The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1854-07-29

Of dinner These arpctitcs arc very humili-
atinr weaknesses. That our grace depends
so largely upon animal conditions is not quite
na'ternS TO those who arc hyper-.riritual.
About half way nron our Journey. We
struck upon the edge OF one Of those ponds cf
the iil-ccnn'ry full Of rickcrrls and white
lilies. The first We could not Gee But the
last c'lt'errt Ike stare all over tie cl.cs of
the pond. They sicnc Ike tay-.tar.. We
were somewhat in haste. But what was time
compare! 10 lilies? There they Law holding
up thclr exquisite cups-silycr without and
gold wiihin-the gold embossed in white and
The white set in green. We grew Jealous
But they were somewhat out Of reach. The
water was full of trunks of trees. and decay
ing branches. The trunks would not bear
our weight. We stepped, and drew back
We vcnfurrd on this larger loe,and vcnturcd
: oil again in halfthc time Difficulty whctt-
ell determination. We became liventhlrSias-
.t'. We got rails down to Tie edge, and bv
laying them across several contiguous logs.
hoped their united floating power would
buoy us up. Alas. no. We had no thought
before OF our wci.ht in life We were salts
fed too, that walking in the water could be =
most easily done in imagination: and if done
we'll, to tie tried in January rather than in
June. Having neither faith enough nor anv
miracle, we were at our wits ends. and be-
came more firmly convinced that it was our
duty to have those pond-lilics: all the more.
bc"ausc it seemed impossible. and because
we were in hurry and could rot well afford
the time necessary. Now in all such cases
ianatcism is the only match for impossibili,v.
W.. % y,I nh
We rolled down more lo-s. we hacked
more rails. We searched ont more practirablc
plarcs, we engineered, and bv using lony
pole, to relieve TIE trembling rails, and sub
'nrnn'bcn; lorr>, of part Of our weight. We
reached the fleet OF snowy blossoms no lon
ger to waste their sweetness on the auucouS
ar Each flower meckly said, Take me"
WITH divided effort, to keep our trembling
feet to hold fast our pole, slowly sinking in
the ooze, we stopped over the darlings. and
one by drew up the long stems. snapped BY
gentle pulling, till we had gathered store
OF broadly open flowers. perfect am! fall half
open flowers, beautiful. and to be more so
and buds, that are but The promises that flow
crs make. As We drove on. we i0un i boa;
lying near the edge. from which we couIl e.
ill. have Gathered orr treasures l;ut we
we're agreed that we would not have touched
the boat hal We known IL presence and that !
the sweet faces We wyr, bearing of were
worf. all the enterprise Which we cxcrtcd
Thursday nj ht saw us safely arrived a.
iA'"e>sill". Ohio. and in the hos pirahlc man
sion .. our friend and parisi,:oncr, Mr. Chas '
avery. who has taken unto Himself this beau
inal spot As summer resort. And surely, y
Il rorc quiet, trcc-singin- reSttul spot could
ret wei! be found The grounds are full of
tre"-, TIE trees fall Of birl>.and we that walk o
a.i..tr ,'pm full Of JOY and GENTLE rc,ncmlran-
::ec aaa warming The house itself is 4 mod
FL OF az CID twenty inch walled house. with
deep w.ndows. large rooms. and hall thru !.
which regiment of soldiers nigh, march
witi.ots touching. One wishes summer
house :o have accrtain lar1ene.s-a sense of Il
- ace. q .rclin" ~ if you lived in an ou'-of- $
a'r~.' i"il q yoo, on. And under these rust >,
ling cling i..avcs, .hcrc the li.ht comes
ATT 90. to the o;rnlua aud shutting of a
toug'i>. among witch the wind wall
'!.r>. we 90 row write, and cease from writ n
'i'g. this proliA rpist!c. +,
eY The " Y. Tribune having, not lonp Il
s'uc., proposed the election OF the Rev Hen \
sl NAEn BEEcHfK to Congress, Mr. b. re- a
spends as follows, through the columns of The I
independents
"E"rIv"CAr. Honor DrcLIxrp-The
Tribune, last Saturday, in reply to private I
letter king his advice On the matter rec ,
o,nends that we be nominated for Congress.
elected and sent: and when that shall Lc
done that we go.
ut NAV not tr modest for us 10 decline be-
lore we are really asked. But such efforts
will certainly he loves labor lost. II the
people wish us to bc the President Of these
United States. we LIQUID be disposed to ac-
ccp. that. And we fancy tia: there will he
new times in Washington after our Inaugural.
shail have been pronounced.
Had the proposal to 90 to Congress pro-
rcctlcd from the American Board of Missions.
thecc v-.u''! have been crave reasons for con-
'i!cring IL We doubt whether thew have a
harder field in al! lIeathendom: nor vet a
field where the gospel is more needed
But. Tor more political reasons, to back
slide from the pulpit into Congress, is 4 Iiulc
too long slide for the Grs. venture. We
beg to decline in advance"
The Tribune says, in reply 4
I'VE don't feel the force of this logic An
upl III; man need no more "backslidc from
the pulpit into Congress" than from New
England INTO China Cor Solom), should lie
he sent tlIcr as missionary \ true SOL
''icr Of The Cross ought to he willing to crap
PIE with the hardest cases OF impicty and in
I'i"ity and where could he find harder than
III Congress? And besides. an evangelist
need not stop preaching because elected to
Congress, any more than an editor need stop
writing. Let him lift up his voice eycrv
Sabbath in reprobation of current sins-hc
can be sure Ito get the floor" on that day.,
when he might struggle week for it in the
House and not obtain it. We really think
MIR. Bcech"r could 90 more good for one
term in Congress than anywhere else, and we
hope he will think better of the matter in
Ease any District should see fit to elect him.
BUFFALO Poor IIOr>E.-In consequence
Of various rumorS, Il large party of pllv.icians ,
and citizens visited the poor house in Buffalo :
on Friday last. and found every thinr con- d,
nccted with the establishment in the most !;
horrible condition. Within twenty four hours. .
eighteen insane persons, and seven other. had !,
died Of cholera. and four more were in A col !
lapscd state. The house was found to be 50 6
foul ali" filthy, that it was almost impossible i,
tor persons to cntc: it. The inmates are in /,
the most awful condition IMAGINABLE. On !
enquiry. it was found that they had been kent :
on Insufficient food and that of the worst ,,
quality. Their regular diet has been for G
break fast. ri:re Of bread, cut in pieces about
five inches s;uarc, with coffee made from =
ley 4 Y,,br rfs ~. al