Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1850-02-26

through the ihlnlN dlHuhcd Nupun Thai ha'
swept bciwccn him and the object that be- "a
ped at. Bm-as Il always did-lhe aspect o
his marvellous friend madc Ernest as hoIeiu
ss # be- had never hopcd in vain.
Fear not. Ernest, said his heart. even a.
If The Great Face were whispering him, " ica
not. Ernest. be- will come.
More wears sped swiftly and tranauilly a
way. Ernest still dwclt IN his native valley
and was now a man uf middle age By m
p-rrJilblc degrees, be- had b-cum- knoNn a
monr tie people. Now, - heretofore. h- la
bored Tor Lis bread, and was the same s,mplc
hearted man that hr had always hccn. Bu
be- had thought aud i,lt ~ much--he had Wv,
~ NJ many of the bcsi hours Of his llic to uu
worldly hopes ior sOmr rrclt.Cuod IN man
Kind. that Il seemed n ihuuph b. had br,I
talking With the angels, and had imhlbcd ;
portion ui their wislom unwars. liWasyIs
lh, ~ the calm and Wsll-consrtcred l-urf
ccnc- Il his daily life. III, qui-, stream o
which had made a vide gt-on marpiu III a.
long IT. cnur--. Not a.. pas--d by. ths
the world wls not the better bcr,us' thu Juan
humble as be- MS, lad lNr,l iIs rr,rt .isp
f,'d a~ide irHn his u~ r-if. Ns, y...sfi ~
WAYS mach . blessing 10 hs H-iuhbnr Al
m,st in,oluntanly, too, he had l~come pr-a
cher The pure and hlph ,mplIciN of hl,
thought, which, ~ one II IN, mnli stations
ionk shape iu th, good j--,is that dfuTTel NJ.
lcnily irum hIs hand. flowed also frrh ~
sT-rch. lie u,irrd truths that wrought up
go and mutJd-d tho lives Il thusr Who heard
him. lis auditors, may l.. never suspected
that Ernest, their uwu n,rhhur ard familiar
friend. Ms m"rr than 1n ordinary man. least
uf all dad Finest himself suspect lr but iu--
'iilhlN - the mumur ui rNul-i. csmy
rhuurlis out ul hlS mouth that nD other hu.
man liyS had spoken.
Whru tho people mind, had hal a liulc
tlmc Ia cuoi. ihcy were ready enough 10 ac-
kpuNirdrr their mistake iu .magiug \ slmrl-
ants between GrRcral BIund.and-1hund,r' =,
iurul,nt ph,,luguumS and the benign yI,lrc
"u the muuuuIu-,ld, hut nav, again. th-r,
W,w r,puus and many paragraph, iu thr
newspaper, affirming that ih, Likeness uf The
Great SI"ur Face bad Appeared upon ih- broad
shoulders ui certain eminent statesman -
Tie. Ike Mr. Glthrrrold and -lilu-i.Jud.
Thunder. VAS native oi the valley. bot had
l"ll nm h0,cJrIy days, and taken up the trade,
Ut law and politics. Instead ol the rich man f,
wreath aud the Warrior, , swufl. hr had bui %
tongue. and Il Was mlghilrr than r"th iurrth-
- ~ wonderfully eloquent III, b.. That
3, hlirNcr boz might rhU0S,' iu sly, Bon, audltur,
had uu clu.rr hut a. believe him. Wruur look
rd Ike ught lpi right Ike wrong iur when
li pleased hun, be- cuuid make a Kind of llu-
minated iog With hs mere breath, and uh-
sure the natural daylight wIlhu. ll,iungur,
ludc,d, Was a mlglc instrument, ,"ms'uuu, 10
runhlul like thunder, something's it wJrD.,d
like ih, sweetest muslc. II was the blast sI
war--thc ,uur ui peace and u seemed iu have
a heart m 10, when there Was nu ,uch matter
lu ruDi truth hr Wls a VoIdr,u, mau and
Wlr1l hl. tongue had acquired linn all "tUrr
succr>,-whru Il had been heIui
iu bali, at stIir, aud lu the courts ui prince,
and pOl.ulatr,--litrr u hId made him known
M over the world, even as ,u.c, CRYING from
,hor, tn shor--It finally persuaded hIs o"un-
irym,u " select hlm "a, a candidate iur ihr
Presidency before tbs umc--iuicgd, a-
sam ~ be- hcgAu Ia gruW c.lybHtCd--hs AL
m1rrr. bad luUr.l Uuith" resemblance between
hIm au,i t,r DIsa. ~D,,, se. ..ili - H.ura
were they struc, hy ", thst throughout che
cuuu,r, lhrs distinguished gentlemen vas
Known hy ihr name Ut Oh ~l"uy Phz. The
rhrasc was considered l, giving highly Ia
,urlhlc aspect iu hl, political prusr~''is iur
rs !. lkcw 80 the ease With the ruIs,Iuul mo-
ind, ever brrvmc, President without taking a
name other than hIs own.
