The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1857-10-24


blow which apsinod the ,hsins smack sad browne,
Toms companion. The next day fon came 20 his ttsrl
ter and said Aasd, change my mind sir don't want
to buy myself any more; sir-please pay me back my
money SIR Why, Tom, said his master, you have al
ready paid large portion Of your price, and, by industry
In your profitable calling you wi soon earn ana pay tho
residue and you had better carry out your original IN
tention' No Massa' Toms economical Tejoindef
n y,sder Adb my money back-nigger property too On.
1ytai SIR Matters were accordingly, put In sza quo
and Tom abandoned all chance OF being freed man. and
quietly and voluntarily returned 10 the condition Of
slave being unwilling to fish his own hook in the
troubled and perifous waters of freedom
There k ane touch of ebony humor IN the reply once
made IN our hearing by an old negro woodsawyer In New
Yoka member of the Church Of the Colored Messiah"
in that city, where he born and brought up--toa
stranger who inquired of him II he knew where st Paus
Church was docs know where st. Pauls Church Isl
Well, lis wish / had as many halfdollars know
where ST Pauls Church Is Z! 1t would puzzle ath-
metcian 10 determine the precise extent Of Cuees for
time In the event of a fulfilment of his wish.
The following impromptu, by James Russell Lowell
was read at dinner given ia Boston last May cee
bate the fitch rth-day of Agassiz the naturalist;
health to him VIII reached today
LIES height Of water shedding
Where Hope and Memory kiss and say,
Let's keep golden wedding
TO him whose glow the heart could reach
OF glaciers that he studied, "a"
Who learned whatever nsh could tessh
Except TO be cold blocdedi
TO hun who IL our earth were lost,
And Nature wanted counsel,
Gould at less
ridgopole down TO groun' sill
Could call the Dodo back o youth,
Could call ornfhorhynohus,
Nay, gone, from just q tooth
Could good ~ new rcthink Us
To him who every egg has scanned
From roe 70 nea Included
Save those which savans md so grand
In nests where mares have broodedi
him VINO gives each fun leave
Ills pedigree amended)
To choose private Adam and Eve
Prom whom to be descended .
@ But .tay--sor chance come thoughts are best
E.,s meant the health 70 pro1sr
on him, our friend there and guest
And ye, tina, I oneri a
No, rather drink this toast with me,
..- Worth any common dozen
Here's Adam and Eve Agassiz. a#rL..
whom cousin
The same occasion elected the following characteristics
poem by Longellow
twas my years ago,
In the pleasant month May,
In beautiful Pays do vand
Aehid In Its cradle Lay.
And Nature the old nurse, took .. .s..
The child upon her knee.
Saying "IIcre is story book ss..........
Thy Father has written for thee ..
Come wander with me % she said
Into regions yet untrod, s.as.... ......
And read what is still unread .a*
In the manuscripts Of God ....
And wandered away and away
With Nature, the dear old nurse,
Who sang 70 him night and day ...
The rhymes OF the universe ..s.
And whenever the way seemed long
Or bis heart began to fail,
She would sing more wonderful song,
Or tell more marvellous tale
&a So she keeps him sill a child,
will not let him 60
Though his heart beats Wild
For the beautiful Pays de Wand
Though at times he in his dreams .
yaches OF DID, 4er ..1.
And the rush Of mountain streams