Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1848-1850, 1849-07-25
TOUCHING STORY.

Nv - HFGsaup WILSON.
Tic cofjo eas leo Gown '1 ihc bottom Of
te grave The plsnks we're removed from the
.capcd up brink, the fi-t ,luts had struck
their knell, the quick sHuyelng was over,
and the long broad skiiiully-cut pieces OF
turf were apily joined together, and trinity
laid by the beating spade. 80 that Tie newest
mound In tho church-yard was scarcely dis.
Il guished from those That were grown over
by ,1e undisiutbed grass and dasos Of q lux
utian, ,pdng The burial was soon over
aud the arty with one consenung notion B
havinq o. 1vered their heads 10 decent rev. /
erence OF "a place and occasion, were be- .
ginning TO SCI rate und about TO leave the
church-yard ere some acqpalntances
from distant paris 1f the parish who had not f.
had an opportunity Addressing each other
In the house that be 1ged 20 the deceased,
nor H. the course OF tIe hundred yards that
tho liltle procession had io move IRON his
bed 10 his grave. were shaking hands quietly,
but cheeffully, and ino uiuug after he wet
fare of each others Ia niles. There knot
OF neighbors we're spe liking, without erag
Reration, OF the respec Iabie character which
the deceased had born g, uul mentioning TO
one another The itlc incidents OF his u'o,
some Of them 81 remote as TO be known only
TO the gray. headed Io sons OF the group.
While a few yards fur lcr removed from the
spot, were standing tog lhcr parties who DIS
cussed ordinary concci IS, altogether uncon-
uecied with the iunora such as the state OF
the markets, the pTouts OF tie season, or
change OF tenants but III With sobrlety
of msnner and voice thal was insensibly pro-
duced by the influence tie simple cere-
mouy nnw closed by the ne, graves around,
and the shadow OF tho spl e anO gray walls
Of the house Of God
Two men yet stood toy thor at the head
OF the grave, with severe and unimpassIOn-
ed greet They were bro hers-the only
sons OF him who had been bu ried and there
was something in their sla,ot that naturally
kent the ewes Of many directed upon them
for long time and more ntcu y Than would
have been the case had there been nothing
more observable than the common sorrow.
But these Two brothers rho were standing
at the head OF their fathers ga q, had Tor
somo years been totally Cstrangc from each
other, and the only words that had Passen
them during all that time, had been uttered
within few days past, during the necessa-
~ preparation for the old mans ture
No deep and deadly quarrel was between
sheso brothers, and neither OF them could
.Iistioctlv tell the cause Of this unna urN es-
arrangement. Perhaps dim jcaousies OF ,heu
"a Tiers favor selfish thoughts nat viii
sometimes force themse into poo mems
hearts, respecting temporal expect lions
unAcronmedatiug manners on both SIDES
haunting gords that mean lIvic when Oh cTeo
hut which rankls and tester 10 remembrance
Imagined .opposi1on OF interests That ouN
onAHered would have been one and .He
same these and many other causes slIE"
when sinale, but su0ng when rising up To
,re.bef. In one banolul band, had gradually
aadtlasaiIy injected their hearts, iii al Jas
,trey who In yo1gh had been seldom sep
arste, aud truly stlRched, now met al marx
ct, and mise table to say, al church wiz
DARK aad sveyted faces, ike different clans
gmsn during esd.
Surely n ANYTHING could have sollene
their hearts towards each other, II must hay
been 10 stand silently side by side, Will
the earth, stones, and clods were talhn
down upon their fathers coffin. Add douo
Ie,u their hears we're so solteneu. ~
ntiae. though il Csun0t prevent them IoI
beieq shown; cad these Two btoIheH s1oo
there together, determined not TO let enc
otherknow the nulua tenderness mat
mite ofthem waa etshing up IA their breas
nnd teaching them the uucon(essed folly an
Nyickedness Of thelt causeless quarrel.
A head stone had been prepared, and
,person eamo forward 10 plant ia pa
stone. with sand glass, scoll and eros
bones. chiseled, not udciy, and le" wot'
inscribed. The younger brother FegA'd'
the operation with troubled eye, and SAL
loudly enough to be- heart by several OF q
bvstsndefs. "Wtilin, this Is no, KIND "a "
you should Save told ne o. this / lov'
INV fs,b,tss wei. 40 goa could have Govt
4u Woo vtrc tuo older. aud % NAV 70
., svoute son aut nave d nght ia 0aiH
go have joiRed you $50 ordering Cons sion
had ! mol
During these words ,ul stone was s,0k
into the earth and many persons who we
on their way from uhe grave, teturocd. h
SMILE tho older brother sad Hushlng
he had consciousness 800 heau That
ought 10 have consulted hts iaihefs son
Jesirnatine this last mark Of affection q
ye.oert n his memory so the slime u
rJ,ntsa in ,,lence, aud nvw stood erect,
Gently and simple, among me othef oslen
lion. memorials Of The humble dead,
The inscription merely gave lhe ma
nd aos Of the deceased. and told mat
stoue had been erected by his "aheeu]n
sons The sight o these words seemed
soften the angry man, and he sn.i. sou'e"
more mildv Yves, VIZ are his affection
sons. snd since my name Is on the stone
am ssiis6ed, brother. We have nut Ora
toVe,hrr kindly 81 late veas, and Pe,h
peyer nav bu, / Acknowledge and res
vour worth and here, bel 'fe our own lfri
aud before the iuends 81 oui Iai'tff "i'"
zoos above his hesd express mY "il"oe'
80 be on better and other 'eims win YOU
q We cannot command or hrai's 'e'
lessi bar out an unkiNdnesa-
Tho min sief who had sucnaea Use '1
81. and hsd something rh'i'A''- '' "''
.ay PUBLICLY before be ict zoe chufs' y