While hs friend, we're doing their hgst Ca
make hm President, Old Stony PhIz, - be-
Va, called, sct out on a visit Io the valley
where bee vi, bom on couNc, be- had nu
other object than iu shake hand, with hI, 81.
low c.tLus, aud neither thoupm nor cared
lhpui auy Iil.vt which hI, progress through,
the country might have upon the election. -
Magnificent preparations wrrr ml'l" Ia receive
the lllustruus ,tat,s.utu ,acayalcadr ui horse
mem s"t lurlli tu meet him at the ,ruudlr lry llu'
Of the State aud all tn people lrit their bust
u,-ss aud gathered along thr way sIdr 9" see
hnu pass Among these Was Finest Though
more than once Disappointed, a. W. have .''u.
be- bad such q hOp-iul and cuuldIug nature.
that hr Nus always rrady to b"licyc 10 what
ever secured beautiful aud 1uud. lie kept hl,
heart cuut.uuIlly upen, aud thus VA, sure I"
catch the blessing from on high, ~.iru II should
come. 80 uuW again, ~ buoyaully as ever.
h. went iurlh To behold the likeness Of the
Great Stone Face.
The cayalradc came prancInr along the
road. with great rlaltcrng ui huUis and a
mighty cloud ui dust. which ru,, up ~ dense
and HIGH that thr ,islgc uf thu mountain side
vas completely hidden from Emrst.s eyes
All the great men Of the nrirhhurhUOd were
there on hurs hack militia officers, m unI-
infn the m-mbgrs of Congress. The sh'rlil
uf the county the editors Oi newspapers and
many a farmer. too. had mounted hls patient
slr,,,. with his Sunday coat upon his back -
II rrally was a very brilliant spectacle, rspcc-
ially as thrrr were num'ro banners ilauni-
ing over tht clNalcldc, on some Of which were
gorgeous portraits oi the lllustrIuus sIai-snin
and the Grcl, Stone Face, smiling lamlllarly
At one another, like twO brothers. II the PIE
turrs were tO be trusted. the mutual r's"m-
bhncr, II must b. confessed, Was marvellous.
We must not forget To mention, that there
was band Of music, which made th, -ch"ts
uf the mountains ring aud rrNr'heratc With
the loud triumphs Of it, strains; 81 that alry
and soul thrilling melodies broke out among
All Tue ItlEUlN dNN INlINNHt ~ ~ '''if i''N
of his native VALLEY had found a voice, Ia vel
come the dlsiingulsheiRues' but the grand
-, effect was when the far oil mountain prec-
mice flung back the music fer then the Great
Stone Face itself seemed To be- swelling the
triumphant chorus, IN acknowledgement that,
Il length. the Man OF Prophecy was come.
Al this while the people were throwing ~
their hats and shouting, with enthusiasm ~
contiguous that the heart of Ernest kindled
up. and he likewise threw up his hat, and
as loudly as the louGeSt--' llulla
tor the great man, IIuEza Tor Old Stony
Phiz," but a. vet be had not seen hun.
Here he is now - cried those who stood
near Ernest. There there Look at O,d
stony Phz and then al the Old Man of the
and sec Il they are not a. like as
as two twin brothers :"
In the midst Of all this gallan, array came
an open barouche, drawn by four white horses,
II -. ala, k.,nuchp With his massive head