Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-06-29

lfime, two Of the young birds gave sud-
den plunge downward. and then Auttered
and hoped, till they lighted on small
upright log. And oh, such praises as
were warbled by the whole troop The
air was filled with their joyl Some were
flying round, swift as ray of light; 9th.
ers were perched on,lhe, e-handie, and
the teeth Of the rake; mullitudes clung to
the wall, ader the fashion Of their pretty
kind andetwo were swinging, in most
graceful style, on. q pendant hoop. Never
while memory lasts, shall | forget thai
Swallow partyl | have frolicked with
blessed nature much and often but this
above all her gambols. spoke into my in.
most heart, like, the glad voices Of hule
lchildren2 That beautiful family confirm
ed.to be our playmates. until the falling
leaves gave token Of approaching winter
/ For some time. the little ones came home
! regularly to- their nest at night. was
ever on the watch 10 welcome them, ane
conht that none were missing. A sculp.
tor might have taken lesson in his art
fromthose liue creatures perched so grace
fully on he edge of thier clay-buit era.
de. fast asleep, with heads hidden under
their folded wings. Their familiarity was
wonderful. Ii hung a gown. on nail,
found a little swallow perched on the
sleeve. If took nap in the afternoon,
my waking eyes We're greeted by swal
low on the bed-post; in the summer lwi.
light, they few about the sitting-room in
search Of flies, and sometimes lighted on
chairs and tables. almost thought they
knew how much | loved them. But al
last they flew away TO more genial skies
with whole troop ofrelations and neigh.
bors. 1t was a deep pain to me, that
should never know them from other sWal
lows, and that they would have no .recol.
lection of me- We had lived so friendly
together, that I wanted TO meet them in
another world, if could moi in1this and
| wept. as child weeps al its frs! grief
| There was somewhat, too, in their beau
tlful life OF loving freedom which was a
reproach to me. Why was not my life
as happy and as graceful as theirs2 Be-
cause they were innocent, confiding, and
unconscious, they fulfilled all the laws OF
/ their being without obstruction.
| edward inward to thy heart, %.
Kindly Nature, take me 1T.
Lovely. even as thou art, 80
L. Full OF loving, make me- ~<~s.zs-@
Thou knowest naught of dead-cold forms,
| knowest naugh of htteness; "a
| Lifefultruth thy being warns, -
Majesty and earnestness."
The old Greeks observed beautiful
festival, called The Welcome of the
Swallows When these social birds first
returned in the spring-tine, the children
went about 10 procession, with music and
garlands receiving presents ateyery door.
where they stopped TO sing a welcome 10
the swallows, in that graceful old Ian.
guage, so meiodious even in its ruins, that
/ the listener feels as if the brilliant azure
ofGrecian skies, the breezy motion oftheir
olive groves, and The gush of their silvery
fountains, had all passed into a monument
ofliquid and harmonious sounds.
A FREEMAN's ANsWER.-A slave girl
lately escaped from her master in Albany.
The mayor, being called upon to assist in
re-capturing her, promptly replied, in the
discharge of my duties as mayor, reeog-
nize no obligation to become slave catch
er.-Natioaal A. s.. Standard.
Mr.. VIM. Emerson. Of Maiden, Mass.
now in his 83d year, made in precisely
year previous to his coming at his e2I
year, with his own hands eight hundred
and eightysir pair Of mems pumps
The extensive paper mandatory of Mr..
Charles Perham, Gfoton. Mass. was tota-
lily destroyed by fire on Monday night of
last week. The fire was ocasioned BIZ
friction in some part of the machinery
Loss $4,000 Insurance for $4,000.