Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, W.T. [i.e. Wis.]) 1843-1844, 1843-12-30

! PERCY BYSSfiE SHELLY. Cor Cordiun.
'.Nothing Of him that doth fade,
Butdoth suffer sea-chanbe
Into something rich and STANCE.
Cor .Cordium, "heart of hearts," is
an aIlusion TO the singular fact that
when Byron and Hunt burned his bo-
dy on the shore Of the gulf of Spez.a,
his heart alone remained unconsumed.
In an adjoining cemetery sleeps
John Keats. A small marble slab, hail
hid amid the long grass, stands over
the young poet. On it is written,
"This grave contains all that was NOR
tai of young English poet, who, On
his death-bed, in the bitterness OF his
heart at the malicious power OF his ell
emies, desired these words to be en-
graved on his tombitone: Here lies
one whose name was wit in water {"
Feb. 2sth 1921.
"a strangely sensitive being he was,
TO feel SO deeply an unjust criticism
that hired Reviewer could publish. 7"
Quite mum Der of the best American
Poets are stated TO have been born IN
the year 1907: to with. p. Willis,
born in Portland, Maine, in 1907; Jas.
Otis Rockwell, born in Connecticut, in
1907; Henry w. LongleIlow, born in
Portland, Me, in 1907; George Lunt,
born in Newburyport, Mass, in 1909;
and John G. Whittier, born at Haver-
hill, Mass, in 1907. OF these, all are
living save Rockwell, who died in
Providence, r. l., in the year 1881.
APPEARANcEs.- is a rcmarka BILE
fact that every animal, when dressed
in human apparel, resemble mankind
very strikingly in features.
Put frock, bonnet, and spectacles
on pig, and it looks like an old wo-
man of fifty. A bull dressed in an o.
vercoat, would resemble a lawyer.
Tie few ribbons round cat, put fan
in its paw, and boarding school miss
is represented. A cockerel in uni
form is a general to the life. The fea-
lures of tiger call to mind those of a
sailor. A hedgehog looks like mis-
er Dress monkey in frock-coat,
cut off his tail, trim his whiskers, and
you have Broadway dandy. jack
asses resemble good many people.
A SABBATH ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
tons are pending to carry no mail on
our railroads Sundays. If they result
successfully, no cars will run on that
day. Sabbath travelling has always
been losing business for our rail road
companies, and no benefit TO morals
and good order.
THE WESLEYAN METHODIST
This body Of yeople, who have with
drawn from the Epicopal Methodist
on account of the abolition question,
have organized a society in this city.
Rev. Mr.. Busby is their minister.
Roch. Dem.
The Boston Atlas has heard no au-
thentic intimaiion that Senator
CHoATE is about 10 resign in favor of
Mr.. WEBSTER.
WitneSs- This here Teller broke
our windcr with a later and hit Isabel
Ter on the olbcr as she was playing on
the Pianer.'
MQgiStrufe,----'The condnct of the
prisna and mis- general characta' rem
da' it propa' that he should no Tonga
be memba' of Societa.-N. 0. Pic.
The Millerites have taken the thea
ire Tor the purpose OF giving = series of
dlscourses on their peculiar doctrines.
Mr.. MILLER himself is to commence
The lectures there to morrow.-Bufalo
Com.
APPRoPRIATE.--Joe Smiths Kirt-
land Bank notes have the vignette Of
a shepherd shearins has .fock.
From the Racine Advocate.
SKETCHES OF RACINE AND IT'S VICINITY.
NUMBER XIII
It's GeoIogy-Sir John Herschel
once remarked that Geology was the
Sublimest of all the sciences, except
Astronomy. Its study does indeed
show, in the most striking manner, the
vast power, wisdom and benevolence
of the Deity. Thus while it exalts and
fpurilies our minds, it tends strongly to
increase our love and admiration for