South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1853-06-10
FOR THE I\r! LtIUENcER.
kETCuES No. =.
L ii j. A J. & II l. VI ST.
By LEONATCS.

t'Scckcst thou ret, oh mortal Seek il 10
more on earth. ."--rrrrkR.
|, was night, in ll' year 10, a s,or-
my night, 1.-THE wind howl"d and whistled
by in fitting BLAST, the Lightning flashed,
and the rain !rll, at one time, in perfect
torrents, and at another ceased to merely
slight pattrripgs. Such was the nl-ht =,
when Fernando De Flogcntinr, - the gr.a,
Alchrmisl," who had spent long life and
vast fortune in s'arr!i oi the Srnnd H.r-
r, might have been seen, seated in his
iahratcry, watching ,ir great finale OF all
his cn,:ravors. That laboratory was a
strange place Ecre, were broken cruci-
lapeS, treating Of he'secrets Of the mys-
tic science, lay pile" up,--hcr", chemicals
in confusion, and here, ,he furnace, the
, blowing Of lis bellows joining in mourniul
. chorus with the howling wind and patter-
! ing rain without.
See De F!asen!inc now erect, his ions
raven hair, which time and hard study
c'en hal moi slvered, thrown back, disclos-
. ing massive forehead ,-si1ch a forehead
as we look TO find in a great man. His
keen black eye, beaming with hope, is fix
ed upon the experiment. The expert
; ment proceeds, the chemicals mix better
and better. You can tell from De Flagen-
tines countenance what thoughts ar. pass
ing in his mind. H. thinks rot Of all he
, has endured, nI the dc5rrlion Of friends
i 40. But he thinks of the glory OF his
science, that science which would REIN
state the paradise cur first parents lost
for in this world, renewed by the "glori-
| ous science" no hdeous disease could en-
! Ter no sorrowing mother would e'er bend
DER her suffering babe,-Eo disease would
disturb t:la sludcn, in his researches after
'rMh,--all would be JOY and happinrss,-
life OF eternal youth, perpetual honey.
tnoon TO loving spirits His spirit yrarn-
,.i That the world ght be realm, where
! The soul gs.gns :a:iou,iy, risen TO lis royal
hcsiln:c>.''
Now, how are all these hopes, these
! louIings To be realized. Closer and closer
! TO the rrtorlS, h., bends his face. The
chemicals unit. more readily. Excited
he shouts. NOW, now, nown-thc wind
! ho"!S ani the rain Iatters, and drown The
cry. Again he shouts louder, snow for
| fame no more iratI, :" and the turously
raging tempest sweeps on in still louder
| blasts. His eye kindles with unwoned |
fire, he sees the eliXir,--"'.is mine-'lis |
mne,' In shouis. Echo lad scarce re-
! turned The words, before there was an en-
Dluslon, and De Fiag-ntiae, wounded and |,
bleeding fell upon th,' !loor. The blast |
swept on, aud The rain fell, AMI the old !
house shook, aud The Devils laughed, ~
cause they knew that their reign was no! |
yet over, and grinnirS thought ltal ano-
thpr would soon BE- added to their conl-
pany. |
When the God OF Day arose from his |
orirnt couch the following morning, the !
tempest had Ceased and nature had Ics,irE- !
ed her wontcI calm. DE- 'i..,eriiiae lay. in !
bis laboratory, anitls. the ruins Of his lies |
labor. As the genial rays oi thu sun fell |
Upon him, he slowly awokc from his swoon. |
As he gaZed around, despair hrcans mark !
ed upon his connirnance. Oh that was
a sight, to behold the old man, his hair,
matted with blood, hanging Ger his fore
head his numerous wounds gaping forth !: /!
his garments bloody and torn to sec his !
utter despair, as he gaz"d upon the ruin a.
round hIm-thr ruin of ms lifr--tIe bro |
ken rrtorts the CrucibltS-the furnace, !
in which the fire had gone out never more
to be kindlrd. No wonder his eve wan
dcrS wIdlv-no woudrr that reason has
lost her sway. He rises and staggering TO
and ITO, shouts ''I'vc found tive found
it-thc elixir is dsaIt-i die 10 live for
ever" AS the last word escapes his lips,
the old man falls upon the place where
his hopes had all centred, - amidst The ru-
ins of his labor, hr fails,-thc death rattle
sounds in his throat and De FIagtnline,
the las, OF the Alci!sm>ts, is 10 more.
ALI nr'i:. "Thc more sublime ard diff
cult parts OF Chemistry and thicily such is re-
late 10 the tGansmuiaton Of metals imto cold,
the iindirc q universal remedy for diseases, and
an ainaEc.r, or universal solvent. This rfr.
tended scicnce was uuch cultivated in The 10Th
and i5th centuries. but is row helh III con.
tempt. - WEHsrEg.
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