Demoine courier., 1856-09-25

Lend us thy u nbeam, till we reach
The sky without a cloud. L. i. ..
Hartford, July ith, 1856.
From the Examiner.
ssShe had Outlived her Useful
hess.o
No: iorg since, a good looking man,
in middle life, came ts our dsor, asking
for the minister" When informed tina:
he was out of town, he seemed dissp-
pointed and anxious. On being ques-
toned as to his business. he replied. II
have lost my mother; and as This place
used 70 BE- her home, and my father lies
here. We have come 10 lay her beside
him."
Our hear. rose to sympathy, and we
said .You have met with a great loss"
"Well.-well." replied The strong man
with hesi,ancy; "a rnslher is a great loss
generally 5u, our mother had ou,iived her
usefulness. she was in her second child
hood, and her mind was grown 40 weak
as her body so tina, she was no comfor,
10 hsrseli, and was = burden to every
body. There were seven Of Us sons and
daughters; and az we could no, end n
body who was willing to board her, we
agreed 70 keep hor among us q year
sbeut. But I've haG moro than nv
.hsre OF her; for che was too feeble TO be
moved when my time was u and sha,
~As more than three months before her
dr.,h. But then she was a good moth.
r ia her day, and ,oiled very hard 10
bring W all up"
Without looking a. the face OF the
h.artlsss man, we directed him to the
house Of q neigEboring pastor. and re-
armed to U nursery. We gszed on
tbs merry little faces, which smiled or
grew sad in imitation of ouIs,-lhpse
ll,ils snss, 10 whose ear no word in our
language 10 half SO sweet as mother"
and We wondered If that day could ever
come when they would say OF us, She
has outlive.i her usefulness; she is no
comfor, TO herself, and a burden to every
bocy slss!" And We hope tina. before
such . da. should dawn, We might be
taken to cur rest. God forbid that we
should ou:li,e the love Of our childrenl
Rather Is, US die while our hearts are a
part of their own, that our grave may be
watsIsd with their tears, and U love
linked with their hopes Of heaven.
When the bell .olled for The molher's
burial We went 10 the sanctuary 10 pay
our only token Of respsc, for The aged
stranger; for we felt that we could give
her memory a tear, even though her own
children had none 10 shed.
"She was a good mother in her day,
and ,oiled hard 10 bring Us oil up" 'sShe
was no comfor, TO herself, and q burden
to every body else!"-ihese cruel, heart
less words rang 10 our cara a. we saw
the csfin borne up The aisle. The bell
iolled long and loud, until its iron tongue
had ohrsnicled the years Of the toilworn
mother. Observation-Disclosures
How clearly, and slmost merri.y each
s.fske :sld Of her once peaceful slumbel
on her mothers bosom. and Of her Sea,
At nigh, fall on her weary fathers knees.
Six-.seven-eight- nine--ter- rang
on. the tale OF her Sports upon the green
sward, in the meadow and by The brook
Elessn--twelve- ,hirieen---foudteen-
ffisen-spsks more gravely Of school
dsys, and The little household joys and
cares. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
sounded on, The ~nrspiured visions oil
msidenhosd. aud the dream Of her early
love. Nine,sen brough. before Ne she
happy bride. Twenty spoke Of the
young mother. whose heart was Nh to
bursting with the nsw sirong love which
Ged has awakened in her bosom And
then streks aftsr stroke told Of her early
womanhood-of The love, and cares, and
hopes, and fears. and tolls through which
che had passed during these long yesrs
iill fifty rang out harsh and loud. From
that to sixty, told Of tho warmhsarsst
mother and grandmother, living ovsl
again her own JOYS aad sorrows in thos.
Of her children and children's children,
Every family Of oil the group wantet
grandmother then. and the only strif.
was, Who would secure the prize. Bn
bark! the bell tells on! Seveniy-xeven
ty-sne -two-lhree-four She be
gins 10 grow feeble, requires some care
il not always perfectly patient OF satisfi
cd; she goes from one child's houss I,
another, 30 that no cne place ssems Ink
homo. She murmufs in plaiE,ive tones
thai after all her toll and wearieess, II Il
hard she caAnot be allowed q home Il
die in; that she must be sent. rather thai
invited. from house TO house. Eighty
chs il, now q second chid-now .sh,
has onlivsd her ussfulness, shs has nov
ceased to be . comfortto herself or an,
body that 10. she has esassd. 70 be pro
6sable to her earth craving and monsy
gsasping children.
NewsouadsOui, rsserhsrstiag thsosgI
our lovely FOREST; aud echoing back hoa