The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1856-12-04

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lshed' and who deceived thy trusting faith
Alas poor Simeon; no more shalt thou de.
celve-no more shalt thou bow down in guilty
worship of the golden idol Calm be thy sleep
IN thy unhullowed grave, even thou didst me
wrong. cannot speak irreverently of thy depar.
ted spirit. All, me cold chils sleep through
my veins at thoughts OF thy untimely end. No
loving friend watched over thee in thy declining
)hours, or strove with gentle care to fan the flick
wing lamp of life, or dying, closed with tremb
lpg hands. thy faded eyes. None went that
lhul vert dead, or lovingly composed the stiff
| lehe' limbs in decent form no muffled bell in
oroRep notes, rang forth thy knell no PRAYER
was oAeTed DER thy lonely grave; no weeping
mournee gazed deep into thy yawning vault,
and s'BhN fearful, long farewell, as the coin
edIth-sod fl upon thy hurried coffin.
Poor soAl gold thou didst wed, and thou
mast iound all ungrateful and deceitful bride
1t barred the he'portals of thy secret heart and
turned It's gushing springs to stony soil. 1t froze
the very liie-blo,d in thy veins-tore from thy
BACK lis scanty o7vering and formed of it a gilt
lering com TO re'twthin thy bolted coffers.-I
The food that one 'hy hunger craved it turned
10 rusty copPers' ala laid within thy cupboord
stealthly TO sleep VIII other rusty coin. pan-
creme with age and \ Sg disu.e, Didst ;bou
ever think when county DER ,bose ,rs,v oo;ns
thy nervous lids shouldNe Ner lie closed beneath
them7 Thy long fingers Asped in death IN.
very coin that closed thy Arrinu s;ob,les. ovo
A little note crumpled beneat the miserable coin
has told the record of thy ore distress when
death came for thee. From want of proner
care it reads-"I waste away,ud suffer none
may ever know how much. NEE Iona lono
weeks have tossed restlessly uLn my bed of
rags, helpless and suffering and eeeI soul
has found me yet, For gold bs,.red life's
pure joys, and now i, brings me no Nnf I'm
going soon to meet the God have 30 .ipouslv
offended. and unprepared. there shall and to
meet long account Of crimes, cam, hon. I
for mercy; the word has been obliteratey from &
my !exicon for long. long years. and God,.uIs
blot it from his book Of FINAL doom, and VT,
instead dreadful justice. One boon alonI
crsve-and that from man. When this VI
carcass, that now draws so painfully the breath
oflfe shall stif1en in Deaths icy. cold embrace,
bury me not among the unknown dead. in the
vile Potter's field" But take the gold which
has 20 early murdered me and give me decent
burial. The rest belonge to her once so cruelty
deceived, Prudence MeNab, if still she lives after
the singing injuries wrought upon her. Fear
not to use The coin. il neer was wrung from
needy ones. Myself alone hath suffered that
might accumulate shining pile Of ringing me l.
al! eau write no more. and would not II
could. for else the sscre,s 50 long kept may be
disclosed unto cuEious world. Now they will
but wonder al nay sceenticites aud soou for
get me
All. Simeon, my hands shall never be polluted
with Thy golden coin Could subsiut upon the
price Of Thy purured soulH The very thought
some unseen danger compassed me about
Good shall come out of evil. Thy hard earned
gold shall benefit the suffering poor, whom by
thy parsimony thou hast deeply wronged. For
them shall every dollar ring out a hundred
thanks, and many heaTtsuow bleeding shall for
get their sorrows when Thy Golfers open wide be.
fore them.
Prudence. great is tile work that now lies be-
fore thee. Thou art responsible for every rusty
coin. No more canst thou, with just impunty,
carelessly fold thy hands, pleading security
of suitable employment, for others veal depends
upon thy ceaseless labors. Go forth in humble
faith, end God shall make thee instrumental Of
much good, and thou shalt yet rejoice that thou
art we'd to charity alone.
The postmaster of Plattsburg, Mo-, was
arrested las week, ard held TO bail in 81, 900
on charge of opening letter and communi-
eating its contents.