The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-03-16

gel ofDoatl threw melahcholy shadow O
yer tho whole land.
Stout hearted man who had lnmlies Start
cd suddenly ifom their sleop IN tho dend Of
nigh, " they only henrdOns oflhsir childfor
moaning ~ iis siunbcfi words HuIiafad IN
a dFram were liku shnrp ioicle Ihrual inil
lhe'honri, for They feared lhHl lho Destroyer
had come--nod they know that he seldom
reiifetl without carrying OF his victim. IL
old tavern parlors where lho same company
had assembled ior yeafp, the sounds of nef.
rlmont were 10 louger heard man spoke IL
one another "@ilh hated brealbin inquired
who was dead, and who dying and some
old acquaintance whH but u few minutes bn,
lhnd hiH usual tine, lhoy sat gazing OF his
warrant char ~ silence, or perclance one
SenIurgd Ia Inquire Ia a whisper IL he had
heeu seen IhHI night Many shook hands NJ
lho tnVern doors, went home aud never met
again. Four In iha morning was a dreaded
hour, and unuD0ra nO doubt died through
\ fright, who We're attacked Ia The faint dawn
! ing Of thn day, for thay believed ilini time 10
bo fatal, In some streets five or six shops that
stood together were clored- many were not
opened again for days. You sbw ilo win.
dows standing open day and night, buI not
a living soul slirfed within those walls Ma
ny who died were removed during the night,
sometimes twenty were buried In one
gruvc,
Then tho cry arose lhat the ehurch.ynrds
were too liill that there whs no longer any
room for the dead. IL must fud room, or
J shall be ruined" exclaimed the sexton; IL
cost mo all ! had IN lho world TO get elected.
The erayo.diggur threw down his spade, WI.
ped the porspiniion from his brow, and said,
"Our occuphiion'a gone" Tho cry ncrcns.
od-nHd then tie lnresfHnl loling Of ihe bell
ccnscdi for an order vas issued llnt the dend
should 10 longer roul out ihu dead, or their
sleep be broken, almost before the features
had bccp eflhccd 10y slow decay. Then
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Tor when ho found that the secrets of his dark
domln'ons were TO more To bo laid bare 10
The open ego ofdHy, lac no longer slnolc those
who trod reyorenially on tho verge of his
territories. The streets were no longer dnr.
kened with funerals; you no longer saw men
running IA every direction, with collins on
their heads, knocking at doors aud deliver
ing Them with no more ceremony or feeling
ihnn the postmhn delivers hia letters The
solemn hearsn aud dark mouruing.conch
now moved slowly along, and the dead wetc
horne away 10 green aud peaceful cemeteries,
far removed from the dwellings of the living.
NuiHAnces were fouoyed-sewcrs were
clcanscd--IhG .pboats ofihe poor purified,
and at last rendered habilnbei aud tlcn "thc
plague was tlAycd.7
IL seemed NJ II tho winds ofllcnvcn, which
Ind been driven away for want OF breathing
room, came buck again, and tapped their
"beaiing WINGS" above tho homes of man
Kind, nS if they we're weary Of wandering o.
Vcr the houseless sea, gladly returned to
swerP through the LOFTY streets nnd open
squares, from which they had hceu driven
by the poison.irnps which were ret every.
whsro 10 destroy them, The sun again
gladdened the day, aud the fouud
moon walked up the starry steep Of
Heaven; while the sky barred lis blue bosom, |
and showed ilat the silycry clouds still rlun- |
hoTod there aS Tranquility ns If the Destroy |
ing Angel had never thrown lliB shadow be- /
lwiXt earth and heaven.
Aims the sun rose upon n shore strcwuI
with wrecks, aud blAckcncd with tire holius
Of The dend, if lhe eye niighicd upon the liy- 1
ing, II everywhere sotllcd upon a group of |
lpourncrs. Death had gone like cleaner
through the land, aud taken nn car from eve
~ field. Where before had stood n bed of |
howcrs, ono resting upon and supporting a.
mother, II bare and open gap was found /;
aud, often, yea too often, the tnllcst, a.
round which the rest clung hnd wthcrcd
and fallen, and died. The place they had
pncc known Awould know them no more for
ever" The young bride before the honey
moon had wnned, came forth in her widow
I'd weeds. The frst.bon child came too
ate into the world to look ON the face of it,
n'her. Sometimes lhe young mother fcll be-
ore her infant hnd seen the light; the opening
-usu urr rho uT1tuiteri htfri rrrisled together
Respectable fnniilics fell from state of com
orr 10 utmost naked dcsiitution ia sineTr 7
iight, leaving no mark ON the stones of the
oddcr OF time, hy which men rise or fall,
)ut plunging hcadlong TO the Iuot of II IN n
moment. Some had passed mRny years in
hilhtul scryilIdc, and AT last attained ihc
ong coveted promotion. The larger house
90 often talked OF, WINS taken; they entered,
md 81 rfid bvntir; ftt4tet-4.llr rstd- -lillh
INN nll their hopes forever pcrished Since
INT riuy the rurtiefi-roileF has never 0heen
moved and where the spade was thrust into
he ground, when the Improvement first
there II rests; pcrchancc the
obin may alight on the handle, and there
,hhnt his mourniul anthem, but one branch
= snwn from the oyerhnnging tree that dar-
,ened the Drawing Room window; all the
est remained untouched, for the workmrTi
nave departed. Tho merry Christmas so of.
en- talked about, will he a mourniih meeting
within those walls. What at another period
would have formed little history of trial, pa
lent endurance, slow chaugcRnd long COM
ng misfortune, was now accomplished al
most as soon as one could say =" IL hghtens."
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PooR PAT.--The soldiers that fought un-
Ter the Duke Of Marlborough, had hut-iourt
,ence n day. Tho Duke, riding over the
ield, nfter one Of his victories, observed n
loldier leaning oversize top Of his muskct
,ensiyo and silent Having eyed him for
oIpe lime, the Duke at length went up TO
rlst '0n1 nskcd him what he wns thinking n
,out, ~ was just thinking. mNy it please your