Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1850-01-24
THURSDAY, JANUARY "a, 1850.

TO convert happiness into music while -
The contrast was too horrible, and
wrenched my thoughts away from its con.
temptation.
Evening had arrived, and all was silence,
when suddenly the church organ poured
forth its rich, swelling, and sonorous vol
ume of sound, followed by the melodious
voices of children singing a hymn, and
blending into harmony lneffably sweet and
solemn For moment was bewildered,
aud | should have believed myself under
influence of another dream, had not rec
objected that it was Friday evening, when
the clerk and organist invariably summoned
the charity children to the church, that
they might rehearse the singing of The COM
ing Sabbath. Oh how | yearned to Join
in their devotions Oh with what COM
placency of soul did listen to them =
Oh e! how my heart sunk within me when
the performance was over, and the church
doors were again locked, ans he last lin
gering footstep was heard to qsit the burial
ground
Still, however, did those sacred symptom
les vibrale in my ear, enchanting and excit-
pTesentiment of surprising grandeur and
glory. Meihoughl saw TIE last sun that
earth was destined TO behold slowly sinking
down into The shuddering sea and ghast-
ly irown spread itself over the face of ma
ture; aud sable curtain was lowered up
on the world and all was night, and dark
ness, and death when 10 IN an opposite
direction, the veil OF heaven was lifted up
the aurora of new and transcendentlv
beautiful creation was revealed, Its sun
shining with a radiant and vet undaZzinr
splendor and the air was scented with aro-
malic odors aud f:air-halred angels, hover
lng on roseate wings, struck their golden
hIrp,, altunlmg their ducet and melodious
voices To a choral anthem, as they malesii-
cally iloated around central throne, upon
whose Inetiable glories no human eve could
bear to gaze. How long my faculties were
absorbed IN the contemplation of tins vision
| know not, but some hours must have slip
ped away, for when II was dispelled BY the
noise of a storm rushing across the church
yard, the clock was striking twelve. Heay-
Ny did ITS non clang vibrate through the
building, and send ITS echoes far aud near
upon the pinions ofthe sweeping tempest
Midnight Supersti;ious as it NAV be,
an underlined fear and awe ever hang about
ii like shroud but how UNNECESSARILY
more impressive must Lave been the infiu-
ence of the hour, with its ghostly and
CHASTITY associations, to me, inhumed and
yet. alive surrounded BY the Wondering
remains of countless generations, and IN
actual contact with the corpses or the skel-
eions OF my own forefdthers As if for the
purpose of accommodating horrors upon hor-
iors, the war of the elements became more
loud and furious The wIad. which had
previously mcancd and grozsed, now burst
into fierce howl; the view tree creaked
and ru>tled as It's bouchs were ashed by the
gust; the ram was driven in rafting pash-
eS against the door of the vault, the steps
that led down to 1t not having yet been COW
cred over; and splitting peal OF thunder,
thnt might almost have awakened the dead
seemed TO shake the solid earth beneath
me. In tins terrific outburst the storm had
spent Its fury, for hull succeeded during
which FAINT sound fell upon mine ear that
almost naddened me with excitement.
Gracious heaven !" | exclaimed, in
thought, do my senses deceive me can
that be the tramp of feet 1t is-it is =
aey come Observation-Disclosures
descend the steps-hist bark the kew
ratiles IN the lock-It turns-the door is
opened the door is opened-the door is
opened %
Miraculous is the lightning speed with
al 4,
through the mind In less than second
NINE had solved the whole mystery, and
could account for my delIverance from the
grave even before it had been ACCOMPLISHED.
DR.. LInnel had returned sooner than was
expected his previous suspicious had been
confirmed by the indecent haste of nv bu-
rial; he had instantly despatched the peo-
pie to dlsinter me; his skill would quickly
discover that l was only in trance; he
would restore me to life should he ena-
bled to reward my dutliul and afiectionate
daughter, TO punish my unnatural son. to
ENJOY perhaps, several years of an existence
made happy by the consciousness that ii
was tree FROM reproach in the sight oi
Heaven, and not unbenetcial to my fellow
creatures. Never, no, never, were | TO 1--we
for hundred years, shall forget the flash
of ecstacy that electrified nv bosom at this
moment Hope, methoughi ,leaped upon my
throbbing heart, and clapped her hands, and
shouted aloud in transport OF joy" Saw
ed saved saved =
CHATTER Y.
The parties who entered the vault, as
quickly discovered by their voices, were
the sexton, and Hodges, the foreman, who
had superintendent all the arrangements OF
my coffin.
What precious wild night, Master
Griffith % said the latter, "but not more
wild and out of the way than the whole OF
this here days business. Only to think oil
Mr.. George, when his fathers hardly cold
as a man may say, instead of riding home
decent, after the funeral, giving a regular
blowout to all our fellows at the Jolly
Cricketers," making some on 'em as drunk
as tiddlers, and then setting them to play at
leaplng-frog; and he and Sir Freeman
Eastwood laughing fit TO split when they
,umbled over one another"
"Well, call that downright scanda-
lous, and disgraceful to all parties, special
ly as he never axed me-" replied the SEX
ton