Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1850-02-26
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TIE GREAT STONE FACE.
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Emhu~our'd among a family II lofty noun
talus, there wls a valley ~ sT7rious that II
contained many thousand inhabitants. some
ot thcsr ruod people dwclt IA lor huts, with
The black forest All around them. ON the sirpp
Uf the difficult hill.sldcs Others had their
homes m comfortable farm hous :. AMI culil-
,aicd the rch soll on the gentle slopss or the
level surfaces 0f the valley. Oihcr,, again.
We're cuurrcgaicd into pOpuluus villages
where some Wild. highland ri,ulci. mmhlunr
down irum IL birthplace Va the upIvr NOUN
tam rrgiun, had hrvn caught ard tanned by
human cunning, and compelled 10 turn the
machinery If rutiuu t,ctoues, The tuhlblt-
ani, of this valley, iu >hvrt. we've uulnrruus.
snl of many uoicS u hR BLi an of them
grown pcuplr and children, had Kind ui Ca
milarity with Ihs Great Stone FACE. although
sllu. poSscss'J the gtit OF Distinguishing thi,
rrIai natural phenomenon mUrc perfectly
thrn m,ny ci their nsighhors
The Great Stone Fscs then. WIS a work uf
Nature. ln her m"nd ut majestic pll,lulurSs.
formed ou the p'rpcndicular side OF the noun
tam hy snmr immense rcAs, which had hcrn
thrown together in such position, as when
viewed AZ pfup"r distance, pturi~cly a. r'-
sembic the features uf the human couutr-
nance II s'yru,d aS NJ au ruuruuus giant or
Titan. had ~'u'p 'pturrd h,, own lNyu.>, eva the
rurripicr Thrrr was the hruld arch ui lnr
Forehead. a hundred iy"t lu height. the uu,,.
with 90, long b'IJgr, and tn ,lSl lips, wh.gb
t they could have spoken, would have ROLLED
ibDir thunder arcrDts from cue rlduf thc Val
lry a. the other True u Is. that Il the Sprr-
tlpr approached tro near, be- Lost thr uutliu.
IT tn gigantic Nislrr. and could uuIy Ji~',rr
a heap Il pond 'ruJ- and rtrautir rvcl,, piloI
i8 chaotic RUIN uDr upuu ihg uhHr. Rr'Ic.
inr h,s sicI,,. however, the 'yondruls t,atuu~
would aralu b. srru, lni the farther hc with.
drrV from them, thg m0sc Ike human i1cr,
with AL i,s original divinity intact, dld lhay
appear. until, as lhry grew dim 10 ,hs dis
ru,r. Vitb the clouds and rlury fed yapor ui
trr muuUtAIus clustering about 10, th' Great
Stone -. ,Hntl positively % b. alive.
Itvts happy luI Tor ch,.lrr1 a. gruw up
tu mluhupl ur Vumluhooj, with ih Great
stone Flrc hsiIrr their gyc,, hr all th' i.I-
iur,s rcrc noble. and the rNpr ,sluu Was st
once grand and sweet, a, u u wrry ih' glow
uf "a vast. warm heart, tlt uW5rlcri all man
sIud loo 10, al yyuus, aud li.d r'um iur uurr.
lt ~, su education uuly u look NJ u. Ar-
rurIiug Co thr hrhrf ct mNry I-upir, thc vll-
les owed much uf IT. t-ruly iu th., h.uICu
aspect thar Mas continually 5saulug over o.
..umluIug the clouds, and l4iusur Us tyud.r-
uc>, into ihr sunshine.
AsWc b'r1I With 1Nins'a m'lh'r ana
hsr little b'y ~ al The cu'ltr dn'f' E'A'n'
ul ug bfvu = 'n, ace ana I'N'hS ~''"'
70. Ihu cmla uau. "as I'Ta''l
Mother, ,lId d., whn' Tar lNah' ''s-
'-r smiled "n nhm, " ! wish mat % e"H'.
,pnA. tarIr books 50 Ncrj .lrd's that is voice
atssi u'rU, fs llgHsIDt. 81 -'f, o. b. e.
UAu with such a i-ct. aH'-i4 i'', "''' '.'''
Is
II aU o'' prophecy should come % pass.
answered bs, mother, q" 80 NAV = a mlu
some um, y, ura.T, with exactly such i-er
as tlat.
What prophecy dn you mean, d'nr mu'l.
err eagerly inquired Eruc,i. Fray 'gu
mr all about u.
- h.s mother told hIma story that rruwu
mother had Jul. 20 her, wh"1 sh' herself "a'
Younger than lIu'c Euv>, "a STORY, not "i
thing, that Wgrr pIsi, by ui What WAs 60
com, a story un,rr,h u ',-, S'''rry old, u'l
even th- Indian, Nhu iouusrly inhabited ihI.
valley. h,I hrsrl @ from ihHir iuratuhcrs, O"
,.uom, as they affirmed, d, bad h-.u mlmur-
,I bv the mumuln streams, an! Whispered
by the wind among The Tree l"i'' Inc pNT-
port was, that al ~'n' ia'uT' d''' a 'D''"
,lu4ld b. bora hrreahou's, Who "a' u's''"'"
,u become the greatest a1d h''Ir>' itTN"h'-'
ui hIs TIM, and Whose c'NH''A'n,' 'n l"'''
houj, should bar an cNici r'>'Ihhl'u'r !" 'h.
Great Stone F-cr. Not a O." "id t''hi'0''
people. 1ut NuJn1 ou's IN'Nls'' 900 '", Aid''
ct their hopes, siill chrriSuga AN ''N"'in nH
faith On ih., old prophecy. bui o'hrrs VII"
hli Seen murr Il tn world, hh " Nrh'u anl
waited ull th'y were weary and h'd o'l'''d
no man WIN N1en ''.'' "'' 1'' '''"' Va, t'
proven '' '' W '," \ IL. A.,
nr'EhD''N-s"'',,H,u',' u " y, .,'.,,- :,
.''e 1'', At an .-.-I
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80, nj. L..,J II do
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-, .,,,....,,,,.,,, /. .,r,J ,b,ygli.
~ "a ~, ,,,,, a., ,,,..,t moi IN
l' ~ol'I,' t' 49,, ',,' 80 L,,.. ,f her It
y" III g. HIN. p.,ba,,,
e.,
And Ernest never forgot thr story that h,
N'N l., = -. nm i,,. mind
..I'a.. ..',.''' - =" L.,,sJ Yr,, tb.. Gr.lt Stone
~. NJ. -" D.. ,b,lVn,J m the los
-ce' IL s'..' "'a I.','''',i -. - - J.,,,EI
", L,I.sJ :, L., IN m,py
y u's ''o'na,' anu ".'P,1' -, ,,,,b M, Iul.
n'"4'' "s''- ~ No. -, -, H.
hands, anu "'n'c WIN us '''.". -.
TN, ga hn'r' from 4 h'pp{,i 's -" .,i,,,,,,',-
chui' h' Er'" uP " 7" ,'' 'I'tt -, a..
sI,e buy, and sdn-hTuMncl WIN 'a"'' ." ''
h"liS' but with m''e 'n''ll'-il5 ~ L'J
as AsI''' ul,' s' !, - -. ", Ernr,,
n'I" ''us', AZ ''',''1S ''','.'1,S'..I,,,L,,b,C;r.t S,onr
h'h no ''''i' - s.'' ol'' " w ,hc ,nL If
race became one % nun, ~, :, q,