Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1838-10-27
PLEASURES OF ASSOCIATION,

~ ID SHaHSe WLnt HoUCetlul power We Lave
every one Of our senses to awaken ASSOCIATIONS
The TASTE Of some well-hayorcd apple, such
used in other days, will open upon Inc who.
volume Of boyhood. Sometimes, too, there arc
tones IN lue, deity discourstd upon, hat g.
rouse within my spirit thousand reflections
They convey me back 10 better times, aad | id
myself hiding with my young playmates, among
The ripe strawberries OF the meadow, listening
he while to the sweet divisions" Of the hobo
ncoln, as II sang in the air Little paroxysm
OF puerillty such moments IRE but would not
exchange them for the plaudlts ola muludes OF
me voice Of reyclry. Something had then q.
bout my heart--some light aerial nnuence-.Hbch
has since been lost among the hollow pagcnnes
OF the world. admire that song Of Hoods N
which while rccaptulallng the memories Of a'
boyhood, he says:
=" | remember, remember
The pine knots, dark aud high,
used TO think their slender tops
Were close against the sky;
Ii was childish ignorance
But now It's little joy
To know Pm further off from Heaven
Than when was boy !"
In, Truth, if one wishes TO preserve the true Wiz
dom Of Nature, he must keep about hm he
childhood Of his soul. There was a pleasant lea'
ture in the character Of Chief Justice Marshall
| have seen il related Of him, that, not many
years before his death, he used 10 be found 10 W.
neghborhood of Richmond, Virginia WIN Os
coat Oft, playing at quoits with the youh ., y"
region. lie lacked no wisdom but ne S%"
what was good for the spirit.
A MoTHER's LovE.-lIappy is he who Knows
a mothers love. That is so pursl The Panr
OF expects fame the friend syspaihy and m
lover pleasure. Even religion, while she Sat,
her fruit with tears, looks forward to Inc Oe'
fruit Of her abors and her love. But maeI'
affection springs lromsh breast unlnvoh'g
the wand of hope, unadullerated by touch "I
terest. Its objects a,e the weak and The T0S..
II haunts the cradle Of nlantile pain, OF nO'.,'
near the couch of the faint and forsakeS =,
sweetest smiles break through the clouds o Il
fortune, and It's gentlest tones rise amid ms
OF suffering and sorrow. 1t is llmPId anu y.
Iy flow of feeling which gushes from The tOu''1
head olpullty, and courses the heart, se,l'su
sings and sordId passions, unmingIed anu u"'N
led
Uhat is so firm! Time and misfortune P' N
Y and persecution, hatred and iuiamy 10" .na
heir dark waves successfully over lt-alu IVA
'm les unchanged or the more potent alurea w..
y fortune, oPulence and prids, power aIlu sf,t
loT may WOO her-and vet she IS uniDO''''
mother "loyes and loves ioreyelw =.
~ hal IS SO faithful From infancy Oh ssiSs
'hrogh good report and through evil report ,bs
ews ul maternal affection are shed nPO" .o1
oui' When hear-stricken and abandonfu hr
randed by shame and followed by sco,H Id
rms are still open, and her breast IS s'l,l SIs
trough every trial that love W follow 'as rsoals
misfortune, support Us in deceased ', a".lp
re pillow Of pain and moisten The bed o. W.
lappy Is he who knows mothers love
Persons are not generally awnre Of 'ps ~, IN
the fur trade TO St. Louis. Missouri any ~
astonished 10 learn that the skins shirpee.,
e the last year were worth S4tO,Occ. A
various kinds the hides Of the buffalo .o VA
e most imporlan: item, the number beng 0V F1.
''mated Of "a piece, or S2Ov.eov' -
ICES al which various fuis are CHARTS "
Indians nuG make lie rrcGt- very t'eF'