Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1853-09-30

.Jrapnctt. is the Guardian onorl of thn needy
The :. new Garnet" LONG since old. is sacredly
preserved os - mcmcntn nf sorrowful Inf non
itcnt hours. and many Il weary heart owes to
its silent influence the PROSPERITY that has
turned wants wilderness into an Eden of
plenty.
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Fragments of an Antediluyian Diary.
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~ 80 %" "S
-. 'oruI'E am l'Ii''reo years o'o; ioW
"'ls9'"' are 'l'' "rI'nSS "l n1Eh'oo Wy
,.'hHes arc "'"tr "H ne 'r'c WIN me AHrlnks
HnG l'ai' Wy plo"a h1uh"s thrun%h my Nclh-
a.. t'c iNrr lo"'s ''ro"Tn tie Vai!,N' re-
loiclhG III i'S stfch-th. Lie lies before me
lke another pam OF Siinar-vast, unoccu-
pea, invitlng-i VIII! I'LL 1t with achieve
mgntS men ana 'asur's IN n'oGt SIXTY years 1t
VIII nc lil"c lor me |" tIlllk Oh marrying my
klns"oman hiII'h Will by that time have
c"'r?c" from Gii'oou sic aireauy gives
PROMISE near 81 co,ne!,hess ana diNcrctioh
twenty years htice VIII pay visit to her
iat.er' 'iHtt may see no" she grows, mean
While' VIII puiIo city TO receive her when
, 'hr becomes my Nl't'
Nearly thr'c centuries nave passed since
my h''rr''@'; IAN |. ne IL seems nut yes
/ ''r''ay since | Sloft'1 IKE young antelope
r",l'd my il'nef : tent, or, cil"lhlhg the dark
rc"'rS' nestled IKE IL "ir" among tHt timex
'ouS no" am man III authority,
as Wen aS III the prime oi me- lcad OUT my
T'lhcu servants 10 thc hght, ana SIT mead OF
'he council beneath the very tree where. as
nn ihla''' my mothrr iald me to sleep:
'"""' III! youngest h"rh' Il lovely babe OF
'hlrtF summers l, acad' but | have lour
@"""iE SONS REMAINING Ahi my three
U'u@htcrs are lalr aH thrlr mother, Wheh !
HfSt met h'f III thc Acacia grove where now
stands one "I my clty watct-toWcrS. They
ar" the rrldr ct the pl4in. no less Tor their
arqulr'm'hts than thrlr beauty. No damNrl
carries the pitcher from the fountains with
the Grace ol -\dah. none can dry the summer
ruiV IKE N|u'ah-ahh mono can FASHION IL
r""' o Skihn WIN t"r skill "l Nllcah: hch
'h'lr cousin Naiiai'rl mas seen another hall
century, he snail take the choice ol the
thrse'
Wy clght huhdreth hirth day Ana now
ieei t'ir approach oi age ANA lhIrnhty. MY
beard IS become white as the blossoms oi the
almond trc'' am constrained to use stan
wh'h journey thr stars look less bright
,''n lornrriE thr hoWcrS smell less odorous :;
nave 'tid Hlll"h ~ the tomb OF the rock
Micah Is gone to the dwelling OF Mahalr"l :;
hcld all is changed. The long future has
pccoihe the short past lhe earth Is full OF
violence the ancient and the honorable are
sinking beneath the young and the VI lous.
me giants stalk through the length and
breadth OF the land, where once dwelt aqulct
people al Is changed. The beasts OF the
hrld ANA the monsters ui the deep groWl and
press on us with unwontcd fury traditions
visions and thrcatcnngs are abroad.
W. nat fearful doom hangs over this fair
world, know not it is enough that | am
7 leaving 1t; yet another five or eight score
years, and the tale will be complete. But
have |, III very decd trod this earth nearly Il
thousand years 1t is false, | am yet Il boy.
/ have had dream-a long, long busy
dream of buying and selling; marrying and
giving in marriage; of building and planting :
icaSting and warning sorrowng and re-
To- rall IT HE. ''o tot has been vision