Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1840-03-05
From the Philadelphia Saturday Courier.
THE SECTIONS SONG.
BY PAYNE KENYON KILBoRN.

And the school boys trembled to pass that way,
E AnJ 1hey knew his face was haggard and grim,
taL9 Ihey feared to cast glance at him;
An9 the ancient danes, all trembling and pale,
II11ad told them many marvellous tale,-
How ne summoned the ghosts from the graves night,
the efn arfn W h them meath the pale moonlight
around the grave of the murdered bride,
ana the omlnous sounds on the ear that fell.
axe axe me wall OF spirits released from bel u
Au amid those shreks, that the brave heart stirred,
" as inc voice of that hoary sexton heard!
Yet Yet silent sat he-that man of death
" I'm suIlen brow, and murmuring breath,
In some sad lnourner his stipend paid,
ana sent him forth to his gloomy trade
men ne ohthey sang as he plodded along;
A4 ra tnls was the gray old sections song
The monarch may boast of his power to-day,
Ra' tne glare a OF his glory will pass away;
ne may scorn me now, but soon or late,
VIII bear him forth from his bed Of state
And little care for his lordly sheer,
For he IL scorn no more when Eve laid him here!
remember youth of fancy and song,
ana Roted him OFT as he passed along
FOR ne shrunk away from the naughty and proud
ana ms heart seemed sad mid the joval crowd.
he had sought tor fame,-there was none for him,
Ana ms cheek was pale, and his eye was dim;
80 ne turned him to rest OH his feverish pillow,
| Dut uisease crept on, and his peace was DER; -
tspread hun couch meath his tavrte willow,
ana LII warrant he sigh and sorrow no more
"lsaw a fair lady go rustling by,
WIN a curling lip and q scorntul eye,
And deep in her heart she silently said,
u rear thee not, thou man Of the dead,
For the blossoms OF health and youth are mine,
AND the ralnbows OF hope above me shine ::
but t9ey brought Ger to me, all despod Of her bloom,
And ! lald her down in the damps OF the tomb,
ana the greedy worms are rioting now
On her wlthered form and her faded brow!
"A titled squire dwelt over the way,
And loudly he talked of his wealth and renown,
And ne rolled in his gay calash, by day,
= And he rested at night on his bed ofdown;
But they stripped him Of all his costly robes,
| In his deatl.cap and shroud they arrayed him,
AND ne never slept SO sound BEFORE
AS he slept In the bed where laid him.
have seen dull knave, rich in glory and gold,
And I've seen the purc-h go hungry and cold ;
And the proud and the poor and the guilty and gay,
have gathered them all to their dwellings Of clay!
have herded with mourners for three.score years,
AnG ; near not their walngs, heed not their tears
While they sigh and look doeful, laugh in my gee,
F FSr the sound on the collins is music to me!
am summed by the young like phantom Of gloom,
And they fly from my path on the footsteps of frigh
But they soon will be mine for I've buried from sight
! The idol OF beauty, the searcher for fame
! y, well may they shudder to hear Of my name!
Ha little care they to know, ween,
Vt the gay and CHASTITY sights I've seen;
Or the sounds Of mirth, or the shrleks Of wo,
That ring through the vauted halls below!
When the skies are dark, and the storms are loud,
The dead leave their coffnbeds each in his shroud,
And know their limbs are nmble and feet,
| For hear the clank of their skeleton feet
As they trIpped it light Ger the marble floor,
And their music rang mid the tempest's roar
| And listened long to the echoing tread,
| And my spade kept time 10 the dance of the dead
| Then the CHATTER OF bony hands heard,
! As they clasped each other with never word,
Strange music was there, but their voices were still,
| Yet nimble and feet were their skeleton feet,
| AS they lightly wheeled in gay quadrlle! y
| Al: r. al,
sition of Ohio, the Emp press Of the West She is de-
ermned to sustain her adopted son, the Patriot HAIR
RsoN, for the first office in the Republic as she did in
l936-and this she will do almost BY accIamGtio"-
| How different will be the course Of NCw.York tow.
ards her native but unworthy son: In 1886 she sus
'aned him-she offered him fair trial; he proved
unworthy OF her, and in 1887 she proclaimed her con-
domination Of his acts. In 1893 she again condemned
him. In 1889 she passed a like verdict, and follow
it up with another in ls4O Her intelligent popula-
ton see the remedy for the evils of the times, and are
FoRrY.rwo FOUNDER on the Harrison battlemens, and
her onset will he most heroicay followed up by the
brOodside from Ohio Together they will efectually
break down the strong holds OF corruption and lyran-
| ny.-PatriOt d Democrat.
Spring Birds-We noticed today in huckstery
in Church string of beautiful early spring birds,
cruelty murdered and hung up for sale These were
and several Others of beautiful pumage and most ell
oquent music the trophies Of some brute in morals or
tyro in workmanship These birds are not only the
harbingers and the delight OF spring, but they are the
best protectors of fruit and shade trees by de-
| stroying the larva and the worms which feed upon
their verdure We hope no decent citizen will toe-
rate the destruction of these beautiful and valuable
creatures of the Almighty, sent to us for our pleasure
and our good When birds are "ialr game" let us
| have them.-N. II. Herald
A case was tried last week in the District Court Of
Philadelphia which should operate as a caution to
ANONYMOUS letter writer's. John Hays brought a suit
against Joseph Baker for libel, which libel consisted
in an anonymous letter written by the latter to third
person. charging Hays with dishonest practices The
authorship OF the letter being made out, the jury
turned verdict for the plaintiff OF $2496.-N. Y Erp.
Beautiful Fun.-We heard little schoolgirl give
the following definition to "beautifu fun" the other
day. oh, Sarah, she exclaimed to her companion,
Il have had beautiful fun" What have you been do
ing p inquired Sarah Sliding on the snouO and suck
tag icicles,' was the response
A young lady being asked the difference between
Hypo and Dumps replied: A young lady has the Hy-
po when she feels il she was just going to be mar
ried and the Dumps when she feels as If she was to
stay awhile.-Vermont Mercury.
Disgracetal THE Pastor OF Church, at Adrian,
Michigan, was assaulted and beaten a few evenings
since, for having given publicity to the of
tain young men and women, who were in the habit Of
disturbing public worship.
Noise in the Head-Mr. Curtis stated in a recent
lecture in London at the Royal Dspensary for Dis
Of the Ear, that he has lately employed with
much success, simple remedy for tnnitus aurium,
disease which is generally exceedingly troublesome
and Difficult, to cure but which he has found to give
way to vaerian; myrh, galbanum, opapanax being
occasionally added.
Alawyer in Philadelphia lately insutsd a lady who
visited his Office professional business, and was
very properly cowhided tor it by friend of the lady
The assailant was tried for his offence and fined one