Litchfield enquirer., 1841-04-29
From he SostherA LissYsry Messenger.
THOUGHTS or HOME.
BY PAYNE KENYON KILBouRN

w hIe lave IS nnchilrd and AHeetOn ewaTmi
The sh,hcriess outcast, unpiiied and poor, '''t
As he ~a"j-FS iMrhOrn the desalate NaooE,o j. i'
WneI " ~ vas h'ne pathway there shines not s'0T'
Sees TIE cUeiage-llghI GLENN IN the hillside afaE; 4
And theeh age hath passed oeE him. the fresh tears
And the flame d devotion enaindle his henri, .a
As he thinks 81 the loved ones accustomed 60 gnIheF
la the morning OF YOUTH round the hearth Of his father.
In the trail az ambition wherever roan,. t.t
WOrid-weary turn to the altar Of Home; ...
And tones like the music u angels MFe there .
a sisters kind voice, aud q mothers pure prayer!
trecaIl 20 my view-ihO' half.iaded by distance
The Forms THAT have vanish d no more TO return;
They gtadden'd my path in the dn wR OF existence,
And still linser like blossoms IN Memory's urn.
My Thoughts even now. their sad vigi!s keeping
Der a brother who died in his earliest years
Oh Tar from the graves where our kindred arc sleep
... ing, -. t t. .sE H.. =
-, We laid his iair form. amid signing and tears
The forests will don their green garments again,
And the flowers will revive in the Springs balmy
hFeath; In -.. ~
Old Boreas ere long will relinguiah his reign Pc.
But when will depart the cold Winter Of Death?
Though O'et thee, lNcw-Engand, tho war.6end is
!, The s.aTs Of Thy romance like pharo9 still, shine
Though on Thy bleak hl'ops the tempesss are howl
What treasures Of beauty and glory are thine, 1,
Whose blue eyes are beanlng with bse and delight
And thi!her, swift.winged ~ the eagle. ty, L.,
unappalld by the gloom that oet:hadows the sky.
As in sadness left that loved valley at maFn, '9ia
Ere the skies iumed with tho flush Of tle dawn
hailed the far light cleaning brigh, ger tie lea.
As beacon which friendship had lighted for me.
a X IF cSS
To wander altar Ger life's wcaTisOMe track; iaf
There are voices Of love that will welcome us back
We've parted. we've parsed-our Tarewclls are spo-
AZ ksu. UllJ III. FslJf,.l N IIEl,1ID0Gl :
But .hs lies .ha. united our hearts orc upbsoken;
Blight the roses that blooned in Youths beautiful
when The Angel Of Steep frees the soul from alloy,
f :p Fee S SS &. hss sas
Where in days long departed we raMbled together,
When the springe II Hope clothed the future with
And no hearts were Ger lighter or gaysr than ours!
Thy water. o BASrAm! how brightly they sOlI!
The eyes Of thy daughters bewilderthe soul!
Thy forests and moS9!ains-how proudly they rise!
thought. IN my chadhscd, thsy reachd TO iks skies.
The roar ofthy cascades. the clAck of!hy N,ills.
And the naias'wsoashs Of morn. thas eRciyeIs the
Seem !iks cpr,.ins hung round The swes. Valley Of
Stern .eecar ! love sAus Thy woodlands snd'~ va.
Are linked wish Old legend. Of Aessls and love; !.
There !he wild waFrpss fought. and .hs forssls ds
Told ibsir vows, end sdO'sd the " Great sph.'
Shove. b i utf ~ N, 4. 1901 '7Tof'
F..iI w1seks q Mo,.a,I,y .-whess 30 sasy now Z
And womaH'S smOOtH cheek, and dc warriors storm
Lie S"ns.ked fsous tho sus. Of tho culver and bow
We, love Ass. stern lsnd! There ere eyes thas are
Nos radiant with bliss ne'er by so.rew osreass;
There are forms that are faiTeT, aRd hearts that are
Than Romance e 'er saw in her dreams Of the past
Dear BANTAM! ere long may greet thee again!
In the city and country I've mingled with men,
And they meet and iley part with % little emotion
A. the icebergs that float on the desolate ocean.
Oh. give me friend that can sgh Ger my sorrow,
And rejoice in the summer and sunshine OF life;
That can smile in the hope of happy iO-'nevrHw;
And vanqvish che demons Of discord and strife.
! love right welcome and rHsheartcd greetings
II stirs in the spirit iis holiest spells;
klRe; that the smiles and the rapture Of meeting.
Must ever he followed with tear and arowells!
Wilmington, DEL, JanM6Ty 20, IS4l. t.....
Ofthe six deceased Presidents. four have died on
the 4,h fthe month; Adams. Jefferson. and Monroe.
on the 9Th Of July. and Harrison The 9TH Of April.
A Hoosier candidate for Congress. says he is one
Of twenty-nine sons and two daughters by the same
father and mother. all now living and that il any
one can beat him on that score, he will withdraw
from the course. His name, as might be expected,
10 Smith, - ." ..'| '..r -..
lady correspondent Of the Dayton Transcript
expresses her fears lest the "lords Of creation"
should encroach on the female prerogative Of wear
ing bonnets Mary-that's the name she gives her
selE-may dismiss her fears, no lord of creation"
wears long hair. A few faint limitations may be
found, bss they are far from being "loyds Of cTea
tiVn!' ... ...r.l Il.r -.0.l .l. ~s .g,...N
Exploring Erpsdifos.---By the arrival Of tho ship
Lausanne, we have dates from the Exploring Expe-
dition up to the I'd Of December, 1870. The Explo-
ring squadron was to sail for the North West coast,
to survey the islands in that latitude but was ex
pccted they would return to the United States in
May, 1912. The death Of Lieut.. Henderson and
Midshipman Wilkes is spoken Of a. great loss in
the squadron, and they both are much lameRasd. A
funeral service was preached on board the nag ship
Vincennes by Chaplain Eiott--E<Psess.
A SINGULAR CAsE-ThO Pittsburgh American
states that man in Lewiston was supposed to have
died from over eating and drinking, and from some
awkwardness in putting him in the coffin. which had
been procured, he was suffered to fall the floor
The shock had the effect TO knock life into him, for
he Immediately rose 70 inquire what they were
about He has refused TO pay the funeral expenses,
and the coffin maker and others have brought suits
against him for their bills. a.l .
h is almost as difficult to make man unlcarn his
errors as his knowledge. Malinformation is more
hopeless than non-infomation; for error is always
more easy than ignorance. Ignorance is a blank
sheet, on which we may write; but error is scrib-
bled one, on which we must first erase. Ignorance
s conicntcd to stand STILL with her back the truth;
but error 10 more presumpuous and procc eds in the
same direction Ignorance has no light, but error
Ellows E,lse ooe The consequence is that error,