Columbia gazette., 1854-06-03

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the spirit tot genuine religion, and, as
| the hopeful music Of voman's voice was
there, and their. hearts bound together
by the chords Of a holy family love, they
wersinaesd happy, sauo aai 4po sooi y
| | It was now the spring7time Of the
| year, . warmer tint was in the sky, and
all around the wilderness was beginning
to blossom like the rose, The birds
were building their nests, and their
sweet minstrelsy was heard throughout
the air; and there, too, was v as the tinkling
of bells, for the cattle sought their foed
in the remote dells, and returned 1.-THE
sunset hour with their udders teemins
full. The brush and waste weed Of the,
"girdlei clearing'' were gathered iato.
heaps and burnt in the daytime FORM
ing fantastic columns Of smoke, and at
night making the midnight darkness,
save where the fame was particularly
brilliant, more profound. And then the
plough was brought forth, and made to
try its strength in turning up the virgin
soil. Our emigrant friend has now en-
tirely recovered from his late disaster,
and, having manufactured for himself
an artificial leg, he begins to think it
time for him to lend a helping hand to-
wards accelcrating the improvements Of
his stfarm.'' The smell of the ploughed
| field has given him thrill of pleasure,
and he determines to try what he can
accomplish in the way Of planting, corn.
This effort proves successful, and, as he
becomes accustomed to the use of the
new member he takes the lead in most
Of the farming operations and thinks no
more Of his past sufferings thanof the
fact that he is what many people are
pleased to term q poor man. ss RS
AS industry and virtue are almost in
variably followed by prosperity, we must
not wonder at the future career of our
Western pioneer Five years have pas
sed away, and as his crops have been a.
i
bundant we find him the possessor Of
half thousand acres of valuable land
instead of one hundred. He has also
gathered the means to build himself q
new farm house; and, as the ssharvest is
past and the summer ended" his barns
are filed to overAowing. On every side
are spread out extensive fields and his
hired men may be counted by the doz-
en-. They have gathered in the drops,
and, after a brief furlough, aportion Of
them will take possession Of the barns,
and devote themselves to the fail, while
the remainder will enter seme neighbor-
ing woodland with their axes, and pro-
ceed in their laborious work of destruc-
ton Winter comes, and still the sound
of the fail and the axe are heard in the
barn and in the forest. The coolest Of
winds may blow, and the snow may fall
so to bury the fences, but what matter?
The genius Of health reigns supreme.
All the day long, and at night, huge
fires are blazing in the dwelling Of the
pioneer; his larder is filed with an abun-
dance Of the good things Of life, and his
numerous cattle are more comfortably
housed than himself when first he came
into the wilderness. Spring has return
ed once more, and new life has beer
instilled, not only into the earth but al
so into the blood Of man.
/ It is now the delightful season of mid.
summer, and We see before us baskine
| in the sunshine domain Of tive thous.
and acres Of land in the highest state O
cultivation. Gaping the summit Of .
hill stands spacious and elegant man
sion. surrounded with outhcases, ar;
bespeaking the possessor to be man .
oppuleace and taste. In one direction
Heading away toa great distance, lie
! succession of fields waving with golde1
| grain; n another, hill beyond hill Of th
deep green and graceful corn; in anothe
fIHes see I magnificent meadow, with hun
E dreds Of cattle and horses and shee
!. quietly grazing or sportipg in their glet