Minnesota weekly times., 1855-05-29

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"a. - s1'M sIck.ns
Amid the jostling crowd on the she walk, we
met pale and emaciated young man few days
since, who, in reply to our ipterrogatory to the
state Of his health, let fall the saddenng tones
Sc Pm sick'' All around him was hustle and
activity. New comers were chattering gaily;
the birds were singing merrily; the carriages
ratified briskly over the stony streets, and busi-
ness men hurried by unconscious of everything but
their own thoughts and the airy castles. which
foated in their brains. Pm sick, rang in
our cars, and although we made several efforts to
shade off the sound, yet it hung to US with the te
nacity of q fend. Tine young man was stranger,
away from home, and with but little means. He
had loft the old-homastcad, and had wandered to
the wlds of Minnesota, with bright hopes of the
future, and now he was alone-alonc in a distant
land and sick.
Days passed by,--we saw him not--wc missed
him on the side walk, but still his wasted form
foated before us and those words-"Pm sick,''
came bubbing up in the brain. We tried to in
quirc him out, but was unsuccessful, and plung-
ing once more into bu,incs, he passed from our
memory.
In yonder grave yard there is newly made
grave. Beneath it sleeps the stranger. No pa
tcrnal hands deck his tomb with fowers-no dear
sister bends o'er the spot where repose the
mains Of her loved brother, but the birds sing as
chcerfully there, and the flowers bloom as sweet
ly, as thsy were wont to along the rosy path of
life tho youth once trod.
sFPm sick.'' Who knows the deep, thrilling
import of that sentance but those who have cx-
pcricnccd sickness in strange land? Who can
| appreciate the feelings of the invalid, as he wan
dcrs amid the crowd, alone, and feels that lifc's
ftful fever will soon bc over?'' Give him a
kind word, cheerful look, helping hand and
when at last the struggle is DER, he will look down
upon you from his home in the skies and bless
| you for your Kindness.
viii he CoE,e:
The Mobile Tribune reioces over the fact that
| the young men of the South-thosc of wealth and
educatiOn-are turning their attention to farming
| and planting, and the mechanic arts, the pro-
| fessons have lost their charms, and politics has
dwindlcd down to small business.
C- If young all over the country would
turn their attention to farming, instead Of the
| professions, they would succeed better and enjoy
life to good old age. Read what young edi-
| tor Of our acquaintance, East, writes us:
sslf could find a real miM and romantic spo.,
/ away out in the wilds of Minnesota, with water
| falls and water fouls, streamlets and ''.nwers
| springing up with Lu>lins welcome,'' should
| be more than half inclined to migrate to your
| Western home for the fact is, the older l grow
and the iiore mix with the world, the more |
feel like Greeley, the ycarnng for few acres in
| the broad green country, where with my house,
bold gods, | might in my declining years exc
| gently out my existence 'md the beauties Of ma
turc ana her solitude. This is no boyish romance
| (f am too old for that) bat the bright ideal Of
| my fondest matured Lopcs.'
| This is not the yc;raings of one alone, bnt of
many WHO a.c now lending literary lives. Tie
hrobiing brain longs 10: rast-tircd nature Seeks
| for reposc, anl where else can that reposc be
! had but in tl;c '-broas green country There
communion can be !.td with nasurc and with
| God, there the soul expands ANA she mind be-
com purified, and the river Of life gics smooth
II to its cnl.
| We would inform orr friend that there Is just
surh spot as he wishes, in Minsssvta, nnd if he
will o ily say the word, it shall be his. ii re
him bring his household gods-hrru let him make
| his nest where his little hr,o CAN drink from
| bubbling streams, anI r'am over mossy deils,
and Gull prairie nowers-wlicre the charms Of ma
| turc will elevate the mind AMI it them and him
for Il higher destiny. Will he come?
| Thousands of voting men every year rush head
| long into the professions, AMI rs the grey-hcadcd
! lawyer, cIitor, minister, merchant. pass
es out into "t,e bread green country,' where they
can procure that rest which the soul ycarns for,
the young, ambitious, ard inexperienced COM
mcncc their toilsome journey, and many