Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1843-05-12
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DocroR SourHEy.-The following ex-
,rac, from Mrs. Sou,hey Formerly so well
known as Caroline Bowles.) to Mrs. Sig
Quincy. gives lamen,able picture OF the
present state Of this distinguished man,
the poet laureate Of England $50 You de-
sire TO be remembered to him who sang
Of Thalaba. the wild and wondrous tale
Alas my friend, the dull, cold ear OF
/ death is not more insensible than his, my
| dearest husbands to all communication !.
fr,., tho wurfu WITHOUT. Scarcely can
keep hold of the last poor comfort Of be-
l,eying that he still knows me. The al
most comnlete Inconsistencies has not
been of more than six months standing,
though more than two years have elapsed
since he has written even his name. Ar
ter the death Of his first wife, Edith, Of
his first love. WHO was for several years
insane. his health was terribly shaken -
Yet for the greater par, Of a year that lie
spent with me in Hampshire, my former
home, ii seemed perfectly re established,
and he used 10 say it had surely pleased
God tina, The last years of his life should
be happy But the Almighty's will was
otherwise. The li,,le cloud soon appear
ed which was in no long time 10 oveTsha-
dow all. in the blackness Of its shadow
we still live. and shall pass from under il
only through the portals of the grave -
The las, three years have done on me the
work of twenty The one sole business
of my life is that which | verify believe
keeps the life in me-the guardianship Of
my dear, hel pless, unconscious husband. J"
SWEARING 1T is NOT easy to perceive
what honor or profit is connected With it
Does any man receive promotion because
he is notable blnsierer! Or is any man
advanced to dignity because he is expert
at profame swearing! Low, must be the
character which such impertinence will no.
degrade. Inexcusable, therefore, must be
the practice which has neither reason nor
passion to support il. The drunkard has
his cups; lecher, his mistress the salirist
his revenge; the ambitious man, his pre-
fesmen,s the mser, his gold; but the
common swearer has nothing he is a fool
at large, sells his soul for naught. and
drudges in the service Of the devil gratis.
Swearing is void Of all plea. l, is not the
native offspring of the soul, nor in,erwo-
ven with the texture of the body, nor any
how allied 10 our frame. For. as great
man (rillotson) expresses it. though some
pour out oalhs as if they were natural, yet
no man was ever born for swearing con
sti,uion.' But it is in custom, low and
paItry custom. picked up by low and pal
try spirits. who have no sense of honor,
no regard TO decency but are forced TO
substitute some rhapsody of nonsense to
supply the vacancy of good sense. Hence
the Stiffness Of this practice can only be
cqualled by the Stiffness of those who a.
dept it.-Lamont.
BIRDs.--Farmer! take care of the birds and
they will take care Of you. A little attention
to their habits and regard for their safety will
improve your income, and also render them a.
greeab'e companionc. A writer in the New
York Journal Of Commerce relates the follow
ing pleasant anecdote:
Early last summer was on visit to an old
frieCd in the country, and as we sa: on the pi-
azza, talking of things long gone by, noticed
that on the trees and shrubs in his yard, there
were a great number Of birds. Presently they
flew down upon the piazza, and quite troop
| of them came hopping towards us. My old
friend put his hand in his wais,coat pocket
and took out some seeds and crnms of bread,
and scattered them close by his chair. The
birds picked them up, and then few upon the
trees again. singing out their notes sweeter
than the strains Of Bellni or Anber.
My friend then remarked. That the spring of
1912. having come on early, had brought on
The birds earlier than usual. The ground hav-
ing become covered with SNOW, they hetook
themselves to his house for food He took
special pains to give it to them. and they came
regularly to be fed. They built their nests in
the neiehborhood and when their young ones
were hatched, they brought them to the house
also. He SAID that he took his afternoon nap
on his piazza. and The birds sung him to sleep.
Indeed they seemed quite his pets.
CoMETs.-Prof. Nchol, Of Glasgow
University. in his Architecture of the
Heavens, as well as in his work on the
Solar System. regards comets as mere ne
buI9. Of the most ETHEREAL nature, and
therefore incapable Of doing any mischief,
though their nuclei should come in contact
with the earth or son He says: "A com
ct Is vast mass of nebuus or purely
ethereal matter. so lighl and fi.my tina, no.