The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-09-29
"DIED YESTERDAY"

T. Hover IS plucRcd from some sunny nome
= breach made in some happy circle-' jewt
n stolen from some treasure of love. Each da
:. from the summer field Of life, some 'arveste
disappears; yea, every hour, some sentne
n falls from his post, and is thrown from tn
c ramparts of Time into he surgng waters o
Eternity. Even rs we write. The funeral pro
ccssion OF one who ",lcd Yesterday" wind
. like summer shadow alone tie street.
"DlsD YEsreIDAy."-WhO died Perhaps
il was gentle babe, siness rs IN angel, pure
rs The zephyr'> hymn, one whose laugh was
rs the gusl, of summer rilIs lettering in I;
bower of roses. whose little life WIS per.
petual Iitany-a Maytimc. crowned with pas
sion flowers that nevcr fade. Or. mavhar 1t
was YOUTH hopeful and generous-orc
whose soul painted after communion with 'he
great and good, and reached forth with earn.
est, struggled FOR The gucrdon in The distance.
Eut thai heart Of his is still now, for he "died
yesterday"
"DlED YesrcEoAY."-A Young girl. pure
as the orange flowers that rlasped her fore.
head. was stricken down as she stood nj the
altar, and from The dim aisles of The temple
she was borne 10 The "garden OF; sIumberers."
4 tall brown man, girt with The halo of vic
tory, and standin. nj the days close under
his own vine and iig-treo, ;"I| 10 .ic dust,
even us The anthem rcmilcG upon his lips;
and he 100, was laid "whcrc The rude 'orc-
fathers of the hamlet sleep" An aged pa
lriawl, bowed with wears and cares. even rs
he looked on, upon The distant hills Cor lie
comm. Of ,he angel host, sank into The dream.
less >umbe,, ana on hi, doorstep was next
day wriiien-"'icd Yesterday"
"D'sD v."-Daily, men, women
and children are passing away, and hourly in
some graveyard the sod is lung over the
dead. As often in ic morn we lind that
some flower, tn, blu,hcd 50 sweet IN The
mellow sunset. has wiihcred up forever, so
daily, when we rise from The bivouac 10 stand
again al on. post, We MISS some brother SOL
dicrs, " hose CHEEKY cry, in the sciyes and
Struggles OF The past has been rs fire from
heaven upon our hearts. Each day some
pearl drops from he icwclctl ilrea OF; friend
ship; some Tyre, 10 which W. have been wont
TO iscn, /, hushed forever. Bu; wise is 'c
VI no mourns not The pearl and music lost, ;'or
life with him shall pass away gently rs M
= triumph and gaio.-N. y. Tribune.
The Piii>brr. American attributes
IL" appearance OF cho'erH Il thai place, 10 he
distribution o.; rhca. but di,casrd potatoes.
They were brOu.h. from Michigan in :: dam
aged state, and we're sold and estcn ;ireey-
Ano,hcr cause vas The water in The basins.
Ii had long been exposed TO suItry sun, en-
gcndercd animal life on It's surface, WI, wide.
!, used, and no ,loub, had pernicious cfrec;.
e5- The Tallahassee Sentinel announces
llat The Hon. T.. G.. Cabel. one OF The Wing
candidates for ,hc Legislature in Leon cOun.
ty, Fla, has been compelled by The continued
sickness of MS family, "lo decline = contest
which promises 10 crown him VII" s,lccess."
The name of NJ. Thomas Tia, ware; is pIaccd
on The Wing ticket in ieu Of Mr.. Cabell's.
sd An enormous Locomotive, u III six five
ieet drivers, and weighing thirty ions, intend.
ed ior the Viryin;a and Tennessee Rail Road,
while being Transferred, from = vessel 10 =
canal boa, in The James river, al Rockets, on
Monday, 10Th instani, fell rom ine iimbcrs
used 10 sustain il, and sunk 10 the bottom,
carrying The boat with it. The cost OF il was
over $4,000.
"THE SHOVEL AND CoAT."-The Anderson
Texan, in speakin. of The "Shovel and coat"
-humbug and neutrality-suspicious.
between his honor Judge Pepper and his OK.
ccllency Coy. Johnson, says:
I'VE see il stated in many Of our late ex.
changes that Judge Pepper, Of Tennessee,
had presented Gov. Johnson u lire shovel
made by himself, he being black smith, and
that The Governor in return had presented the
Judge with black cloth coat OF his own
"S p'hie t''Ots iNVN. '''-
though we nave some doubts rs 10 the cor.
rectucss Of The above. VIC see nOthng to
make u fuss about even it it should be true.
rs We doubt not many men rs smart and
cquaII, rs rood have made shOvcIs and coats
before them"
Them's our sentiments precisely-and If
The Judge had continued 10 labor at the anvil,
and his ExcelIency on the shop.board, the
world would have waggcd on pretty much rs
it does, and posicriiy been none the worse oil.
~. The Trenton True American says -
"a singular death by cholera occurred Jew
days since ut Cran6ury. A lady WAS attacked
with the disease and apparently died. Her
friends proceeded 10 prepare the body for The !
shroud, when signs of life were shown
Some hours subsequently another c,,an.e
look place, when it was again thought that |
leaih had claimed its own, and The spirit Of
he victim flown. Arrangements were NC
'ordingly made the second time to lay out
he body, when again symptoms of life were
manifest. Another day passed and with it
mother change, when the land Of death was
ndissolubly laid upon the victim, and The
roubled spirit passed from life.
cB- The Wing State Convention, at Sy-
'acuse, nominated Myron II. Clarke, of Onta-
10 county, for Governor; Henry J. Raymond,
editor of the New York Times, for Lieut..
Governor; Henry Fitzhugh, of Oswcgo, for
,anal Commissioner; and Norwood Boyne for
late Prison 1nsppcfOr The candidates fnr |