ‘■. ; 'B|h{‘' ,! ' , 'hn- l,|W ” “
Efc. I -a. -i’ k
** “ % “Si • - • and li” . ‘ f
Ski •
1
pro- great hi! heart, ami
contemph.ied with nine ft pleasure, the
proposed excursion,
,ovv jMMjtre appeared io
,m ’ U l ’?'* I'vng inspirations of die invjg
air, ami felt a buoyancy of bean
and elasticity of body which was in de
lightful contrast with the prostration
which 1 had so lately experienced.
After riding about a mile, having as
cended the bluffs with him in the town.
I came, suddenly, upon what had been,
from my childhood, my ardent desire in
behold. A prairie, a prairie ! hurst from
my lips, and in my wild joy | dropped tin
reins,lapped my hand--, and shouted, tili
tile woods, from which I had just emerg
ed, rang again and again with the t-elms
•I my voice. Ijike a vast ocean of foam
.1 was spread not before me, „nii| almo-t
all sides, ihe far distant horizon ki-sed
■be blue sky above. \ „j„ -| e human
habitation, like a lone vessel iri a silent
■ml solitary sea, appeared like a speck,
many miles di taut id the right; while to
die left, loomed up in gloomy grandeur,
.1 small grove of leafless ir. es. The bril
liant beams of the imelouded sun were re
flected with intense splendor from the dia
mond-.tu.hied mantle which wrapp and ;h
----virgin earth in its cold embrace. ‘ I ga 7j .
ed oil die cm banting srene till my *-v—
----ached. Never had I before, as at this
moment, felt the awful and sublime mwj
e>ty ol Nature.
From toy childhood the lofty mnnn
tain-i, rushing torrems, and drear uhl for
ests of Vermont, bad been my tain,liar
friends; the, ere,led waves of the Atlantic
find also been mv plsynutes; hot ii->i*>
my lie.lit bowed ill reverential awe to the
spirit us the scene, which lar outsiripped
my wildest iinagiuation of hese regum-.
Holiness filled ihe air, earili worshipped
iu great Architect, and I raised mv eves
io the unfaihoined deep above, and ui
icred u prayer of gratitude and praise.
Recovering from this burst of enthusi
asm, I pm sued my solitary, though <•-
liglnful journey. The foml was rather a
blind one, for no fence cm loed it, and
could only lie disiingni-hed from the sur
rounding prah b by the uhsem e of coarse
grus in the ttvo parallel path* worn by
the’ emi::rum's wagon. This I (uUnwed
several hours, until a faint dark line m the
left slowly arose to my view, revealing a
loivst sirelehinu to the westward as far a
he -ye could .each. From iiiforinati “ii!
received at B——, f l oncluiled ibis in be
a grove .vbich -l,i ted the Clieiautjiie or
Skunk river; knowing there was ge’Rle
met.tsun ihi- stream, I though I > ouul.j
.v(*it there, amt (here end my first day’-. I
journey*. Not a Imiiutibeing had 1 :e • [
thus lar, lior even a living ueature, sue j
h t
noi'i^B
Mg me to a
■ .lit hxhilv Ihr
h as ,mce more in
N-- Oiimi ol ttndv ‘*
view, a coach innl lour uouT^B
guided inroiigh tin- wood as
•to the prairie. Majestic
jolty heads and smih-d iu the fhee f
die ciiesnut and maple, too, were thee, !
tiiiia out their looniious arms to
pkai%s each other, giving the salutation of
iheir gigairtici brotheihtiod. The plea
-ant siiiisiiTne glistened on their thousand
interlacing brandies, w Idle u idi the ad
hering some, forming a ’ silver, canopy
which artificial man might fn vain strive
to imitate. Far, far an ay dovyn the slope
between tlieir buge bodies, cw'ild l dis.
ct! u the dark rolling Chetauipic. swid
ien vyith tin* early rams id’ winter, luyd twr-
Uul with the rich earth of its own fc-tih
hanks. .
