The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1853-07-21
VOLUME TX.
a CHARMING sKE9cH.
HOME
Or, tia Power Of Early Impressions.


cit ed from any historian, than AenoPbon lie
scrlptioD II the feelings OF those whose 10 emo
r.pls retreat be had himself led tine remnant OF
the renowned Ten Thousand. After all their
danger, after aii tneir e5cape5, they at length
reached the summit Of sacred mountain, ;tha
the sea. broke upon their signt. Uttering u shout
Of 10Y, they dashed Oft their buckiera aud rush
ed wildly On. Some laughed with delight. otn-
era wepG aloud IN the faIuess of their hearts;
while very many, falling on their knees, Oessrd
the ocean across whose blue waters, ike hoht-
Ing sea Birds the meInor1us OF their holnes Game
anu famed their weary Souls There are few,
If indeed any, who cannot sympGthlse with their
fesiiugs, though they are best understood ey
those persons VINO have watched the waves and
felt tue breekes wnich rave been waited from Il
home from which they have been long and FAR
az y, md to which return seems more th"n
aoaoIui.
Tue strength and coDstancy of local attach
meat has been proved il every situation IN lie
Tue succsssiuI and the unfortunate are ahks
under It's influence. How often do those, sur
rounded by all that eau interest anu excite, pine
after their homes, lonely and secluded though
.ney be and, amidst the cares Of life, how does
the troubled 81 ir.t look back to the haunt5 OF
former days-the paths 80 often trod, the song
of BIRDS amidst the Old familiar trees, and the
Wild flowers hesdiessy gathered in gay, Childish
sport! Though these are but tli1.s, tBey are
s.nong the dearsst treasures VI memory.
Tnsrs are Ir..ny assJciutoGs with the scenes
ze love, tnat, after long abseUce, even tie al
aiIiOa " az embellishments, or the removal OF Il
fault Is seen vita some degree OF pain We can
we'll enter INTO Ihc feelings VI Ga ners, when
le went Oh = visit - hIs IatheT 8 hOuse, where
everything brought back tie memory Of early
is,s. Il procss1e3 ~ the InaEse, hS says. i
remarked tnat the large gate .bOrsd under Ii5
6outsd ! thculty Of opening: snd this circuu-
ssance brought the OiGen Sln- with gush OF
tenderness. word, sllus.ou may bring
,Ifs.Ar MI
!ous. DR.. Rusk OF Philadelphia, mentions, III one
0. nIs introductory Lectures IhHt while a: school
Il Cecil, in MsryiaEd. IL was fIvoTite aIIiu5e-
Iasut with him sud his schoolfelioss holidays,
70 20 into the hslis belonging TO neShborlRg
farmer, TO see 81 eagle . meat, aud 10 watch her
81 the tune OF incubation. Tue daughter of the
farmer used sometimes 10 accompany them
After some yesrs h46 passed, the little girl gre"
zp aud married, aud, as il happsned, settled II
PLnsdslphis. A cbssses too, had cCae over
Iae scioeioey,wAen she and Dr. Hask now
medical Lxa-tiouer, met again. In their chance
late rv;ews those cary scenes were often revert
sd to-ths pleasant walks, the romantic paths,
and, above all, the eagles neat IN her fathers
teid. Forty year, q id more had gone since
those merry days, hen he was called on as g
physician to visit her She was in the lowest
stage Of typhus fever at the time As DR..
Rusk eutered tue room, he caught her eye, AMI
be said IN cheerful tone, The eagles nest
She Was unable to speak, but he had touched
the right chord. She seized his hand, while h
eourtenance expressed all the emo ions which he
b u ayakeuel-the home OF her youth, her ear
" cvn panions and her friends, ald all the limo
ceut enioymeuts OF childhood rushed at once TO
h.r recoi.ect. on aud produce1 reaction IN IA r
site From that moment, the complaint took
favorable turn, and she lie overed- So pos
sessed wua she with the :, j, ton that these
IL Q words had effected her cure that her hrst
situation to Dr. Rusk for event after was: The
eagles nest!
Dr. Rusk mentions another striking case, In
which u vivid recollection of home was sudden
u awakened, by which an immediate ply slcal
effect was produced 1t was that of an old Afri-
can slave who had been absent from his country
for f ty years. His long course of slavery had
induced torpidity of mi I'd and body. vita
q g masters leave he went 20 see lion, which
$ conducted as show through the state OF
New jersey. The effect was instantaneous. The
81 h of tne an N Il which he had been accusfom-
ed ~ see in his native country brought pack all
its associations. Home, friends, and liberty.
burst ut once upon h.s recollection The effect
Was truly marvellous. Mind and body at once
relaxed, and he vented his feelings by jumping
dancing, and the most vehement acclanatohs.
Dr. Brown thinks it is the presence OF part OF
the r.alitv winch awakens such vivid imprees-
ions, ard bri gs the arkote before the mind The
plans OF Sir Joshua Reynolds were at one time
comp etey upset by casual circumstances,
Thi; ;u ;, ems To accord with DIR. Brown, theory.
He had pOHe abroad Tor prOteS5.OnitI 5tuuy, anu
had been absent from kngiand Tor three years
when IL Glanced that he heard an Engllsh a r,
which the m n q OF a theatre hai select d IN
c,uoliIuenl To him and his companiens- Ii p
pc ed To b. one winch Was SO popular just o,.ort
he left LONDON that go where he would he n ard
it-in the til. a res ia private compan,es, IN the
puolic streets still lac sure To hear H. tie
had never heard il since. He felt strange
emotion as he listened. The home he had lett,
the friends ne loved, the society which he had
enioyed all seemed to urge his return, and he
set out immediately for England. Nothing, in-
deed brings US back to former days more In
slant than old familiar founds Ne all know
what uncomfortable feelings have been excited
ay he Rdnz des Vachss, and the sound of the
Scottish pipes Even the sounds that nolt IN
tee air walked by N nstrei'S haud, assume
the tones of some melody f,on home While on
the vide aeas s.ilois frequently think they hear
their village bells; and the author OF Eothen,
mentions hearing the chimes from his native VII
lsee while travelling IN the desert. Simple OBJ
jec,s are invariably those which awaken the most
tender recoll ections; nay, their very insiguih-
eance under some circumstances, enhances their
effect .Whilst We were at dinner" says Capt
King, in the miserable hut on the banks OF the
Awatska-the guests of g people with whose
existence 7s had bsfore been scarcely acqualnt-
ted, and at the extremity Of the babitable globe
-a solitary half-worn pewter spoon, whose
shape Vas familiar 10 Es, attracted our atten-