The Middlebury galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1848-1850, 1848-05-02

ton of richest melody, and already claiming
kindred with Immortality. After giving it its
last touch, and breathing into it that undying
spirit of song which was TO consecrate il through
all time as his cycnian strain, he fell into gen
tie and quiet slumber. At length the light
footsteps of his daughter Emelie awoke him.
Come hither, Emelie," said he, "my task is
DONE the Requiem-my Requiem-is fin
ished."
'Say not so, dear father" said the gentle
girl, interrupting him as tears stoodin her eyes,
"You must be better-you look better, for G.
ven now your cheek has 4 glow upon it.
am sure we will nurse you well again. Let
me bring You something refreshing"
do not deceive yourself, my love- said the
dying father, 'this wasted form can never be
restored by human aid From Heavens MGR
cy alone l do look for aid in this my dying
hour. You spoke of refreshment, my Emelie;
take these my last notes sit down to my piano
here-sing with them the hymn of Your saint
ed mother; let me once more hear those tones
which have been my solace and delight
Emele obeyed, and with tcndereSt emotion
sang the following stanzas:
Spirit, thy labor is DER,
Thy term of probation is run,
Thy steps are now bound for the untrodde n
shore,
And the race of immortais begun.
Spirit, look not on the strife
Or the pleasures of earth with regret;
Pause not Oh the threshold of limitless life,
To mourn for the day that is SET
Spirit no letters can bind,
No wicked have power 10 modest;
There the weary like thee, the wretched, shal
find
\ Heaven, mansion ofrest.
Spirit how bright is the road
For which thou art now on the wing
Thy home it will be with thy Savior and God
There loud hallelujahs TO sing.
As she concluded, saysan account before us.
she dwell for a moment on the low tones Of
the piece and then turning from the instru-
ment, looked in vain for the approving smile
OF her father. l. was the still, passionless smile
which the rapt and joyful spirit had left, with
the seal Of death upon those features.
Walking is good not merely
walking from shop to shop, or from neighbo1
to neighbor, but stretching out into the coun.
and quiet lanes. However sullen the imagina.
ton may have been among its griefS at home
here it cheers and smiles. However listles,
the limbs may have been sustaining too heavy
heart, here they are braced, and the tagging
gait becomes buoyant again. However per
verse the memory may have been in present
ing all that was agonizing, and insisting only or
what cannot be retrieved here il is at first dis
4 o,,1 4bnr - e1oo,.. IL, Il.
the memory is the day in paradise to the I'M
happy. The mere breathing of the cold wind
on the face of the commonest highway is rest
and comfort, which must be felt at such time.
to be believed.
An AMERIcN QUAKER said to gunner dnr
ing the revolutionary -'Friend, | counsel
no bloodshed, but if it is thy design to hit the
little man in the blue jacket, point thine en-
CINE three inches lower"
FIRST IMPREssIoNs.-If you want tc
gain any m ans good opinion, take partic.
ular care how you behave tire first time you
are in company with him. The light you
first appear in to one who is neither in.
clined to think well or i'll of YOU, vii
strongly prejudice him either for or agains
you.
TIE AsToR EsTATE.-We learn from vei7
good authority that the value of the estate of The
late John Jacob Astor docs not exceed s., 100000
of which about S4.00O0O0 is real and So 500 OOC
personal The real is given in the form of life es
tates, with the power of letting and selling Mr.
VIM. s. Astor has half the residuary personal es
tate, in his own right say 81 100000 to 81 500
OOO He is said to have received 100000 sever
al years since from an uncle, Henry Astor, which
by good management and economy, with addi-
tons from other sources, amounted, at the date o.
his fathers decease. 10 about S3.000,000 This
with what he receives from the present estate as
the resdnary legatee, will form an aggregate ap
preaching the wealth Of his father 1t is under
stood that Mr. VIM. 3. Astor has, within few days
past made several very liberal donations, inclu
ding $4,000 to Fitz G Halleck, long the faithful
Secretary and Agent of his father, and $4,000 &c
the Society for the Relief of INDECENT Females
Other persons in the employ of the deceased. be-
sides Mr.. Halleck, have also shared in the bounty
of the SON.
The above case affords another illustration o.
the popular tendency TO form cXtravagant est
mates of private fortunes.-Journal Of Commerce
UNwRlrTEN MUsIc.-This is the season
when the chorislers of the woods commence
their beautiful concerts of unwrlten music
Altho' unwritten, we arc not sure IL may moi
be so. A German composer once arranged
in words and notes the song Of the English
nightingale, and il said thar female voice,
following the pronunciation and the notes, WAS
an almost perfect imitation of that songsier.
A. correspondent of the New England Farm
er gives the following aversion of the song
of the thrush:
"Cheelily oh, cheerily oh,-tweedle, tweedle
Pretty Prudy. pretty Prudy, pretty Prndy;
See, see, see |! little Jo, little 10,
Kissing Judy kissing Judy. kissing Judy"