The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1852-10-20

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70 be, u move. TO Aayl Existence only
To know and zee and 81 painful bsiay
lsnot life. The mutt satus dult ~
Cut from the marble sdsmantine heart
Lives as much - him whomearly psvssg
Abort breathingt the sir I Hsavdn ,, sesstli
| Sun, "A 4 s~A ~ s. . 4
Eats, drinks and sleeps his tine away.
Such mute existence 10 not tie. @-
Time is that space between two etsrnities
Which life is inseeto an, or leave q void
And that j. life, which lila, the ehssm full
With deeds that never, will be quite forgot
of actions that will be remembered long
And spoken Of when this ''fraii senesnsnt''
OF clay: our mortal part is turned to dust -
To life belong high thoughts and glorious,
Bright hopes and actions great achievements
Feats Of arms and yet nobler deeds of peace
The praise of millions and world wide
fame, I
And name SO great il cannot he forgot. ~
All this and more must make the sum Of
life
Or else we do not live.
The surly hind
That to his daily toll goes forth, alone '''
Knows naught Of the great world that y
around, 8 m
And nougf Of Him who spake the mighty
That called itinto being, Sun, Moon, Stars
And Oceans wide expance; the blooming
vale
Or lofty mountains cras, the slaciered peak
The low and winding dell, the song Of bird,
The glorious Rainbow sign Of hope and love
And natures beauties al! are nought to
him, -.t.I s., q
And form no part or portion Of his life.
That too is life which nature plants within
And prompts to action of more peaceful
kind kat5t
And brings US the rewar. ofgratitude-
To sooth tbs. aching breast, ard turn to joy
The griefs and tears Of sorrow stricken
hearts,
To wipe away the ills that sflesh endures,"
This part Of life portion for Us all. C.
Progress. Of Plaak-Ro ads il, New York
and Canada. ~
Among the many Improvements in the
means of communication which have been
prosecuted in the last few years, plank
roads are assuming a very important rank.
A little work bv Mr.. kingsford. Of the Hud-
son River Railroad, is of great interest, and
should be we'll circulated throughout the
II appears that the first plank
road in Canada was laid down in 1886, and
in New York in 1887, but it is only within
The last four years that they have been
much prosecuted There row exists as
follows - ~
PLANX.ROADS IN OPExATlON.
Average
No. OF cost per
roads. Miles. mile. Total. :
Canada, 442 Si.75O 8 773.5OO
New York 10 1906 1888 3,ssO,29
Very nearly four million of dollars have
'een expended in New York upon these 4
-oads, and the resulting advantages are inn
nense. The roads tnve all been subscribed
or by individuals, and all pay handsome d.
'idends. For instance, the Troy and Lam ]
ingburg road pays 10 per cert semi annual
y; the Utica and Burlington 20 per cent,
md we believe Done in operation pay less
han 10 per cent, and none Of the stocks can
,e bought in the market.
The Importance Of plank roads in farm
ng regions becomes selt-epident. when it =
s stated that on the Salina road two.horse
cam drew sir toms Of iron twelve miles.
without unusual strain. Four-and. a-half
ons is an ordinary load, and a team will \
ravel with it eight hours per day, four miles 1
n hour, day after day. A farmer, in
'eavy country. stated that the tolls paid '
aved themselves in the hboy of cleaning q
orses. In all localities where these roads 0
re in operation, land rises greatly in value. II
IN the Salina road farm land rose from 50 t.
o $40 per acre; on tina Syracuse road the Il
Increase was $40 per acre. 1t will be OBJ J.
erved that an amount of property equal to &
a 200, zoe, bearing a high rate Of int rest,
las been created, and that property has adj
ed in addition several millions TO the value :
f the land through which it rms. and that
II this property is mere saving from the
Id cost Of transportation. As the existence
nd operation Of these roads is but little
nown out of their localities, we apfead :
be statistics. :
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