I rode slowly onwards, dreaming many
a bright vi-i ij of the t illin', slopping j
a had o l at dia’
ga 7 ed
the vvjr;'*■
w idi their short shining (lew
1 from my ravished sight. 0, Imw wildly
heat my heart al tbis t t,o ine, novel spe\
1 ladej and it was not until I met t’ic sec
oud herd, that I bethought me of mv ji
fle, which, fortunately for them, peiha|s,
I had lefl in li——. | doubt, however,
■ if I could have at dial time, found seifish
-1 ness enough in my heart to have used
i stub a weapon, there was so iipu-Ii soul
beaming from their lustrous eyes, that to
’ have taken life would have been almost
murder. 1 did, nevertheless, give diem,
once, a parting salute from a brace ol
pistols, which they had not the politeness
m recognise, excepting by a sudden Use
■ and their heels. Leader of the foremost
herd, thou noble Buck ! Imw well I re
member thee. As though it were but
yesterday, l see thee now ; ha ? thou hast
wheeled about; proudly, aye, regally
dost thou toss lltv beautiful head in the
air, adorned with a tiring crown. Graces
(ullv sits it on thy brow, lowering aloft
like a banner; its many brandiesdaitciue
in the suow-reflrcied light. Thy broad
chest heaves with strange emmion, a-pl
die silent wood resounds with the stamp
ol thy impatient hoofs, as thou returnesi
die gaxe ofllie intruder of ilv domains.
Noblest of the forest, farewell!
Just before reaching the river, T came
upon a trail leading to the right, which’l
followed, and soon came to the setdemm*:
it consisted.of three or four rorlelv built
log huts, n phit'll were attar lied, by rad
V ”w i’l 1 !|"i'l ;!][< !* ‘. l 1 ‘ (
‘ .y ’ Is
more terrible die ,
fantastic and hideous mons79||B
iiiferu it spirits to revel
l.ileasures, Iftiwl. vein
of tie.iveii • lh‘” j
i V io i pr'h* ‘vv'iilicrcri km\ ! !
pf® Mv face scratched by low, ‘svvaviit:: I
uni attempt to describe my happiness
when i (omul tint I bad enn-rged fr un
the haled labyrinth, and again stood on
die oheu - 1 .*. . . ■ CTT
niieu tlie twmkie of titilit
threw its faint beamjtWmmy almost weep
ing eyes. ue light seemed miles dis
tajil- the thick darkness, hut hojy
, I'purred my pony into a smart trot, which
wis suddenly cut short’ by his bringing I
me up against a rail fence. I disiiiiilfnied, j
- left Black Hawk to shift for himself, and
• wadfrtg through the mire to the newly
ploughed field, found myself at the door
human habitatim:. fc .
’ *knock, knock ; ‘ Come in,*
said a hut friendly voice. I es-
I sayed to f&*°- hut fumbling in vain for
! the door latch or handle, it was shortly
■ opened from the inside by the speaker.
* Wal, walStraoger, t opld-dt find the
the string, rAnld’nt? * * • •pVnid
Catammmts ! no wonder; its blacks r oni
tharn Pharo’S .body guard ; ytylooks as
though ye'd been in Skunk /all over ;
never mind, wjmi-oii; e’s the word.’
•Can you aerjjyiimndute myself and Imrse
here, fur the night,’ said I. *
* Wnl, I reekmi; can’t up old woman?’
said the man turning to hi wife.
‘ Sartm, siiritii,’ said she, ‘an that
liiiirit no beliefs'Viiuinidilalinns ’iwixi
here’ll Burlington, fMittther ; so set clnvvn
set down mi the bench mar, ’uen-t the
gals, and dry. My mbs, stranger;
Soke, off with his jacket und hang it im
the peg.iliac, ten dt v.’
I exi with, the young
onn n, anji Solve obeyed her mother, mid
Ml dill i. jF ‘ ; ‘-•MV''’
mart went tor my horse, and
w hile lhe landlady prepared the supper
” hie li I had ordered, I took a look hi
surelyjaliniit the apartment, to see where
my strange journey hud landed me.
*he room in whieh Ism appeared to
cmistiiute the whole house, whieh was not
more than eighteen feet square, built of
nuk logs, with die hark left on. A piece
cut out of two of tin* logs admitted a small
sasli, containing barely four panes of dir
ley glass, which was the cntlv window in
the house. T ‘He, there were other pla
ces through w liicli light could (fitter, if I
might judge from die wind which whis-
lied ibnmgh ll<e rmfm. n <l ceilnin lnlghl
‘lrons whit'll (etilrmii sil>nvc t <.)iie nf wlii-li
liit me <ui ilt£ nose, as I was Marina hi
tlte long, iiiiult shingle* t-merimi the rim!.
