The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1857-04-02

equis, bear away the honors of the day. Think
not, within yourself therefore, o Lucy Stone,
that you planted the lever which has moved
the world. Long before your name had emerged
from obscurity, woman's rights were practical
ly observed in this country schoolhouse. Girls
OF htteen waxed warm over Websterian periods
and discoursed gravely of garments rolled in
blood.
"Our buges rang truce, for the night-cloud
has lowered" was universal favorite, and
have, even now, savory "reminiscences of a
handsome youth, with a cravat.tie that would
have thrown Beau Brummel into convulsions
who always revelled in the stirring songs oil
Scott. Never did lips curve so nobly as those
that affirmed,
They'll have flee, stesds that follow quoth young
Lochinvar.n
What matter though the same pieces had been
repeated, winter after winter The actors and
actresses were the sons and daughters of the
crlhcs The undaunted Thracian, who yearly
induced In Alexander the Great desire to
reflect, always ELECTED Grounds of applause ~
and the Dutch good-wife, who gave such a
sound rating to great King Alfred, never failed
to bring down the house."
!he exhibition was concluded by another ex-
ercisein spelling, called Choosing sides" There
were good spoilers on the earth in those days.
and the nonsense columns" of Noah Web.
ster were studied the whole winter, with view
to the grand finale. Whatever might be the
personal feelings of the antagonistic leaders,
they were all sacrificed at this time to expedi-
ency, and the best spoilers, whether friends or
foes, were first chosen. The whole school enter
ed the lists. The master stood at his desk, the
Minos of the evening, welding the dread SPELL
ing book Baker, shady, lady, tidy, tripped
nlmbiy over all tongues; but amity, jollity,
nulhty, polity, did great havoc among the tired
little ones; while indivisbility, valetudinarian,
were grape and canister, and told with startling
effect on the lessening ranks. When, at
length, the book was spelled through to where
the old man found rude boy upon one of his
trees stealing apples, and desired him to come
down, scarce one remained to tell the tale. The
winners laurel was half sheet of white paper,
folded In triangular form, the border fantasti-
callyirregular, and a blueribbon passing through
the apex. This certified that "John Doe, with
the assistance of Richard Roe, Sally Jones, &C.,
mas beaten the rest of the school in spelling
this time"
Alas alas How does the actual ever en-
croach on the ideal. "The spell is broke. the
charm has flown" Richard Roe, unfortunate
name suggestive of briefs, and clients, and fees.
and Coke upon Littleton, has dashed from my
warm lip the sparkling cup
The light that DER nav eye.beam flashed
ihe power that bore spirit up
Above this bank note world ), is gone"
Gone, too is my vista, with my little pet school
house at the end of it-vanished into thin air
and where it stood, an upstart edifce, brilliant
with white paint, and rejoicing in green
bhnds,pert, angular, and march -ofimprove.
mentish--dazzles my indignant eyes.
NJ ho,ya loot r.
OF days gone by! With the opening rosebuds
of June, with the "whirling gold" of Autumn,
with the deepening twilig ght everywhere, YOU
will come back to me l shall fold YOU gently
to my heart, when l wrap the drapery of nv
couch about me, and lie down to pleasant
dreams
III dulces moriens reminscur argos"