Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1838-08-09


iered TIE same alluIcmCnts as before y a.
'he exception only of one angle ioy.-
An. but that was aH That was the ON
hope the one thought that had grown "a,
aud absorbed all others. Tia, was m,
tn'fFor which had reflected happnes.
thousand WAYS. Under TIA, influence
NC prcNcnt-tLe past-thc Siiybt to com.
all had acemed 10 cast back up3n him
| tho picture OF ,nnumefabi, blessings n,
had uod even m dreams upon a sum,
shore And noN -,
/ But why proloug the pain aud aiscrac,
I OF The s'ofs lie Tell. ,.J.n stem To stem
/ >iokue>s Mas on las body. despair was an
ms uind, lie shrank aud wasted away
old before his time and might have sub.
sided in'o rarnly>od cmpllc or mood,
idiot. bad no. Death u5r once A friend
come suddenly TO him. and rescued L,,,
irom further misery
Tie cied, as hIs wife and child had died
before hun. The same signs were there
tic unnatural quic,-ihe closed hut.
icts-and the funeral train. But all in
their time disappeared. Aud m a few
weeks, workmen came thronging again 10
The empty hOuse:-ihe rooms were a ain
secured the alls bcautiied. The anne
board. which two wear, before had been
nailed to the wall. with the significant
words, TO Let upon 1t. was again fixed
there. IL seemed almost as though the
old time had returned again. and that the
interval Was nothing buta dream.
And Is ihis all:- Yes, thus. all | wish
that could have crowned my h,tle tale
with brighter ending But i, wa, moi
10 be. ] ash even thai | could have
made 1t more heroic, or have dcvelopcd
some grand mora! for NGur use. AS Is.
IL contains lI'ilc hey ond The common
ihreadbare story Of hic-frst hone and
then enjoyment aud then sorrow. all end.
inS quietly IN The grave. II an ancient
tale. The vein runs through mans ma.
ny histories. Some Of them NAV present
seeming Nauetcs-s lite without hope OF
Joy-or career be. inning saily. and
running meIiiy 10 ITS close. But lhi, Is
because we do not read inner secrets of
the Soul-ibe thousand thousand small
rulsauonS, which yirlG pam or pleasure
To the human mind. BE assured. that
iirre Is no more an equality 10 the heart
Than IN the ever moving ocean.
You viii ak me ia point out something
from which YOU may derive profitable
lesson. Are YOU 10 lean how 10 rcgu-
late Your passions: TO arm your heart
with IRON pTecepts 10 let in neither too
much love. nor sorrow: and 10 shut out
all despair Some wise friend viii tell YOU
that YOU may learn never TO lean too
much on others: Tor ,ha; thereby Won
lose your independent mad. To be the
10Y OF ~oman--to rest Your happiness
on the existence Of fragile girl, whom
the breath OF tie east wind NAV blow
iato the dust, Is any thing but the act oi
a wise man. And 10 giicye Tor her when
d"ad-to Sigh lor what is irfccovcrable
w Ia, can be more useless; An this can
be proved by every lulr of logic
For my part, cln derive nothing for
YOU ir"m ny story. eNCcp, perhaps tha'
At may teach you ike cverv tale Of human
.uHrHng,, 70 synpaihiSc with Your kind
And thus, mciLinks, i better and posi-.
by quite as necessary. a. any higli.
ipnSh' or stern example, which shuts
the heart up. instead OF persuadin., II IN
eXpInd: which teaches prudence instead
OF love; and reduces the aim Of GOOD
70 m h.c 90 low ,nd sor sd mark which
al. ate al lie md most Of IA TOO well con.
tented to each
We should $50, commit our elvc, 10 the
fields and inhale The fresh breath Of tho
Spung. mcrtiy 10 gam strength ~ resume
our dry calculations. or to innIct hard
names upon simple flowers. We should
not read o., sadness Of domestic hisoty.
merely 10 extract some prudent Lesson for
ourselves. We should open our hearts.
beneath these great Influences. and On.
deavor 20 learn that We possess The ushi
the power. nay, the wish .'hoegh 1t may
s'c'p.j OF doing good 60 others 90 dc.
gree that we hr'le dream II.
So persuaded ! am of 'hit troth. tia, /
have invented sentence a herein to en-.
stuac IT, Md hope that Won all not
cu'Urly coutcmn this. untd YOU have
gwen At ihc consideration OF lucnd. II
O. Tho Ld tgf ne heoJf b. eysneJ. ami
q ha"'and rtf9ss rjR 5uh ,a
STATE PRISON ANECDOTES
May not ministers of Tie gospel learn
from the following how ~ treat harden
cd sirHcrs. Nav not l4u-mtLef. learn
from q how 20 form penal c1dcs -uay
np. mis'efs le1fn boss fo 'fslf rrlls.f.f,
slaves aud mon in rcnerl lrru lc o..
90 Wisdom in managing poor human ns.
tlfe2
CsgFtTN PTTtsptHy.
We copy from Ma, M1rnnesu. Book
the iYlip0inr interesting aa,cdntr. Of fle
aysr4 rrueut saI Influence ...f li. r.i.
.ncI. Of Captain piI..ury. zoe e,r,l.rr,
warden oi tie state rfr1n az Wc,lers.
field. C.nurc'cut.