The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-12-25

from paradise take by the hand to con-
duct his spirit to the realms of purity and
bliss, where countless myriads bask eter-
naliy in the golden sunlight of Gods love.
-4American Times.
Nrour.--Night levels all artificial dis
tinctions. The beggar on his pallet oil
straw. snores as soundly as the king on
his bed of down. Night-the earthly
paradise of the slave, the sweet oblivion
of the care worn soul, the nurse ofpoetry,
of devotion-how the great painting heart
of society yearns for the return of night
and tese' Sleep is Gods special gift to the
poor; but for the great there is no fixed
time for repose. Quiet they have none;
and instead Of calmly awaiting the ap-
proacfr of events, they fret and repine and
stare sleep, and chide the tardy hours;
as if every tomorrow were big with the
fate of some hereafter. The torrent of
events goes roaring past, keeps eager ex-
pectation constantly on tiptoe, and drives
timid slumber away.
There is something strangely beauti-
full in the contemplation of night-when
the smiling stars seem to do homage to
their pale faced queen. and the clouds
float silently through the tranquil sky,
and the wind speaks in soft whispers, as
| if fearful of waking the sleepers. Such
is the sweet repose of blameless con-
science. But when the hues of evening
slant dimly away, when the cherries
curtains of darkness are drawn, when the
aerial shadows loom up and fit along the
vaulted arch "like grim ghosts trailing
blackness through the heavens" such
is the fearful shadow that hangs over the
broken slumbers in which there is nc
peace.
AN OssIFIED MAN.-In a quiet little
village ON the Western Reserve in Ohio
says the Prescott Transcript, there lives a
man who, physiologically considered, i:
certainly one of the wonders of the world
His joints are completely ossifed, turned
to bone, and he is not capable of making
the slightest movement, except alternate
ly opening and shutting two fingers of hi
right hand. His body is as rigid as iron
and it could not be bent forward or back
ward without breaking some of his bones
This singular process of ossi6cation has
been going on in his system for mor'
than twenty years. He is now about Al
years old, and has had no use of his limb
So that he could walk, since he was nine
teen. Ossifcation commenced first in hi
ankle joints, gradually extending itsel
through his system until he was entirely
helpless. Since that time he has beer
entirely under his mothers care, and sh
watches over him with an anxiety whicl
only a mother can feel. When abou
twenty six years old. he became entirel,
blind from some unknown cause, and ha:
remained SO ever since. At about thir
ty. he suffered greatly from the tooh
ache. and finally he had his teeth all ex
tracted. A year or two afterwards, hi
finger and toe nails all came off. and wer
supplied by others growing out from hi
fingers and toes at right angles, and pre-
senting the appearance of horns. Wha
is still more singular with regard to hi
nails, if the end of the nail is cut off, i
will bleed freely.
Such is the condition Of this remarkable
man at the present time. He has beer
visited by great number of scientific
men, from all parts of the world. but al
have failed to give any plausible reason o
the cause of his transformation from f1esI
to bone. Singular as it may appear, al
though his jaw-bone is firmly set in hi
head. he not only talks freely, but fuentl
converses with his friends and those VIII
visit him, on all ordinary topics of the day
and he shows himself well informed an
of good mind. He is always cheerful, ap
pears contented and happy, and it seem
proable that he will live many years t
come.