Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-05-13
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has withstood the pelting storms and forket
lightnings for nigh an hundred years. Well d.
we remember, when a boy, of having oft time'
gamboled and sported with our school fellows
beneath its then wide-spreading branches ant
luxurient shade. Then its lofty summit towering
skyward, Oft shook down its green glories t
battle, when ruf1ed by tempestuous gales.
Then the chirpings Of Che feathered songster
of the forest, near by, made its vicinity gay
with music from its beautiful verdant foliage
Then the weary way-worn traveller would of
divest himself Of his burden, and seek repos.
beneath its grateful shade, until his power o
locomotion would again revive and fit him tt
pursue his Journey onward. Then the marks O
progress had just begah to bud forth, and
usurp supremacy. Gradually tree after tree
was felled to the ground by the woodman's axe
and, finally, none were left save the /" Old Syca'
MORE now but q faint and imperfect emblem
of its former glory.
Nothing is now left Of that old tree save its
decayed trunk and but a single and isolated
limb; the others are returned to dust and have
been waited by the four winds of heaven far
from the parent stem. Time has dealt severely
by it, indeed. Yet it still appears as a thing OF
life, and continues to put forth its every energy
at the return of each successive spring to regain
its once majestic and lordly form. But it is like
decrepid old age in a few more brief years, all
it's recuperative energies will have been para
lyzed, and the axeman's stalwart arm will be
called to fell it to the ground, and convert what
remains of it into fuel, I'd protect us against the
chilling influences Of stern Winters Northern
blast.
How little thought wei when basking in the
sun near its roots, or ihdulging in a game of
marbles, mumble-peg, Or other innocent pass
times of youth, beneath its protecting branches,
that we should at some future day be engaged
in recalling our early "reminiscences in connec-
ton with it. Then how careless our hours
passed by. How wildly those scenes and times
now return to memory. They appear as Of yes
terday, though nearly the third Of a century has
elapsed since those scenes TRANSFERRED. Yes
those barefooted and happy days are gone. Aye,
forever gone, never to return. All our boyhood
playmates have grown up to manhood, and many
of them, like %ourself, have boys, who are now
enjoying our then happy heyday Of innocence
others slumber beneath the clods of the valley
But our frames, like the trunk of the sold
Sycamore" will soon begin to decay, and very
our hrorobos wsI1 lonoa &bo;u ,,:xcl:&~, ,-l
ere long, the three score and ten years allotted
to man for his existence on earth, will have ex-
pired, and we will be summoned hence. How
solemn is the admonition. t4u = ST er.J {
In the fulness of our heart u.
We love thee, we love thee, thou +" Cid Sycamore!"
The friend Of our youth, and companion Of yore;
There artless and wild we have sperted and played
In the s~pring-tide of life, and thy beauties surveyed
Thy fruit and thy broad-spreading branches around,
The delight of the vinage-the pride Of the town.
Tho thy young days like ours are departed and Ger,
With joy we still hail thee, thou e Old sycamorc!3'
Ht. 4 =
ma We have had a number of refreshing
showers Of rain during the week. Every thing
now looks green, lovely, and beautiful-we mean
in the vegetable kingdom-and to speak the
truth we must admit in candor that there is
quite a respectable number of the "Knoao
Nothings," also, here abouts, whose yerdancy
forms their principal, if not their only pre-
dominant characteristics. As al exemplifca-
ton to the point, we will here state that q
the knowledge box, in the entrance of our Office
during the week, and what think you, dear
reader, was his enquiry? "Deu ye grind
razors here A piece Of wet sponge along
side Of his left ear, from the hands of his satanic
majesty, was the only answer he received.
The MARTHA WASHINGTON GAsE.-Itw will be
remembered that when Kissane and his COM
panions were acquitted Of the offence for which
they were tried in Ohio, they commenced, pro-
secutions against the press for libel,' and against
the chief witness on the trial, Mr.. Sidney C.
Burton, on an allegation Of perjury. Since then
Kissane and his confederates have been arrest
ed and transferred to Arkansas for trial. A few
days ago the case of Burton came up before the
court at Columbus, Ohio, when the District At
torney rose and said that he did not believe the
charge against Mr.. Burton could be sustained,
and he, therefore, withdrew it to save the gov
eminent unnecessary expense. S.1iri.8 ql.i e.i
EFFECTS OF BAD LIouoR.-The editor Of the
Iberville Gazette, who belongs to the "healing
art, was recently professionally called upon to
prescribe for a Son Of Erin who complained Of
having what he called the /" Thumbles." Our
friend, the Doctor, being neither acquainted
with the nomenclature or pathology Of. the
disease, requested the patient to describe his
symptoms. He proceeded thus: et 4h'' 'a'fj
On taking a glass of whiskey at one of the
coffees beyant, soon felt very queer interely, and
something came across me sthumack like q grip,
and them rale ould fashioned 'thumbles' came
on me-. At the very first grip ! thumbled and
thromped on meself, and when I got up / 81
over meself-and when I stud up shure Il ouldent
stand, but jumped right under myself
Town CoNsTABLE.-Mr. George Boner, has
been reelected by the board Of Aldermen to the
office Of Town Constable, the duties Of which he
SO well and faithfully discharged the past year.
It is 50 very seldom that q really meritorous
and faithful officers services are duly appre-