I’!'** “ie (line extended nearly (■/<■*>
i?M'e jitJe iifiiie. n.orti, mid, wiili the Hunt*
rfcy, tv** <i.jhimvl of Miens mid mini.
)"■!*- t ulll mi the mil.i.ln id tin- iio’ii,e.
i mi bed*, ‘liisiverilig die vminns |mr|in
es nf soimlryiulnilie, fee., oeenj.iwi’
*!“• • > ;>ii<ile’ *jde. Oterone of the be|^3
eivut Innhimr rule, wiili its ?:rrr>ev' , "'.L
:nii.-.i|f, 11 |,ow%; horn, deer*
jriMll !■ • •l.ll|!li.H(h f„r
floor Wai of ‘V*/ ■-
■Sir •
|| Pi ;i:i-'.o red , <
- l -” ■Brl, H” ordinary
- Wed a moinr-in o ucr
’ , Ppriii of either ol tlit ir
’ ‘ Fa I-sass: thou woohlst
o\ thy rotundity, hadst
■BBr* l there ! Os nearly e qual size, a
>isiy vgalln-i cask would have
either of their waists; —-
their individual height was scarcely
J less than six feel. I confess, [ felt si.me
what ashamed of my piginy proportions,
especially as I fancied that they looked
uptm me whit a sort of complacent.pity,
in making the comparison. x-
When I first entered the room, Uy the
side of each voting iadv sat a den\jt look
ing vmmg
‘lie hot of part
ner; hut.they immediately aiuse, backed
Up to one Os the beds and sat down.
I Stranger, corn fodder’* read v,’ said the
■turd-la if y.
||B|noked op in some perplexity, bin she
table, and I sat down tc
ibis day. The cup of
■ iiiiti-eaies
tea w :i< well eno® ! ” coarse corn cike,
heat 1-ache ; hut llwt thick slices ami
reeking w idi lard^BL?'' n,ul *"S in gra
junks of fat pork,
w ! it; ‘corn sod-
Ld’s say no more *l> e lr a ami-*
dec.’ sure enough! 1 ■
. . -
‘ ,- vv ,
piickaciiee Tor-: inn:i.i\
‘ I should like to go to tk-d, „I y cooit
woman,* said I,
‘ VV..I, low, I reckon yer from East,
haint ye ?’
• I am,’ said I.
* Re< koiied so ; yer baint ’quainted
with fnsliuns in our parts; we all burrer
ill the same hole; but if them thur chaps
what’s come gallin , ’grees tn’t, we’ll turn
in now. What say, Josh ? Yuji an*
’Mieh mineier buss the gals anklet uny
tnrn in neow.’ Jr
The ga lants signifietMtieir assent,
though somewhat reluctantly-, and each
taking a smack that made the rafters ring,
went “in the door, I win'requested to
leave also that the Indies might have an
opportunity of making their toilet for the
night.
We wailed some minutes.
* .What’s ail that creaking inside ?'—
su'd I.
‘ Gals gittin in be<l-~he, lie, he !’ an
swfred one of the youths ; let’s go in.’
We entered. Two mops of yellow
hair peeied above the chillies r f'one of
die beds, whose /tortured frame creaked
and groaned /iitnuhaiieojsly with their
respiiations. jA, feather bed, without
sheets or pdfows. lay on the floor for ire
three men./ 1 followed die example ol die
others, imp taking ufTniy hoots, lay down
witli mv clothes on, and feet towards the
fire. The bed was very, very damp. I
knew the danger—but vvliat better could
1 do |
I sS*|it little. Heat and fold, alternate
ly, lujd possession ot my body. 1 impa
i-eniii watched for the day. On its first
apperwimcr, I roused the old man, paid
my biyl, was directed to Mount Vernon,
where 1 arrived in half an hour, and went
to bed s'n k.
In three! days, I was able to ride in a
w agon Inn R pi Burlington, lending Black
Hawk bel>iii(fS v
It was a lung ihge before 1 took as’
other lour. 1 had * seen the JEhuls#^’
A Philosophic iCuitoav,
The editor of pie AhtbjS<^ ’**>
published at Dettiopolis
makes merry, afiertht! i|^'’ , ‘ wr ,as ’ ! bm,
over what most s-e
----liuns trimhlc; „ j ■ , .
-We see a,,v e r l*s e <J the
v. ,v nfiseii- e.
Argos eCI
VV„ I, , * uv a merry
slieliff C( „, s , || |
we ev, *r c)ld. Like
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